We use cookies on our site. These are small files that your browser automatically creates and that are stored on your device (laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.) when you visit our site. Cookies do not cause any damage to your device, do not contain viruses, Trojans, or other malware.

In the cookie, information is stored that arises in connection with the specific device used. However, this does not mean that we become directly aware of your identity.

The use of cookies serves, on the one hand, to make the use of our offer more pleasant for you. For example, we use so-called session cookies to recognize that you have already visited individual pages of our website. These are automatically deleted after you leave our site.

In addition, we also use temporary cookies to optimize user-friendliness, which are stored on your device for a specific period of time. If you visit our site again to use our services, it is automatically recognized that you have already been with us and which entries and settings you have made so that you do not have to enter them again.

On the other hand, we use cookies to statistically record the use of our website and to evaluate it for the purpose of optimizing our offer for you (see section 5). These cookies allow us to automatically recognize that you have already been with us when you visit our site again. These cookies are automatically deleted after a defined period of time.

The data processed by cookies are required for the purposes mentioned to protect our legitimate interests and those of third parties according to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR.

Most browsers accept cookies automatically. However, you can configure your browser so that no cookies are stored on your computer or a notice always appears before a new cookie is created. However, the complete deactivation of cookies may mean that you cannot use all the functions of our website.

6. Analysis Tools

a) Tracking Tools

The tracking measures listed below and used by us are carried out based on Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. With the tracking measures used, we want to ensure a needs-based design and continuous optimization of our website. On the other hand, we use the tracking measures to statistically record the use of our website and to evaluate it for the purpose of optimizing our offer for you. These interests are considered legitimate within the meaning of the aforementioned provision.

Google Analytics

For the purpose of needs-based design and continuous optimization of our pages, we use Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google Inc. (https://www.google.de/intl/de/about/) (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; hereinafter “Google”). In this context, pseudonymized usage profiles are created, and cookies (see section 4) are used. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website, such as

• Browser type/version,
• Operating system used,
• Referrer URL (the previously visited page),
• Hostname of the accessing computer (IP address),
• Time of the server request,

is transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The information is used to evaluate the use of the website, compile reports on website activities, and provide further services associated with the use of the website and the Internet for market research purposes and needs-based design of these Internet pages. This information may also be transferred to third parties if required by law or if third parties process this data on behalf of the company. Under no circumstances will your IP address be merged with other Google data. The IP addresses are anonymized so that an assignment is not possible (IP masking).

You can prevent the installation of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly; however, we point out that in this case, you may not be able to use all the functions of this website fully.

You can also prevent the collection of the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing a browser add-on (https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en).

As an alternative to the browser add-on, especially for browsers on mobile devices, you can also prevent the collection by Google Analytics by clicking on this link. An opt-out cookie is set, which prevents the future collection of your data when visiting this website. The opt-out cookie is only valid in this browser and only for our website and is stored on your device. If you delete the cookies in this browser, you must set the opt-out cookie again.

Further information on data protection in connection with Google Analytics can be found in Google Analytics Help (https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en).

7. Rights of Data Subjects

You have the right to:

• Request information about your personal data processed by us under Art. 15 GDPR. In particular, you can request information about 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 to rectification, erasure, restriction of processing or objection, the existence of a right to complain, the origin of your data, if it has not been collected by us, as well as the existence of automated decision-making including profiling and, if applicable, meaningful information about its details;

• Request the correction of incorrect or incomplete personal data stored by us without delay according to Art. 16 GDPR;

• Request the deletion of your personal data stored by us under Art. 17 GDPR, unless the processing is necessary for the exercise of the right to freedom of expression and information, for the fulfillment of a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest, or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims;

• Request the restriction of the processing of your personal data under Art. 18 GDPR, as far as the accuracy of the data is disputed by you, the processing is unlawful, but you oppose its deletion, and we no longer need the data, but you require it for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims, or you have objected to processing under Art. 21 GDPR;

• Receive your personal data, which you have provided to us, in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format, or to request the transfer to another controller under Art. 20 GDPR;

• Revoke your consent once given to us at any time under Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR. As a result, we are no longer allowed to continue the data processing based on this consent for the future; and

• Complain to a supervisory authority under Art. 77 GDPR. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority of your usual place of residence or workplace or our company headquarters. 

8.Right to Object

If your personal data is processed based on legitimate interests under Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR, you have the right