Privacy policy and the exercise of your rights
For questions regarding privacy or the exercise of your rights under the law, please contact us using the contact details above.
When do we process personal data?
We process personal data that you actively transmit to us through your entries. We also automatically process personal data resulting from the use of our website. Your personal data may therefore be processed in the following cases in particular:
• When you visit our website
• When you contact us
• Analyzing why which visitors come to our website and how they use it
• Analyzing the success of our advertising measures
• Personalization of advertising measures
• Defense against attacks on our technical infrastructure
Refer to the following explanations for details
When you visit our website, the company we commission to operate the website processes and stores technical information on the terminal device you use (operating system, screen resolution and other, non-personal features) and the browser (version, language settings), in particular the public IP address of the computer with which you visit our website, including the date and time of access. The IP address is a unique numerical address under which your end device sends or retrieves data to the Internet. As a rule, we do not know who is behind an IP address unless you provide us with data while using the website that enables us to identify you. Furthermore, a user's identity may be revealed if legal action is taken against them (e.g., in the event of attacks on our website), and we become aware of their identity in the course of the investigation. As a rule, you do not need to identify yourself for purely informational use of our website.
The aforementioned data is processed for the purpose of providing and delivering the website safely and effectively, preventing and identifying errors/misuse of the website, and for usage statistics (legal basis: Art. 6 (1) f GDPR).
Contacting us
When you contact us, we process the personal data that you provide us with – e.g. your name, address, or e-mail address – and the information you provide in your inquiry solely for the purpose of processing your inquiry.
What rights do you have?
You have the right to information about the personal data stored about you. In addition, you have the right to correct inaccurate data, block and delete it. You also have the right to receive your personal data in a structured, common and machine-readable format and to transmit this data to another controller.
In addition, you may revoke any consent you may have given us to process your personal data at any time with effect for the future.
You also have the right to object to the processing of your personal data, if your personal data is processed on the basis of legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6 (1) f GDPR, provided that there are grounds for doing so that arise from your particular situation.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority if you believe that the processing of personal data concerning you violates the law.
Data recipients
We only pass on the data we collect if this is necessary for the fulfillment of a contract or the provision of the technical functionality of the website, or if there is another legal basis for passing on the data.
Data processing outside the EU
As a rule, we do not transfer personal data to recipients based outside the EU. If we do, we will ensure that the recipient either has an adequate level of data protection (e.g. based on an adequacy decision of the EU Commission for the respective country pursuant to Art. 45 GDPR, through suitable guarantees pursuant to Art. 46 GDPR or the agreement of standard data protection clauses issued by the EU Commission with the recipient pursuant to Art. 46 (2) c GDPR) or that you have given your express consent in accordance with Art. 49 (1) a GDPR prior to the transfer of data.
Cookies
In addition to the aforementioned data, cookies are stored on your computer when you use our website. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your hard disk assigned to the browser you are using and through which certain information flows to the place that sets the cookie (in this case, us). Cookies cannot execute programs or transfer viruses to your computer. They are used to make the website more user-friendly and effective overall.
This website uses cookies to the following extent:
• Transient cookies (temporary use)
• Persistent cookies (use for a limited time)
Transient cookies are automatically deleted when you close the browser. This includes in particular session cookies. These store a so-called session ID, which can be used to assign various requests from your browser to the shared session. This means that your computer can be recognized when you return to the website. The session cookies are deleted when you log out or close the browser.
Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period, which may differ depending on the cookie. You can delete cookies at any time in the security settings of your browser.
You can configure your browser setting according to your wishes and, for example, refuse to accept third-party cookies or all cookies. However, we would like to point out that you may then not be able to use all the functions of this website.
