Privacy and data policy

1. General Information

The protection and security of personal data has high priority to us. The following explanations give you a simple overview of what happens to your personal information when you visit our website or communicate with us. Personal information is any data with which you could be identified personally.

We take the protection of your personal data very serious. We treat your personal data confidential and according to the legal provisions (GDPR, BDSG). This privacy and data policy explains which data we collect and what we use it for. It also describes how and for what purpose this happens.

For the protection of your personal data we may update the rules of the privacy and data policy from time to time. We recommend to occasionally check on the rules to be always updated. By using our website you agree to the privacy and data policy and the terms and conditions of the rules for the protection of personal information.


2. Data collection and usage

Who is responsible for the data collection on this website?

The data collected on this website are processed by the website operator. The operator's contact details can be found on the website's imprint.


How do we collect your data?

Generally, the usage of our website does not require the entering of personal data. Some data may be collected once you provide it to us. Other data are collected automatically by our IT systems when you visit the website. These data are primarily technical data. They are collected automatically as soon as you enter our website.
The website provider automatically collects and stores information that your browser automatically transmits to us in "server log files". These are:

  • Browser type and browser version
  • Operating system used
  • Referrer URL
  • Host name of the accessing computer
  • Time of the server request
  • IP address

These data will not be combined with data from other sources.
The basis for this data processing is Art. 6 (1) (b) DSGVO, which allows the processing of data to fulfill a contract or for measures preliminary to a contract.


What do we use your data for?

Part of the data is collected to ensure the proper functioning of the website. Other data may be used to analyse statistically how visitors use the site. A transfer of data to third parties for commercial or non-commercial use does not take place unless the transfer is required according to legal or contractual obligations. Data may be stored as long as you are a business contact or as required by legal obligations.


What rights do you have regarding your data?

You have the right to request information about your stored personal data at no charge. Should your data be incorrect or stored wrongly we will correct, block or delete such data (right of objection). Please inform us about requested changes to your data. For this purpose or in case of questions you can contact us any time. You also have a right to file a complaint with the competent regulatory authorities. Competent regulatory authority is the data protection officer in the federal state in which the company is located.


3. Internet Communication

Emails

We point out that the transfer of data in the internet, e.g. communication via email, may have security gaps. A perfect protection of data from access by third parties is not possible.


Objection to promotional emails

We hereby expressly object to the use of contact data published in our website’s imprint with regard to the sending of promotional and informational materials not expressly requested by us. We explicitly reserve the right to take specific legal action if unsolicited advertising material, such as email spam, is received.


4. Plugins and Tools

Google Maps

This site uses the Google Maps map service via an API. It is operated by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

To use Google Maps, it is necessary to save your IP address. This information is generally transmitted to a Google server in the U.S. and stored there. The provider of this site has no influence on this data transfer.

The use of Google Maps is in the interest of facilitating the locating of places specified on the website. This constitutes a justified interest pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (f) DSGVO.

Further information about the handling of user data, can be found in the data protection declaration of Google at https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.