Data Protection

We collect, use, and store your personal data exclusively in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Data Protection Act of the Federal Republic of Germany. Below, we will inform you about the type, scope, and purpose of data collection and usage.

Collection and processing of data

Every access to our website and retrieval of a file stored on this website is logged. The storage serves internal system-related and statistical purposes. The following information is logged: name of the accessed file, date and time of access, transferred data volume, notification of successful retrieval, web browser, and requesting domain. In addition, the IP addresses of the requesting computers are logged. Further personal data is only collected if the user of the website and/or customer voluntarily provides it, for example, within the scope of an inquiry or registration or for the conclusion of a contract or through the settings of their browser.

Our website uses cookies. A cookie is a text file that is sent when visiting a website and is stored on the hard drive of the user of the website and/or customer. When the corresponding server of our website is accessed again by the user of the website and/or customer, the user’s browser sends the previously received cookie back to the server. The server can then evaluate the information obtained through this procedure in various ways. For example, cookies can be used to control advertisements or facilitate navigation on a website. If the user of the website and/or customer wants to prevent the use of cookies, they can do so by making local changes to their settings in the internet browser used on their computer, i.e., the program for opening and displaying internet pages (e.g., Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, or Safari).

Use and disclosure of personal data

If the user of our website has provided personal data, we will only use it to respond to inquiries from the user of the website and/or customer, to process contracts concluded with the user of the website and/or customer, and for technical administration. We will only disclose or transmit personal data to third parties if it is necessary for the purpose of contract processing or billing or if the user of the website and/or customer has given their prior consent. The user of the website and/or customer has the right to revoke any consent given at any time with effect for the future.

Stored personal data will be deleted if the user of the website and/or customer revokes their consent to storage, if their knowledge is no longer necessary for the fulfillment of the purpose pursued with the storage, or if their storage is inadmissible for other legal reasons. Data for billing and accounting purposes are not affected by a request for deletion.

Privacy policy for the use of Google Analytics

Our website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). For this web analytics service, Google Analytics uses “cookies,” which are text files stored on your computer that enable an analysis of your website usage. The information generated by the cookie about your use of our website is transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. If IP anonymization is activated on our website, your IP address will be shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area before transmission. In exceptional cases, the full IP address may be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. Google may use this information to evaluate your use of the website, compile reports on website activity for website operators, and provide other services related to website activity and internet usage. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other data from Google. If you do not want this analysis of your visit (based on your IP address) to be associated with you, you can prevent the storage or installation of cookies by adjusting your browser software accordingly. However, please note that in this case, you may not be able to use all the functions of our website to their full extent. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above. Furthermore, you can prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) to Google, as well as the processing of this data by Google, by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.

Right to information

According to the provisions of the Federal Data Protection Act, you have the right to free information about your stored data as well as the right to correction, blocking, or deletion of this data if necessary.

If you have any questions regarding the collection, processing, or use of your personal data or if you wish to receive information, correction, blocking, or deletion of data, please contact us.