Your Rights as a Data Sub­ject

You may exer­cise the fol­lo­wing rights at any time using the cont­act details pro­vi­ded for our Data Pro­tec­tion Offi­cer:

• The right to obtain infor­ma­ti­on about the per­so­nal data we store about you and how it is pro­ces­sed,
• The right to rec­ti­fi­ca­ti­on of inac­cu­ra­te per­so­nal data,
• The right to era­su­re of the data we store about you,
• The right to rest­ric­tion of data pro­ces­sing whe­re we are not yet per­mit­ted to dele­te your data due to sta­tu­to­ry obli­ga­ti­ons,
• The right to object to the pro­ces­sing of your data, and
• The right to data por­ta­bi­li­ty, pro­vi­ded that you have con­sen­ted to the pro­ces­sing of your data or have ente­red into a con­tract with us.

If you have given us your con­sent, you may with­draw it at any time with effect for the future.

You may also lodge a com­plaint with the com­pe­tent super­vi­so­ry aut­ho­ri­ty at any time. The com­pe­tent super­vi­so­ry aut­ho­ri­ty depends on the Ger­man fede­ral sta­te in which you resi­de or work, or in which the alle­ged inf­rin­ge­ment occur­red. A list of super­vi­so­ry aut­ho­ri­ties (for the non-public sec­tor), inclu­ding their addres­ses, can be found at:
https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html

Pur­po­ses of Data Pro­ces­sing by the Con­trol­ler and Third Par­ties

We pro­cess your per­so­nal data only for the pur­po­ses sta­ted in this Pri­va­cy Poli­cy. Your per­so­nal data will not be trans­fer­red to third par­ties for pur­po­ses other than tho­se spe­ci­fied. We will only dis­c­lo­se your per­so­nal data to third par­ties if:

• you have given your expli­cit con­sent,
• pro­ces­sing is neces­sa­ry for the per­for­mance of a con­tract with you,
• pro­ces­sing is neces­sa­ry for com­pli­ance with a legal obli­ga­ti­on, or
• pro­ces­sing is neces­sa­ry to safe­guard legi­ti­ma­te inte­rests and the­re is no reason to assu­me that you have an over­ri­ding legi­ti­ma­te inte­rest in your data not being dis­c­lo­sed.

Era­su­re and Blo­cking of Data

We adhe­re to the prin­ci­ples of data mini­mi­sa­ti­on and limi­ta­ti­on of data sto­rage. We the­r­e­fo­re store your per­so­nal data only for as long as is neces­sa­ry to achie­ve the pur­po­ses sta­ted here or for the various reten­ti­on peri­ods sti­pu­la­ted by law. Once the respec­ti­ve pur­po­se no lon­ger appli­es or the­se peri­ods have expi­red, the rele­vant data will be rou­ti­ne­ly blo­cked or dele­ted in accordance with sta­tu­to­ry requi­re­ments.

Coll­ec­tion of Gene­ral Infor­ma­ti­on When Visi­ting Our Web­site

When you access our web­site, gene­ral infor­ma­ti­on is auto­ma­ti­cal­ly coll­ec­ted by means of a coo­kie. This infor­ma­ti­on (ser­ver log files) includes, for exam­p­le, the type of web brow­ser used, the ope­ra­ting sys­tem, the domain name of your Inter­net ser­vice pro­vi­der and simi­lar infor­ma­ti­on. This infor­ma­ti­on does not allow any con­clu­si­ons to be drawn about your iden­ti­ty.

This infor­ma­ti­on is tech­ni­cal­ly neces­sa­ry in order to cor­rect­ly deli­ver the web­site con­tent you request and is ine­vi­ta­b­ly gene­ra­ted when using the Inter­net. It is pro­ces­sed in par­ti­cu­lar for the fol­lo­wing pur­po­ses:

• ensu­ring a trou­ble-free con­nec­tion to the web­site,
• ensu­ring the smooth use of our web­site,
• eva­lua­ting sys­tem secu­ri­ty and sta­bi­li­ty, and
• other admi­nis­tra­ti­ve pur­po­ses.

The pro­ces­sing of your per­so­nal data is based on our legi­ti­ma­te inte­rest in the afo­re­men­tio­ned pur­po­ses for coll­ec­ting data. We do not use your data to draw con­clu­si­ons about you as an indi­vi­du­al. The reci­pi­ents of the data are sole­ly the con­trol­ler and, whe­re appli­ca­ble, data pro­ces­sors acting on our behalf.

Anony­mous infor­ma­ti­on of this kind may also be sta­tis­ti­cal­ly eva­lua­ted in order to opti­mi­se our web­site and the tech­no­lo­gy behind it.

Coo­kies

Like many other web­sites, we use so-cal­led “coo­kies”. Coo­kies are small text files trans­fer­red from a web­site ser­ver to your hard dri­ve. This auto­ma­ti­cal­ly pro­vi­des us with cer­tain data, such as your IP address, the brow­ser used, your ope­ra­ting sys­tem and your Inter­net con­nec­tion.

Coo­kies can­not be used to launch pro­grams or trans­mit viru­s­es to a com­pu­ter. The infor­ma­ti­on con­tai­ned in coo­kies enables us to make navi­ga­ti­on easier for you and ensu­re that our web pages are dis­play­ed cor­rect­ly.

Under no cir­cum­s­tances will the data we coll­ect be pas­sed on to third par­ties, nor will it be lin­ked to per­so­nal data wit­hout your con­sent.

You can, of cour­se, gene­ral­ly view our web­site wit­hout coo­kies. Inter­net brow­sers are usual­ly con­fi­gu­red to accept coo­kies. In gene­ral, you can disable the use of coo­kies at any time via your brow­ser set­tings. Plea­se use your browser’s help func­tions to find out how to chan­ge the­se set­tings. Plea­se note that some fea­tures of our web­site may not func­tion pro­per­ly if you disable coo­kies.

Pro­vi­si­on of Paid Ser­vices

In order to pro­vi­de paid ser­vices, we request addi­tio­nal data, such as pay­ment details, so that we can pro­cess your order. We store this data in our sys­tems until the sta­tu­to­ry reten­ti­on peri­ods have expi­red.

SSL Encryp­ti­on

To pro­tect the secu­ri­ty of your data during trans­mis­si­on, we use sta­te-of-the-art encryp­ti­on methods (e.g. SSL) via HTTPS.

Cont­act Form

If you cont­act us by email or via our cont­act form with ques­ti­ons of any kind, you vol­un­t­a­ri­ly give us your con­sent to cont­act you. A valid email address is requi­red for this pur­po­se. This enables us to assign and sub­se­quent­ly respond to your enquiry. Pro­vi­ding any addi­tio­nal infor­ma­ti­on is optio­nal.

The infor­ma­ti­on you pro­vi­de will be stored for the pur­po­se of pro­ces­sing your enquiry and deal­ing with any fol­low-up ques­ti­ons. Once your enquiry has been resol­ved, the per­so­nal data will be auto­ma­ti­cal­ly dele­ted.

Use of Script Libra­ri­es (Goog­le Web Fonts)

To ensu­re that our con­tent is dis­play­ed cor­rect­ly and attrac­tively across dif­fe­rent brow­sers, we use script and font libra­ri­es such as Goog­le Web Fonts:
https://www.google.com/webfonts/

Goog­le Web Fonts are trans­fer­red to your browser’s cache to avo­id repea­ted loa­ding. If your brow­ser does not sup­port Goog­le Web Fonts or pre­vents access to them, the con­tent will be dis­play­ed using a stan­dard font.

Acces­sing script or font libra­ri­es auto­ma­ti­cal­ly estab­lishes a con­nec­tion to the ope­ra­tor of the respec­ti­ve libra­ry. In theo­ry, it is pos­si­ble – alt­hough it is curr­ent­ly unclear whe­ther this occurs and, if so, for what pur­po­ses – that the ope­ra­tors of such libra­ri­es may coll­ect data.

Google’s Pri­va­cy Poli­cy can be found here:
https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/

Use of Goog­le Maps

This web­site uses the Goog­le Maps API to dis­play geo­gra­phi­cal infor­ma­ti­on visual­ly. When Goog­le Maps is used, Goog­le also coll­ects, pro­ces­ses and uses data con­cer­ning visi­tors’ use of the map func­tions.

Fur­ther infor­ma­ti­on about how Goog­le pro­ces­ses data can be found in Google’s pri­va­cy infor­ma­ti­on. You can also chan­ge your per­so­nal pri­va­cy set­tings in Google’s Pri­va­cy Cen­ter.

Detail­ed ins­truc­tions on mana­ging your own data in con­nec­tion with Goog­le pro­ducts can also be found the­re.

Embedded You­Tube Vide­os

We embed You­Tube vide­os on some of our web pages. The ope­ra­tor of the rele­vant plug­ins is You­Tube, LLC, 901 Cher­ry Ave., San Bru­no, CA 94066, USA.

When you visit a page con­tai­ning a You­Tube plug­in, a con­nec­tion to YouTube’s ser­vers is estab­lished. You­Tube is infor­med which pages you visit. If you are log­ged into your You­Tube account, You­Tube may asso­cia­te your brow­sing beha­viour with you per­so­nal­ly. You can pre­vent this by log­ging out of your You­Tube account before­hand.

When a You­Tube video is star­ted, the pro­vi­der uses coo­kies that coll­ect infor­ma­ti­on about user beha­viour.

Users who have dis­ab­led coo­kies for the Goog­le adver­ti­sing pro­gram­me will not recei­ve such coo­kies when wat­ching You­Tube vide­os. Howe­ver, You­Tube also stores non-per­so­nal­ly iden­ti­fia­ble usa­ge infor­ma­ti­on in other coo­kies. If you wish to pre­vent this, you must block the sto­rage of coo­kies in your brow­ser.

Fur­ther infor­ma­ti­on about pri­va­cy at You­Tube can be found in the provider’s Pri­va­cy Poli­cy at:
https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/

Chan­ges to Our Pri­va­cy Poli­cy

We reser­ve the right to amend this Pri­va­cy Poli­cy to ensu­re that it always com­pli­es with cur­rent legal requi­re­ments or to reflect chan­ges to our ser­vices, for exam­p­le when intro­du­cing new ser­vices. The revi­sed Pri­va­cy Poli­cy will app­ly when you next visit our web­site.