Privacy Policy

Scope of the processing of personal data

As a matter of principle, we collect and use our users' personal data only to the extent necessary to provide a functional website and to deliver our content and services. The collection and use of our users' personal data regularly takes place only with the user's consent. An exception applies in cases where prior consent cannot be obtained for practical reasons and the processing of the data is permitted by law.

Legal basis for the processing of personal data

Insofar as we obtain the consent of the data subject for processing operations involving personal data, Art. 6 (1) lit. a of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) serves as the legal basis for the processing of personal data.

When processing personal data that is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is a party, Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR serves as the legal basis. This also applies to processing operations that are necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures.

Insofar as the processing of personal data is necessary to fulfil a legal obligation to which our company is subject, Art. 6 (1) lit. c GDPR serves as the legal basis.

In the event that vital interests of the data subject or another natural person require the processing of personal data, Art. 6 (1) lit. d GDPR serves as the legal basis.

If the processing is necessary to safeguard a legitimate interest of our company or a third party, and if the interests, fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject do not outweigh the former interest, Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR serves as the legal basis for the processing.

Data deletion and storage period

The personal data of the data subject will be deleted or blocked as soon as the purpose of storage no longer applies. Data may also be stored beyond this where provided for by the European or national legislator in EU regulations, laws or other provisions to which the controller is subject. The data will also be blocked or deleted when a storage period prescribed by the aforementioned provisions expires, unless further storage of the data is necessary for the conclusion or performance of a contract.

Newsletter

Newsletters are sent via the service provider "MailChimp", a newsletter distribution platform of the US provider Rocket Science Group, LLC, 675 Ponce De Leon Ave NE #5000, Atlanta, GA 30308, USA.

You can view the service provider's privacy policy here: https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/.

The service provider is used on the basis of our legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR and a data processing agreement pursuant to Art. 28 (3) sentence 1 GDPR.

The service provider may use the recipients' data in pseudonymised form, i.e. without attribution to a specific user, to optimise or improve its own services, e.g. for the technical optimisation of newsletter delivery and presentation or for statistical purposes.

However, the service provider does not use the data of our newsletter recipients to contact them itself, nor does it pass the data on to third parties.

Web analytics – Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service operated and provided by Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland). Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies". These enable an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. If IP anonymisation is activated on this website, however, your IP address will first be truncated by Google within member states of the European Union or in other states party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transferred to a Google server in the USA and truncated there.

The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics is not merged with other Google data.

Purpose of data collection

On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use the transmitted information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide the website operator with further services related to website and internet use.

Storage period

The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required for the purpose for which it was collected. For personal data from usage analysis by Google, this is the case after 14 months.

Objection and removal options

By changing the settings in your internet browser, you can deactivate or restrict the transmission of cookies. Cookies that have already been stored can be deleted at any time. This can also be done automatically. If cookies are deactivated for our website, it may no longer be possible to use all of the website's functions in full.

You can also prevent the collection of the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) by Google, as well as 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