We collect information about visitors of our website (hereinafter “visitors”). Information about the usage behaviour and interactions of visitors with our website is automatically recorded.

We reserve the right to subsequently check the log data if there is a justified suspicion of illegal use based on concrete evidence. We store IP addresses for 6 months in the log files if this is necessary for security purposes or if it is necessary for the provision of a service or the invoicing of a service, e.g. if you use one of our offers.

• IP address and service provider
• Date and time of the visit
• Computer and browser information of the visitor
• Visit information (e.g. referrer URL, web pages visited, etc.)

If you contact us (e.g. via contact form or e-mail) or place an order, we process the information provided to process the enquiry and in the event that follow-up questions arise.

We process the following data for contact or ordering purposes:

• Name
• E-mail address
• Message/Inquiry
• Address and order details (when ordering)

We use cookies on our website. These are small text files that are automatically created by the browser and stored on the end device (laptop, tablet, smartphone etc.) when our site is visited. A cookie does not always mean that we can identify the visitor.

We distinguish between technically necessary and technically not necessary cookies. Technically necessary cookies serve the functionality of our website and are necessary for the use of our offers. The legal basis is therefore based on our legitimate interest (Art. 13 para. 1 FADP or Art. 6 para. 1 let. f GDPR). Cookies that are not technically necessary are often used for tracking or when using external plug-ins. These cookies are only used with the visitor’s express consent (Art. 13 para. 1 FADP or Art. 6 para. 1 let. a GDPR).

In the default setting of most Internet browsers, cookies are automatically accepted. When the visitor does not wish to have cookies from our website stored on his device, he can configure his web browser settings so that a warning appears before certain cookies are stored. The web browser settings can be configured in such a way that the web browser blocks cookies that are not technically necessary and only allows certain cookies or blocks all cookies. You can also withdraw your consent to certain cookies by deleting the cookies already stored.

Further information regarding cookies can be found on the websites of the relevant browser platforms:

• Internet Explorer
• Microsoft Edge
• Mozilla Firefox
• Google Chrome
• Safari
• Opera

Please note that partial or complete deactivation of cookies may mean that you will not be able to use all functions of our website.

We use so-called session cookies in order to assign the visitor to his session during the entire visit on our website. This cookie contains a so-called session ID, with which various browser requests can be assigned to the common session. This enables us to recognise a visitor’s computer when he or she returns to our website. They are used, for example, to use the login function over several pages.

The following information is stored in the aforementioned session cookie:

• Identification number of the cookie

We use cookies on our website so that the selected language of the visitor is stored. The visitor only has to select the language once and the website retrieves this information from the cookie.

The following information is stored in the mentioned cookie:

• Identification number of the cookie
• Language

We use a logging cookie to store your personal user settings regarding cookies on our website.

The following information is stored in these cookies:

• Identification number of the cookie
• Acceptance of cookies (Yes, No)

On the website, functions of the YouTube service are integrated. These functions are offered by YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA.

We have integrated YouTube videos into our online offering, which are stored at https://www.YouTube.com and can be played directly from our website. These are all embedded in “enhanced privacy mode”, which means that no data about your user behavior is transferred to YouTube when you play the videos.

If you choose to play a YouTube video, YouTube receives information about your IP address and that you have visited our site.

For more information, please see the YouTube privacy policy at https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.

To improve our online services, we occasionally evaluate with Matomo (formerly Piwik) how the site is used. The application stores cookies on your computer to identify different users. Your IP addresses are shortened so that a direct personal reference can be excluded. The IP addresses transmitted by your browser via Matomo are not merged with other data collected by us.

The following data are processed:

• URL of the page being viewed
• URL of the page that was viewed prior to the current page (Referrer URL)
• Screen resolution being used
• User Agent of the browser being used

We use the social media plug-ins below on our website to make our company better known.

For data protection compliant integration, the Social Media Plug-Ins are only activated when the visitor actively clicks on a Social Media button. In this way we can ensure that data will only be forwarded to the third party providers on the basis of consent, in accordance with the data protection declarations set out below.

If the visitor uses the services of these social networks independently or in connection with our website, the social networks will evaluate your use of the plug-in. In this case, information about the plug-in is forwarded to the social networks.

The following social media plug-ins are used with the corresponding privacy policy:

Via our website, functions of the social network Facebook, provider Facebook Inc, 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA, are integrated.

When a visitor of our website clicks on the Facebook button, a direct connection between the browser and the Facebook server is established via the plug-in. Facebook thereby receives information that the visitor has visited our site with his IP address.

After using the Facebook button, Facebook receives the visitor’s IP address and the information that our website has been visited by the visitor.

For more information, please refer to the Facebook privacy policy at http://de-de.facebook.com/policy.php.

Functions of the Twitter service are integrated on the website. These functions are offered by Twitter Inc, 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA.

By using the Twitter button, the websites visited by the visitor are linked to his Twitter account and made known to other users. Data is also transferred to Twitter in the process.

After using the Twitter button, Twitter receives information about the visitor’s IP address and the visit to our website.

For more information, please refer to the Twitter privacy policy at http://twitter.com/privacy.

For more information about the storage period, please see the Twitter privacy policy at http://twitter.com/privacy.

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

Functions of the XING service are integrated on the website. These functions are offered by XING AG, Dammtorstrasse 29-32, 20354 Hamburg, Germany.

By using the XING button, the websites visited by the visitor are linked to your XING account and announced to other users. Data is also transferred to XING in the process.

After the XING button is used, XING receives information about the visitor’s IP address and that the visitor has visited our website.

Further information on this can be found in the XING privacy policy at https://privacy.xing.com/de/datenschutzerklaerung.

Further information about the storage period can be found in the XING privacy policy at https://privacy.xing.com/de/datenschutzerklaerung.

On the website functions of the LinkedIn service are integrated. These functions are offered by LinkedIn Inc, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

Please note that when using the LinkedIn button, a connection is established between your browser and the LinkedIn server. LinkedIn is thus informed that our website was visited with your IP address.

LinkedIn receives information about the visitor’s IP address and that the visitor has visited our website after using the LinkedIn button.

For more information, please refer to the LinkedIn privacy policy at https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.

For more information about storage periods, please refer to the LinkedIn Privacy Policy at https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.

As the person concerned, you may assert various rights against us as a data subject and in accordance with the applicable national and international law.

In order to meet these requirements, we may process your personal data again.

Depending on the applicable law, data subjects may exercise the following rights:

• To request information about your personal data processed by us. In particular, information pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR or Art. 8 FADP may contain information:
  • on the processing purposes
  • the category of personal data
  • the categories of recipients to whom your data has been or will be disclosed
  • the planned storage period
  • the existence of a right of rectification, erasure, restriction of processing or opposition
  • the existence of a right of appeal
  • the origin of your data, as far as they were not collected by us
  • and on the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling and, where appropriate, meaningful information on its details

Request information

To demand the immediate correction of incorrect or incomplete personal data stored by us (Art. 16 GDPR, Art. 5 para. 2 FADP)

Demand corrections

To demand the restriction of the processing of your personal data, if the accuracy of the data is disputed by you, the processing is unlawful, you refuse to have the data deleted it, we no longer require the data and you require it for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims or you have lodged an objection to the processing in accordance with
Art. 21 GDPR (Art. 18 GDPR, Art. 15 FADP)

Request restriction

To receive your personal data that you have provided us with in a structured, common and machine-readable format or to request that it be transferred to another data controller (Art. 20 GDPR)

Port data

To demand the deletion of your personal data stored by us, unless the processing is necessary for us to exercise the right to freedom of expression and information, to fulfil a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or to assert, exercise or defend legal claims (Art. 17 GDPR, Art. 15 FADP)

Demand deletion

To revoke your consent to us at any time. As a result, we may no longer continue to process data based on this consent in the future (Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR).

Revoke consent

Object to the processing, provided that your personal data are processed on the basis of legitimate interests in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 let. f GDPR (Art. 21 GDPR) and the grounds of objection relates to your particular situation or the objection is directed against direct advertising. In the latter case, you have a general right of objection, which we will implement without specifying a special situation.

File an objection

Complain to a supervisory authority (see above) (Art. 77 GDPR)