Privacy Policy

Controller in terms of data protection laws

The controller in terms of data protection laws, in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is:




Your Data Subject Rights

Under the contact details provided for our data protection officer, you can exercise the following rights at any time:

  • Information about your data stored with us and its processing (Art. 15 GDPR)
  • Correction of incorrect personal data (Art. 16 GDPR)
  • Deletion of your data stored with us (Art. 17 GDPR)
  • Restriction of data processing, insofar as we are not yet allowed to delete your data due to legal obligations (Art. 18 GDPR)
  • Objection to the processing of your data with us (Art. 21 GDPR) and
  • Data portability, insofar as you have consented to data processing or have concluded a contract with us (Art. 20 GDPR)

If you have given us consent, you can revoke it at any time with effect for the future.

Collection of General Information When Visiting Our Website

Type and Purpose of Processing

When you access our website, i.e., when you do not register or otherwise submit information, information of a general nature is automatically collected. This information (server log files) includes the type of web browser, the operating system used, the domain name of your internet service provider, your IP address and the like.

They are processed in particular for the following purposes:

  • Ensuring a trouble-free connection to the website
  • Ensuring smooth use of our website
  • Evaluation of system security and stability and
  • to optimize our website

We do not use your data to draw conclusions about your person. Information of this kind is statistically evaluated by us, if necessary, anonymously, in order to optimize our website and the technology behind it.

Legal Basis and Legitimate Interest

The processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website.

Recipients

Recipients of the data are possibly technical service providers who act as processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.

Storage Duration

The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required for the purpose of collection. This is generally the case for data that serves to provide the website when the respective session has ended.

In the case of storing data in log files, this is the case after at most 14 days. Extended storage is possible. In this case, the IP addresses of the users are anonymized so that an assignment of the calling client is no longer possible.

Comment Function

Type and Purpose of Processing

When users leave comments on our website, in addition to this information, the time of their creation and the username previously chosen by the website visitor are stored. This serves our security, as we can be held liable for illegal content on our website, even if it was created by users.

Legal Basis

The processing of data entered as a comment is based on a legitimate interest (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR).

By providing the comment function, we would like to enable you to interact in an uncomplicated way. Your information will be stored for the purpose of processing the request and for possible follow-up questions.

Contact Form

Type and Purpose of Processing

The data you enter is stored for the purpose of individual communication with you. For this purpose, it is necessary to provide a valid email address and your name. This serves to assign the request and the subsequent response to it. Providing further data is optional.

Legal Basis

The processing of data entered in the contact form is based on a legitimate interest (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR).

By providing the contact form, we would like to enable you to contact us in an uncomplicated way. Your information will be stored for the purpose of processing the request and for possible follow-up questions.

If you contact us to request an offer, the processing of data entered in the contact form is carried out to implement pre-contractual measures (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR).

Google Analytics

This website uses functions of the web analysis service Google Analytics. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies". These are text files that are stored on your computer and that enable an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

Google Remarketing or "Similar Audiences" Component of Google

In our website, we use the remarketing or "Similar Audiences" function. This is a service of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, hereinafter only "Google".

We use this function to display interest-based, personalized advertising on third-party websites that also participate in Google's advertising network.

The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the analysis, optimization and economic operation of our website.

SSL Encryption

To protect the security of your data during transmission, we use encryption methods (e.g. SSL) over HTTPS that correspond to the current state of the art.

Information about Your Right to Object under Art. 21 GDPR

Case-by-Case Right to Object

You have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you that is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR (data processing on the basis of a balancing of interests) for reasons arising from your particular situation; this also applies to profiling based on this provision within the meaning of Art. 4 No. 4 GDPR.

If you object, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for processing that override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

Recipient of an Objection


Changes to Our Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to adapt this privacy policy so that it always complies with current legal requirements or to implement changes to our services in the privacy policy, e.g. when introducing new services. The new privacy policy will then apply to your next visit.

Questions for the Data Protection Officer

If you have questions about data protection, please write us an email or contact the person responsible for data protection in our organization directly.