Data Protection

1. Data Protection at a Glance

General Information

The following notes provide a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is any data that can be used to identify you personally. Detailed information on the subject of data protection can be found in our privacy policy listed below this text.

Data Collection on This Website

Who is responsible for data collection on this website?

The data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find their contact details in the imprint of this website.

How do we collect your data?

Your data is collected in part by you providing it to us. This may include data that you enter into a contact form, for example.

Other data is collected automatically or with your consent when you visit the website through our IT systems. This mainly includes technical data, such as internet browser, operating system, or time of the page view. This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.

What do we use your data for?

Some of the data is collected to ensure the website is provided without errors. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You have the right to obtain information free of charge at any time about the origin, recipient, and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request the correction or deletion of this data.

If you have given consent to data processing, you can revoke this consent at any time for the future. You also have the right to request the restriction of processing your personal data under certain circumstances. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

For this and other questions regarding data protection, you can contact us at any time at the address provided in the imprint.

Analysis Tools and Third-Party Tools

Your surfing behavior may be statistically evaluated when you visit this website. This is done primarily with so-called analysis programs. Detailed information about these analysis programs can be found in the following privacy policy.

2. Hosting and Content Delivery Networks (CDN)

External Hosting

This website is hosted by an external service provider (host). The personal data collected on this website is stored on the servers of the host. This may include IP addresses, contact inquiries, meta and communication data, contract data, contact details, names, website accesses, and other data generated via a website.

The use of the host is for the purpose of fulfilling contracts with our potential and existing customers in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR and in the interest of a secure, fast, and efficient provision of our online offerings by a professional provider in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

Our host will only process your data to the extent necessary to fulfill its service obligations and will follow our instructions regarding this data.

We use the following host:

Conclusion of a Contract for Data Processing

To ensure compliant data processing, we have concluded a contract for data processing with our host.

Cloudflare

We use the service "Cloudflare". The provider is Cloudflare Inc., 101 Townsend St., San Francisco, CA 94107, USA, hereinafter referred to as "Cloudflare".

Cloudflare provides a globally distributed content delivery network with DNS. Technically, the information transfer between your browser and our website is routed through Cloudflare's network. This enables Cloudflare to analyze the traffic between your browser and our website and act as a filter between our servers and potentially malicious traffic from the internet.

In this context, Cloudflare may also use cookies or other technologies to recognize internet users, which are used solely for the purpose described here.

The use of Cloudflare is based on our legitimate interest in providing our web offer as error-free and secure as possible in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

The data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. Details can be found here: https://www.cloudflare.com/media/pdf/cloudflare-customer-dpa.pdf .

Further information on security and data protection at Cloudflare can be found here: https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/ .

Conclusion of a Contract for Data Processing

To ensure compliant data processing, we have concluded a contract for data processing with Cloudflare.

3. General Notes and Mandatory Information

Data Protection

The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the legal data protection regulations as well as this privacy policy.

When you use this website, various personal data is collected. Personal data is data that can be used to identify you personally. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and how we use it. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done.

We would like to point out that data transmission over the internet, e.g., when communicating via email, may have security gaps. A complete protection of the data against access by third parties is not possible.

Note on the Responsible Party

The responsible party for data processing on this website is:

Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The responsible party is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of processing personal data, e.g., names, email addresses, etc.

Storage Duration

As long as no specific storage duration is mentioned within this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for data processing ceases to apply.

If you make a legitimate request for deletion or revoke your consent to data processing, your data will be deleted unless we have other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data, e.g., tax or commercial retention periods. In the latter case, deletion will occur after these reasons cease to apply.

Note on Data Transfer to the USA

Our website includes tools from companies based in the USA. When these tools are active, your personal data may be transferred to the US servers of the respective companies.

We would like to point out that the USA is not a safe third country within the meaning of EU data protection law. US companies are required to release personal data to security authorities without you, as the affected party, being able to take legal action against this.

It cannot therefore be excluded that US authorities, e.g., secret services, may process, evaluate, and permanently store your data located on US servers for surveillance purposes. We have no influence over these processing activities.

Revocation of Your Consent to Data Processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your explicit consent. You can revoke your consent at any time. The legality of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Right to Object to Data Collection in Special Cases and Against Direct Advertising According to Art. 21 GDPR

If the data processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. e or f GDPR, you have the right to object at any time, for reasons arising from your particular situation, to the processing of your personal data; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions.

The respective legal basis on which processing is based can be found in this privacy policy. If you object, we will no longer process your affected personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or the processing serves the assertion, exercise, or defense of legal claims in accordance with Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR.

If your personal data is processed for the purpose of direct advertising, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data for the purposes of such advertising; this also applies to profiling insofar as it is related to such direct advertising. If you object, your personal data will no longer be used for the purpose of direct advertising in accordance with Art. 21 para. 2 GDPR.

Right to Lodge a Complaint with the Competent Supervisory Authority

In the event of violations of the GDPR, affected individuals have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, particularly in the member state of their habitual residence, their place of work, or the location of the alleged violation. The right to lodge a complaint is without prejudice to other administrative or judicial remedies.

Right to Data Portability

You have the right to request that data which we process automatically based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract be handed over to you or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another responsible party, this will only be done to the extent technically feasible.

SSL or TLS Encryption

This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or inquiries that you send to us as the site operator.

You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from "http://" to "https://" and by the lock symbol in your browser line.

When SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Information, Deletion, and Correction

You have the right to obtain information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients, and the purpose of data processing at any time free of charge within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, and if applicable, the right to correction or deletion of this data. For this and other questions regarding personal data, you can contact us at any time at the address provided in the imprint.

Right to Restrict Processing

You have the right to request the restriction of processing your personal data. You can contact us at any time at the address provided in the imprint.

The right to restrict processing exists in the following cases:

• If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored with us, we usually need time to verify this. For the duration of the verification, you have the right to request the restriction of processing your personal data.
• If the processing of your personal data is unlawful or is being carried out unlawfully, you may request the restriction of data processing instead of deletion.
• If we no longer need your personal data, but you need it to assert, exercise, or defend legal claims, you have the right to request the restriction of processing your personal data instead of deletion.
• If you have lodged an objection under Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR, a balance must be struck between your interests and ours. As long as it is not yet clear whose interests outweigh, you have the right to request the restriction of processing your personal data.

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, these data – apart from their storage – may only be processed with your consent or for the assertion, exercise, or defense of legal claims or to protect the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of significant public interest of the European Union or a member state.

Objection to Advertising Emails

The use of contact data published as part of the imprint obligation for the purpose of sending unsolicited advertising and information materials is hereby contradicted. The operators of the pages expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of the unsolicited sending of advertising information, for example, through spam emails.

4. Data Collection on This Website

Server Log Files

The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files that your browser transmits to us automatically. This includes:

• Browser type and browser version
• Operating system used
• Referrer URL
• Hostname of the accessing computer
• Time of the server request
• IP address

A merging of this data with other data sources will not be carried out. The collection of this data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically error-free representation and optimization of his website – for this purpose, the server log files must be collected.

Inquiries by Email, Phone, or Fax

If you contact us by email, phone, or fax, your inquiry including all personal data resulting from it, e.g., name and inquiry, will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of processing your request. We do not pass this data on without your consent.

The processing of this data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, provided your inquiry is related to the fulfillment of a contract or is necessary for the performance of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective handling of inquiries directed to us in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR or on your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR, if this has been requested.

The data you send to us via contact inquiries will remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage, or the purpose for data storage ceases to apply, e.g., after your request has been processed. Mandatory legal provisions – in particular legal retention periods – remain unaffected.

5. Plugins and Tools

Adobe Fonts

This website uses web fonts from Adobe for the uniform display of certain fonts. The provider is Adobe Systems Incorporated, 345 Park Avenue, San Jose, CA 95110-2704, USA, hereinafter referred to as "Adobe".

When you access this website, your browser loads the required fonts directly from Adobe to correctly display them on your device. In doing so, your browser establishes a connection to Adobe's servers in the USA. This allows Adobe to know that this website has been accessed via your IP address. According to Adobe, no cookies are stored when providing the fonts.

The storage and analysis of the data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the uniform presentation of the font on his website. If consent has been requested, e.g., consent to the storage of cookies, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR; the consent can be revoked at any time.

The data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. Details can be found here: https://www.adobe.com/de/privacy/eudatatransfers.html .

Further information on Adobe Fonts can be found at: https://www.adobe.com/de/privacy/policies/adobe-fonts.html .

The privacy policy of Adobe can be found at: https://www.adobe.com/de/privacy/policy.html .

Google Maps

This page uses the map service Google Maps. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, "Google", Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

To use the features of Google Maps, it is necessary to store your IP address. This information is usually transmitted to a server of Google in the USA and stored there. The provider of this page has no influence on this data transmission.

The use of Google Maps is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offerings and an easy findability of the places we have indicated on the website. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR; the consent can be revoked at any time.

The data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. Details can be found here: https://privacy.google.com/businesses/gdprcontrollerterms/ and https://privacy.google.com/businesses/gdprcontrollerterms/sccs/ .

More information on the handling of user data can be found in Google's privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de .