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Privacy policy

General

The operators of this website take the protection of your personal information very seriously. We treat your personal information confidentially and in accordance with statutory data protection rules and this Privacy Policy.

Using this website is usually possible without disclosing any personal information. To the extent that personal information (such as your name, address, or email address) are requested, the provision of such information is optional, whenever this is possible. Without your expressed consent, such information shall not be disclosed to third parties.

Please note that the transmission of data over the internet (e.g. communication via email) can always be subject to security vulnerabilities. A complete protection of data from interception by third parties is not possible.

Privacy policy for the use of Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Google Analytics uses “cookies”, i.e. small text files which are stored on your computer and make it possible to analyze your use of the website. The information generated by cookies is usually transmitted to a Google server in the United States and stored there.

If IP anonymization is activated on this website, your IP address will first be truncated by Google within member states of the European Union or in other states of the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. Google will use this information on behalf of the operator of this website to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on web activity and to provide further services for the website operator related to use of the website and the internet. The IP address transmitted by your browser in connection with Google Analytics will not be merged with other data from Google.

You can prevent cookies from being stored by configuring your browser software accordingly; however, please note that if you do so, you may not be able to use all the functions of this website. You can also prevent Google from collecting and processing the data generated by the cookie relating to your use of the website (incl. your IP address) by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at [http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en]

Right to information, deletion, and blocking

You are entitled to get free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients, and the purpose of the data processing; you are also entitled to correct, block or delete this data at any time. You can contact us at the address provided in our Legal Notice (Impressum) at any time in regard to this matter and for any other questions relating to the subject of personal data.

Server log files

The provider of this website automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files. These are automatically transmitted to us by your browser. The information includes:

  • Browser type/version
  • Operating system used
  • Referrer URL
  • Host name of the accessing computer
  • Time of the server request

These data cannot be connected with a specific person and are not merged with data from other sources. We reserve the right to examine these data a posteriori, in case there is any evidence of illegal use.