Data privacy

Data protection
We take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with legal data protection regulations and this privacy policy. It is generally possible to use our website without providing personal data. Should personal data (e.g. name, address or e-mail address), this is always done on a voluntary basis as far as possible. The data will not be passed on to third parties without your express consent. We would like to point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g. when communicating by e-mail) may have security gaps. It is not possible to completely protect data from access by third parties.

What is personal data:
Personal data is any information about persons through which the identity of the person concerned can be determined. This can be any information related to a person, such as the name, address, email addresses, date of birth. We only request that you provide the personal information that we absolutely need to fulfill the order. The data provided will only be used to fulfill the order. Otherwise, the data will not be transferred to third parties unless this is necessary to carry out an enquiry or service.

Use of service providers:
In addition to our own employees, access to all personal data is limited to employees of contracted service providers, if necessary to fulfill the order. Our employees, as well as employees of all contracted service providers, are aware of data secrecy and are required to handle personal data with care.

Data security:
We secure our website and other systems against loss, destruction, access, alteration or dissemination of your data through technical and organizational measures and take comprehensive security measures to protect your data from unwanted access.

Server log files:
When you visit our website, the following data (so-called server log files) is also stored for system and data security purposes, which your Internet browser sends to us or to our web space provider:

— Browser type and version
— operating system used
— Website from which you visit us “referrer URL”
— Website you visit — date and time of access
— Your Internet Protocol (IP) address.

This anonymous data is stored separately from any personal data provided and therefore does not allow any conclusions to be drawn about a specific person. They are evaluated for statistical purposes in order to be able to optimize our website and offers.

cookies:
Our website uses cookies. Cookies are small text files that make it possible to store certain information about the usage of our website on your device (such as a PC, smartphone, tablet). With cookies, we can increase the usability of our website, optimize it and maintain functionality. You can allow or prevent cookies from being saved, even with most browsers. Please note, however, that disabling cookies may limit the functionality of our website. By clicking on the accept button below or by continuing to browse our website, you agree to the use of cookies.

Google Analytics:
Our website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies,” text files that are stored on your computer and allow an analysis of the use of the website. 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, as part of IP anonymization on this website, your IP address will be abbreviated beforehand by Google within member states of the European Union or in other states party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and abbreviated there. On our behalf, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide the operator with other services related to website activity. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics is not combined with other data from Google. You can prevent cookies from being saved 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. You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data by Google by clicking on the following link (http://tools.google.com/dlpage
/gaoptout? hl=en
) download and install the available browser plug-in. You can find more information about terms of use and data protection at http://www.google.com/analytics/
terms/de.html
or under https://www.google.de/intl
/en/policies

Information, correction and deletion of your data:
According to the Data Protection Act, you have the right to be informed upon request about what data we have stored and used about you. You have the right to block and delete the data stored about you. Should the deletion be precluded by legal storage obligations or other legally enshrined reasons, your data can only be blocked instead of deletion.