Privacy policy

As the operator of this website, we take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations (DSGVO, TKG 2003). In this privacy policy we inform you about the most important aspects of data processing within the framework of our website. 

If you contact us using the contact form on the website or by e-mail, your data will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the request and in the event of follow-up questions. We will not pass on this data without your consent.

Our website uses so-called cookies. These are small text files that are stored on your device using the browser. They do no harm. We use cookies to make our offer user-friendly. Some cookies remain on your device until you delete them. They enable us to recognize your browser the next time you visit us. If you do not want this, you can set up your browser so that it informs you about the setting of cookies and you allow this only in individual cases. As far as the cookies used by us are subject to approval, we will ask for your approval in advance. The deactivation of cookies may limit the functionality of our website

Our website uses functions of the web analytics service Google Analytics. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Cookies are used for this purpose, which enable an analysis of the use of the website by your users. The information generated in this way is transferred to the provider's server and stored there. You can prevent this by setting up your browser so that no cookies are stored.

We have activated the IP anonymization function on this website. As a result, 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 it is transmitted to the USA. Only in exceptional cases will we transfer the full IP address to a Google server in the USA and shorten it there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide the website operator with other services related to website and internet use. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.

You can prevent the storage of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly; however, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use full functions of this website. You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de

This website uses the „demographic data“ function of Google Analytics. This allows reports to be created that contain information about the age, gender and interests of the website visitors. This data comes from interest-based advertising from Google and visitor data from third-party providers. This data cannot be assigned to a specific person. You can deactivate this function at any time via the ad settings in your Google account or generally prohibit the collection of your data by Google Analytics as shown in the point "Objection to data collection"

You have the option of subscribing to our newsletter via our website. For this we need your email address, first name, last name and your declaration that you agree to receive the newsletter. In order to provide you with targeted information, we also collect and process voluntarily provided information on areas of interest, address, birthday and possibly other fields. As soon as you have registered for the newsletter, we will send you a confirmation e-mail with a link to confirm the registration. You can cancel the subscription to the newsletter at any time, please fill out the following form: ***newsletter unsubscription***
We will then immediately delete your data in connection with the newsletter mailing.

Our website uses plugins from the Google-operated YouTube site. The website is operated by YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. If you visit one of our pages equipped with a YouTube plugin, a connection to the YouTube servers will be established. The YouTube server is informed which of our pages you have visited. If you are logged into your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to assign your surfing behavior directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account. Further information on the handling of user data can be found in YouTube's privacy policy at https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy

Plugins from the social network Facebook, provider Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA, are integrated on our website. You can recognize the Facebook plugins by the Facebook logo or the "Like" button on our website. An overview of the Facebook plugins can be found here:  https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/. When you visit our website, the plugin establishes a direct connection between your browser and the Facebook server. Facebook receives the information that you have visited our site with your IP address. If you click the Facebook "Like" button while you are logged into your Facebook account, you can link the content of our pages to your Facebook profile. This enables Facebook to assign your visit to our website to your user account. We would like to point out that, as the provider of the website, we have no knowledge of the content of the data transmitted or how it is used by Facebook. You can find more information in the privacy policy of Facebook at https://de-de.facebook.com/policy.php. If such a transmission to Facebook is not wanted, this transmission can be prevented by logging out of your Facebook account.

You have the right to information about your stored personal data, as well as a right to correction, data transmission, opposition, restriction of processing and blocking or deletion of incorrect or inadmissibly processed data. You have the right to revoke your consent at any time.  If you believe that the processing of your personal data by us violates the applicable data protection law, you may complain to the relevant supervisory authority. In Austria, the data protection authority is responsible for this. In Bavaria your complaints can be submitted to the Bavarian State Office for Data Protection Supervision (poststelle@lda.bayern.de)