Personal data

Personal data is information about an identified or identifiable natural person. This includes all information about your identity, such as your name, e-mail address or postal address. Information that cannot be associated with your identity (e.g. statistical information, such as the number of users of the online offer) is not considered personal information.

You can use our online offer without disclosing your identity or personal data. We will then only collect general information about your visit to our website. However, personal data is collected from you for some of the services offered. This data will then only be processed by us for the purposes of using this online offer, in particular for providing the desired information. When collecting personal data, only the data that is absolutely necessary must be provided. Further information may also be provided on a voluntary basis. In each case, we point out whether it concerns obligatory fields or voluntary data. We will then inform you about the specific details in the corresponding section of this privacy policy.

Your personal data is not processed according to an automated decision-making process in connection with the use of our online offer.

Processing of personal information

Your data will be stored by us on specially protected servers within the European Union. These servers are protected against loss, destruction, access, modification or distribution of your data by unauthorised persons by means of technical and organisational measures. It is only possible for a few authorised persons to access your data. They are responsible for the technical, commercial or editorial support of the servers. Despite regular checks, however, it is not possible to completely protect against all risks.

As a rule, the information contained on our web pages and the details you enter on our web pages are transmitted via the Internet in an unencrypted form. It is therefore not possible to exclude the possibility that this information may be viewed or accessed by third parties. We therefore advise you to consider this aspect when deciding whether to send us data and which data you send to us via the Internet.

Transfer of personal data to third parties

We generally only use your personal information to provide the services you have requested. Insofar as external service providers are used by us within the scope of the provision of services, they can also only access the data for the purpose of the provision of services. Through technical and organisational measures, we ensure compliance with data protection regulations and also oblige our external service providers to do so.

Furthermore, we will not pass the data on to third parties without your express consent, in particular not for advertising purposes. Your personal data will only be passed on if you yourself have consented to the data being passed on or if we are entitled or obliged to do so on the basis of legal regulations and/or official or court orders. In particular, this may involve providing information for law enforcement, security purposes or the enforcement of intellectual property rights.

Legal bases of data processing

Insofar as we obtain consent for the processing of your personal data, Art. 6 Para. 1 (a) GDPR serves as the legal basis for data processing.

Insofar as your personal data are processed because this is necessary for the fulfilment of a contract or within the framework of a contract-like relationship with you, Art. 6 Para. 1 (b) GDPR serves as the legal basis for data processing.

Insofar as we process your personal data to fulfil a legal obligation, Art. 6 Para. 1 (c) GDPR serves as the legal basis for data processing.

Art. 6 Para. 1 (f) GDPR may also be used as a legal basis for data processing if the processing of your personal data is necessary to safeguard a legitimate interest of our company or a third party and your interests, fundamental rights and freedoms do not require the protection of personal data.

Within the framework of this privacy policy, we always point out the legal basis on which we base the processing of your personal data.

Data deletion and storage time

We always delete or block your personal data if the purpose of storage ceases to apply. However, data may also be stored if this is provided for by legal requirements to which we are subject, for example with regard to statutory storage and documentation obligations. In such a case we delete or block your personal data after the end of the corresponding specifications.

Information about your computer

Each time you access our online offer, we collect the following information about your computer, regardless of your registration: your computer’s IP address, the request from your browser and the time of this request. In addition, the status and the amount of data transferred are recorded within the scope of this request. We also collect product and version information about the browser and the computer operating system used. We also record the website from which the online offer was accessed. Your computer’s IP address is only stored for the time of use of the online offer and is subsequently deleted or made anonymous by shortening it. The remaining data is stored for a limited period of time of 90 days.

We use this data for the operation of the online offer, in particular to detect and eliminate errors, to determine the utilisation of the online offer and to make adjustments or improvements. These purposes also constitute our legitimate interest in data processing pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 (f) GDPR, which is the legal basis for such processing.

Use of cookies

Cookies are used for our online offer – as on many websites. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and that store certain settings and data for exchange with the online offer from us via your browser. A cookie usually contains the name of the domain from which the cookie file was sent, information about the age of the cookie and an alphanumeric identifier.

Cookies enable us to recognise your computer and to make any settings available immediately. Cookies help us to improve our online offer and to offer you a better and even more customised service. This also includes our legitimate interest in data processing pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 (f) GDPR.

The cookies we use are session cookies, which are automatically deleted after the end of the browser session. Occasionally, cookies with a longer storage period can also be used so that your preliminary settings and preferences can still be taken into account the next time you visit our website.

Most browsers are set to automatically accept cookies. However, you can disable the storage of cookies or set your browser so that it informs you as soon as cookies are sent. It is also possible to manually delete cookies that have already been saved using the browser settings. Please note that you may only be able to use our online offer to a limited extent or not at all if you refuse the storage of cookies or delete necessary cookies.

Google Maps

This site uses an API to enable access to the Google Maps service. The provider is Google Inc. 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

To use Google Maps, it is necessary to save your IP address. This information is generally transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The provider of this site has no influence on this data transfer.

The use of Google Maps takes place in the interests of ensuring an attractive presentation of our online offerings and to facilitate identification of the locations specified by us on this website. This constitutes our legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 paragraph 1 point (f) GDPR.

For further information on the handling of personal data, refer to the Google privacy policy at https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/