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data privacy statement


General information
The following information provides a overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data are all data by which you can be personally identified. Please refer to our data privacy statement for more information on this subject.


Data collection on our website

Who is responsible for collecting data on this website?
Data processing on this website is performed by the website operator. You can find their contact details in the site notice on this website.


How are your data collected?
We collect the data which you provide us with. These include data which you enter on our contact form.

Other data are automatically collected by our IT systems when you access our website. These data mainly consist of technical data (e.g. Internet browser, operating system or the time of day you accessed the website). These data are collected automatically as soon as you access our website.


What are your data used for?
Some of the data is collected to ensure uninterrupted availability of the website. Other data may be used to analyse your user behaviour.


Which rights do you hold in relation to your data?
You have the right to free access to information about the origin, recipient and purpose of the personal data about you that we have stored. You also have the right to rectification, blocking or erasure of these data. You are welcome to contact us at the address specified in the site notice about this, and other questions on the subject of personal data. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the responsible supervisory authority.


Analysis tools and third-party provider tools
Your surfing behaviour can be statistically evaluated when your access our website. This is mainly performed by cookies and with so-called analysis programs. The analysis of your surfing behaviour is usually performed anonymously; this means that your surfing behaviour cannot be traced back to you. You can object to this analysis or prevent it by not using specific tools. Please refer to the following data privacy statement for detailed information.

You can object to this analysis at any time. We will inform you of your objection possibilities in this data privacy statement.


General notice and obligatory information

Data protection
The operator of this website takes the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and according to the statutory data protection regulations and this data privacy statement.

If you use this website, we will collect various personal data. Personal data are data by which you can be personally identified. This data privacy statement explains which data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for which purpose this is performed.

We would like to point out that data transmission in the Internet (e.g. when communicating per email) may be subject to security gaps. Seamless security to protect data from access by third parties is not possible.


Revoking your consent to data processing
Many data processing activities are only possible subject to your explicit consent. You can of course revoke a consent you have already given at any time. It suffices if you send us an informal message to this effect via email. The legality of the data processing up to the date of revocation shall remain unaffected by it. 

Right to lodge a complaint with the responsible supervisory authority

The data subject has the right to lodge a complaint with the responsible supervisory authority in the case of data protection breaches. The supervisory authority for data protection matters is the State Commissioner for Data Protection in the state in which our company has its registered office.

A list of data protection commissioners and their contact details is available under the following link: 
https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html


Right to data portability
You have the right to receive the data about you, which we process automatically on the basis of your consent or fulfilment of a contract in a structured, commonly used machine-readable format, or have them transmitted to a third party. However, insofar as you request direct transmission of the data to another controller, this shall only be carried out if it is technically feasible.


SSL or TLS encryption
This website uses SSL or TLS encryption in the interest of security and to protect the transmission of confidential content such as orders or contact requests, which you send to us as website operator. You can recognise an encrypted connection of this nature by the address line of the browser, which changes from “http://” to “https://” and also by the padlock icon in your browser bar.

Third parties are unable to access data transmitted to us if SSL or TLS encryption is activated.


Information, blocking, erasure
Within the context of the relevant statutory provisions, you have a right to free access to information about your personal data stored by us, its source, recipients, the purpose of data processing and if necessary, a right to rectification, restriction or erasure of these data. You are welcome to contact us at the address specified in the site notice about this, and other questions on the subject of personal data.


Objection to advertising mails
Use of the contact details published in the site notice to send unsolicited advertising and information material is hereby expressly contradicted. The website operator expressly reserves the right to take legal steps in case of unsolicited advertising sent in the form of spam mail, for instance.


Data collection on our website

Cookies
Internet websites use so-called cookies to some extent. Cookies do not damage your computer, nor do they contain viruses, but are used to enhance the user friendliness, efficacy and security of our service. Cookies are small text files set on your computer and stored by your browser.

The majority of cookies we use are called session cookies. They are automatically deleted when you leave the website. Other cookies remain stored on your end device until you delete them. These cookies let us recognise your browser the next time you access our website.

You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and only allow cookies in individual cases; or cookies are only accepted in specific cases or generally excluded, or they are automatically erased when you close the browser. However, deactivating cookies may restrict the functions on this website.

Cookies required to execute the electronic communication process or to provide specific functions you have asked for (e.g. shopping basket function) are stored on the basis of Article 6, Paragraph 1, Letter f of the GDPR. The website operator holds a legitimate interest in the storage of cookies for the technical error-free and optimised availability of their services. If other cookies (e.g. cookies for analysing your surfing behaviour) are stored, they are dealt with separately in this privacy policy.


Server log files
The website provider automatically collects and saves information in so-called server log files which your browser automatically sends to us. They are:

These data will not be consolidated with other data sources.

The basis for data processing is Article 6, Paragraph 1, Letter b of the GDPR, which allows data processing to conclude a contract or pre-contract measures.


Contact form

When you send requests to us via the contact form, we store your details from the contact form and your contact details in order to process the request and in the case of follow-up questions. We do not forward these data to third parties without your consent.

Processing of the data you enter in the contact form is therefore performed exclusively on the basis of your consent (Article 6, Paragraph 1, Letter a of the GDPR). You can revoke this consent at any time by simply sending us an informal message to this effect via email. The legality of the data processing up to the date of revocation shall remain unaffected by it.

We will store the data you entered in the contact form until you request erasure, revoke your consent to storage, or the purpose for which data were stored is no longer necessary (e.g. once we have finished dealing with your request). Compulsory statutory provisions – and retention periods in particular – remain unaffected by this.


Plugins and tools

Google Web Fonts
This website uses so-called web fonts provided by Google to display fonts in a consistent look. When you access a site, your browser downloads the required web fonts to your browser cache in order to correctly display copy and fonts.

For this purpose, the browser you use must set up a connection to Google servers, whereby Google gains knowledge of the fact that your IP address was used to access our website. We use Google Web Fonts in the interest of displaying our online service in a consistent and attractive manner. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Article 6, Paragraph 1, Letter f of the GDPR.

If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font will be used by your computer.

Additional information about Google Web Fonts is available at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in the Google privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/


Google Maps
This website uses the Google Maps service via an API. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

Your IP address has to be stored in order to use the functions of Google Maps. This information is usually sent to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The provider of this website has no influence on the transmission of this data.

The use of Google Maps is in the interest of displaying our online services in an attractive manner and facilitates searching for the locations specified on the website. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Article 6, Paragraph 1, Letter f of the GDPR.

You can find additional information on this subject in the Google privacy policy at: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/



Analysis tools and advertising

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 stored on your computer which enable the analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually sent to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

Google Analytics cookies are stored on the basis of Article 6, Paragraph 1, Letter f of the GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the analysis of user behaviour in order to optimise their web service and their advertising.


IP anonymisation
We have activated the IP anonymisation function on our website. This means that Google truncates your IP address in member states of the European Union and in other states party to the European Economic Area Agreement before it is sent to the USA. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be sent to a Google server in the USA and then truncated. On behalf of the operator of this website Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, compile reports about website activities and to perform other services related to website and Internet usage for the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of the Google Analytics process will not be consolidated with other data held by Google.


Browser plugin
You can prevent the storage of cookies by setting your preferences in your browser software; however please note that in this case you may not be able to make full use of all the functions of this website. You can also prevent transmission of the data generated by the cookie related to your use of the website (including your IP address) to Google and its processing of this data by downloading and installing the browser plugin available under the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de


Objection to data collection
Additional information about how Google Analytics handles user data can be found in the Google privacy policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de