Privacy Policy

1. INTRODUCTION

Thank you for visiting our website. We take privacy very seriously and strive to protect your personal information as part of our website offer.
By personal data we understand all data about the personal and factual circumstances of a natural person. Personal data collected on our website are used solely for our own purposes.

2. RIGHTS OF PERSONS AFFECTED

As part of our data processing, personal data is processed by you. You are entitled to the rights from the third chapter of the DS-GVO to our company.
Please contact us about your rights under the contact options above.
You have the right to:

  • Information desk
  • Correction
  • Deletion
  • Limitation of processing
  • Duty to notify with regard to rectification, erasure or restriction of processing
  • Data portability
  • Opposition

You also have the right to complain to the Data Protection Inspectorate.

3. LOG FILES

As part of the use of our Internet offer, the connection information is stored in the server log files.
This information includes:

  • IP address of the calling system
  • Browser information such as operating system used and screen resolution
  • Called website
  • Origin website
  • Time of the call

The web server logs are processed for security purposes only.We use the log data only for statistical evaluations for the purpose of operation, safety and optimization of the offer. However, we reserve the right to retrospectively check the log data if, on the basis of concrete evidence, the legitimate suspicion of unlawful use exists.

4. COOKIES

This website uses cookies. Cookies are text files that are stored on your device. Cookies can be read, transferred and changed when the website is accessed from the website. We only use cookies with random, pseudonymous identification numbers. These identification numbers are used to evaluate your usage behavior on our website. At no time is the usage profile assigned to the name of a natural person. If you use special functions (such as the shopping cart or “stay logged in”) on our website, cookies will also be used for these functions.
It is always possible to object to the setting of cookies by changing the setting in the Internet browser accordingly. Set cookies can be deleted. It should be noted that disabling cookies may not fully exploit all features of our website.

The exact functions of the cookies can be found in the more detailed information contained in this privacy policy.

Note: Deleting your cookies will cause the deactivation cookie of that service to also be deleted and may need to be reactivated the next time you visit.

5. GOOGLE ANALYTICS

This website uses the web analysis system Google Analytics, a software for the statistical evaluation of user access. Cookies are stored on your computer for this evaluation.

If you prevent the storage of cookies, we point out that you may not be able to use this website in full.

This website uses Google Analytics with the setting “Anonymize IP”. As a result, IP addresses are processed in shortened form, which means that direct personal reference can be excluded. The IP address transmitted by Google Analytics from your browser will not be merged with other data collected by us. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website will not be disclosed to third parties.

You can deactivate all Google Analytics data collection with the following official add-on https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout .

6. CONTACT

In the contact form you have the possibility to send any data to us. The data is forwarded by our web server by e-mail to the e-mail inbox of our company. Please note that communication via the contact form is not encrypted. Please use a secure communication channel for your own interest for confidential communication.

7. COMMENTS

We are saving the IP-address of the user, name and e-mail address in case are provided by you in an article comment in order to avoid spam activities.

8. SOCIAL PLUG-INS

We may use social media plugins like Facebook or Twitter, to enable you to share information with others. If you are logged onto a social media site while visiting our website, the social plugins may allow that social media website to receive information that you have visited our website and to share information about your activities on our website with other users of their social media website. We do not control any of the content from the social media plugins.

We recommend you contact those sites directly for their privacy and data sharing policies.

Facebook Inc., 1601 S California Ave, Palo Alto, California 94304, USA
http://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/

Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountainview, California 94043, USA
https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites?hl=en

Twitter, Inc., 1355 Market St, Suite 900, San Francisco, California 94103, USA
https://twitter.com/en/privacy

Xing AG, Gänsemarkt 43, 20354 Hamburg, Germany
https://privacy.xing.com/en

LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, California 94043, USA
https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy

9. LEGAL BASIS OF PROCESSING

The legal basis of the data processing in the context of the EU data protection basic regulation results for our data processing from kind 6 DS-GVO. In particular, depending on the situation in which we process your data, different legal bases may arise.
Consent
Insofar as your consent has been obtained for the processing of personal data, Article 6 (a) of the GDPR is the legal basis for the processing of data. A given consent can be withdrawn at any time with effect for the future.

Contract
In the processing of personal data collected for the performance of a contract of which you are a party, Article 6 I b) of the GDPR is the legal basis. This also applies to processing operations required to carry out pre-contractual actions.

Legal obligation
Insofar as the processing of personal data is required to fulfil a legal obligation that our company is subject to, Article 6 (c) of the GDPR serves as the legal basis.

Vital interests
In the event that vital interests of you or any other natural person require the processing of personal data, Article 6 (d) of the GDPR is the legal basis.

Authorised interest
If processing is necessary to safeguard the legitimate interests of our company or a third party and if the interests, fundamental rights and freedoms of the person concerned do not outweigh the former interest, then Article 6 (f) of the GDPR serves as the legal basis for the processing. The legitimate interest of our company lies in the execution of our business activities.