privacy policy

In the following we would like to inform you about our privacy policy. Here you will find information about the collection and use of personal data when using our website. We observe the data protection law applicable in Germany. You can access this declaration at any time on our website. We expressly point out that data transmission on the Internet (e.g. when communicating by e-mail) has security gaps and cannot be completely protected against access by third parties. The use of the contact details in our imprint for commercial advertising is expressly not desired unless we have given our prior written consent or a business relationship already exists. The provider and all persons named on this website hereby object to any commercial use and disclosure of their data.

Personal Data

You can visit our website without providing any personal data. Insofar as personal data (such as name, address or e-mail address) is collected on our website, this is done on a voluntary basis as far as possible. This data will not be passed on to third parties without your express consent. If a contractual relationship is to be established between you and us, the content of which is to be designed or changed, or if you send us an inquiry, we will collect and use your personal data to the extent necessary for these purposes (inventory data). We collect, process and use personal data to the extent necessary to enable you to use the website (usage data). All personal data will only be stored for as long as is necessary for the stated purpose (processing your request or processing a contract). Tax and commercial law retention periods are taken into account. By order of the competent authorities, we may provide information about this data (inventory data) in individual cases, insofar as this is necessary for the purposes of criminal prosecution, to avert danger, to fulfill the statutory tasks of the constitutional protection authorities or the military counter-intelligence service or to enforce intellectual property rights.

comment functions

As part of the comment function, we collect personal data (e.g. name, e-mail) as part of your comment on a contribution only to the extent that you have communicated it to us. When you publish a comment, the email address you provide will be saved but not published. Your name will be published unless you wrote under a pseudonym.

contact form

The personal data that you make available to us as part of this contact request will only be used to answer your request or contact you and for the associated technical administration. The transfer to third parties does not take place. You have the right to revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. In this case, your personal data will be deleted immediately. Your personal data will also be deleted without your revocation if we have processed your request or you revoke the consent to storage given here. This also happens if the storage is not permitted for other legal reasons. You can find out about the data stored about you at any time. Detailed information on data protection and the handling of personal data can be found in the general data protection declaration of this website.

Privacy Policy for the Facebook Plugin (“Like”)

This website uses plugins from the provider Facebook.com, which are provided by Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304 in the USA. Users of our website on which the Facebook plugin (“Like” button) is installed are hereby informed that the plugin will establish a connection to Facebook, which will send it to your browser so that the plugin can be activated the website appears. Furthermore, data is forwarded to the Facebook server through use, which contains information about your website visits on our homepage. For logged-in Facebook users, this means that the usage data is assigned to your personal Facebook account. As soon as you actively use the Facebook plugin as a logged-in Facebook user (e.g. by clicking on the “Like” button or using the comment function), this data is transferred to your Facebook account and published. You can only avoid this by logging out of your Facebook account beforehand. For more information regarding the use of data by Facebook, please refer to the data protection regulations on Facebook at http://de-de.facebook.com/policy.php

Data protection declaration for the use of the web message service twitter.com

We have also integrated the web message service twitter.com on our website. This is provided by Twitter Inc., 1355 Market St, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. Twitter offers the so-called “tweet” function. This allows you to publish 140-character messages with website links in your own Twitter account. If you use the "Tweet" function of Twitter on our website, the respective website will be linked to your account on Twitter and may be publicly announced there. Data is also transmitted to Twitter. We are not aware of the content of the data transmitted and how it is used by Twitter. Therefore, for more information, consult Twitter's privacy policy: http://twitter.com/privacy Twitter offers you the opportunity to set your own data protection settings under the following link: http://twitter.com/account/settings.

right of providing information

You have the right at any time to inquire about the data collected about you immediately and free of charge. You have the right at any time to revoke your consent to the use of your personal data with effect for the future. To provide information, please contact the provider using the contact details in the imprint.