Data Privacy
We take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data strictly confidentially and according to the legal data protection regulations as well as this privacy policy. The use of our website is generally possible without providing personal data. As far as personal data (e.g. name, address or e-mail addresses) is collected on our website, this is done, as far as possible, on a voluntary basis. This data will not be passed on to third parties without your explicit consent. We would like to emphasize that data transmission over the Internet (e.g. communication by e-mail) can have security gaps. A complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.
Cookies
Our website partially uses so-called cookies. Cookies do not damage your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies serve to make our offer more user-friendly, effective and safer. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser. Most of the cookies we use are so-called “session cookies”. They are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your end device until you delete them. These cookies enable us to recognize your browser during your next visit. You can configure your browser to inform you about the use of cookies and to allow cookies only in individual cases, to exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general, and to activate the automatic deletion of cookies whenever the browser is closed. If you deactivate cookies, the functionality of this website may be limited.
Newsletter data
If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we need your e-mail address as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the e-mail address provided and that you agree to receive the newsletter. Further data will not be collected. We use these data exclusively for sending the requested information and do not pass them on to third parties. You can revoke your consent to the storage of the data and your e-mail address as well as its use for sending the newsletter at any time, for example by clicking the “unsubscribe” link in the newsletter.
Google Analytics
This website uses functions of the web analysis service Google Analytics. The provider is Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies”. These are text files which are stored on your computer and which enable an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by cookies about your use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. We have activated the IP anonymization function on this website. As a result, your IP address is shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other signatory states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area before it is transmitted to the USA. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transferred to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on the website activities and to provide further services to the website operator associated with the use of the website and the Internet. The IP address transmitted by your browser within the scope of Google Analytics is not combined with other data from Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) to Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available under the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de. You can prevent the collection of your data by Google Analytics by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie is set to prevent the collection of your data during future visits to this website: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/181881?hl=de. For more information on how Google Analytics handles user data, please refer to the Google privacy policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de
Privacy policy for the use of Facebook plugins
Our web pages integrate plugins from the social network Facebook, offered by Facebook Inc. 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA. You can recognize the Facebook plugins by the Facebook logo or the “Like-Button” on our website. An overview of the Facebook plugins can be found here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/. When you visit our web pages, the plugin establishes a direct connection between your browser and the Facebook server. Facebook thereby receives the information that you have visited our site with your IP address. If you click the Facebook “Like-Button” while you are logged in to your Facebook account, you can link the contents of our Pages on your Facebook profile. This allows Facebook to associate your visit to our Pages with your user account. We would like to point out that we, as the provider of the web pages, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Facebook. You can find further information on this in the Facebook privacy policy at https://de-de.facebook.com/policy.php. If you do not want Facebook to be able to assign visits to our web pages to your Facebook user account, please log out of your Facebook user account.
Privacy policy for the use of Instagram
Functions of the service Instagram are integrated on our web pages. These functions are provided by Instagram Inc, 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA. If you are logged in to your Instagram account, you can link the contents of our web pages to your Instagram profile by clicking the Instagram button. This allows Instagram to associate your visit to our sites with your account. We would like to point out that we, as the provider of the web pages, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Instagram. For more information, please refer to Instagram’s privacy policy: https://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/
Privacy policy for the use of LinkedIn
Our website uses features of the LinkedIn network. The provider is LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Each time you access one of our pages that contains LinkedIn features, a connection to LinkedIn servers is established. LinkedIn will be notified that you have visited our sites using your IP address. If you click on LinkedIn’s “Recommend Button” and are logged into your LinkedIn account, LinkedIn will be able to track your visit to our site to you and your account. We would like to point out that we, as the provider of these web pages, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by LinkedIn. For more information, please refer to the LinkedIn privacy policy at: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy
Privacy policy for the use of XING
Our website uses features of the XING network. The provider is XING AG, Dammtorstraße 29-32, 20354 Hamburg, Germany. Each time one of our web pages containing XING functions is accessed, a connection to XING servers is established. According to our knowledge, no personal data is stored. In particular, no IP addresses are stored or usage behavior is analyzed. Further information on data protection and the XING Share button can be found in the XING Privacy Policy at: https://www.xing.com/app/share?op=data_protection
Privacy policy for the use of Twitter
Functions of the Twitter service are integrated on our web pages. These functions are provided by Twitter Inc, 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. By using Twitter and the “Re-Tweet” function, the websites you visit are linked to your Twitter account and made known to other users. Data is also transferred to Twitter in the process. We would like to point out that we, as the provider of the web pages, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Twitter. For further information, please refer to the Twitter privacy policy at https://twitter.com/privacy. You can change your privacy settings on Twitter in the account settings under
https://twitter.com/account/settings.
Privacy policy for the use of Spotify
Functions of the music service Spotify are integrated on our pages. Provider is Spotify AB, Birger Jarlsgatan 61, 113 56 Stockholm in Sweden. You can recognize the Spotify plugins by the green logo on our site. An overview of the Spotify plugins can be found at: https://developer.spotify.com. When visiting our website, the plugin allows a direct connection between your browser and the Spotify server. Spotify receives the information that you have visited our site with your IP address. Spotify transmits, processes and stores information about our users on servers located in several countries. For more information, please see Spotify’s privacy policy: https://www.spotify.com/de/legal/privacy-policy
Privacy policy for the use of Lead Forensics
For marketing and optimization purposes, products and services of LeadForensics (Communication House, 26 York Street, London, W1U 6PZ Great Britain) are used on this website. Lead Forensics determines the actual history of your visit to this website, including all the web pages you have visited and viewed and how long you have spent on our web site. If IP addresses are collected, they are anonymized immediately after collection. On behalf of the operator of this website, Lead Forensics will use the collected information to evaluate your visit to the website, to compile reports on website activities and to provide further services to the website operator in connection with the use of the website and the internet. Further information on data protection can be found at https://www.leadforensics.com/privacy-and-cookies/. As far as we process personal data, we do so on the basis of our legitimate interests to improve the design of our website. The legal basis is the protection of legitimate interests in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 Letter f) DSGVO. You can object to future data processing at any time by clicking on the following link: https://optout.leadforensics.com/?clientID=157767. We will then no longer store any additional data.
SSL Encryption
This site uses SSL encryption for security purposes and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as the requests you send to us. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of your browser changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser line. If SSL encryption is activated, any data you send to us cannot be read by third parties.
Right to information, deletion, inhibition
You have the right to receive information free from charge at any time about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients and the purpose of the data processing as well as a right to correct, block or delete this data. For this purpose, as well as for further questions regarding personal data, you can contact us at any time at the address given in the imprint.
Contradiction of advertising mails
The use of contact data published within the scope of the imprint obligation for the transmission of not expressly requested advertisement and information materials is hereby contradicted. The operators of the site expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of unsolicited sending of advertising information, such as through spam e-mails.
Source reference: Data protection declaration of eRecht24, the portal to Internet law of lawyer Sören Siebert