In the following, we inform you about the collection and processing of personal data when using our website. We cannot accept any liability for external links to third-party content, despite careful monitoring of the content.
1. Type of data collected
Every access to our website and every retrieval of a file stored on the website is logged. The storage serves internal system-related and statistical purposes.
Logged are:
Domain name or the IP – address of your computer, the file request of the client (file name and URL), the http response code and the website from which you visit us.
In some places the website uses cookies. These identify the IP address of the computer and do not store any personal information, such as your name. You can set your browser so that these cookies are not stored or are deleted at the end of your Internet session.
Use of cookies: This website uses the following types of cookies, the scope and functionality of which are explained below:
Transient cookies (for this purpose a)
Persistent cookies (see b).
a) Transient cookies are automatically deleted when you close the browser. These include, in particular, session cookies. These store a so-called session ID, with which various requests of your browser can be assigned to the common session. This allows your computer to be recognized when you return to our website. The session cookies are deleted when you log out or close the browser.
b) Persistent cookies are deleted automatically after a specified period of time, which may differ depending on the cookie. You can delete the cookies in the security settings of your browser at any time.
You can configure your browser settings according to your preferences and, for example, refuse to accept third-party cookies or all cookies. Please note that you may not be able to use all functions of this website.
If you register for the newsletter, we store the time, the registration and the e-mail address that you provide us for this purpose. We also record when you open the newsletter and which links you click on.
The website contains specific data entry forms at various points, which may consist of mandatory fields as well as fields with different content that are to be filled in voluntarily.
In the context of social media plug-ins, your interactions with these plug-ins.
2. Newsletter
If you have registered for our newsletter or have otherwise provided us with an e-mail address for newsletter distribution, we will use the e-mail address you have provided for this newsletter. If this e-mail address is different from the one used for other communication, we will use it exclusively for the newsletter. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter mailing list at any time. If you have provided an exclusive newsletter e-mail address, we will delete it immediately after you have
delete it immediately after unsubscribing. Further personal data will only be collected if you provide this information voluntarily, for example when contacting us.
3. Social Media PlugIns
Our website contains social media plug-ins from various manufacturers. In principle, these are the operators of social networks whose processing location is in the territory of the USA. The respective PlugIn is recognizable by the logo of the manufacturer or the relevant signs. As soon as you visit our website, the plugin establishes an immediate connection between your internet browser and the servers of the operator. This way, it is informed that our website was visited with your IP address. In the event that you are logged in to the relevant network, you can use the button to link the corresponding content located on our website in your profile. It is then possible to assign your visit to our website to your social network account. We, as the provider of our website, are not informed about the content of the transmitted data or the use of data. The circumstances of this use can be found in the privacy statements of the respective manufacturers. In the event that you are a member of one of the social networks, but do not want them to receive data about you via our website and connect it with your membership data, you must log out of the relevant network before accessing our website.
4. Data collection
We collect the data that accrue when you visit our website automatically, possibly through the use of cookies. The data that accrue when using the newsletter, as well. Otherwise, we collect the data only on the basis of your input on our website.
5. Reasons for use
For technical administration and to provide the website.
For forwarding to the operators of social networks whose plug-in is used by our website.
In addition, we use your data only within the scope provided by law, for abuse detection and troubleshooting and to provide information to government agencies.
6. Storage period
The duration of data storage is primarily based on the fulfillment of the purpose. This means that we store your data for exactly as long as we need it to fulfill the purpose for which it was collected. In some cases, however, there are legal retention periods that stipulate a storage period that deviates from this. In these cases, we store the data as long as provided by the respective law. If data in a special context (for example, Google Analytics) is deleted after a period, you will find more detailed information in the following.
7. Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to analyze the activities on our website. This is a web analysis service provided by Google Inc (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. 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, however, your IP address will be truncated beforehand by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating 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 data from Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. You can also 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 at the following link (http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de).
For more information, please visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de or http://www.google.com/intl/de/analytics/privacyoverview.html (general information on Google Analytics and data protection). We would like to point out that on this website Google Analytics has been extended by the code “gat._anonymizeIp();” to ensure anonymized collection of IP addresses (so-called IP masking). We use Google Analytics on the legal basis of § 15 para. 3 TMG or Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. The data sent by us and linked to cookies, user IDs (e.g. user ID) or advertising IDs are automatically deleted after 14 months. The deletion of data whose retention period has been reached takes place automatically once a month. For more information on terms of use and data protection, please visit https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html.
8. Google fonts
In order to improve the user-friendliness of our website, we use the “Google Fonts” service of Google Inc. This is a web analysis service of Google Inc (“Google”). Google Fonts uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. 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, however, your IP address will be truncated beforehand by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Fonts will not be merged with other data from Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. You can also 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 at the following link (http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de).
For more information, please visit the website: https://fonts.google.com/.
Legal basis
Art. 6.1.f “Processing is lawful only if at least one of the following conditions is met:
(f) processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests of the controller or of a third party, except where such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject which require the protection of personal data, in particular where the data subject is a child.
09. Your rights
- Right to obtain information (all the information in this notice can also be requested at any time),
- Right to erasure of data (unless time limits prevent this),
- Right to be forgotten (if data have been transmitted, we must ask the recipient to delete them),
- Right to data portability (if you wish, we must transfer the data to a third party in machine-readable form),
- Right to rectify the category of data,
- Right to object to the processing activity,
- right to rectification if the data is incorrect and
- Right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority.
In order to protect your rights and to ensure the legally correct processing, we have appointed an external data protection officer. These are his contact details:
Henning Welz
gds – Society for Data Protection Mittelhessen mbH
datenschutz@gdsm.de
06421 870413-10
Security notice
We make every effort to store your personal data in such a way that it is not accessible to third parties by taking all technical and organizational measures. When communicating by e-mail, we cannot guarantee complete data security.
We therefore recommend that you send confidential information by post. This privacy policy is subject to changing regulations and circumstances and will therefore be adapted as necessary.