Data protection

We 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 usually possible without providing personal information. Wherever personal data (for example name, address or email addresses) is collected, this occurs on a voluntary basis wherever possible. This 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 email) may have security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of the data from access by third parties is not possible.

Cookies

The internet pages partially use "cookies". Cookies do not harm your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies serve to make our service 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 set your browser so 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 them and enable automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website.

Refer to our cookie policy for more detailed information.

Contact/Quote forms

If you send us inquiries via the contact/quote forms, your entries, including the contact details you provided there, will be stored in order to process the request and in the event of follow-up questions. We will not share this information without your consent.

Feedback form

If you send us feedback via the feedback form, your entries, including any contact details you provided there, will be stored in our database for auditing and follow-up purposes. Your name and feedback message and are displayed to all visitors on our homepage. 

Facebook plugins (Like button)

Our pages contain integrated plugins of the social network Facebook, provider Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA. The Facebook plugins can be recognized by the Facebook logo or the "Like button" ("Like") on our site. An overview of the Facebook plugins can be found here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/.

When you visit our pages, the plugin establishes a direct connection between your browser and the Facebook server. This informs Facebook that you have visited our site with your IP address. If you click on the Facebook "Like button" while you are logged into your Facebook account, you can link the contents of our pages to your Facebook profile. As a result, Facebook can associate the visit to our pages with your user account. Note that we, as the page provider, are not aware of the content of the data transmitted and its use by Facebook. 

Further information can be found in the privacy policy of Facebook at https://de-de.facebook.com/policy.php.

If you do not wish Facebook to associate your visit to our pages with your Facebook user account, please log out of your Facebook user account.

Twitter

Functionality of the Twitter service is integrated into our pages. These features are provided by Twitter Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. By using Twitter and the "Re-Tweet" function, the websites you visit will be linked to your Twitter account and shared with other users. This data is also transmitted to Twitter. Note that we, as the page provider, are not aware of the content of the transmitted data and their use by Twitter. For more information, see the privacy policy of Twitter at https://twitter.com/privacy.

You can change your Twitter privacy settings in the account settings at: https://twitter.com/account/settings.

Google+

Our website uses functionality of Google+. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

Collect and dissemination of information: Use the Google+ button to post information worldwide. The Google+ button will provide you and other users with personalized content from Google and our partners. Google stores both the information that you + 1'd for a piece of content and information about the page you viewed when you clicked +1. Your + 1s may appear alongside your profile name and photo in Google services, such as search results or in your Google profile, or elsewhere on websites and ads on the web.

Google records information about your + 1 activity to improve Google's services to you and others. To use the Google + button, you need a globally visible, public Google profile that must contain at least a selected name for the profile. This name will be used in all Google services. In some cases, this name may also replace a different name you used when sharing content through your Google account. The identity of your Google profile may be displayed to users who know your email address or have other identifying information from you.

Use of the collected information: In addition to the uses outlined above, the information you provide will be used in accordance with the applicable Google privacy policy. Google may publish summarized statistics about users' + 1 activity or share it with users and partners, such as publishers, advertisers, or affiliate websites.

Pinterest

Our website uses functionality of the Pinterest network. Provider is Pinterest Inc, 51 Brannan Street, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. By using Pinterest and the "Save" function, the websites you visit will be linked to your Pinterest account and shared with other users. This data is also transmitted to Pinterest. Note that we, as the page provider, are not aware of the content of the transmitted data and their use by Pinterest. For more information, see the privacy policy of Pinterest.

AddThis

Our website uses functionality of the AddThis network. Provider is AddThis, 1900 Oracle Way, Reston, VA 20190, USA. By using AddThis and any of the included share functions (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Gmail, etc.), the websites you visit will be linked to your corresponding social media/email account and shared with other users. This data is also transmitted to AddThis and the selected social media/email platform. Note that we, as the page provider, are not aware of the content of the transmitted data and their use by AddThis. For more information, see the privacy policy of AddThis.

Right to information, cancellation, blocking

At any time, you have the right to free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipient and the purpose of the data processing, as well as the right to correct, block or delete this data. For further information on personal data you can contact us at any time at the address given in the Impressum (imprint).