Privacy statement

Revocation of your consent to data processing

Some data processing tasks are only permissible with your explicit consent. Revocation of your consent, after it has been given, is possible at any time. For revocation, an informal email message is sufficient. The legality of data processing performed prior to revocation remains unaffected by said revocation.

Right to complain to the competent supervisory authority

As the affected party, you are entitled to file a complaint with the competent supervisory authority in the event of a breach of data protection law. The competent supervisory authority, with regard to data protection issues, is the state data protection officer of the federal state in which the headquarters of our company is located. The following link provides a list of data protection officers and their contact details: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.

Right to data portability

You have the right to have data that we process on the basis of your consent, or in fulfilment of a contract, forwarded automatically to you or to third parties. This provision is performed in a machine-readable format. If you require direct transfer of the data to another responsible party, this may only be accomplished to the extent that it is technically feasible.

Right to information, correction, blocking, deletion

You have the right, at any time and in the context of the applicable legal provisions, to receive free information about your stored personal data, the origin of the data, recipients thereof, the purpose of data processing and, if necessary, a right to correct, block or delete said data. In this regard, and also to further questions on the subject of personal data, you may always contact us via the contact options listed on the information page.

SSL or TLS encryption

For security reasons and to prevent transmission of confidential content that you send to us as a site operator, our website uses an SSL or TLS encryption. Therefore, data that you submit via this website, is not readable for others. You can identify an encrypted connection via the „https://“ address bar of your browser and via the lock symbol in the bowser bar.

Links to external websites

We cannot accept any liability for the content of external websites which we link to.

Contact form

Data submitted via the contact form, including your contact details, will be stored in order to process your request or to ensure its availability for follow-up questions. This data will not be disclosed without your consent.

The data entered into the contact form will only be processed on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 (1) lit. GDPR). Revocation of your consent, after it has been given, is possible at any time. For revocation, an informal email message is sufficient. The legality of data processing procedures performed prior to revocation remains unaffected by said revocation.

Data submitted via the contact form will remain with us until you ask us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage, or you no longer need to back up your data. Mandatory statutory provisions, especially retention periods, remain unaffected.

Newsletter data

To receive our newsletter, you must submit an email address. It is necessary to verify the given email address and to accept the newsletter. Supplementary data are not collected or are provided voluntarily. The data are used exclusively to send the newsletter.

The data provided in the newsletter registration are processed exclusively on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 (1) lit. GDPR). Revocation of your consent, after it has been given, is possible at any time. For revocation, an informal email message is sufficient or simply unsubscribe via the "Unsubscribe" link in the newsletter. The legality of data processing procedures performed prior to revocation remains unaffected thereby.

Data entered to set up the subscription will be deleted in the event of unsubscription. If these data have been transmitted to us and elsewhere for other purposes, they will remain with us.

Matomo (formerly Piwik)

Our website uses the website analytic service Matomo. Matomo is an open source solution.

Matomo uses "cookies.” These are small text files that your web browser stores on your device and that facilitate analysis of website usage. Information generated by cookies about the use of our website is stored on our server. Before saving, your IP address will be anonymised.

Cookies from Matomo remain on your device until you delete them.

Matomo cookies are set on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. As the operator of this website, we have a legitimate interest in anonymous analysis of user behaviour in order to optimise both our website and advertising.

Information stored in the Matomo Cookie about the use of this website is not subject to disclosure. The setting of cookies through your web browser can be prevented. However, some features of our website may be restricted.

You can deactivate the storage and use of your data here. Your browser sets an opt-out cookie, which prevents the storage of Matomo usage data. If you delete your cookies, the Matomo opt-out cookie will also be removed. When you visit our website again, the opt-out cookie that prevents storage and use of your data to be set again.