Privacy Policy
1. Data protection at a glance
General Information
The following provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal information when you visit our website. Personal information means any data by which you could personally be identified. Detailed information on the subject of data protection can be found in our privacy policy below.
Data collection on our website
Who is responsible for the data collection on this website?
The data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find their contact information in the legal notice of this website.
How do we collect your data?
On the one hand, your data will be collected when you communicate it to us. For example, this may involve data that you enter into a contact form.
Other data is collected automatically by our IT systems when you visit the website. These data are primarily technical data such as the browser and operating system you are using or when you accessed the page. This data is collected automatically as soon as you visit our website.
What do we use your data for?
Part of the data is collected to ensure the proper functioning of the website. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior.
What rights do you have regarding your data?
You always have the right to request information about your stored data, its origin, its recipients, and the purpose of its collection at no charge. You also have the right to request that it be corrected, blocked, or deleted. You can contact us at any time at the address indicated in the legal notice if you have any additional questions about data protection. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the responsible supervisory authority.
You also have the right, in certain circumstances, to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted. For details, please refer to the Privacy Policy under “Right to restrict processing.”
2. General and mandatory information
Data protection
The operators of this website take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personally identifiable information confidentially and in accordance with data protection legislation and this privacy policy.
When you use this website, various personal data are collected. Personal data are data with which you can be personally identified. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purposes this occurs.
We would like to point out that transmitting data over the Internet (such as communications by email) may result in security gaps. Complete protection of your data against third-party access is impossible.
The responsible body is the natural or legal person who, alone or together with others, decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g., names, email addresses, or similar).
Revocation of your consent to data processing
Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke your consent at any time. To do so, an informal message by email to us is sufficient. The legality of the data processing carried out before revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.
Right to object to data collection in special cases and direct marketing (Art. 21 of the GDPR)
If the data processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit e or f of the GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation; this is also applicable to profiling based on these provisions. The relevant legal basis on which processing is based can be found in this privacy policy. If you object, we will no longer process your data unless we can prove that there are compelling reasons for processing which are worthy of protection and which outweigh your interests, rights, and freedoms or if the processing serves to assert, exercise, or defend legal claims (objection according to Art. 21 para. 1 of the GDPR).
If your personal data are processed to operate direct marketing, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data for the purpose of such marketing; this is also applicable to profiling, insofar as it is associated with such direct marketing. If you object, your personal data will no longer be used for the purpose of direct advertising (objection in accordance with Art. 21 para. 2 of the GDPR).
Right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority
In the event of violations of the GDPR, the data subject has the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of their habitual residence, their place of work, or the place of the alleged violation. The right to lodge a complaint is without prejudice to other administrative or judicial remedies.
Right to data portability
You have the right to have data which we process on the basis of your consent or in fulfillment of a contract automatically delivered to yourself or to a third party in a standard, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of data to another data controller, this shall only take place to the extent that is technically feasible.
SSL or TLS encryption
This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and for the protection of the transmission of confidential content, such as the enquiries you send to us as site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from “http://” to “https://,” and by the lock symbol in your browser bar.
If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transfer to us cannot be read by third parties.
Information, blocking, deletion, and correction
Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right to free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipient and the purpose of data processing and, if necessary, the right to correct, block, or delete these data. For this purpose, as well as for any other questions relating to the use of personal data, you may contact us at any time at the address given in the legal notice.
Right to restrict processing
You have the right to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted. You can contact us at any time at the address given in the legal notice. The right to restrict processing exists in the following cases:
If you contest the accuracy of your personal data stored with us, we usually need time to check this. For the duration of the check, you have the right to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted.
If the processing of your personal data happened/happens unlawfully, you can request the restriction of the data processing instead of the deletion.
If we no longer need your personal data, but you need it to exercise, defend, or assert legal claims, you have the right to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted instead of being deleted.
If you have an objection in accordance with Art. 21 para. 1 of the GDPR, your interests and ours must be assessed. As long as it is not clear whose interests prevail, you have the right to request that the processing of your personal data be restricted.
If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, these data, apart from their storage, may only be obtained with your consent or to assert, exercise, or defend legal claims or to protect the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the European Union or that of a Member State.
3. Data collection on our website
Cookies
Some of our webpages use cookies. Cookies do not damage your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies help make our website more user-friendly, efficient and secure. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser.
Most of the cookies we use are what are called “session cookies.” They are automatically deleted after your visit. Other cookies remain in your device's memory until you delete them. These cookies make it possible to recognize your browser when you next visit the site.
You can set your browser so that you are informed each time that a cookie is about to be set, decide to allow cookies on a case-by-case basis, exclude the acceptance of cookies in certain cases or in general, and set up cookies to be automatically deleted when you close the browser. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website.
Cookies which are necessary to allow electronic communications or to provide certain functions you wish to use (such as the shopping cart) are saved on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f of the GDPR. The website owner has a legitimate interest in storing cookies for the correct technical and optimized delivery of his services. If other cookies (such as those used to analyze your surfing behavior) are also stored, they will be treated separately in this Privacy Policy.
Server log files
The website provider automatically collects and stores information in "server log files", which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:
– Browser type and browser version
– Your operating system
– Referrer URL
– Host name of the accessing computer
– Time of the server request
– IP address
We do not make any attempt to match this data with data received from other sources.
These data are recorded on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f of the GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically error-free presentation and optimization of their website and the server log files must be collected for this purpose.
Inquiry via email, telephone, or fax
If you contact us via email, phone, or fax, your inquiry, including all personal data resulting from it (name, inquiry), will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of processing your inquiry. This data will not be disclosed to others without your consent.
These data are processed on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b of the GDPR if your request is related to the fulfillment of a contract or is necessary to carry out pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a of the GDPR) and/or on our legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f of the GDPR), as we have a legitimate interest in the effective processing of the requests addressed to us.
The data you send to us via contact requests will remain with us until you request deletion, revoke your consent to storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g., after your request has been processed). Mandatory legal provisions, in particular statutory retention periods, remain unaffected.