Privacy Notice:

Protecting your personal data is of utmost importance to us. We therefore process your data exclusively on the basis of legal regulations (GDPR, TKG 2003). In these privacy information, we inform you about the most important aspects of data processing on our website.

Handling Contact Data: If you contact us as the website operator using the provided contact options, your details will be stored so that they can be used to process and respond to your inquiry. Without your consent, this data will not be disclosed to third parties. To protect your inquiries via the internet form, we use the reCAPTCHA service of Google Inc. (Google). The query is used to determine whether the input is made by a human or maliciously by automated, machine processing. The query includes sending the IP address and possibly other data required by Google for the reCAPTCHA service to Google. For this purpose, your input will be transmitted to Google and used further. However, Google will shorten your IP address within member states of the European Union or other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area beforehand. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be sent 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 this service. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of reCaptcha will not be merged with other data from Google. The privacy policy of Google applies to these data. More information about Google's privacy policy can be found at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

Notes on Data Processing in Connection with Google Analytics: This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited. If the data controller on this website is located outside the European Economic Area or Switzerland, then Google Analytics data processing is performed by Google LLC. Google LLC and Google Ireland Limited are referred to as "Google."

Google Analytics uses "cookies," text files that are stored on your computer and that allow an analysis of the use of the website by you. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website (including your IP address, but anonymized) is usually transmitted to and stored by Google on servers.

On this website, Google Analytics is used exclusively with the extension "_anonymizeIp()". This extension ensures the anonymization of the IP address by shortening and thus prevents direct personal reference. By the extension, the IP address is previously shortened by Google within the member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address sent to a Google server in the US and shortened there. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics is not merged with other data from Google.

On behalf of the website operator, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity, and to provide other services related to website activity and internet usage to the website operator (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR). The legitimate interest in data processing lies in optimizing this website, analyzing the usage of the website, and adjusting the content. The interests of the users are sufficiently safeguarded by the pseudonymization.

Google LLC is certified under the Privacy Shield agreement (see listing here) and thus guarantees compliance with European data protection law. The data sent and linked with cookies, user identifiers (e.g., User-ID), or advertising IDs are automatically deleted after 50 months. Data whose retention period is reached is automatically deleted once a month.

The collection by Google Analytics can be prevented by adjusting the cookie settings for this website. The collection and storage of the IP address and the data generated by cookies can be refused at any time with effect for the future. The corresponding browser plugin can be downloaded and installed from the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

The website visitor can prevent the collection by Google Analytics on this website by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie will be set that prevents the future collection of data when visiting this website.

Further information on data usage by Google, settings, and opt-out options, can be found in Google's privacy policy (https://policies.google.com/privacy) and in the settings for the display of advertising by Google (https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated).

Use of Social Media Plugins on Facebook: Due to our legitimate interest in the analysis, optimization, and operation of our online offer (in the sense of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f. GDPR), this website uses the Facebook social plugin, which is operated by Facebook Inc. (1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA). The integrations are recognizable by the Facebook logo or the terms "Like," "Like," "Share" in Facebook's colors (blue and white). Information on all Facebook plugins can be found via the following link: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/

Facebook Inc. complies with European data protection law and is certified under the Privacy Shield Agreement: https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000GnywAAC&status=Active

The plugin creates a direct connection between your browser and the Facebook servers. The website operator has no influence over the nature and extent of the data that the plugin transmits to the servers of Facebook Inc. Information about this can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/help/186325668085084
The plugin informs Facebook Inc. that you as a user have visited this website. There is a possibility that your IP address will be stored. If you are logged into your Facebook account during your visit to this website, the mentioned information will be linked to it.

If you use the functions of the plugin – such as sharing a post or "liking" – the corresponding information is also transmitted to Facebook Inc.
If you want to prevent Facebook Inc. from linking this data with your Facebook account, please log out of Facebook before visiting this website and delete the stored cookies. Through your Facebook profile, you can make further adjustments to the data processing for advertising purposes or opt out of the use of your data for advertising purposes. You can access the settings here:

Facebook profile settings: https://www.facebook.com/ads/preferences/?entry_product=ad_settings_screen
Cookie deactivation page of the US website: http://optout.aboutads.info/?c=2#!/
Cookie deactivation page of the European website: http://optout.networkadvertising.org/?c=1#!
You can read about which data Facebook collects, uses, and processes and what rights and settings options you have to protect your privacy in Facebook's privacy policy. You can find it here: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/

Reach Measurement & Cookies: This website uses cookies for pseudonymized reach measurement, which are transferred either from our server or the server of third parties to the user's browser. Cookies are small files that are stored on your device. Your browser accesses these files. The use of cookies increases the user-friendliness and security of this website.

If you do not want cookies for reach measurement to be stored on your device, you can object to the use of these files here:

Cookie deactivation page of the Network Advertising Initiative: http://optout.networkadvertising.org/?c=1#!/
Cookie deactivation page of the US website: http://optout.aboutads.info/?c=2#!/
Cookie deactivation page of the European website: http://optout.networkadvertising.org/?c=1#!/
Common browsers offer the setting option not to allow cookies. Note: It is not guaranteed that you will be able to access all the functions of this website without restrictions if you make the appropriate settings.

Collection and Processing of Personal Data: The website operator collects, uses, and passes on your personal data only if this is permitted within the legal framework or you consent to the data collection. Personal data is all information that is used to determine your person and that can be traced back to you – such as your name, email address, and telephone number.
You can also visit this website without providing any personal information. To improve our online offer, however, we store your access data on this website without personal reference. These access data include, for example, the file you requested or the name of your internet provider. By anonymizing the data, conclusions about your person are not possible.

User Rights: You have the right, as a user, to receive free information on request about what personal data has been stored about you. You also have the right to correct incorrect data and to the processing restriction or deletion of your personal data. If applicable, you can also exercise your right to data portability. If you believe that your data has been processed unlawfully, you can file a complaint with the relevant supervisory authority.

Deletion of Data: Unless your request conflicts with a legal obligation to retain data (e.g., data retention), you have the right to have your data deleted. Data stored by us will be deleted if they are no longer necessary for their intended purpose and there are no legal retention periods. If deletion cannot be carried out because the data is required for permissible legal purposes, the processing of the data will be restricted. In this case, the data will be locked and not processed for other purposes.

Right to Object: Users of this website can exercise their right to object to the processing of their personal data at any time. If you want a correction, blocking, deletion, or information about the personal data stored about you, or have questions regarding the collection, processing, or use of your personal data, or want to revoke consents granted, please contact the following email address: [email protected]