Thank you for visiting our website and for your interest in our company.
The protection of your privacy when using our website is very important to us, and we therefore use your data in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations. Below we inform you about how we handle your data.
Web server protocols
In principle, you can visit our website without telling us who you are. However, as is usual with almost all websites, the server on which our websites are located (hereinafter referred to as “web server”) automatically collects information when you visit us on the Internet. The web server automatically recognises certain personal data such as your IP address, the date and time you visited our site, the browser you are using (e.g. Internet Explorer), the operating system you are using (e.g. Windows 10) and the domain name and address of your Internet provider (e.g. AOL). If our website uses cookies (as explained below), the web server also stores this information.Note We use so-called IP masking technology on our web server. This means that our server anonymises your IP address. To do this, the last 8 bits are removed for IPV4 addresses and the last 64 bits for IPV6 addresses.
Framework Firewall, Brute-Force, IP-Blocking
We use security plugins within our WordPress installation to protect our website from attacks by hackers, bots and spamware. This may result in the IP addresses of users who attempt to log in to our administration interface several times (20 times per minute in our setting) being saved in order to block them in the long term. On the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR (legitimate interest) in terms of the security of our website, we maintain this setting.Cookies
We use cookies on the browser side. Cookies are small files with configuration settings that help us to determine the frequency and type of use of our website. Cookies are also used to realise certain user functions. We do not collect any personal data via cookies. It is also possible to use our online services without cookies. 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.DATA PROTECTION TIP “Session” cookies are time-limited and are deleted when the browser is closed “Web beacons” (counting graphics) are electrical graphics, also known as “one-pixel images”, which enable recording or analysis.Which cookies do we use? In the case of so-called “third-party cookies”, i.e. cookies from third-party providers such as Google Inc., you will also find a link to the latest version of their privacy policy known to us. Deactivating cookies There are several ways to manage cookies. The help button in the toolbars of most browsers shows you how you can stop accepting cookies, how you can be notified when a new cookie is set and how you can block cookies. If you block cookies, you may not be able to register, log in or use the services to their full extent. Think about which pages you would like to use cookies on.
Web analysis: Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics from Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. These analysis services use cookies, text files that are stored on your computer and enable your use of the website to be analysed. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is transferred to the servers of the web analysis services (in the case of Google, to the USA) and stored there. These analysis services will use this information to analyse your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity for the website operator and to provide other services related to website activity and internet usage. We have decided to prevent Google Analytics from tracking your IP address (ip-masking). This happens automatically and you do not have to do anything.Data protection tip You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link (tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en).
Google Maps & Fonts
Our website uses products such as Google Maps and/or Google Fonts. The operator of these products is Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. When you visit one of our pages equipped with a Google Maps or Google Fonts plugin, a connection to Google’s servers is established. Data is transmitted to the Google server (e.g. the page you visited, browser, operating system).DATA PROTECTION TIP You can find all information about Google’s data processing in the current version of the privacy policy at https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy
Collection, processing, use and transmission of personal data
We only collect data from you (except in the context of web server logs) if you provide it to us yourself in order to use one of the services we offer (e. g. Sending of information material, enquiries, contact forms). This data is then processed and/or used exclusively for the performance of the services. The data transfer between our website and us directly takes place by means of simple forms. These generate classic e-mails and send them to us. This content is transmitted directly and not stored on our web server.Social Media
Our website links to our social media pages. These buttons are simple links and do not transmit any data.YouTube
Our website uses plugins from the YouTube site operated by Google. The operator of the pages is 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.DATA PROTECTION TIP If you are logged into your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to assign your surfing behaviour directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account. Further information on the handling of user data can be found in YouTube’s privacy policy at: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy