Privacy policy
We take the protection of your personal information very seriously. We treat all personal data as confidential and in compliance with the legal data protection regulations (GDPR) and this privacy policy.
The use of this website does not generally require the provision of any personal data. However, wherever we do ask for personal data on any of our web pages (e.g. name, address or email address), the provision of such data is always, to the extent possible, voluntary and based on Art. 5 GDPR. We do not share any such data with any third parties without your express consent.
Please note that transferring data online (e.g. when communicating by email) is never completely secure and that it is not possible to fully protect data from third-party access.
Contact
The information and contact details provided when contacting us via our contact form will only be used to process your enquiry and stored in accordance with Art. 6(1), sentence 1(b) GDPR. We do not use this data for any other purposes or pass it on to any third parties, unless where users have expressly consented (agreed) to the same.
On the contact form, all of the required fields are marked with an asterisk. You can also complete the other fields, which may help us respond to your enquiry, but doing so is not mandatory.
Newsletter and ordering information material
If you subscribe to our digital newsletter, you are consenting to the storage and use of your email address for the purpose of sending you the newsletter (Art. 6(1), sentence 1(a) GDPR). This data will not be passed on to any third parties. You can also use the “Unsubscribe from newsletter” button to withdraw your newsletter consent with future effect and stop receiving the newsletter (Art. 21(1) GDPR) at any time.
When ordering information material such as flyers etc., you will be automatically deemed to have consented to the storage of your address data. Your address data will only be used for delivering the information you requested. You can withdraw this consent at any time with future effect (Art. 21(1) GDPR).
Cookies
Our website uses cookies. Cookies do not impact your computer and do not contain any viruses. Cookies cannot be used to access personal data stored on your computer. We use cookies to make our website more user-friendly, effective and secure. Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer and stored by your browser.
Most of the cookies we use are session cookies, which are automatically deleted when you leave our website. Some of the cookies we use stay on your end device until you delete them in your browser's security settings. These cookies enable us to recognise your browser next time you visit our website.
In your browser settings, you can select to be notified of any cookies and only allow very few cookies to be set, to fully block cookies or only in certain cases, and for cookies to be automatically deleted when you close your browser. If you do not allow the use of cookies, you may not be able to use all of the features of this website.
Server log files
The server of this website automatically collects and stores information in server log files, which your browser automatically transfers to us. These are:
• Your browser type and version
• Your operating system
• Referrer URL
• Client system host name
• Time of server request
This data cannot be used to identify an individual. and will not be merged with data from other sources. We reserve the right to check this data in the event of concrete evidence of any illegal activity. The legal basis for the above is Art. 6(1), sentence 1(f) GDPR.
Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, which is a website analysis service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses cookies, which are text files that are stored on your computer and allow us to analyse your use of this website. The information about your use of this website provided through the cookies is usually transmitted to and stored on Google's servers in the USA. However, if this website has IP address anonymisation activated, Google will mask part of your IP address if you are located in an EU or EEA member state. In this case, your full IP address will only be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and masked there in exceptional cases. Google will use this information on behalf of this website’s operator to analyse your use of the website, compile website activity reports and to provide other website and internet use-related services 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 can prevent the use of cookies by selecting the relevant settings in your browser. However, please note that this may prevent you from being able to use all of this website's features in full. You can also prevent Google from collecting and processing the data about your use of this website (including your IP address) generated by the cookie by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de or, alternatively, by clicking on the following link to set an opt-out cookie: Deactivate Google Analytics with an opt-out cookie (Version: No opt-out cookie).
Please note that, with respect to the use of analysis tools with complete IP addresses, this website uses Google Analytics with the extension “_anonymizeIp()”, which means that IP addresses are abbreviated before being processed, which means they cannot be used to identify an individual.
This website uses Google Analytics demographic reports, which is based on interest-related Google ad and third-party website use data (e.g. approximate age, gender and interests). This data cannot be used to identify specific individuals and the feature can be deactivated at any time through the ad settings.
We only use Google Analytics in order to analyse the use of our website and to be able to regularly improve it. The analysis data helps us to improve our services and make our website more appealing to users. For the exceptional cases in which personal data is transferred to the USA, Google has subjected itself to the EU-US Privacy Shield. The legal basis for using Google Analytics is Art. 6(1), sentence 1(f) GDPR.
For more information on how Google processes data, please refer to Google’s privacy policy: www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy. Browser plugin
You can prevent the use of cookies by selecting the relevant settings in your browser. However, please note that this may prevent you from being able to use all of this website's features in full. You can also prevent Google from collecting and processing the data about your use of this website (including your IP address) generated by the cookie by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de
Adobe web fonts
This website uses Adobe web fonts in order to ensure the uniform appearance of certain fonts. Adobe web fonts are provided by Adobe Systems Incorporated, 345 Park Avenue, San Jose, CA 95110-2704, USA (Adobe).
When opening this website, your browser will automatically load the required fonts directly from Adobe to ensure that they can be properly displayed on your end device. When doing so, it connects to Adobe’s servers in the USA, as a result of which Adobe becomes aware that this website has been accessed via your IP address. According to Adobe, the provision of its fonts does not involve the use of cookies.
The basis for storing and analysis this data is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the uniform appearance of the fonts on its website. If users have given their consent (e.g. for the storage of cookies), the data is processed exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR; consent can be revoked at any time.
The transfer of the data to the USA is based on the standard EU Commission agreement clauses, the details of which can be found here: https://www.adobe.com/de/privacy/eudatatransfers.html.
For more information on Adobe fonts, please visit: https://www.adobe.com/de/privacy/policies/adobe-fonts.html.
Adobe’s privacy policy can be found at: https://www.adobe.com/de/privacy/policy.html
Right to information, erasure, withdrawal
You have the right to receive free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients, and the purpose of the data processing (Art. 15(1) GDPR) as well as a right to the rectification (Art. 16(1) GDPR) or erasure of this data (Art. 17 GDPR) at any time. You also have the right to revoke your consent for the use and storage of your personal data at any time (Art. 7(3) GDPR).
If you have any questions concerning the above or about your personal data, please feel free to contact us at any time at the address provided under our legal information.
Objection to marketing emails
We hereby object to the use of our contact data published in the context of our obligation to provide legal information for sending unsolicited advertising and information material. The operators of this website expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event said data is used for the purpose of sending unsolicited marketing information, such as spam.