Data protection at a glance

The information below is intended to give you a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data are all the data that can be used to identify you as an individual. Detailed information on the subject of data protection can be found in the data protection statement (privacy policy) that follows this text.

Who is responsible for the collection of data on this website?

The entity responsible for the processing of data on this website is shown in the imprint.
This entity is the first party to contact in case of questions relating to data protection law.

How do we collect your data?

One way your data are collected is when you yourself give us information. This information can for example be the data which you enter in an online contact or order form.
Other data are collected automatically by our IT systems when you visit our website. In most cases these are technical data (e.g. internet browser, operating system or the time a page is accessed). The data are collected automatically as soon as you enter our website.

What do we use your data for?

The data are collected so as to ensure complete ease of access to the website contents.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You have the right at any time to obtain information, free of charge, on the source and recipients of your personal data and the purpose of their storage. You also have a right to require the correction, blocking or deletion of the data. On these points and other questions relating to personal data you can contact us at any time using the address given in the imprint. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the responsible supervisory authority.

Are your data transmitted in encrypted form?

Yes. This website uses an encryption system. Its purpose is to prevent unauthorised parties gaining access to your data.

Privacy policy
I. General and mandatory information

The operators of this website take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We keep your personal data strictly confidential, acting in compliance with statutory data protection provisions and the present privacy policy.
Various personal data are collected when you visit this website. Personal data are the data that can be used to identify you as an individual. The present data protection statement explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how this is done and for what purpose.
Please note that data transmission on the internet (e.g. via communication by email) may have security gaps. Total and complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

Responsible entity
The entity responsible for the processing of data on this website is shown in the imprint. The responsible entity is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, decides on the purpose and the means of processing personal data (e.g. names, email addresses and the like).

Right to object to the collection of data in special cases and to direct marketing (article 21 GDPR)
If the data are collected on the basis of article 6 (1) e or f GDPR, you have the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to processing of personal data concerning you; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions. Statement of the legal basis for any particular processing can be found in this privacy policy.
If you lodge an objection we will cease processing of the personal data concerning you, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms or unless the processing serves the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
Where your personal data are processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to processing of personal data concerning you for such marketing, which includes profiling to the extent that it is related to such direct marketing. Where you object to such processing, your personal data will no longer be processed for such purposes.
Withdrawal of your consent to data processing

Many data processing activities are only possible with your consent. We will obtain express consent from you before we start processing. You can withdraw this consent at any time. All that is needed for the purpose is an email to us in no specific form. The withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

Right to lodge a complaint with a responsible supervisory authority
Visitors to our website are hereby informed that they have the right to lodge a complaint with the responsible supervisory authority in the event of infringements of data protection law. The responsible supervisory authority for questions of data protection law is the state data protection commissioner in the German federal state where our company has its head office. A list of the data protection commissioners and their contact data can be found at the following link:
https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html

Right to data portability
You have the right to have data which we process in automated form on the basis of your consent or in performance of a contract released to you or to another responsible entity in a commonly used and machine-readable format. Where you require the direct transmission of the data to another responsible entity, this will only be done if it is technically feasible.

Use of cookies
We use so-called “cookies” on our website in order to offer you maximum ease of navigation. Cookies  are text files which are stored on your computer by the browser, and when you make a repeat visit to a page the information you have already entered there is automatically remembered, so it does not have to be given again. It is also possible to use our website without cookies. You can deactivate the storage of cookies on your browser, or set the browser to inform you when cookies are transmitted.

SSL or TLS encryption
This website uses an SSL or TLS encryption system for reasons of security and in order to protect the transmission of confidential contents, such as the enquiries you send us as the website operator. You can tell that the transmission is encrypted from the fact that the browser’s address line switches from “http://” to “https://” and a padlock icon appears in your browser line.
When the SSL or TLS encryption has been activated, the data which you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Information, blocking, deletion
Under the applicable provisions of statute law you have the right at any time to information, free of charge, on your stored personal data, on the source and recipients of the data and the purpose of the data processing. In certain cases you have a right to require the correction, blocking or deletion of the data. On these points and other questions relating to personal data you can contact us at any time using the address given in the imprint.

Prohibition of advertising emails
The use of the contact data published under our obligation to provide an imprint in order to transmit advertising and information material that has not been expressly solicited is hereby prohibited. The website operators expressly reserve the right to take legal action in cases of unsolicited transmission of advertising information, e.g. by spam emails.

Amendments to this privacy policy
We reserve the right to amend these data protection rules at any time subject to compliance with statutory requirements.

II. Data collection on our website
Server log files
We collect and store information automatically in so-called server log files, which your browser transmits to us automatically. The information is:
– Browser type and browser version
– Operating system used
– Referrer URL
– Host name of accessing computer
– Time of server enquiry
– IP address
These data are not combined in any manner or form with other data sources. We reserve the right to review the data at a later date if concrete evidence of unlawful use comes to our knowledge. The data are collected on the basis of point f of article 6 (1) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically faultless and best possible presentation of the contents of its website – which is the purpose of the server log files.

Online contact form
If you send us enquiries by online contact form, the information you give in the enquiry form, including the contact data which you state there, is stored with us for the purpose of processing your enquiry and any follow-up enquiries. These data are not passed on without your consent.
The data entered in the contact form are processed exclusively on the basis of your consent (point a of article 6 (1) GDPR). You can withdraw this consent at any time. All that is needed for the purpose is an email to us in no specific form. The withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.
The data entered by you in the contact form remain with us until you request them to be deleted, withdraw your consent to storage or the purpose of storage ceases to exist (e.g. after the processing of your enquiry has been completed). Mandatory provisions of statute law – in particular data retention periods – remain unaffected.

Processing of data (customer and contract data)
We collect, process and use personal data only where they are necessary for the establishment, content-related structuring or modification of the legal relationship (user-related data). This is done on the basis of point b of article 6 (1) GDPR, which permits the processing of data for the performance of a contract or in order to take steps prior to entering into a contract.
We collect, process and use personal data about the use of our websites (usage data) only where this is necessary in order to enable users to avail themselves of the service or for invoicing purposes.
The customer data collected are deleted after the order has been completed or the business relationship has been ended, but not before expiry of the statutory data retention periods.

Data transmission on conclusion of contract
We transfer personal data to third parties only where this is necessary for the performance of the contract, for example for the registration of a domain name with the responsible domain provider or for effecting payment to the instructed bank. We reserve the right to engage external tax advisers, who can also be given access to your invoice data for the performance of their duties.
Your data will not be transmitted to additional parties, or only if you have given express consent to such transfer. Your data are not passed on to third parties, for example for marketing purposes, without express consent.
The basis for the data processing is point b of article 6 (1) GDPR, which permits the processing of data for the performance of a contract or in order to take steps prior to entering into a contract.

Effective: May 2018