Privacy Policy
Thank you for visiting our website. The secure handling of your data is of particular importance to us. We would therefore like to provide you with detailed information about how your data is used when you visit our website.
Legal basis for processing Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR serves as the legal basis for our company in processing operations where we obtain consent for a specific processing purpose. If the processing of personal data is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is a party, as is the case, for example, with processing operations required for the delivery of goods or the provision of other services or consideration, the processing is based on Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR. The same applies to processing operations necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures, such as in cases of enquiries regarding our products or services. Where our company is subject to a legal obligation requiring the processing of personal data, such as for the fulfilment of tax obligations, the processing is based on Article 6(1)(c) of the GDPR. In rare cases, the processing of personal data may be necessary to protect the vital interests of the data subject or another natural person, in accordance with Article 6(1)(d) of the GDPR.
Disclosure of data
Your personal data will not be disclosed to third parties for any purposes other than those listed below. We will only disclose your personal data to third parties if:
- you have given your explicit consent to this in accordance with Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR,
- the disclosure is necessary pursuant to Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims and there is no reason to assume that you have an overriding legitimate interest in the non-disclosure of your data,
- in the event that there is a legal obligation to disclose data pursuant to Article 6(1)(c) of the GDPR, and
- this is permitted by law and necessary pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR for the performance of contractual relationships with you.
Rights of data subjects
You have the right to:
- in accordance with Article 15 of the GDPR, to request information about your personal data processed by us. In particular, you may request information regarding the purposes of processing, the categories of personal data, the categories of recipients to whom your data has been or will be disclosed, the intended storage period, the existence of a right to rectification, erasure, restriction of processing or objection, the existence of a right to lodge a complaint, the origin of your data where it was not collected by us, as well as the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, and, where applicable, meaningful information regarding its details;
- to request, in accordance with Article 16 of the GDPR, the rectification of inaccurate personal data or the completion of your personal data stored by us without delay;
- in accordance with Article 17 of the GDPR, to request the erasure of your personal data stored by us, unless processing is necessary for the exercise of the right to freedom of expression and information, for compliance with a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest, or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims;
- gemäß Art. 18 DSGVO die Einschränkung der Verarbeitung Ihrer personenbezogenen Daten zu verlangen, soweit die Richtigkeit der Daten von Ihnen bestritten wird, die Verarbeitung unrechtmäßig ist, Sie aber deren Löschung ablehnen und wir die Daten nicht mehr benötigen, Sie jedoch diese zur Geltendmachung, Ausübung oder Verteidigung von Rechtsansprüchen benötigen oder Sie gemäß Art. 21 DSGVO Widerspruch gegen die Verarbeitung eingelegt haben;
- gemäß Art. 20 DSGVO Ihre personenbezogenen Daten, die Sie uns bereitgestellt haben, in einem strukturierten, gängigen und maschinenlesbaren Format zu erhalten oder die Übermittlung an einen anderen Verantwortlichen zu verlangen;
- in accordance with Article 22 of the GDPR, not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing – including profiling – which produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you;
- in accordance with Article 7(3) of the GDPR, to withdraw your consent at any time. As a result, we may no longer continue the data processing based on this consent in the future; and
- pursuant to Article 77 of the GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy. As a rule, you may contact the supervisory authority of your usual place of residence or workplace, or the place where the alleged infringement occurred, if the data subject considers that the processing of their personal data infringes the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Cookie Notice
This site uses the Cookie Consent notice to inform you about the use of cookies on this website. When you access the file that displays this notice, your IP address and the page (web address) you were visiting are transmitted to the server hosting the file.
General collection of data
When you access our website or retrieve a file, data relating to this process is stored in a log file on our web server. Specifically, the following data may be stored:
- IP address (where possible, this is stored in anonymised form)
- Domain name of the website from which you came
- Names of the files retrieved
- Date and time of the request
- Name of your internet service provider
- as well as, where applicable, the operating system and browser version of your device
We store IP addresses solely for data security reasons, to ensure the stability and security of our system (legal basis: Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR). We reserve the right to carry out statistical analysis of anonymised data records.
Cookies
Our website uses cookies. A cookie is a data file that is created when a website is visited and temporarily stored on the website user’s system. When the website user accesses our website’s server again, the user’s browser sends the previously received cookie back to the server. The server can analyse the information obtained through this process. Cookies can, for example, be used to control the display of advertisements or to facilitate navigation on a website. Some cookies are necessary to ensure the functionality of our website (the legal basis cited is Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR, the protection of the legitimate interests of the operator of this website – we use cookies only in accordance with Article 5(1)(a) of the GDPR, i.e. in accordance with the principles of ‘lawfulness, processing in good faith, and transparency’ ). If you wish to prevent the use of cookies in general, you can do so via the settings in your web browser (e.g. Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Opera or Safari). Where cookies are not technically necessary, you will find further information in this privacy policy regarding cookies used by tools and plugins.
Contact forms
If you send us enquiries via the contact form, the information you provide in the form, including the contact details you have entered there, will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of handling your enquiry and in the event of any follow-up questions. Your data will be used exclusively for the specific purpose of answering and processing your enquiry. Data processing in this case is carried out in accordance with Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR on the basis of your voluntary consent. You may object to this at any time (right of withdrawal).
Vimeo videos
We have embedded Vimeo videos on our website; these are stored on the provider’s servers (Vimeo, LLC, headquartered at 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011) and can be played on our website via an embed. When you play these videos, cookies are stored on your computer and data may be transmitted to Vimeo. When playing videos stored on Vimeo, the following data is currently transmitted to Vimeo LLC as a minimum: IP address and cookie, the specific address of the page accessed on our site, system date and time of access, and your browser identifier. This data is transferred regardless of whether you have a Vimeo user account through which you are logged in, or whether you do not have a user account. If you are logged in in this way, this data may be directly associated with your account by Vimeo LLC. If you do not wish for this data to be associated with your profile, you must log out of the Vimeo platform before activating the play button for the video. Further information on the purpose and scope of data collection and its processing by Vimeo can be found on this information page. Cookies used (lifespan in brackets): vuid (2 years), muxData (20 years)
Data processing here is carried out in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR on the basis of the protection of legitimate interests.
YouTube videos
We have embedded YouTube videos on our website; these are stored on YouTube’s servers and can be played on our website via an embed. The videos are embedded with the option for enhanced privacy settings enabled. When you play these videos, YouTube cookies and DoubleClick cookies are stored on your computer and data may be transmitted to Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (“Google”), as the operator of YouTube. When playing videos stored on YouTube, the following data is currently transmitted to Google, as the operator of YouTube and the DoubleClick network: IP address and cookie, the specific address of the page accessed on our site, system date and time of access, and your browser identifier. This data is transferred regardless of whether you have a Google user account through which you are logged in, or whether you do not have a user account. If you are logged in in this way, this data may be directly associated with your account by Google.
If you do not wish your activity to be linked to your profile, you must log out before clicking the play button for the video. YouTube and Google store this data as usage profiles and may use it for advertising, market research and/or to tailor their websites to your needs. Such analysis is carried out in particular (including for users who are not logged in) to provide tailored advertising and to inform other users about your activities on our website. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles; to exercise this right, you must contact Google, the operator of YouTube. Further information on the purpose and scope of data collection and its processing by Google can be found on this information page. Please note that, under the Cloud Act, US intelligence agencies may potentially gain access to personal data which is inevitably exchanged with Google via the Internet Protocol when this tool is integrated.
Data processing in this regard is carried out in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR on the basis of the protection of legitimate interests.
Google Maps
This website uses the Google Maps mapping software provided by Google Ireland Ltd., Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (“Google”). By using this website, you consent to the collection, processing and use of any data that may be collected automatically by Google and its agents. Google Maps Terms of Service. Further information can be found in Google’s Privacy Policy. Google Maps loads Google Fonts in order to display the map correctly. The Google Fonts are also loaded from a
Data processing here is carried out in accordance with Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR on the basis of your voluntary consent
Google server. Further information on these Google Fonts can be found at developers.google.com/fonts/faq. Please note that, under the Cloud Act, US intelligence agencies may potentially gain access to personal data which is inevitably exchanged with Google via the Internet Protocol when this tool is integrated.
Data processing here is carried out in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR on the basis of the protection of legitimate interests.
Links to other websites
Our website/app may from time to time contain links to third-party websites or to other websites operated by us. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies. Please review these privacy policies before you provide any personal data to these websites.
Comment function
On individual pages or posts, there is an optional comment function for users who wish to share their views on the relevant page or post. Comments are published following approval and appear publicly on the page where the comment was submitted. There is no guarantee that a comment will be published. The commenter must provide a name; this may be a pseudonym. The commenter must also provide an email address. This is used to inform them of the status of their comment, particularly if they have asked a question in the comment and are awaiting a reply. The email address will not be displayed publicly, will not be passed on to third parties, and will not be manually analysed. The commenter’s IP address is stored only in anonymised form. The comment will be stored permanently until it is deleted by you (or an administrator). The email address you provide with the comment is stored solely for the purpose of sending you a notification in the event of a reply to your comment. Any further details you provide in the comment will be published alongside the comment, provided you enter them. If a name is requested, you may also use a pseudonym.
Data processing here is carried out in accordance with Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR on the basis of your voluntary consent.
SSL encryption
This website uses SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) encryption to transmit data from your browser to our server and to servers that host files which we embed on our website. With SSL, data is transmitted in encrypted form. The data cannot be altered and the sender can be identified. You can recognise the presence of SSL encryption by the text ‘https’ preceding the website address you enter in your browser.
Links to third-party websites
This website contains links to third-party websites. Data is only transferred to the link destination when you click on such a link. This is technically necessary. The data transferred includes, in particular: your IP address, the time at which you clicked the link, the page on which you clicked the link, and details of your internet browser. If you do not wish for this data to be transferred to the link destination, do not click the link.
ShareThis / Social Media
We use the ShareThis service on our website, which is provided by ShareThis Inc., 250 Cambridge Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94306, USA (“ShareThis”). ShareThis provides functions that allow you to share the current page with other internet users, for example on social networks, or to add it to your bookmarks. When you use a ShareThis service, your web browser establishes a direct connection with the ShareThis servers and, where applicable, the selected social network. The data generated in the process (such as the time of use or the browser language) is transmitted to ShareThis and processed there. ShareThis may link you to your user account on other social networks such as Twitter, Facebook or Google+ if you are logged in to the relevant social network at the time of visiting our website. If you do not wish this to happen, please log out of the social networks before using ShareThis functions.
We do not process the data in question or pass it on to third parties. By using the ShareThis service, you consent to the processing of your data by ShareThis. You may object to the collection and storage of your data by ShareThis at any time with future effect by setting an ‘opt-out’ cookie. You can set this opt-out cookie here, where you will also find ShareThis’s privacy policy. Please note that, under the Cloud Act, US intelligence agencies may potentially gain access to personal data which, when this tool is integrated, is inevitably exchanged with the tool provider via the Internet Protocol.
Google Tag Manager
We use Google Tag Manager from Google. ‘Google’ is a group of companies comprising Google Ireland Ltd., Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; and other affiliates of Google LLC. We have entered into a data processing agreement with Google. Google Tag Manager is a support service and only processes personal data itself for technically necessary purposes. The tool ensures that other components are loaded, which may in turn collect data. Google Tag Manager does not access this data. Further information on Google Tag Manager can be found in Google’s privacy policy. Please note that, under US law, US intelligence agencies may be able to access personal data that is inevitably exchanged with Google via the Internet Protocol when this tool is integrated.
Data processing in this case is carried out in accordance with Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR on the basis of your voluntary consent.
Google Analytics
Wir verwenden den Analysedienst Google Analytics. Dieser Webanalysedienst wird von der Firma Google Ireland Ltd., Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Irland ("Google") betrieben. We use Google Analytics to analyse your use of our website and to compile reports on user activity. This analytics tool operates primarily on the basis of cookies. A cookie is a data file that is sent when you visit a website and is temporarily stored on the website user’s hard drive to enable an analysis of your use of the website. The information stored by the cookie is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. As part of IP anonymisation, your IP address is truncated by Google within a Member State of the EU or another signatory state to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.
On our behalf, Google will use the information provided to compile a report on the use of the website. We have entered into a data processing agreement with Google. If you wish to prevent the use of cookies, you can do so by changing your settings locally in the web browser used on your computer (e.g. Safari, Internet Explorer, Opera, Firefox, etc.), i.e. the programme used to open and view web pages. Furthermore, you can prevent the collection and processing of your data by Google’s cookie by downloading and installing a browser plug-in provided by Google via the following link:
tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. You can prevent Google Analytics from collecting data by clicking on the link below. This will set an ‘opt-out’ cookie, which prevents your data from being collected in future when you visit this website: Disable Google Analytics Further information on the terms of use and data protection policies of Google and Google Analytics can be found at www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html and at www.google.de/intl/de/policies/. Please note that Google Analytics has been supplemented with the ‘anonymizeIp’ extension. This ensures the anonymised collection of IP addresses. Information on cookies: Categorisation for consent: Marketing Cookies used (lifespan in brackets): _ga (2 years), _gid (1 day), _gat_UA-* (1 minute), _utma (2 years), _utmb (30 minutes), _utmc (session), _utmt (10 minutes), _utmz (6 months) Please note that, under the Cloud Act, US intelligence agencies may potentially gain access to personal data which, when this tool is integrated, is inevitably exchanged with Google via the Internet Protocol.
Data processing is carried out here in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR on the basis of the protection of legitimate interests.
LinkedIn Social Media Plugin
We use the LinkedIn Social Media Plugin provided by LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“LinkedIn”). When you visit our website, the plugin establishes a connection to a LinkedIn server. LinkedIn thereby obtains your IP address and the page you have visited. If you use the plugin (i.e. click on it, for example in the form of a LinkedIn button) and are already logged into your LinkedIn account, LinkedIn can associate your visit to our site with your user account. Further information on data collection and settings options can be found on LinkedIn.
Data processing in this case is carried out in accordance with Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR on the basis of your voluntary consent
Google Maps Form
We provide an input form that allows you to display the location of an address on a map, for example for route planning. The underlying map software is provided by Google Ireland Ltd., Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (“Google”). Only when you submit the form will your input, including your IP address and the address of the page on which the form is located, be transmitted to Google. By using the form, you consent to the collection, processing and use of the data by Google and its representatives. Google Maps Terms of Service. Google Privacy Policy Please note that, under the Cloud Act, US intelligence agencies may potentially gain access to personal data which, when this tool is integrated, is inevitably exchanged with Google via the Internet Protocol.
Data processing here is carried out in accordance with Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR on the basis of your voluntary consent.
Google reCAPTCHA
To protect your communications via the online form, we use the reCAPTCHA component provided by Google Ireland Ltd., Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (“Google”). reCAPTCHA helps to reduce abuse caused by automated, machine-based processing. reCAPTCHA transmits your IP address and, where applicable, other data required by Google for reCAPTCHA to Google. Your input via the reCAPTCHA component is transmitted to Google and processed there. By using reCAPTCHA, you agree that the image recognition you perform will be used in the digitisation of old works. The IP address transmitted by your browser when using reCAPTCHA is not combined with other data held by Google. The separate data protection provisions of Google apply to this data.
Further information on Google’s privacy policy can be found here: www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/. Google reCAPTCHA loads Google Fonts in order to display the visual CAPTCHA element correctly. The Google Fonts are also loaded from a Google server. Further information on these Google fonts can be found at developers.google.com/fonts/faq. Information on cookies Categorisation: Security Cookies used (lifespan in brackets): 1P_JAR (1 month), CGID (6 months), IDE (1 year), ANID (9 months), CONSENT (19 years), NID (6 months), DV (10 minutes), SNID (6 months) . Please note that, under the Cloud Act, US intelligence agencies may potentially gain access to personal data which is inevitably exchanged with Google via the Internet Protocol when this tool is integrated.
Data processing here is carried out in accordance with Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR on the basis of your voluntary consent.
Google Fonts
This website uses certain fonts provided by Google Ireland Ltd., Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (“Google”). When you visit a page, your browser loads these fonts. In doing so, your IP address and the URL of the page you have visited are transmitted to a Google server. Further information on Google Fonts can be found at developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google’s privacy policy at www.google.com/policies/privacy/. Please note that, under the Cloud Act, US intelligence agencies may potentially gain access to personal data which is inevitably exchanged with Google via the Internet Protocol when this tool is integrated.
Data processing in this context is carried out in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR on the basis of the protection of legitimate interests.
Typo3
We use Typo3 as the content management system for our website. Typo3 uses functional (necessary) cookies to facilitate the login process for editors and administrators. In particular, when you attempt to log in to the WordPress admin interface, a cookie named `wordpress_test_cookie` is set. This cookie is used solely for the current session and is deleted as soon as you close your browser. The cookie is not used to analyse users.
Data processing in this case is carried out in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR on the basis of the protection of legitimate interests.
Security notice
We protect our website and other IT systems against the loss, destruction, unauthorised access, unauthorised alteration or unauthorised disclosure of your data by implementing appropriate technical and organisational measures. However, despite all due care, it is not always possible in practice to provide complete
protection against all risks. As we cannot guarantee complete data security when communicating by email, we recommend sending confidential information by post.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to amend this Privacy Policy should there be changes to the legal framework, this website, or the manner in which data is collected. However, this applies only to statements regarding data processing. Where the user’s consent is required, or where parts of the privacy policy contain provisions governing the contractual relationship with users, any changes to the privacy policy will only be made with the user’s consent. Please therefore check this privacy policy as and when necessary, particularly if you are providing personal data.
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