Privacy Policy

The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.

The use of our website is generally possible without providing personal data. Insofar as personal data (e.g., name, address, or email addresses) is collected on our pages, this is always done on a voluntary basis, if possible. This data will not be passed on to third parties without your express consent.

We would like to point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g., when communicating by email) can have security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

Cookies

The internet pages sometimes use so-called cookies. Cookies do not cause any damage to your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies serve to make our offer more user-friendly, effective, and secure. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser.

Most of the cookies we use are so-called “session cookies”. They are automatically deleted after your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them. These cookies enable us to recognize your browser on your next visit.

You can configure your browser to inform you about the setting of cookies and to allow cookies only in individual cases, to exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or generally, and to activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. If cookies are deactivated, the functionality of this website may be limited.

Server Log Files

The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:

• Browser type and browser version
• Operating system used
• Referrer URL
• Hostname of the accessing computer
• Time of the server request

This data cannot be assigned to specific persons. This data is not merged with other data sources. We reserve the right to subsequently check this data if we become aware of concrete indications of illegal use.

Contact Form

If you send us inquiries via the contact form, your details from the inquiry form, including the contact data you provided there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and for follow-up questions. We will not pass on this data without your consent.

Newsletter Data

If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we require an email address from you, as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the email address provided and that you agree to receive the newsletter. No further data is collected. We use this data exclusively for sending the requested information and do not pass it on to third parties.

You can revoke your consent to the storage of data, the email address, and its use for sending the newsletter at any time, for example, via the “unsubscribe” link in the newsletter.

Privacy Policy for the Use of Google Analytics

This website uses functions of the web analysis service Google Analytics. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies”. These are text files that are stored on your computer and enable an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

More information on how Google Analytics handles user data can be found in Google’s privacy policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de

Browser Plugin

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 all functions of this website to their full extent. You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de

Objection to Data Collection

You can prevent the collection of your data by Google Analytics by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie will be set that prevents the collection of your data on future visits to this website: Deactivate Google Analytics

Data Processing Agreement

We have concluded a data processing agreement with Google and fully implement the strict requirements of the German data protection authorities when using Google Analytics.

IP Anonymization

We use the “activation of IP anonymization” function on this website. However, your IP address will be truncated by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated 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 other services related to website and internet use to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.

Sharing on Social Networks

The content on our pages can be shared on various social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, or Google+. However, we do not use plugins provided by social networks on our pages. These tools automatically and unsolicitedly transmit a large amount of user data to the operators of these social networks.

eRecht24 Safe Sharing Tool

According to data protection authorities and courts, such an automatic transfer of user data to the operators of social networks is illegal and can lead to warnings. Therefore, such data transfer does not take place on our pages without the user’s consent.

We use the eRecht24 Safe Sharing Tool. This establishes direct contact between the networks and users only when the user actively clicks on one of these buttons. If the user is logged in to one of the social networks, an information window appears when using the social buttons, in which the user can edit the information text before sending.

As a visitor, you can browse these pages without fear of unauthorized disclosure of your data and post content you like on social networks without complete surfing profiles being created by the network operators.

Privacy Policy for the Use of Google Web Fonts

This site uses so-called Web Fonts, provided by Google, for the uniform display of fonts. When you open a page, your browser loads the required Web Fonts into its browser cache to display texts and fonts correctly. If your browser does not support Web Fonts, a standard font from your computer will be used.

Further information on Google Web Fonts can be found at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google’s privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/

Privacy Policy for the Use of Google Maps

This page uses the Google Maps map service via an API. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. To use the functions of Google Maps, it is necessary to store your IP address. This information is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The provider of this site has no influence on this data transfer.

More information on how user data is handled can be found in Google’s privacy policy: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/

Privacy Policy for the Use of YouTube

Our website uses plugins from the YouTube site operated by Google. The operator of the pages is 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 is 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 directly associate your surfing behavior with 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

Privacy Policy for the Use of Google Analytics Remarketing

Our pages use retargeting technologies from Google. The provider is Google Inc. 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

This makes it possible to specifically address visitors to our websites with personalized, interest-based advertising. The advertising is displayed based on a cookie-based analysis of previous usage and surfing behavior. To our knowledge, no personal data is stored in this process. A cookie is stored to collect anonymized data about user interests and thus adapt advertising individually to this information. These cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer or mobile device.

You can permanently object to the use of cookies for retargeting by deactivating interest-based advertising by Google here: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/onweb/

Further information and the privacy policy can be found in Google’s privacy policy at http://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads/

Registration on this Website

You can register on our website to use additional functions on the site. The data entered for this purpose will only be used for the purpose of using the respective offer or service for which you have registered.

For important changes, such as in the scope of services or technically necessary changes, we use the email address provided during registration to inform you in this way.

Comment Function on this Website

If you send us inquiries via the contact form, your details from the inquiry form, including the contact data you provided there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and for follow-up questions. We will not pass on this data without your consent.

Storage of IP Address

Our comment function stores the IP addresses of users who post comments. Since we do not check comments on our site before they are published, we need this data to be able to take action against the author in the event of legal violations such as insults or propaganda.

SSL Encryption

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as inquiries you send to us as site operators, this site uses SSL encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address bar of the browser changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser bar.

If SSL encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Information, Deletion, Blocking

You have the right at any time to free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipient, and the purpose of data processing, as well as a right to correction, blocking, or deletion of this data. For this and for further questions on the subject of personal data, you can contact us at any time at the address given in the imprint.

Objection to Advertising Emails

The use of contact data published within the scope of the imprint obligation for sending unsolicited advertising and information materials is hereby objected to. The operators of the pages expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of unsolicited sending of advertising information, for example, through spam emails.