Responsible within the meaning of data protection laws, in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is:
Martin Becker
Your data subject rights
You can exercise the following rights at any time using the contact details provided for our data protection officer:
- Information about your data stored by us and their processing (Article 15 GDPR),
- Correction of incorrect personal data (Article 16 GDPR),
- Deletion of your data stored by us (Article 17 GDPR),
- Restriction of data processing if we are not yet allowed to delete your data due to legal obligations (Article 18 GDPR),
- Objection to the processing of your data by us (Article 21 GDPR) and
- Data transferability if you have consented to data processing or have concluded a contract with us (Article 20 GDPR).
If you have given us your consent, you can revoke this at any time with effect for the future.
You can contact a supervisory authority at any time with a complaint, e.g. B. to the competent supervisory authority of the federal state of your place of residence or to the authority responsible for us as the responsible body.
You can find a list of the supervisory authorities (for the non-public area) with their addresses at: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Service/Anschriften/Laender/Laender-node.html.
Collection of general information when visiting our website
Type and purpose of processing:
If you access our website, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise submit information, information of a general nature is automatically collected. This information (server log files) includes the type of web browser, the operating system used, the domain name of your internet service provider, your IP address and similar.
They are processed in particular for the following purposes:
- Ensuring a smooth connection to the website,
- Ensuring smooth use of our website,
- Evaluation of system security and stability, and
- to optimize our website.
We do not use your data to draw conclusions about your person. Information of this type is statistically evaluated by us, if necessary anonymously, in order to optimize our website and the technology behind it.
Legal basis and legitimate interest:
The processing is carried out in accordance with Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website.
Recipient:
The recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.
Third country transfer:
The collected data may be transferred to the following third countries:
No
The following data protection guarantees exist:
EU Commission adequacy decision
Storage duration:
The data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer required for the purpose of collection. This is generally the case for the data used to provide the website when the respective session has ended.
If the data is stored in log files, this is the case after 14 days at the latest. Storage beyond this is possible. In this case, the IP addresses of the users are anonymized so that it is no longer possible to assign the calling client.
Preparation mandatory or required:
The provision of the aforementioned personal data is not required by law or contract. Without the IP address, however, the service and functionality of our website cannot be guaranteed. In addition, individual services may not be available or may be restricted. For this reason, an objection is excluded.
Cookies
Like many other websites, we also use so-called "cookies". Cookies are small text files that are stored on your end device (laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.) when you visit our website.
You can delete individual cookies or the entire cookie inventory. You will also receive information and instructions on how these cookies can be deleted or how their storage can be blocked in advance. Depending on the provider of your browser, you will find the necessary information under the following links:
- Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/de/kb/cookies-loeschen-daten-von-websites-entfernen
- Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/de-de/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
- 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
Storage period and cookies used:
If you allow us to use cookies through your browser settings or consent, the following cookies may be used on our website:
sure
Cookie for storing the user's consent status for cookies
Storage period: 120 days
PHPSESSID
Session cookies for processing the contact form and saving the language setting
Storage duration: end of session
MATOMO_SESSID
Session cookies for statistical evaluation of user behavior
Storage duration: end of session
YouTube
yt-remote-fast-check-period, yt-remote-session-app, yt-remote-session-name
Saves the user settings when calling up a YouTube video Session HTML integrated on other websites
Storage duration: end of session
Technically necessary cookies
Type and purpose of processing:
We use cookies to make our website more user-friendly. Some elements of our website require that the calling browser can also be identified after a page change.
The purpose of using technically necessary cookies is to simplify the use of websites for users. Some functions of our website cannot be offered without the use of cookies. For these it is necessary that the browser is recognized even after a page change.
We need cookies for the following applications:
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Legal basis and legitimate interest:
The processing takes place in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in a user-friendly design of our website.
Recipient:
The recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.
Third country transfer:
The collected data may be transferred to the following third countries:
No
The following data protection guarantees exist:
Preparation mandatory or required:
The provision of the aforementioned personal data is not required by law or contract. Without this data, however, the service and functionality of our website cannot be guaranteed. In addition, individual services may not be available or may be restricted.
Contradiction
Read the information about your right to object according to Art. 21 GDPR below.
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Use of Matomo
If you have given your consent, this website uses Matomo (formerly Piwik), an open-source software for statistical analysis of visitor access. The Matomo software is provided by InnoCraft Ltd., 150 Willis St, 6011 Wellington, New Zealand.
Matomo sets a cookie (a text file) on your end device, with which your browser can be recognized. If sub-pages of our website are accessed, the following information is stored:
- the IP address of the user, shortened by the last two bytes (anonymized)
- The accessed subpage and time of access
- the page from which the user came to our website (referrer)
- which browser with which plugins, which operating system and which screen resolution is used
- the time spent on the website
- the pages that are accessed from the accessed subpage
Matomo is used for the purpose of improving the quality of our website and its content. This tells us how the website is used and allows us to continuously optimize our offer.
By anonymizing the IP address by six digits, we take into account the interest of the website visitor in the protection of personal data. The data is not used to personally identify the user of the website and is not merged with other data. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website will not be passed on to third parties.
Third country transfer:
The collected data may be transferred to the following third countries:
No
The following data protection guarantees exist:
Revocation of consent:
You can revoke your consent to the storage and evaluation of your data by Matomo at any time using the link below. A so-called opt-out cookie is then stored on your device, which is valid for two years. As a result, Matomo does not collect any session data. Please note, however, that the opt-out cookie will be deleted if you delete all cookies.
More information on the privacy settings of the Matomo software can be found under the following link: https ://matomo.org/docs/privacy/.
You can also prevent the use of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly; we would like to point out to you however that in this case you will if applicable not be able to use all functions of this website in full.
OpenStreetMap
This page uses the open source mapping tool "OpenStreetMap" (OSM) via an API. Provider is the OpenStreetMap Foundation. In order to use the functions of OpenStreetMap, it is necessary to save your IP address. This information is usually transmitted to an OpenStreetMap server and stored there. The provider of this site has no influence on this data transfer. OpenStreetMap is used in the interest of an attractive presentation of our offers and to make it easier to find the places we have indicated on the website. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. You can find more information on the handling of user data in the OpenStreetMap Privacy Policy and here http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Legal_FAQ.
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Embedded YouTube videos
We embed YouTube videos on our website. The operator of the corresponding plugins is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA (hereinafter "YouTube"). YouTube, LLC is a subsidiary of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheater Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (hereinafter “Google”). When you visit a page with the YouTube plugin, a connection to the YouTube servers is established. This tells YouTube which pages you are visiting. If you are logged into your YouTube account, YouTube can assign your surfing behavior to you personally. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account beforehand.
If a YouTube video is started, the provider uses cookies that collect information about user behavior.
Further information on the purpose and scope of data collection and processing by YouTube can be found in the provider's data protection declarations. There you will also find further information on your rights in this regard and setting options to protect your privacy (https://policies.google.com/privacy).
Revocation of consent:
The provider does not currently offer an option for a simple opt-out or blocking of data transmission. If you want to prevent your activities on our website from being tracked, please revoke your consent for the corresponding cookie category or all technically unnecessary cookies and data transmissions in the cookie consent tool. In this case, however, you may not be able to use our website or only to a limited extent.
SSL encryption
In order to protect the security of your data during transmission, we use state-of-the-art encryption methods (e.g. SSL) via HTTPS.
Information about your right of objection according to Art. 21 GDPR
Individual right to object
You have the right, for reasons arising from your particular situation, to object at any time to the processing of personal data relating to you, which is based on Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR (data processing on the basis of a balance of interests), to lodge an objection; this also applies to profiling based on this provision within the meaning of Art. 4 No. 4 GDPR.
If you object, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for processing that outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing is for assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims.
Recipient of an objection
Martin Becker
Change to our privacy policy
We reserve the right to adapt this data protection declaration so that it always corresponds to the current legal requirements or to implement changes to our services in the data protection declaration, e.g. when introducing new services. The new data protection declaration will then apply to your next visit.
Questions for the data protection officer
If you have any questions about data protection, please send us an email or contact the person responsible for data protection in our organization directly:
The data protection declaration was created with the help of activeMind AG, the experts for external Data Protection Officer (Version #2020-09-30).