Privacy policy and disclaimer

Thank you for visiting our website. The secure handling of your data is particularly important to us. We would therefore like to inform you in detail about the use of your data when you visit our website.

Legal basis of the processing
Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR serves our company as the legal basis for processing operations for which we obtain consent for a specific processing purpose. If the processing of personal data is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party, as is the case, for example, with processing operations necessary for the supply of goods or the provision of any other service or consideration, the processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b GDPR. The same applies to such processing operations that are necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures, for example in cases of inquiries about our products or services. If our company is subject to a legal obligation that requires the processing of personal data, such as for the fulfillment of tax obligations, the processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR. In rare cases, the processing of personal data may become necessary in order to protect the vital interests of the data subject or another natural person, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. d GDPR. Finally, processing operations could also be based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. This legal basis is used for processing operations which are not covered by any of the aforementioned legal bases if processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by our company or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject which require protection of personal data.

Right to information, right to rectification, blocking, erasure, objection
Upon written request, we will inform you about the personal data we have stored about you. You also have the right to correct, block, object to or delete this data. The request should be sent to the address given in the website’s legal notice.

Forwarding of data
Your personal data will not be transferred to third parties for purposes other than those listed below. We only pass on your personal data to third parties if:

• you have given your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR,
• the disclosure pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR is necessary for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims and there is no reason to assume that you have an overriding interest worthy of protection in not disclosing your data,
• in the event that there is a legal obligation for the disclosure pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. c GDPR, and
• this is legally permissible and necessary for the processing of contractual relationships with you in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b GDPR.

Rights of data subjects
You have the right

• to request information about your personal data processed by us in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR. In particular, you can request information about the processing purposes, the category of personal data, the categories of recipients to whom your data has been or will be disclosed, the planned storage period, the existence of a right to rectification, erasure, restriction of processing or objection, the existence of a right to lodge a complaint, the origin of your data if it was not collected by us, and the existence of automated decision-making including profiling and, if applicable, meaningful information about its details;
• in accordance with Art. 16 GDPR, to demand the immediate correction of incorrect or incomplete personal data stored by us
• in accordance with Art. 17 GDPR, to demand the erasure of your personal data stored by us, unless the processing is necessary for exercising the right of freedom of expression and information, for compliance with a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims
• in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR, to demand the restriction of the processing of your personal data if the accuracy of the data is disputed by you, the processing is unlawful but you refuse to delete it and we no longer need the data, but you need it to assert, exercise or defend legal claims or you have lodged an objection to the processing in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR;
• in accordance with Art. 20 GDPR, to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format or to request that it be transmitted to another controller
• not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you, in accordance with Art. 22 GDPR
• in accordance with Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR, to revoke your consent once given to us at any time. As a result, we may no longer continue the data processing that was based on this consent in the future and
• pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR, without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority of your habitual residence, place of work or place of the alleged infringement if the data subject considers that the processing of personal data relating to him or her infringes the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Lawfulness of the processing
In accordance with Art. 18 GDPR, you have the right to demand the restriction of the processing of your personal data if the accuracy of the data is disputed by you, the processing is unlawful, but you refuse to delete it and we no longer need the data, but you need it to assert, exercise or defend legal claims or you have lodged an objection to the processing in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR;

Right of revocation
If your personal data is processed on the basis of legitimate interests, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR if there are reasons for this arising from your particular situation or if the objection is directed against direct advertising. In the latter case, you have a general right to object, which I will implement without specifying a particular situation. If you wish to exercise your right of revocation or objection, simply send an email to the address given in the website’s legal notice.

Cookies
Our website uses cookies. A cookie is a data record that is created when you visit a website and is temporarily stored on the website user’s system. If the server of our website is called up again by the user of the website, the browser of the user of the website sends the previously received cookie back to the server. The server can evaluate the information received through this process. Cookies can be used, for example, to control the display of advertisements or make it easier to navigate a website. Cookies are partly necessary to enable the functionality of our website operation (the legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, the protection of the legitimate interests of the operator of this website – we only use cookies in agreement with Art. 5 para. 1 lit. a GDPR, i.e. in accordance with the principles of “lawfulness, fairness and transparency”).
If you wish to generally prevent the use of cookies, you can do so by making local settings in your Internet browser (e.g. Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Opera or Safari).
If cookies are not technically necessary, you will find further information on cookies used by tools and plugins in this privacy policy.

General collection of data
When you access our website or retrieve a file, data about this process is stored in a log file on our web server. In particular, the following data may be stored:

• IP address (if possible, this will be stored anonymously)
• Domain name of the website from which you came
• Names of the files accessed
• Date and time of a retrieval
• Name of your internet service provider
• and, if applicable, the operating system and browser version of your end device

We only store IP addresses for data security reasons in order to ensure the stability and security of our system (legal basis: Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR). We reserve the right to statistically evaluate anonymized data records.

Newsletter
We only send newsletters with advertising information with the consent of the recipient or on the basis of legal permission.
Registration for our newsletter takes place via a double opt-in procedure: After registering, you will receive an e-mail asking you to confirm your registration.
This confirmation is necessary to verify you as the owner of the e-mail.
Registration for the newsletter is logged in order to be able to prove registration in accordance with legal requirements.
This includes storing the time of registration and confirmation as well as your IP address. Other data that you entered when registering for the newsletter is also stored.
We only use your information other than your e-mail address to personalize the newsletter, for example your name.
You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time. You will find a link to unsubscribe from the newsletter in every newsletter e-mail.

Contact forms
If you send us inquiries via the contact form, your details from the inquiry form, including the contact details you provide there, will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in the event of follow-up questions. Your data will be used exclusively for the purpose of answering and processing your question. The data processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR on the basis of your voluntarily given consent. You can object to this at any time (right of revocation).

Confidentiality of your customer access
If you have been given access to a protected area on our website that is secured by a password, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to disclose the password to anyone.

Links to other websites
Our website/app may, from time to time, contain links to third party websites or to other websites of our own. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these privacy policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.

Comment function
There is a voluntary comment function on individual pages or posts for users who wish to share their opinion on the respective page or post. The comment is released after a positive review and appears publicly on the page where the comment was sent. There is no entitlement to approval of a comment. The commenter must provide a name, which may be a pseudonym. The commenter must also provide an email address. The purpose of this is to inform them about the status of their comment, especially if they have asked a question in the comment and are waiting for an answer. The email address will not be displayed publicly and will not be passed on to third parties or analyzed manually. The IP address of the commenter is only stored in anonymized form. The comment is stored permanently until it is deleted by you (or an administrator). The e-mail address you provide for the comment will only be stored for the purpose of sending you a notification in the event of a reply to your comment. Any other data you enter in the comment will be published in the comment if you provide it. If a name is requested, you can also use a pseudonym.

SSL encryption
This website uses SSL encryption (Secure Socket Layer) for the transmission of data from your browser to our server and to servers that provide files that we embed on our website.
With SSL, data is transmitted in encrypted form. The data cannot be changed and the sender can be identified.
You can recognize the presence of SSL encryption by the text “https” in front of the address of the website that you call up in the browser.

Links to third-party websites
This website contains references to third-party websites in the form of so-called links. Only when you click on such a link will data be transmitted to the link destination. This is technically necessary. The data transmitted are in particular Your IP address, the time at which you clicked on the link, the page on which you clicked on the link, details of your Internet browser. If you do not want this data to be transmitted to the link destination, do not click on the link.

OpenStreetMap
This site uses the OpenStreetMap mapping software from the OpenStreetMap Foundation, 132 Maney Hill Road, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, B72 1JU, United Kingdom (“OSM”). When using OpenStreetMap, your IP address is transmitted to an OSM server and may be stored there. The use of OpenStreetMap is in our legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
Further information can be found in OpenStreetMap’s privacy policy.

WordPress
We use WordPress as the content management system for our website. WordPress uses functional (necessary) cookies to ensure the login process for editors and administrators.
In particular, a cookie called wordpress_test_cookie is set when attempting to log in to the WordPress administration interface. This cookie is used exclusively for the active session and is deleted as soon as you close the browser.
The cookie is not used to analyze users.

Security notice
We secure our website and other IT systems with suitable technical and organizational measures against loss, destruction, unauthorized access, unauthorized modification or unauthorized dissemination of your data. However, despite all due care, complete protection against all risks is not possible in every case. As we cannot guarantee complete data security when communicating by e-mail, we recommend sending confidential information by post.

Changes to this privacy policy
We reserve the right to amend this privacy policy if the legal situation or this online offer or the type of data collection changes. However, this only applies to declarations on data processing. If the user’s consent is required or components of the privacy policy contain a regulation of the contractual relationship with users, the privacy policy will only be amended with the user’s consent.

Therefore, please inform yourself about this privacy policy if necessary, especially if you provide personal data.

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