The responsible party within the meaning of the data protection laws, in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation (DSGVO), is:
You can exercise the following rights at any time using the contact details provided for our data protection officer:
If you have given us consent, you can revoke it at any time with effect for the future.
You can lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority at any time, e.g. the competent supervisory authority in the federal state of your residence or the authority responsible for us as the responsible body.
A list of supervisory authorities (for the non-public sector) with address can be found at: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html
When you access our website, i.e. when you do not register or otherwise submit information, information of a general nature is automatically collected. This information (server log files) includes, for example, the type of web browser, the operating system used, the domain name of your internet service provider, your IP address and the like.
They are processed in particular for the following purposes:
We do not use your data to draw conclusions about your person. Information of this kind is evaluated anonymously by us statistically, if necessary, in order to optimise our website and the technology behind it.
The processing is carried out pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO on the basis of our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website.
The recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.
The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required for the purpose for which it was collected. This is generally the case for data used to provide the website when the respective session has ended.
In the case of storage of data in log files, this is the case after 14 days at the latest. Storage beyond this period is possible. In this case, the IP addresses of the users are anonymised, so that an assignment of the calling client is no longer possible.
The provision of the aforementioned personal data is neither legally nor contractually required. However, without the IP address, the service and functionality of our website cannot be guaranteed. In addition, individual services and services may not be available or may be restricted. For this reason, an objection is excluded.
Like many other websites, we also use so-called "cookies". Cookies are small text files that are stored on your end device (laptop, tablet, smartphone or similar) when you visit our website.
You can delete individual cookies or the entire cookie inventory. In addition, you will receive information and instructions on how to delete these cookies or block their storage in advance. Depending on the provider of your browser, you will find the necessary information under the following links:
To the extent that you allow us to use cookies through your browser settings or consent, the following cookies may be used on our websites:
Session cookies for 30 minutes, matomo statistics cookies.
We use cookies to make our website more user-friendly. Some elements of our website require that the calling browser can be identified even after a page change.
The purpose of using technically necessary cookies is to simplify the use of websites for users. Some functions of our website cannot be offered without the use of cookies. For these, it is necessary that the browser is recognised even after a page change.
For the following applications, cookies are required.
We require cookies for the following applications:
Shopping cart
Taking over language settings
Performing a conversion of uploaded images/content.
The processing is carried out pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO on the basis of our legitimate interest in a user-friendly design of our website.
The recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.
The provision of the aforementioned personal data is not required by law or contract. However, without this data, the service and functionality of our website cannot be guaranteed. In addition, individual services and services may not be available or may be restricted.
Read more about this in the information on your right to object in accordance with Art. 21 DSGVO below.
Furthermore, we use cookies to better tailor the offer on our website to the interests of our visitors or to generally improve it on the basis of statistical evaluations.
For information on which providers set cookies, please see the information below on the display, tracking, remarketing and web analysis technologies used.
The legal basis for these processing operations is in each case your consent, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO.
The recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as order processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.
For further recipients, please see the information below on the display, tracking, remarketing and web analytics technologies used.
For information on this, please refer to the listings of the individual display, tracking, remarketing and web analytics providers.
Of course, you can generally view our website without cookies. Web browsers are regularly set to accept cookies. In general, you can deactivate the use of cookies at any time via your browser settings (see Revocation of consent).
Please note that individual functions of our website may not work if you have deactivated the use of cookies.
You can withdraw your consent at any time using our cookie consent tool.
To what extent we analyse the behaviour of website visitors with pseudonymised user profiles, please see the information below on the display, tracking, remarketing and web analysis technologies used.
The data you enter will be stored for the purpose of individual communication with you. For this purpose, it is necessary to provide a valid e-mail address and your name. This is used for the assignment of the enquiry and the subsequent response to it. The provision of further data is optional.
The processing of the data entered in the contact form is based on a legitimate interest (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO).
By providing the contact form, we would like to make it easy for you to contact us. The information you provide will be stored for the purpose of processing the enquiry and for possible follow-up questions.
If you wish to contact us, please do so.
If you contact us to request a quote, the data entered in the contact form will be processed for the purpose of carrying out pre-contractual measures (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO).
Receivers of the data are, where applicable, processors.
Data will be deleted no later than 6 months after the request has been processed.
If a contractual relationship arises, we are subject to the statutory retention periods according to the German Commercial Code (HGB) and delete your data after these periods have expired.
The provision of your personal data is voluntary. However, we can only process your request if you provide us with your name, email address and the reason for the request.
If you have given your consent, this website uses Matomo (formerly Piwik), an open source software for statistical analysis of visitor access. The provider of the Matomo software is InnoCraft Ltd, 150 Willis St, 6011 Wellington, New Zealand.
Matomo sets a cookie (a text file) on your terminal device, with which your browser can be recognised. If sub-pages of our website are accessed, the following information is stored:
The use of Matomo is for the purpose of improving the quality of our website and its content. In this way, we learn how the website is used and can thus constantly optimise our offer.
By anonymising the IP address by six digits, we take into account the interest of the website visitor in the protection of personal data. The data is not used to personally identify the website user and is not merged with other data. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website will not be passed on to third parties.
You can revoke your consent to the storage and analysis of your data by Matomo at any time using the link below. A so-called opt-out cookie will then be stored on your device, which is valid for two years. As a result, Matomo will not collect any session data. Please note, however, that the opt-out cookie is deleted when you delete all cookies.
INSERT THE MATOMO OPT-OUT IFRAME HERE
For more information on the privacy settings of the Matomo software, please see the following link: https://matomo.org/docs/privacy/
You may also refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.
To protect the security of your data during transmission, we use state-of-the-art encryption procedures (e.g. SSL) via HTTPS.
You have the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning you which is carried out on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) DSGVO (data processing on the basis of a balance of interests); this also applies to profiling based on this provision within the meaning of Art. 4 No. 4 DSGVO.
If you object, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing is for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
person responsible for right of objection
We reserve the right to adapt this privacy policy to ensure that it always complies with the current legal requirements or to implement changes to our services in the privacy policy, e.g. when introducing new services. The new data protection declaration will then apply to your next visit.
>If you have any questions about data protection, please write us an email or contact the person responsible for data protection in our organisation directly:
"data protection officer contact"
This privacy statement was created with the help of activeMind AG, the experts for external data protection officers