Privacy at a Glance
General Information
The following notes provide a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data is all data by which you can be personally identified. Detailed information on the subject of data protection can be found in our privacy policy listed below this text.
Data Collection on Our Website
Data collection on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find the contact details in the imprint of this website. Your data is collected, on one hand, by you providing it to us. This can be data that you enter in a contact form, for example. Other data is automatically collected by our IT systems when you visit the website. This is mainly technical data (e.g., internet browser, operating system, or time of the page view). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter our website.
Use of Data
Part of the data is collected to ensure the error-free provision of the website. Other data can be used to analyze your user behavior.
Users' Rights
You have the right to receive information about the origin, recipient, and purpose of your stored personal data at any time. You also have the right to request the correction, blocking, or deletion of this data. You can contact us at any time at the address given in the imprint for this and other questions on the subject of data protection.
General Information and Mandatory Information
Data Protection
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.
Revocation of Your Consent to Data Processing
Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke consent you have already given at any time. An informal email to us is sufficient. The legality of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.
Right to Lodge a Complaint with the Competent Supervisory Authority
In the case of breaches of data protection law, the person affected has a right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. The competent supervisory authority in matters of data protection law is the state data protection officer of the federal state in which our company is based.
Right to Data Portability
You have the right to have data that we process based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract automatically delivered to yourself or to a third party in a standard, machine-readable format. If you require the direct transfer of data to another responsible party, this will only be done to the extent technically feasible.
Data Collection on Our Website
Cookies
Our website uses so-called cookies. Cookies do not harm your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies serve to make our offer more user-friendly, effective, and secure. 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 allow us to recognize your browser on your next visit. You can set your browser to inform you about the setting of cookies and allow cookies only in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for specific cases or in general, and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website.
Server Log Files
The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:
Browser type and browser version
Operating system used
Referrer URL
Hostname of the accessing computer
Time of the server request
IP address
This data will not be combined with data from other sources.
Contact Form
If you send us inquiries via the contact form, your details from the inquiry form, including the contact details you provided there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We will not share this information without your consent.
Objection to Promotional Emails
We hereby expressly prohibit the use of contact data published in the context of website legal notice requirements with regard to sending promotional and informational materials not expressly requested. The website operator reserves the right to take specific legal action if unsolicited advertising material, such as email spam, is received.
Newsletter Data
If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we require an email address from you, as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the provided email address and that you agree to receive the newsletter. No additional data is collected or is only collected on a voluntary basis. 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 email address, and their use for sending the newsletter at any time, for example, through the "unsubscribe" link in the newsletter.
Privacy Policy for the Use of Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. ("Google"). Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies," text files that are stored on your computer and that allow an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. In the event that IP anonymization is activated on this website, your IP address will be shortened beforehand by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be sent to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity, and to provide other services related to website activity and internet usage to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data. For more information on how to handle user data on Google Analytics, please refer to Google's Privacy Policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/. You can prevent the storage of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly; however, please note that if you do this, you may not be able to use all the features of this website to the fullest extent possible. In addition, you may prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) to Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available under the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en
Privacy Policy for the Use of LinkedIn
Our website uses features of the LinkedIn network. The provider is LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Each time one of our pages containing LinkedIn features is accessed, a connection to LinkedIn servers is established. LinkedIn is informed that you have visited our web pages from your IP address. If you click LinkedIn's "Recommend Button" and are logged into your LinkedIn account, LinkedIn is able to associate your visit to our website with you and your account. We point out that we as the provider of the pages do not have knowledge of the content of the transmitted data and their use by LinkedIn. For more information, please see LinkedIn's privacy policy at: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy. If you do not want LinkedIn to be able to associate visits to our pages with your LinkedIn user account, please log out of your LinkedIn user account.
Privacy Policy for the Use of Facebook Plugins (Like Button)
Our website uses plugins from the social network Facebook, which is operated by Meta Platforms, Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA. The Facebook plugins can be recognized by the Facebook logo or the "Like Button" ("Like") on our site. An overview of the Facebook plugins can be found here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/. When you visit our site, a direct connection between your browser and the Facebook server is established via the plugin. This enables Facebook to receive information that you have visited our site from your IP address. If you click on the Facebook "Like Button" while you are logged into your Facebook account, you can link the content of our pages on your Facebook profile. This allows Facebook to associate visits to our pages with your user account. Please note that we, as the provider of the pages, have no knowledge of the content of the data transmitted or how it will be used by Facebook. For more information, please see Facebook's privacy policy at: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/. If you do not want Facebook to be able to associate visits to our pages with your Facebook user account, please log out of your Facebook user account.
Privacy Policy – Use of YouTube
Our website uses plugins from Google's YouTube site. 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, YouTube allows you to associate your browsing behavior directly with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account. The use of YouTube is in the interest of making our online offers appealing. This constitutes a justified interest pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (f) DSGVO. Further information about handling user data, can be found in the data protection declaration of YouTube under https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.
Privacy Policy – Use of HubSpot
Our website uses HubSpot, a marketing and sales software by HubSpot, Inc. ("HubSpot"). HubSpot is a software company from the USA with a branch in Ireland (HubSpot Ireland Limited, 2nd Floor 30 North Wall Quay, Dublin 1, Ireland) that supports us in online marketing, sales management, web analysis, and optimizing our marketing measures. HubSpot uses so-called "web cookies," which are stored on your computer and allow an analysis of your use of the website. HubSpot analyzes the recorded information (e.g., IP address, geographic location, type of browser, duration of the visit, and pages viewed) to generate reports about the visit and the pages viewed. If you expressly agree, HubSpot can also collect personal data such as names, email addresses, and phone numbers through forms on our website to assist us in communicating with visitors to our website. The information collected by HubSpot, as well as the contents of our website, are stored on servers of HubSpot. We use this information to communicate with visitors to our website, to process inquiries, and to evaluate the use of our website. Data processing is based on your consent (Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR) if you have given your consent. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. For more information on HubSpot's privacy practices, please visit: https://legal.hubspot.com/privacy-policy. If you do not want your data to be captured by HubSpot as part of web analytics, you can prevent the storage of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly. However, please note that in this case, you may not be able to use all the functions of this website to their full extent.