DATA PROTECTION

Privacy Policy
The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy. The use of our website is usually possible without providing personal information. As far as on our sides personal data (for example name, address or E-Mail addresses) are raised, this takes place, as far as possible, always on voluntary basis. These data will not be disclosed to third parties without your explicit consent. We would like to point out that data transmission over the internet (e.g. when communicating by e-mail) may have security gaps. It is not possible to provide complete protection of data against access by third parties.

Cookies:
Websites sometimes use so-called cookies. Cookies do not damage your computer and do not contain any viruses. Cookies serve to make our website more user-friendly, more effective and safer. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser. Most of the cookies we use are so-called “session cookies”. They are automatically deleted after your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them. These cookies enable us to recognize your browser the next time you visit. You can adjust the settings on your browser so that you are informed when cookies are set and only allow cookies in individual cases, accept cookies in certain cases or generally exclude them, and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when you close your browser. If you disable cookies, the functionality of this website may be limited.

Server log files:
The website provider automatically collects and stores information that your browser automatically transmits to us in “server log files”. These are:
– Browser type and version
– Operating system used
– Referrer URL
– Host name of the accessing computer
– Time of the server request
These data cannot be assigned to specific persons. These data are not combined with other data sources. We reserve the right to check these data retrospectively if we become aware of specific indications of illegal use.
Contact form:
If you send us enquiries using the contact form, your details from the enquiry form, including the contact data you provided there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the enquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We will not pass on these data without your consent.

Newsletter data:
If you wish to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we require an e-mail address from you as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the e-mail address provided and that you agree to receive the newsletter. Further data is not collected. We use this data exclusively for sending the requested information and do not pass it on to third parties. You can revoke your consent to the storage of the data, the e-mail address and its use for sending the newsletter at any time, for example by using the “Unsubscribe” link in the newsletter.

Privacy policy for the use of Google Analytics:
This website uses functions of the web analysis service Google Analytics. The provider of this service is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies”. These are text files that are stored on your computer and that allow an analysis of the use of the website by you. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. For more information about how Google Analytics handles user data, see Google's privacy policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de
Browser Plugin

You can prevent cookies from being stored by selecting the appropriate settings in your browser software; however, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all the functions of this website to their full extent. You can also prevent the data generated by cookies about your use of the website (incl. your IP address) from being passed to Google, and the processing of these data by Google, by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de
Objecting to the collection of data
You can prevent Google Analytics from collecting your data by clicking on the following link. This sets an opt-out cookie that prevents the collection of your data during future visits to this website: disable Google Analytics. Data protection declaration for the use of Facebook plugins (Like button)Our pages integrate plugins from the social network Facebook, provider Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA. You can recognize the Facebook plugins by the Facebook logo or the “Like” button on our site. You can find an overview of the Facebook plugins here: http://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/.

When you visit our pages, the plug-in establishes a direct connection between your browser and the Facebook server. Facebook thereby receives the information that you have visited our site with your IP address. If you click the Facebook “Like” button while you are logged into your Facebook account, you can link the contents of our pages to your Facebook profile. This allows Facebook to associate your visit to our pages with your user account. We would like to point out that we, as the provider of the pages, have no knowledge of the content of the data transmitted or how it is used by Facebook. For more information, please refer to Facebook's privacy policy at http://de-de.facebook.com/policy.php. If you do not want Facebook to be able to assign visits to our pages to your Facebook user account, please log out of your Facebook user account.

Privacy policy for the use of Twitter:
Functions of the Twitter service have been integrated into our pages. These functions are provided by Twitter Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. By using Twitter and the “Re-Tweet” function, the websites you visit are linked to your Twitter account and made known to other users. In doing so, data is also transferred to Twitter. We would like to point out that we, as the provider of the pages, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Twitter. For more information, please refer to the Twitter privacy policy at http://twitter.com/privacy. You can change your Twitter privacy settings in the account settings at: http://twitter.com/account/settings.
Privacy policy for the use of LinkedIn

Our website uses functions of the LinkedIn network. The provider of this service is LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Each time one of our pages that contains LinkedIn features is accessed, the Internet browser on the user's computer will automatically connect to the LinkedIn servers. LinkedIn is informed that you have visited our Internet pages with your IP address. If you click on the LinkedIn “Recommend” button and are logged into your LinkedIn account, LinkedIn will be able to associate your visit to our website with you and your user account. We would like to point out that, as the provider of the pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the data transmitted or how it will be used by LinkedIn. For more information, please see LinkedIn's privacy policy at: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy
Privacy policy for the use of XING
Our website uses features of the XING network. The provider is XING AG, Dammtorstraße 29-32, 20354 Hamburg, Germany. Each time you access one of our pages that contains XING features, a connection to XING servers is established. To the best of our knowledge, personal data is not stored in the process. In particular, no IP addresses are Further information on data protection and the XING Share button can be found in the XING privacy policy at https://www.xing.com/app/share?op=data_protection

Privacy policy for the use of YouTube:
Our website uses plugins from the Google-owned site YouTube. The site is operated by YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. When you visit one of our pages equipped with a YouTube plugin, a connection to the YouTube servers is established. This tells the YouTube server which of our pages you have visited. If you are logged into your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to allocate your surfing behavior directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account. You can find more information about the handling of user data in YouTube's data protection declaration at: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy
Comment function on this website
For the comment function on this page, in addition to your comment, information about when the comment was created and, if you do not post anonymously, the username you have chosen will be stored. Storage of the IP address: Our comment function stores the IP addresses of users who post comments. Since we do not check comments on our site before they are activated, we need this data in order to be able to take action against the author in the event of legal violations such as insults or propaganda.

Subscribing to comments:
As a user of the site, you can subscribe to comments after registering. You will receive a confirmation email to verify that you are the owner of the email address provided. You can unsubscribe from this function at any time via a link in the info emails.
SSL encryption:
This site uses SSL encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as requests that you send to us as the site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser line. If SSL encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.
Objection to advertising e-mails:
We hereby object to the use of contact data published in accordance with the imprint obligation to send unsolicited advertising and information material. The site operators expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of unsolicited advertising information being sent, for example by spam e-mails.
End of announcement part 2, thank you again.