General

Responsible for the data processing on this website and in our company:
The provider of this website is responsible.
You can find the contact details in the imprint
As the operator of this website and as a company, we come into contact with your personal data. In this data protection declaration, we would like to explain to you on what legal basis, in what way and for what purpose your data is processed.

General information

How long do we store your data?

In some places in this privacy policy, we inform you about how long we or the companies that process your data on our behalf will store your data. In the absence of such information, we will store your data until the purpose of the data processing no longer applies, you object to the data processing or you revoke your consent to the data processing.
However, in the event of an objection or revocation, we may still process your data in certain cases, if at least one of the following conditions applies:
We have compelling legitimate grounds for continuing to process the data which override your interests, rights and freedoms (only in the case of an objection to data processing)
The data processing is necessary to assert, exercise or defend legal claims
We are required by law to retain your data.

In this case, we delete your data as soon as the requirement(s) cease to apply or cease to apply.

SSL or TLS encryption

When you enter your data on websites, place online orders or send e-mails over the Internet, you must always be prepared for unauthorised third parties to access your data. There is no complete protection against such access. However, we do our utmost to protect your data as best we can and to close security gaps as far as we can.
An important protection mechanism is the SSL or TLS encryption of our website, which ensures that data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Data transfer to the USA

On our website, we also use tools from companies that transfer your data to the USA and store it there and process it if necessary. This is particularly important for you because your data in the USA does not enjoy the same protection as within the EU, where the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) applies. For example, US companies are obliged to hand over personal data to security authorities without you as the data subject being able to take legal action against this. It is therefore possible that US authorities (e.g. intelligence services) process, evaluate and permanently store your data on US servers for monitoring purposes. We have no influence on these processing activities.

Your rights

Objection to data processing

IF YOU READ IN THIS PRIVACY STATEMENT THAT WE HAVE LEGITIMATE INTERESTS FOR THE PROCESSING OF YOUR DATA AND THAT THIS IS THEREFORE BASED ON ART. 6 ABS. 1 SENTENCE 1 LIT. F) DSGVO, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT UNDER ART. 21 DSGVO, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THIS. THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING WHICH IS CARRIED OUT ON THE BASIS OF THE AFOREMENTIONED PROVISION. THE PREREQUISITE IS THAT YOU STATE THE REASONS FOR THE OBJECTION WHICH RESULT FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION. NO JUSTIFICATION IS REQUIRED IF THE OBJECTION IS DIRECTED AGAINST THE USE OF YOUR DATA FOR DIRECT ADVERTISING.
THE CONSEQUENCE OF THE OBJECTION IS THAT WE MAY NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR DATA. THIS ONLY DOES NOT APPLY IF ONE OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS EXISTS:
– WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR PROCESSING THAT OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS.
– THE PROCESSING IS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ASSERTING, EXERCISING OR DEFENDING LEGAL CLAIMS.

THE EXCEPTIONS DO NOT APPLY IF YOUR OBJECTION IS DIRECTED AGAINST DIRECT ADVERTISING OR PROFILING RELATED TO IT.

Further rights

Withdrawal of your consent to data processing

Many data processing operations are based on your consent. You give this consent, for example, by ticking the appropriate box on online forms before you send the form, or by allowing certain cookies when you visit our website. You can revoke your consent at any time without giving reasons (Art. 7 (3) DSGVO). From the time of revocation, we may then no longer process your data. The only exception: we are legally obliged to retain the data for a certain period of time. Such retention periods exist in particular in tax and commercial law.

Right to complain to the competent supervisory authority

If you believe that we are in breach of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you have the right to complain to a supervisory authority under Article 77 GDPR. You may contact a supervisory authority in the Member State of your residence, place of work or the place where the alleged infringement took place. The right of complaint exists alongside administrative or judicial remedies.

Right to data portability

We must hand over data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfilment of a contract to you or a third party in a common machine-readable format if you request this. We can only transfer the data to another responsible party if this is technically possible.

Right to information, deletion and correction of data

According to Art. 15 DSGVO, you have the right to receive information free of charge about which of your personal data we have stored, where the data came from, to whom we transmit the data and for what purpose it is stored. If the data is incorrect, you have the right to have it corrected (Art. 16 DSGVO), and under the conditions of Art. 17 DSGVO you may demand that we delete the data.

Right to restrict processing

In certain situations, you may request us to restrict the processing of your data in accordance with Art. 18 DSGVO. The data may then – apart from storage – only be processed as follows:
– with your consent
– for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims
– to protect the rights of another natural or legal person
– for reasons of important public interest of the European Union or a Member State.
The right to restrict processing exists in the following situations:
– You have disputed the accuracy of your personal data held by us and we need time to verify this. Here, the right exists for the duration of the review.
– The processing of your personal data is unlawful or has been unlawful in the past. Here the right exists alternatively to erasure of the data.
– We no longer need your personal data, but you need it to exercise, defend or enforce legal claims. Here you have the alternative right to have the data deleted.
– You have lodged an objection in accordance with Art. 21 (1) DSGVO and now your interests and ours must be weighed against each other. Here, the right exists as long as the result of the balancing has not yet been determined.

Hosting and Content Delivery Networks (CDN)

Data collection on this website
Use of cookies

Our website places cookies on your device. These are small files that are used for different purposes. Some cookies are technically necessary for the website to function at all (necessary cookies). Others are needed to perform certain actions or functions on the site (functional cookies). For example, without cookies it would not be possible to take advantage of a shopping basket in an online shop. Still other cookies are used to analyse user behaviour or to optimise advertising measures. If we use third-party services on our website, e.g. to process payment transactions, these companies may also leave cookies on your device when you access the website (so-called third-party cookies).

How do we process your data?

Session cookies are only stored on your device for the duration of a session. As soon as you close the browser, they disappear by themselves. Permanent cookies, on the other hand, remain on your device unless you delete them yourself. This can lead, for example, to your user behaviour being permanently analysed. You can use the settings in your browser to influence how cookies are handled:
– Do you want to be informed when cookies are set?
– Do you want to exclude cookies in general or for certain cases?
– Do you want cookies to be automatically deleted when you close the browser?
If you deactivate or do not allow cookies, the functionality of the website may be limited.
If we use cookies from other companies or for analysis purposes, we will inform you about this within the framework of this data protection declaration. We also ask for your consent in this regard when you visit our website.

On what legal basis do we process your data?

We have a legitimate interest in ensuring that our online offers can be used by visitors without technical problems and that all desired functions are available to them. The storage of necessary and functional cookies on your device is therefore based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) DSGVO. We use all other cookies on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) DSGVO, provided that you give us the corresponding consent. You can revoke this consent at any time with effect for the future. If you have consented to the placement of necessary and functional cookies when requesting consent, these cookies are also stored exclusively on the basis of your consent.

Server log files

Server log files record all requests and accesses to our website and record error messages. They also include personal data, in particular your IP address. However, this is anonymised by the provider after a short time so that we cannot assign the data to you personally. The data is automatically transmitted to our provider by your browser.

How do we process your data?

Our provider saves the server log files in order to be able to track the activities on our website and to find errors. The files contain the following data:
– browser type and version
– operating system used
– referrer URL
– host name of the accessing computer
– Time of the server request
– IP address (anonymised if necessary)
We do not combine this data with other data, but only use it for statistical analysis and to improve our website.

On what legal basis do we process your data?

We have a legitimate interest in ensuring that our website runs without errors. It is also our legitimate interest to obtain an anonymised overview of the accesses to our website. The data processing is therefore lawful according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) DSGVO.

Contact form and other forms

You can send us a message via the contact form on this website.
If you have the option on our homepage to enter personal data (e.g. your e-mail address or your name and address in a contact form), the disclosure of this data by you as a user is on an expressly voluntary basis. Personal data that you enter in forms is transmitted via SSL encryption.

How do we process your data?

We store your message and the information from the form in order to be able to process your enquiry including follow-up questions. This also applies to the contact details provided. We do not pass on the data to other persons without your consent.

How long do we store your data?

We delete your data as soon as one of the following occurs:
– Your enquiry has been conclusively processed.
– You request us to delete the data.
– You revoke your consent to the storage.
This only does not apply if we are legally obliged to retain the data.

On what legal basis do we process your data?

If your enquiry is related to our contractual relationship or serves the implementation of pre-contractual measures, we process your data on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. b) DSGVO. In all other cases, it is our legitimate interest to effectively process enquiries directed to us. The legal basis for data processing is therefore Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) DSGVO. If you have consented to the storage of your data, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) DSGVO is the legal basis. In this case, you can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future.

Enquiry by e-mail, telephone or fax

You can send us a message by e-mail or fax or call us.

How do we process your data?

We store your message as well as the contact details you have given us or the telephone number you have called us in order to be able to process your enquiry including follow-up questions. We do not pass on the data to other persons without your consent.

How long do we store your data?

We delete your data as soon as one of the following occurs:
– Your request has been conclusively processed.
– You request us to delete the data.
– You revoke your consent to the storage.
This only does not apply if we are legally obliged to retain the data.

Plugins and tools

YouTube (with extended data protection)
What is YouTube?
Video platform
Who processes your data?
Google Ireland Ltd, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland
Where can you find more information about YouTube’s data protection?
https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de

How do we process your data?

You can watch YouTube videos on our website. Google, as the provider of YouTube, collects and stores certain information about you. However, since we use YouTube in extended data protection mode, this only happens when you start a video. In concrete terms, the following happens in this case:
1. Google’s servers are told which of our pages have been visited from your device. If you are logged into your YouTube account while surfing, Google can assign your surfing behaviour directly to your personal profile. If you do not wish to do this, you must log out of your YouTube account before you continue to surf the Internet.
2. Google receives information about visitors to our website via cookies, device fingerprinting or similar recognition technologies. On this basis, the company then compiles video statistics, makes its application more attractive to users and prevents fraud attempts.
3. Your data may also be processed beyond this. However, we are not aware of the details. We also have no influence on the processing.

Even if you do not start a YouTube video on our website, Google establishes a connection to its DoubleClick network and possibly also to other partners. The extended data protection mode therefore does not mean that Google does not process any data from you at all when you visit our website.

On what legal basis do we process your data?

By integrating YouTube videos, we want to make our website and our services and offers more appealing. This is our legitimate interest as a company and therefore lawful according to Art. 6 (1) lit. f) DSGVO.
If you have consented to data processing, we process your data exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) DSGVO. You can revoke your consent at any time. From the time of revocation, we may no longer process your data.

Google Maps

What is Google Maps?
Map service provided by Google Ireland Ltd.
Who processes your data?
Google Ireland Ltd, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Where can you find more information about data protection at Google?
https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de
On what basis do we transfer your data to the USA?
Google adheres to the standard contractual clauses of the European Commission
https://privacy.google.com/businesses/compliance

How do we process your data?

We use Google Maps on our website. To enable you to use all the functions of the map service, Google stores your IP address on one of its servers in the USA.

On what legal basis do we process your data?

The maps from Google Maps ensure that the places indicated on our website are easier to find for visitors. As a company, we have a legitimate interest in this. The data processing is therefore lawful according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) DSGVO.
If you have consented to the data processing, we process your data exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) DSGVO. You can revoke your consent at any time. From the time of revocation, we may no longer process your data.

Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics Universal, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics also uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyse how users use the site. 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. We expressly point out that this website uses Google Analytics with the extension “anonymizeIp” and therefore IP addresses are only processed in abbreviated form in order to exclude a direct reference to a person. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transferred to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data. You may 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. In addition, you can prevent the collection of the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (incl. your IP address) to Google as well as the processing of 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). As an alternative to the browser add-on or within browsers on mobile devices, please click this link to prevent the collection of data by Google Analytics within this website in the future (the opt-out only works in the respective browser and only for this domain). This will place an opt-out cookie on your device. If you delete cookies in the respective browser, you must click this link again.
By default, sessions will end after 30 minutes of inactivity and campaigns will end after six months. The time limit for campaigns can be a maximum of two years. For more information on terms of use and privacy, please visit:
https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html

Google Fonts

We use Google Fonts on our website. This allows us to integrate certain fonts into our website. Google Fonts is a service provided by Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”). The fonts are provided by Google via servers in the USA. When calling up our website, the visitor’s browser establishes a direct connection to these servers. Among other things, the visitor’s IP address is transmitted to Google and stored there. Google participates in the EU-US Privacy Shield: www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework
More information on terms of use and data protection can be found at:
www.google.com/policies/privacy