Data Protection

We take the protection of your personal data very seriously. The information you provide in the contact form (name, email address, company name, telephone number, message, selection fields) will be processed exclusively to process your request. The legal basis is Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR (contract or pre-contractual measure). Data will not be passed on to third parties. The website itself does not collect any further data. You have the right to access, correct, or delete your data. If you have any questions, please contact us using the contact details in the imprint. We assume no liability for the content of external websites.

Person responsible

The responsible party within the meaning of data protection laws, in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is:
Frank Kose

Data Protection Officer

We have appointed the following as data protection officer:

Frank Kose

Your data subject rights

You can exercise the following rights at any time under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) using the contact details provided:

• Information about your data stored by us and its processing (Art. 15 GDPR),
• Correction of inaccurate personal data (Art. 16 GDPR),
• Deletion of your data stored by us (Art. 17 GDPR),
• Restriction of data processing if we are not yet permitted to delete your data due to legal obligations (Art. 18 GDPR),
• Objection to the processing of your data by us (Art. 21 GDPR) and
• Data portability, provided you have consented to data processing or have concluded a contract with us (Art. 20 GDPR).

If you have given us your consent, you can revoke it at any time with effect for the future.

You can lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority at any time, for example, the competent supervisory authority in the federal state in which you reside or the authority responsible for us as the controller.

A list of supervisory authorities (for the non-public sector) with addresses can be found at:https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.

Processing activities

Collection of general information when visiting our website

Type and purpose of processing

When you access our website, i.e., if you do not register or otherwise submit information, general information is automatically collected. This information (server log files) includes, for example, the type of web browser, the operating system used, the domain name of your Internet service provider, your IP address, and similar information.

They are processed in particular for the following purposes:

• for technically error-free presentation and optimization of the website

We do not use your data to draw conclusions about you personally. However, we reserve the right to subsequently review the server log files if there are concrete indications of illegal use.

Legal basis and legitimate interest

The processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website as well as ensuring system security and misuse detection.

Recipient

Recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.

Storage period

Data is stored in server log files in a form that allows the identification of the data subjects for a maximum of 14 days; unless a security-relevant event occurs (e.g., a DDoS attack).

In the event of such an event, server log files will be stored until the security-relevant event has been resolved and fully clarified.

Provision required or necessary

The provision of the aforementioned personal data is neither legally nor contractually required. However, without the IP address, the service and functionality of our website cannot be guaranteed. Furthermore, individual services may be unavailable or restricted.

Contradiction

Please read the information about your right of objection under Art. 21 GDPR below.

Cookies

A cookie is a small piece of data created when a website is visited and temporarily stored on the visitor's system. When the website server is accessed again by the website user, the website user's browser sends the previously received cookie back to the server. The server can evaluate the information obtained through this process. Cookies can, in particular, make navigating a website easier.

You can access detailed information about cookies, including which cookies are used on this website and for what purpose, at any time in the cookie settings.

Deleting cookies

You can delete individual cookies or the entire cookie set. You will also receive information and instructions on how to delete these cookies or block their storage in advance. Depending on your browser provider, you can find the necessary information at the following links:

• Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/de/kb/cookies-loeschen-daten-von-websites-entfernen
• Microsoft Edge: https://support.microsoft.com/de-de/windows/verwalten-von-cookies-in-microsoft-edge-anzeigen-zulassen-blockieren-l%C3%B6schen-und-verwenden-168dab11-0753-043d-7c16-ede5947fc64d
• Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416?hl=de
• Opera: http://www.opera.com/de/help
• Safari: https://support.apple.com/kb/PH17191?locale=de_DE&viewlocale=de_DE

Additionally, you can prevent scripts from loading by default. NoScript allows JavaScript, Java, and other plugins to run only on trusted domains of your choice.

Information and instructions on how to edit this function can be obtained from your browser provider (e.g. for Mozilla Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/noscript/).

Provision required or necessary

The provision of your data is voluntary and solely based on your consent. However, we would like to point out that in this case, you may not be able to fully use all the functions of this website.

Revocation of consent

You can revoke your consent for the future using the Cookie Consent Tool.

Profiling

Cookies that are not technically necessary allow us to evaluate the behavior of website visitors and analyze their interests. For this purpose, we create a pseudonymous user profile.

Information about your right of objection according to Art. 21 GDPR

Case-specific right of objection

You have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you based on Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR (data processing based on a balance of interests), for reasons related to your particular situation; this also applies to profiling based on this provision within the meaning of Article 4 (4) GDPR.

If you object, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or unless the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

Recipient of an objection

Frank Kose

Changes to our privacy policy

We reserve the right to amend this privacy policy to ensure it always complies with current legal requirements or to implement changes to our services in the privacy policy, e.g., when introducing new services. The new privacy policy will then apply to your next visit.

Questions about data protection

If you have any questions about data protection, please send an email to the person responsible named above.

Copyright notices

This privacy statement was created with the help of activeMind AG – the experts for externe Datenschutzbeauftragte (Version #2024-10-25).

Use of the Google Analytics tracking tool

Type and purpose of processing

If you have given your consent, this website uses Google Analytics 4, a web analysis service provided by Google Ireland Limited (Google Building Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland).

Google Analytics automatically anonymizes IP addresses by default. Due to the activation of IP anonymization on this website, your IP address will be shortened by Google within EU or EEA member states. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. According to the information available from Google, the IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.

While visiting our website, your user behavior is recorded in the form of so-called events, such as:

Page views
Start of a session
Length of stay
User engagement
First visit to a website
Scrolls (when a visitor scrolls 90% of the way to the bottom of the page)
Clicks on external links
Ads viewed or clicked
Internal searches
Interaction with video content
Downloads
Language settings
The following information is also recorded:

Your approximate location (region)
Your IP address (in abbreviated form)
Technical information such as browser, internet provider, device, and screen resolution
Referrer URL of your visit (i.e., which website or advertising medium you came to us from)
Further information on terms of use and data protection can be found at https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html and at  https://policies.google.com/?hl=de.

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 the website operator with other services relating to website activity and internet usage.