Data protection declaration

§ 1 Privacy

As the operator of this website, we take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the legal data protection regulations as well as this data protection declaration. As far as on our sites personal data (for example name, address or E-Mail addresses) are raised, this takes place mostly voluntary, if possible. These data will not be disclosed to third parties without your explicit consent. Please note that data transmission over the Internet (for example, when communicating via e-mail) may have security vulnerabilities. A complete protection of the data from access by third parties is not possible.

§ 2 Cookies

Some of our websites use so-called cookies. Cookies do not harm 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 stored 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 allow us to recognize your browser the next time you visit. You can adjust your browser that you are informed about the setting of cookies and allow cookies only in individual cases, the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or generally exclude and enable the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website.

§ 3 Contact form

If you send us inquiries via contact form, your details will be taken from the inquiry form including the contact details provided by you for the purpose of processing the request and in case of follow-up questions stored with us. We will not share this information without your consent.

§ 4 Social plugins

We offer you the possibility of using so-called "social media buttons" on our website. To protect your data, we rely on the solution "Shariff" in the implementation. As a result, these buttons are integrated on the website only as a picture that contains a link to the corresponding website of the button provider. By clicking on the picture you will be redirected to the services of the respective provider. Only then will your data be sent to the respective provider. Unless you click on the picture, there will be no exchange between you and the providers of the social media buttons. Information about the collection and use of your data in the social networks can be found in the respective terms of use of the respective providers. More information about the Shariff solution can be found here: ​http://www.heise.de/ct/artikel/Shariff-Social-Media-Buttons-mit-Datenschutz-2467514.html

We have embedded the social media buttons of the following companies on our website:

Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA

Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA

XING SE, Dammtorstraße 30, 20354 Hamburg

LinkedIn Inc., 1000 W Maude Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94085, USA

Twitter Inc., 1355 Market St #900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA

AddThis, 1900 Oracle Way, Reston, VA 20190, USA

§ 5 Google Analytics

This website uses functions of the web analytics service Google Analytics. Provider is the Google Inc. 1600 Amphitheater Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies". These are text files that are stored on your computer and that allow an analysis of the use of the website by you. 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.

However, if IP anonymisation is activated on this website, your IP address will be shortened by Google beforehand within member states of the European Union or other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be sent to a Google server in the US and shortened 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 activity and internet usage to the website operator. The IP address provided by Google Analytics as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.

You can prevent the storage of cookies by a corresponding setting of your browser software; however, please note that if you do this, you may not be able to use all the features of this website to the fullest extent possible. In addition, you may prevent the collection by Google of the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) as well as the processing of this data by Google by downloading the browser plug-in available under the following link and install: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en

§ 6 Newsletter data

If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we require an e-mail address from you, as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the e-mail address provided and that you agree to receive the newsletter , Further data is not collected. We use this data exclusively for the dispatch of the requested information and do not pass it on to third parties. You may revoke your consent to the storage of data, the e-mail address and its use for sending the newsletter at any time, for example via the corresponding link in the newsletter or the notification settings in your customer account.

§ 7 SSL encryption

This site uses SSL encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of sensitive content, such as the requests you send to us as the site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection by changing the address line of the browser from "http://" to "https://" and the lock symbol in your browser line. If SSL encryption is enabled, the data you submit to us may not be read by third parties.

§ 8 Access data

We record visits on our websites and store them as log files on our server. The following data will be recorded:

Which website has been visited
When the website has been visited
The amount of data which has been sent in byte
How you have been directed onto our website
The browser that was used
The operating system that was used
The IP address that was used

The recorded information will only be used to analyze trends and further improve our services. However, we reserve our rights to inspect our log files at a later date, if there are any signs about unlawful acts being conducted.

§ 9 Right to information, cancellation, blocking

You have the right to gain information about your personal data at any time Data, their origin and recipients and the purpose of the data processing as well as a right to Correction, blocking or deletion of this data. For this and for further questions on the topic Personal data can be contacted at any time under the e-mail address stated in the imprint.

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