Data protection

The site owners take the protection of your data very seriously. We keep your personal data confidential and treat them in accordance with applicable privacy legislation and this privacy statement.

The use of this website is generally possible without providing personal data. If personal data (like name, address or email-address) is collected, all such data is provided by the user on a voluntary basis whenever possible. No personal data will be forwarded to any third parties without your express consent.

We have to advise that data transmission on the Internet (e.g. when communicating via email) always comes with a security risk. a complete protection of the data from access of third party is not possible.

Cookies

The websites often use so-called Cookies which help us to make our offer more user-friendly, more effectively and more safely. Cookies do not damage your computer in any way and do not contain any malware (viruses, Trojans and other programs causing harm). A cookie is a small text file, which is copied onto your hard disk by a website and saved in your browser.

Most of the cookies we use are so-called "session cookies" which are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Other cookies stay on your device until deleted by you. Those cookies help us recognise your browser when you next visit the site.

You can set your browser to always inform you about established cookies, to decide case by case if you accept the cookies or to generally not accept cookies. You can also have the cookies deleted automatically every time your browser is closed. The deactivation or rejection of cookies may restrict the functionality of our web offer.

Newsletter data

If you want to receive the newsletter offered on our site, we will ask your email-address, your consent to receive the newsletter as well as information to help us verify you as the owner of said address. No other data is to be provided. We will use the data solely for sending the requested information and will not forward them to any third parties.

You can retract your consent to the saving and use of your personal data at any time, for instance by clicking the ‘Unsubscribe’-button in the newsletter.

Data privacy statement for the use of Google Analytics

This website uses features of the web analysis service Google Analytics. Provider: Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

Google Analytics uses so called Cookies. Cookies are small text files which are saved on your hard drive, allowing an analysis of your use of this website. Generally, the information generated by the cookie concerning your use of this website is sent and saved to a Google server in the USA.

Find more information on the use of user data at Google Analytics in Google’s data processing amendment: 
https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/dpa/dataprocessingamendment_20130906.html

Browser Plugin

You can prevent the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings in your browser. However, please note that this could restrain the functionality of our site. Moreover, you can prevent the provision of the data generated by the cookie to Google and the processing of the data through Google by downloading and installing the browser plug in under the following link:  https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en