Privacy policy

The protection of your privacy is very important to us. Below you will find information about the handling of your data.

General data protection declaration
By using our website, you consent to the collection, processing and use of data as described below. Our website can generally be visited without registration. Data such as pages viewed or the name of the file accessed, date and time are stored on the server for statistical purposes without this data being directly related to you personally. Personal data, in particular name, address or email address, are collected on a voluntary basis as far as possible. The data will not be passed on to third parties without your consent.

Privacy policy for cookies
Our website uses cookies. These are small text files that make it possible to store specific, user-related information on the user’s device while using the website. Cookies make it possible, in particular, to determine the frequency of use and number of users of the pages, analyze behavior of page usage, but also make our offer more customer-friendly.
Cookies remain stored at the end of a browser session and can be called up again when you visit the site again.
If you do not want this, you should set your internet browser so that it refuses to accept cookies.

Data protection declaration for Google Analytics
Our website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. To deactivate Google Analytics, Google provides a browser plug-in at http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de. Google Analytics uses cookies. These are small text files that make it possible to store specific, user-related information on the user’s device. These enable an analysis of the use of our website by Google. The information collected by the cookie about the use of our website (including your IP address) is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. We would like to point out that the code „gat._anonymizeIp ();“ has been added to Google Analytics on this website in order to guarantee anonymous collection of IP addresses (so-called IP masking). If anonymization is active, Google shortens IP addresses within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area, which is why no conclusions can be drawn about your identity. The full IP address is only transferred to a Google server in the USA and abbreviated there in exceptional cases. Google complies with the data protection provisions of the „Privacy Shield“ agreement and is registered with the „Privacy Shield“ program of the US Department of Commerce and uses the information collected to evaluate the use of our websites, to write reports for us in this regard and other related services to us to provide.
Find out more at http://www.google.com/intl/de/analytics/privacyoverview.html.

Data protection declaration for Google AdSense
Our website uses Google AdSense, a service for integrating advertisements from Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. GoogleAdSense uses so-called „cookies“, text files that are stored on your computer and that enable an analysis of the use of the website. Google AdSense also uses so-called web beacons (invisible graphics). These web beacons can be used to evaluate information such as visitor traffic on these pages. The information generated by cookies and web beacons about the use of this website (including your IP address) and delivery of advertising formats is sent to a server of
Transferred to Google in the USA and stored there. This information can be passed on by Google to contractual partners of Google. However, Google will not merge your IP address with other data that you have stored. You can prevent the installation of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly; however, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of this website to their full extent. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.

Data protection declaration for Google +1
Our website uses social media functions from Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. When you visit our pages with Google plug-ins, a connection is established between your browser and the Google servers. Data is already being transferred to Google. If you have a Google account, this data can be linked to it. If you do not want this data to be assigned to your Google account, please log out of Google before visiting our site. Interactions, in particular the use of a comment function or the clicking of a „+1“ or „Share“ button are also passed on to Google. Learn more
At http://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.

Data protection declaration for Facebook
Our website uses functions from Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA. When you access our pages with Facebook plug-ins, a connection is established between your browser and the Facebook servers. Data is already being transferred to Facebook. If you have a Facebook account, this data can be linked to it. If you do not want this data to be assigned to your Facebook account, please log out of Facebook before visiting our site. Interactions, in particular the use of a comment function or the clicking of a „Like“ or „Share“ button are also passed on to Facebook. Find out more at https://de-de.facebook.com/about/privacy.

Data protection declaration for Twitter
Our website uses features from Twitter, Inc., 1355 Market St, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. When you access our pages with Twitter plug-ins, a connection is established between your browser and the Twitter servers. Data is already being transferred to Twitter. If you have a Twitter account, this data can be linked to it. If you do not want this data to be assigned to your Twitter account, please log out of Twitter before visiting our website. Interactions, in particular clicking on a “re-tweet” button, are also passed on to Twitter. Find out more at https://twitter.com/privacy.