Data Privacy Statement

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We attach great importance to the protection of your data and safeguarding your privacy. Therefore, below we inform You about the collection and use of personal information for the use of our website.

Anonymous Data Collection

You can visit our website without disclosing any personal information. We do not store any personal information in this regard. In order to improve our site, we only analyze statistical data that do not allow any conclusion to your person.

Collection and Conversion using the Contact Form

By using the contact form, we collect personal data (details about the personal or material circumstances of an identified or identifiable natural person) only to the extent You provide. Your email address is used by us only to process your requests. Your data is then deleted, unless You have consented to the further processing and use.

Collection, Processing and Use of Personal Data

We collect personally identifiable information (any information concerning the personal or material circumstances of an identified or identifiable natural person) only to the extent You agree to provide.
The processing and use of your personal data are for the processing of your order and requests.
After completion of contract execution, all personal data are first stored regarding to account tax and commercial law retention periods and then deleted after the deadline, unless You have not consented to the further processing and use.

Disclosure of personal data

A transfer of your data to third parties without your expressed consent won’t take place. The only exceptions are our service partners who we need to fulfill the contractual relationship. In these cases, we strictly adhere to the requirements of the Federal Data Protection Act. The amount of data transmission is limited to a minimum.

Cookies

Our website uses so called cookies at several places. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and stored by your browser. They serve to make our site more user-friendly, effective and safer. In addition, cookies enable our systems to recognize your browser and to provide features. Cookies do not contain any personal information.

Use of Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “Cookies”, text files that are stored on your computer, to help analyzing how users use the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website are usually transferred to a Google server in the US and stored there. In case of activation of IP anonymization on this website, your IP address will be truncated within Member States of the European Union or other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases the full IP address will be transferred to a Google server in the USA and is shortened. On behalf of the operator of this site, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other website activity and internet related services to the website operator. Your within the scope of Google Analytics transfered IP address is not associated with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser; however, we point out that in this case You optionally cannot use all functions of this website to their full extent. You can also prevent the data generated by the cookie about your use of the website (incl. Your IP address) to Google and the processing of these data by Google by downloading the available browser plugin in the following link http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de and install it.

Use of Facebook Plugins

On these web pages plugins of the social network facebook.com are used, which are operated by Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA (“Facebook”). If You call up with such a plugin provided internet pages of our website, it connects to the Facebook servers, thereby the plugin is represented on the website by notifying your browser. Which of our web pages You have visited is hereby transmitted to the Facebook server. If You are logged in as a Facebook member, Facebook assigns this information to your personal Facebook account. When using the plugin functions (eg clicking the “Like” button, submit a comment) this information is also assigned to your Facebook account, which can only be prevented by logging out before using the plugin. If You do not want Facebook to collect information and directly assign them to your Facebook profile, You must log out before visiting our Facebook page or use the by Facebook provided and available add-on for your browser http://webgraph.com / resources / facebook blocker /. This allows You to block the loading of the Facebook plugins.
For more information on the collection and use of data by Facebook, on your rights and options to protect your privacy, please see the privacy policies of Facebook.

Use of the Google +1 button

On these web pages, the “+1” button of the social network Google Plus Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA, 94043 USA, (hereinafter “Google”) is used. When You call up a with the “+1” button provided website of ours, a connection is made to Google’s servers in the United States, while the button is shown on the website by notifying your browser. Hereby your IP address and as well the information that You have visited our website are transmitted to the Google server. This applies regardless of whether You are registered or not logged in Google Plus. A transfer takes place, even when not registered or not logged in. The “+1” button is not used to track your visits in the internet.

When viewing a “+1” button, Google does not permanently record your browsing history and neither evaluates your visit to one side with “+1” button in another way. Google will store information about your visit about two weeks due to system maintenance and troubleshooting purposes. These data are not structured according to individual profiles, user name or URL and will not be forwarded to us.
If You are a Google Plus member and logged in Google Plus during the time using the plugin, the collected information is linked from your site visit with your Google Plus account and made known to other users. Even in the case of interactions that are possible with the various Google plugins, relevant information is collected about You as well transmitted as stored on Google. An overview of the different types of Google plugins can be found here: https://developers.google.com/+/plugins

If You have created a public profile in the settings of Google Plus, your “+1” from Google can be an evidence along with your name and profile photo in Google services, such as in search results or in your Google profile, or are shown on other locations of websites and advertisements. If You do not want Google to collect information and assigning to your Google Plus profile, You must log out of Google Plus before visiting our site from Google.

For more information on the collection and use of data by Google, about your rights and options to protect your privacy, please see the privacy policies of Google: http://www.google.com/intl/de/+/policy/+1button.html .

You also have the option of installing the appropriate add-ons in your browser, loading the plugins to prevent Google.

Use of Twitter-Plugins

On our site functions of the Twitter service are integrated. Twitter is a social media portal of the company Twitter Inc., 795 Folsom St., Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94107 (USA).

We use Twitter plugins. If You call a corresponding website that contains such a plugin, there is an exchange of data with the United States located in the Twitter servers. Even in the case of interactions that are possible with the various Twitter plugins relevant information is collected about You and transmitted and stored at Twitter. If You are a Twitter member and logged in during the time using the plugin on Twitter, the collected information is linked from your site visit with your Twitter account and posted to other users. If You do not want Twitter to collect and assign the information with the data from your Twitter account, You must log out before You visit our Web site at Twitter. For more information on the collection and use of data by Twitter, please visit:
https://twitter.com/privacy.

Use of Pinterest-Plugins

On these web pages plugins of the social network Pinterest are used, which are operated by the Pinterest Inc., 635 High Street, Palo Alto, CA, 94301, USA (“Share”). The different logos that contain the plugin (eg “Pin it” button or the “P ” – button), You can view in the following link: http://business.pinterest.com/pin-it-button/

When You visit a Web page offering of our website that contains such a plugin, a link between your computer and the servers of Pinterest is established and the plugin is displayed on the website by notifying your browser. Hereby your IP address as well as the information about our web pages You have visited are transmitted to servers in the United States. This applies regardless of whether You are registered or not logged in Pinterest. A transfer takes place, even when not registered or not logged in. If You are a Pinterest member and logged in during the time using the plugin on Pinterest, the collected information is linked from your site visit with your Pinterest account and announced to other users. Even in case of interactions that are possible with the various Pinterest plugins appropriate information is collected about You and transmitted and stored on Pinterest. If You do not want Pinterest to collect and assign the information with the data from your Pinterest account, You must log out before You visit our Web site at Pinterest. For more information on the collection and use of data by Pinterest, please visit: http://de.about.pinterest.com/privacy/ .

Discovery, Correction, Blocking and Deletion of Data

You always have the right to free information about your stored data and the right to rectification, erasure or blocking. Contact us on request. Contact details can be found in our imprint.

last updated: 02.12.2014