Privacy policy

General Information and Mandatory Disclosures
In accordance with the legal provisions of data protection law (specifically the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG n.F.) and the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)), we inform you below about the type, scope, and purpose of the processing of personal data by our company. This privacy policy also applies to our websites and social media profiles. Regarding definitions of terms such as "personal data" or "processing," we refer to Article 4 of the GDPR.

Contact Details of the Responsible Party
The party responsible for data collection on this website is the website operator. You can find their contact details in the imprint of this page.

Types of Data, Purposes of Processing, Categories of Data Subjects
Below, we inform you about the types, scope, and purposes of the collection, processing, and use of personal data.

Types of data we process
Usage data (e.g., access times, visited websites), inventory data (e.g., name, address), contact data (e.g., phone number, email, fax).

Purposes of processing (as per Art. 13 Para. 1(c) GDPR)
Technical and economic optimization of the website, enabling easy access to the website, improving user experience, making the website user-friendly, operating advertising and the website economically, marketing/sales/advertising, handling application procedures, customer service and care, handling contact inquiries, providing website features and content, security measures, and ensuring the uninterrupted and secure operation of our website.

Categories of data subjects (as per Art. 13 Para. 1(e) GDPR) Visitors/users of the website, customers, prospects, applicants, employees.

Revocation of Your Consent to Data Processing
Some data processing activities are only possible with your explicit consent. You may revoke your previously given consent at any time. A simple email notification is sufficient for the revocation. The legality of the data processing carried out up to the point of revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Right to File Complaints with the Competent Supervisory Authority
As a data subject, you have the right to file a complaint with the competent supervisory authority in case of a data protection violation. The competent supervisory authority for data protection matters is the Data Protection Commissioner of the federal state in which our company is based. The following link provides a list of data protection commissioners and their contact information: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.

Right to Data Portability
You have the right to receive data that we process automatically based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract in a machine-readable format. You also have the right to have this data transferred to a third party, provided it is technically feasible.

Right to Access, Rectification, Blocking, Deletion
Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right to obtain information free of charge at any time about your stored personal data, their origin, recipients, and the purpose of data processing. You may also have the right to correct, block, or delete this data. For this purpose and for further questions about personal data, you can contact us at any time via the contact details in the imprint.

SSL or TLS Encryption
For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content that you send to us as the site operator, our website uses SSL or TLS encryption. This ensures that data you transmit through this website is not readable by third parties. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the "https://" address line of your browser and the lock symbol in the browser bar.

Server Log Files
The provider of this website automatically collects and stores information in server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:

  • Visited page on our domain

  • Date and time of the server request

  • Browser type and version

  • Operating system used

  • Referrer URL

  • Hostname of the accessing computer

  • IP address

These data will not be combined with data from other sources. The basis for data processing is Article 6 Para. 1(b) GDPR, which allows the processing of data for the fulfillment of a contract or pre-contractual measures.

Contact Form
Data transmitted via the contact form, including your contact details, will be stored to process your inquiry or to be available for follow-up questions. This data will not be shared without your consent.

The processing of the data entered into the contact form occurs solely based on your consent (Art. 6 Para. 1(a) GDPR). You may revoke your consent at any time. A simple email notification is sufficient for the revocation. The legality of the data processing carried out up to the point of revocation remains unaffected.

Newsletter Data
To send our newsletter, we require an email address from you. The verification of the provided email address is necessary, and the receipt of the newsletter must be consented to. Additional data is not collected or is optional. The data will only be used for sending the newsletter. The data provided during newsletter registration will be processed exclusively based on your consent (Art. 6 Para. 1(a) GDPR). You may revoke your consent at any time. A simple email notification or using the "unsubscribe" link in the newsletter is sufficient for the revocation. The legality of data processing already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation.

Data entered to set up the subscription will be deleted when you unsubscribe from the newsletter. If this data was provided to us for other purposes or in another context, it will remain with us.

Cookies
Our website uses cookies. These are small text files stored by your web browser on your device. Cookies help us make our offer more user-friendly, effective, and secure.

Some cookies are "session cookies." Such cookies are automatically deleted at the end of your browser session. However, other cookies remain on your device until you delete them. These cookies allow us to recognize your browser on your next visit.

Modern web browsers allow you to monitor, restrict, or block the setting of cookies. Many web browsers can be configured so that cookies are automatically deleted when you close the program. Disabling cookies may result in limited functionality of our website.

The placement of cookies necessary for electronic communications or the provision of certain functions you desire (e.g., shopping cart) is based on Art. 6 Para. 1(f) GDPR. As the website operator, we have a legitimate interest in storing cookies to provide our services free from technical errors and without interruptions. Any other cookies (e.g., for analytics purposes) are only set with your explicit consent and are detailed separately in this privacy policy.

Google Analytics
Our website uses features of the web analytics service Google Analytics. The provider of this service is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

Google Analytics uses "cookies." These are small text files stored by your web browser on your device, allowing an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is transmitted to a Google server and stored there. The server is typically located in the USA.

The placement of Google Analytics cookies is based on Art. 6 Para. 1(f) GDPR. As the website operator, we have a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior to optimize both our website and advertising.

IP Anonymization
We use Google Analytics in conjunction with IP anonymization. This ensures that Google truncates your IP address within member states of the European Union or in other states party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area before transmission to the USA. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address sent to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. On our behalf, Google uses this information to evaluate your use of the website, compile reports on website activity, and provide us with other services related to website and internet usage. The IP address transmitted by Google Analytics is not combined with other Google data.

Browser Plugin
You can prevent cookies from being set by your web browser. However, some functions of our website may be limited as a result. You can also prevent the collection of data generated by cookies regarding your use of the website (including your IP address) and its processing by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.

Objection to Data Collection
You can prevent Google Analytics from collecting your data by clicking the following link. An opt-out cookie will be set to prevent the collection of your data during future visits to this website: Disable Google Analytics.

For details on how user data is handled by Google Analytics, refer to Google’s privacy policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en.

Data Processing Agreement
To fully comply with the statutory data protection requirements, we have entered into a data processing agreement with Google.

Demographic Data Collection by Google Analytics
Our website uses the "demographics" feature of Google Analytics. This allows reports to be generated that contain information about the age, gender, and interests of website visitors. These data come from interest-based advertising by Google as well as visitor data from third-party providers. The data cannot be attributed to any specific person. You can deactivate this feature at any time via your Google account ad settings or by generally prohibiting the collection of your data by Google Analytics, as described in the section "Objection to Data Collection."

Google Web Fonts
For uniform representation of fonts, this page uses web fonts provided by Google. When you open a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into its browser cache to display texts and fonts correctly.

For this purpose, your browser needs to establish a connection to Google servers. As a result, Google becomes aware that your IP address was used to access our website. The use of Google Web Fonts is in the interest of a uniform and attractive presentation of our website. This constitutes a legitimate interest under Art. 6 Para. 1(f) GDPR.

If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font from your computer will be used.

Impressum-Privacy Protection (IP Management)
We use the services of IMPRESSUM-PRIVATSCHUTZ GmbH, Ludwig-Erhard-Str. 18, 20459 Hamburg, for the management of mail sent to us. This service provider offers a secure and reliable mailing address for our project (e.g., Imprint, Privacy Policy, Right of Withdrawal Notice, and possibly other areas). This also represents our legitimate interest according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f of the GDPR. We have entered into a data processing agreement with Impressum-Privatschutz and fully comply with the strict requirements of the German data protection authorities when using this service. For more information about data protection at Impressum-Privatschutz GmbH, please visit here: https://impressum-privatschutz.de/datenschutzerklaerung/