The following provides details about our data protection practices, including information on how we collect and process your personal details when you use our website. We do so in accordance with German data protection legislation. You can access this Privacy Policy on our website at any time.
We expressly point out that transferring data on the Internet (e.g. when communicating by e-mail) can be subject to security vulnerabilities and it is not possible to offer complete protection against access by third parties.
The contact data in our Legal Disclosure may not be used for commercial purposes, unless we have provided our prior written consent or a legal relationship already exists. The operator and all persons mentioned on this website hereby object to their data being used or shared in any way for commercial purposes.
Personal data
You can visit our website without having to provide personal data. Where personal data (e.g. name, address or e-mail address) is collected on our webpages, it is provided on a voluntary basis if possible. This data will not be shared with third parties without your explicit consent. If a contractual relationship between you and us is concluded, or is to be defined or amended in terms of content, or if you send us an enquiry, we will collect and use personal data from you to the extent required for this purpose (inventory data). We collect, process and use personal information to the extent required to enable you to use our website (usage data). All personal data will only be stored for as long as is necessary for the specified purpose (processing your enquiry or executing a contract). This will be done in accordance with the retention periods prescribed by tax and commercial law. Upon request by the applicable authorities, we are permitted to disclose this data (inventory data) in individual cases, provided that this is necessary for criminal proceedings, to avert danger, to fulfil the legal obligations of constitutional protection offices or military counter-intelligence services, or to assert rights to intellectual property.
Comment functions
When you comment on an article, we only collect personal data (e.g. name, e-mail address) to the extent that you have informed us of. When publishing a comment, the e-mail address that you specify is saved but not made public. Your name will be public if you have not written under a pseudonym.
Privacy policy for the web analysis service Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses so-called cookies, i.e. text files that are stored on your computer and enable your use of the website to be analysed. The information that the cookie generates about your use of this website is usually transmitted to and stored on a Google server in the USA. We have activated IP anonymization. On this website, Google will therefore shorten your IP address beforehand within the member countries of the European Union or in other countries which are parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to analyse your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to render other services for the operator that relate to the use of the website and the Internet. The IP address that your web browser transmits within the context of Google Analytics is not combined with other data held by Google. You can prevent cookies from being stored via the corresponding setting in your browser; however, please be aware that you may not be able to enjoy all functions of this website if you do so. Furthermore, you can prevent the data that the cookie generates about your use of this website (including your IP address) from being sent to and processed by Google; this can be done by downloading and installing the browser plugin from the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de