Privacy Policy

1. Data Protection at a Glance

The following notes provide a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data means any data with which you can be personally identified.

Data Collection on This Website

The data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator:

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2. General Information and Mandatory Disclosures

Data Protection

The operators of this website 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.

Note on the Responsible Party

The responsible party is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.

Responsible party:

Hosting

This website is hosted by an external service provider (host). The personal data collected on this website are stored on the servers of the host. This may include, but is not limited to, IP addresses, contact requests, meta and communication data, contract data, contact details, names, website accesses, and other data generated via a website.

The use of the host is for the purpose of fulfilling contracts with our potential and existing customers (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR) and in the interest of a secure, fast, and efficient provision of our online offering by a professional provider (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).

Our host is:
Microsoft Azure Germany West Central (Region Frankfurt)
Microsoft Deutschland GmbH
Walter-Gropius-Strasse 5
80807 Munich
Germany
Microsoft Privacy Policy: https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement

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3. Data Collection on This Website

Server Log Files

The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:

• Browser type and browser version
• Operating system used
• Referrer URL
• Host name of the accessing computer
• Time of the server request
• IP address

This data is not merged with other data sources.

The collection of this data is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically error-free presentation and optimization of the website.

Contact by Email

When you contact us by email, your data from the email, including the contact details you provide there, will be stored for the purpose of processing the request and in case of follow-up questions. We do not share this data without your consent.

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4. Analytics Tools and Advertising

Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited ("Google"), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies." These are text files stored on your computer that enable an analysis of your 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.

The storage of Google Analytics cookies and the use of this analytics tool are based on Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR (consent). Consent can be revoked at any time.

We have enabled IP anonymization on this website. This means that Google will truncate your IP address within the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area before transmission to the USA. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there.

For more information about how Google Analytics handles user data, see Google's privacy policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245

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5. Plugins and Tools

YouTube

This website embeds videos from YouTube. The provider is Google Ireland Limited ("Google"), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

When you visit one of our pages that features a YouTube embed, a connection to the YouTube servers is established. The YouTube server is informed about which of our pages you have visited.

If you are logged into your YouTube account, you allow YouTube to associate your browsing behavior directly with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

The use of YouTube is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. If consent has been requested, the processing is based exclusively on Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR; consent can be revoked at any time.

For more information on how user data is handled, see YouTube's privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy

Spotify

This website features functions of the music service Spotify. The provider is Spotify AB, Birger Jarlsgatan 61, 113 56 Stockholm, Sweden.

When you visit one of our pages featuring a Spotify plugin, a direct connection between your browser and the Spotify servers is established. Spotify receives the information that you have visited our site with your IP address.

If you click the Spotify button while logged into your Spotify account, Spotify may associate your visit to our website with your user account.

The use of Spotify is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. If consent has been requested, the processing is based exclusively on Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR; consent can be revoked at any time.

For more information, please see Spotify's privacy policy: https://www.spotify.com/us/legal/privacy-policy/

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6. Your Rights

You have the right at any time to obtain free information about the origin, recipient, and purpose of your stored personal data (Art. 15 GDPR). You also have the right to request the rectification (Art. 16 GDPR), erasure (Art. 17 GDPR), restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR), data portability (Art. 20 GDPR), and to object to processing (Art. 21 GDPR).

For questions about data protection, you can contact us at any time using the address provided in the legal notice.