Privacy
1. Data protection
We are very pleased that you are visiting our website and are interested in our offer. We attach great importance to the protection of your personal data. In this Privacy Statement we explain how we collect your personal data, what we do with it, for what purposes and on what legal bases this takes place, and what rights and remedies are associated with it for you.
Our Privacy Statement for the use of our website does not apply to your activities on the websites of social networks or other providers that you can reach via the links on our websites. Please inform yourself on the websites of these providers about their data protection policies.
2. Collection and processing of your personal data
a. When you visit our website, we store certain data about the browser and operating system you use, the date and time of your visit, the access status (e.g. whether you were able to access a website or received an error message), the use of website functions, any search terms you may have entered, the frequency with which you access individual websites, the names of files accessed, the amount of data transferred, the website from which you accessed our website and the website you visit from our website, regardless of whether you click on links on our website or enter a domain directly into the input field of the same tab (or window) of your browser in which you opened our website. In addition, for security reasons, in particular to prevent and detect attacks on our website or attempts at fraud, we store your IP address and the name of your Internet service provider for a period of seven days.
b. We only store other personal data if you provide us with this data, for example, in the context of a registration, a contact form, a chat, a survey, a competition or the processing of a contract. In these cases, we also only store the data to the extent that we are permitted to do so on the basis of a consent granted by you or in accordance with the applicable legal provisions.
c. You are neither legally nor contractually obliged to provide us with your personal data. However, it is possible that certain functions of our website depend on the provision of personal data. If you decide not to provide us with your personal data in these cases, this may result in functions not being available or only being available to a limited extent.
3. Intended Use
a. We use the personal data collected when you visit our website to make the website more user-friendly and to protect our IT systems against attacks and other unlawful acts.
b. If you provide us with further personal data, for example in the context of a registration, a chat, a contact form, a survey, a competition or the processing of a contract, we will use this data for the purposes stated above, for customer management and, if necessary, for the processing and settlement of any business proceedings, and always to the extent required for this.
c. For further purposes (e.g. display of personalized content or advertising based on your usage behavior) we and possibly selected third parties use your data, provided you agree to this (= consent).
d. In addition, we use personal data to the extent that we are legally obliged to do so (for example, data storage to comply with commercial or tax law retention obligations, transfer in accordance with official or judicial orders, for example to a criminal law authority).
4. Transfer of personal data to third parties; social plug-ins; use of service providers
a. Our website may also contain content offered by third parties. When you click on such an offer, we transfer the required amount of data to the respective provider (for example, the information that you have found this offer with us and possibly further information that you have provided for this on our website).
b. In order to manage, optimize and secure our websites, we also use qualified service providers (for example IT service providers, marketing agencies, call centers). We only pass on personal data to third parties if this is necessary for the provision and use of the websites and their functionalities, for the pursuit of legitimate interests, for the fulfillment of legal obligations
5. Cookies
a. When you visit our websites, cookies may be used. Technically, these are so-called HTML cookies and similar software tools such as Web/DOM Storage or Local Shared Objects (so-called "flash cookies"), which we collectively refer to as "cookies".
b. Cookies are small files that are stored on your desktop computer, notebook or mobile device when you visit a website. This allows us to determine, for example, whether a connection has already been established between the device and the websites, and which language or other settings you prefer, to offer you certain functions or to recognise your interests based on your online use. Cookies may also contain personal data.
c. Whether cookies are used and which ones when you visit our websites depends on which domains and functions of our websites you use and whether you agree to the use of cookies that are not technically necessary in our Consent Management System. You can find more information and decision-making options here
d. The use of cookies also depends on the settings of the web browser you use (e.g. Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, Apple Safari, Mozilla Firefox). Most web browsers are set to automatically accept certain types of cookies, but you can usually change this setting. Cookies that have already been saved can be deleted at any time. Web/DOM-Storage and Local Shared Objects can be deleted separately. You can find out exactly how this works on the browser or device you use in the manufacturer's manual.
e. The consent (= approval) for and the rejection or deletion of cookies are linked to the device used and also to the web browser used. If you use multiple devices or web browsers, you can adjust your decisions and settings separately on a case-by-case basis.
f. If you choose not to use cookies or delete them, it is possible that not all functions of our website are available or that individual functions are only available to a limited extent.
6. Safety
We take technical and organizational security measures to protect your data managed by us against manipulation, loss, destruction and access by unauthorized persons. We continuously improve our security measures based on technological developments.
7. Rights of data subjects
a. As a person concerned by data processing, you have the right to information (Art. 15 GDPR), rectification (Art. 16 GDPR), oblivion (Art. 17 GDPR), restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR) and data portability (Art. 20 GDPR).
b. If you have given us your consent to process your personal data, you have the right to revoke your consent at any time. The lawfulness of the processing of your personal data up to the time of revocation remains unaffected by the revocation. Further processing of this data on another legal basis, for example to fulfil legal obligations (cf. section "Legal bases for processing"), remains unaffected.
c. Right to object
You have the right, for reasons arising from your particular situation, to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you which takes place on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 e) GDPR (data processing in the public interest) or Art. 6 para. 1 f) GDPR (data processing on the basis of a balancing of interests). If you object, we will only continue to process your personal data if we can demonstrate compelling legitimate reasons for doing so which outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or if the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims. If we process your personal data to carry out direct marketing activities in order to safeguard legitimate interests based on a balancing of interests, you also have the right to object to this at any time without giving reasons.
d. We request that you make your objections or declarations known to the contact address, if possible.
e. If you believe that the processing of your personal data violates legal requirements, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a competent data protection supervisory authority (Art. 77 GDPR).
8. Transfer of data to recipients outside the European Economic Area
a. When using service providers (see section 4.d.) and passing on data with your consent (= approval) to third parties (see section 3.c.), personal data may be passed on to recipients in countries outside the European Union ("EU"), Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway (= European Economic Area) and processed there, in particular in the USA and India.
b. The following countries are regarded by the EU as providing an adequate level of protection for the processing of personal data in line with EU standards (so-called adequacy decision): Andorra, Argentina, Canada (limited), Faroe Islands, Guernsey, Israel, Isle of Man, Japan, Jersey, New Zealand, Switzerland, Uruguay. We agree with recipients in other countries to apply EU model contractual clauses, binding corporate rules or the Swiss-US Privacy Shield in order to create an "adequate level of protection" in accordance with legal requirements.