Liability for content

Under Section 7 (1) of the German Telemedia Act (TMG), we as a service provider are responsible for our own content on these pages in accordance with general legislation. However, according to Sections 8 to 10 of the TMG, we as a service provider are under no obligation to monitor third party information transmitted or stored by us, or to seek circumstances indicating illegal activity. Our obligations to remove or disable access to information under general legislation remain unaffected by this. Liability in this respect is, however, only possible from the time at which we become aware of specific violations of the law. As soon as we become aware of violations of the law, we will act immediately to remove the content in question.

Liability for links

Our website contains links to external websites of third parties over which we have no control. Therefore we cannot assume any liability for this external content. The respective provider or operator is always liable for the content of sites to which links are provided. These linked sites were checked for possible violations of law at the time the link was established. No illegal content was identified at the time of linking. However, it is not possible for us to continuously monitor the content of linked sites without specific evidence of a violation of law. As soon as we become aware of violations of the law, we will act immediately to remove the links in question.

Copyright

The content and works on these pages created by the site operator are subject to German copyright law. Any reproduction, editing, distribution or form of use beyond that permitted by copyright law requires the written consent of the respective author or creator. Downloads and copies of this site are permitted for private, non-commercial purposes only. Where the content of this site has not been created by the operator, the copyright of third parties will be observed. In particular, content of third parties will be identified as such. Should you nevertheless become aware of a violation of copyright, please notify us accordingly. As soon as we become aware of violations of the law, we will act immediately to remove the content in question.

Data protection

The operators of this site take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We ensure your personal information is handled confidentially in accordance with statutory data protection regulations and this data privacy statement.

It is usually possible to use our website without providing any personal information. Where personal information (e.g. name, address, email address) is collected on our website, this will always be on a voluntary basis as far as possible. This data will not be shared with third parties without your explicit consent.

Please be aware that transmitting data via the Internet (e.g. communication by email) may involve security risks. It is not possible to fully protect data against access by third parties.

Data privacy statement for the use of YouTube

Our website uses plugins for YouTube, which is operated by Google. The operator of the site is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. When you visit one of our pages containing a YouTube plugin, a connection to the YouTube servers is established. During this process, the Youtube server is told which of our pages you have visited.

If you are logged into your YouTube account, you allow YouTube to link your surfing activity directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

Further information about how user data is handled can be found in the YouTube privacy policy at https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy  

Information, deletion, blocking

You have the right to request information free of charge at any time about the personal data held on you, its origin, its recipients and the purpose for which this data is processed. You also have the right to correct, block or delete this data. For any questions about this or other matters relating to your personal data, please contact us at any time at the address given in the legal notice.

Cookies

Parts of our website use cookies. Cookies do not harm your computer or contain any viruses. They are used to make our website more user-friendly, efficient and secure. Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer and saved by your browser.

Most of the cookies we use are “session cookies”. These are automatically deleted when you have finished visiting our website. Other cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them. These cookies enable us to recognise your browser the next time you visit our website.

You can configure your browser to inform you about the use of cookies. You can allow cookies on an individual basis, accept them in certain circumstances or set them to be automatically deleted when you close your browser. The functionality of this website may be restricted if cookies are deactivated.

Server log files

The provider of this website automatically collects and saves information in server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. This includes:

• Browser type/version
• Operating system used
• Referrer URL
• Hostname of your computer
• Time of server request

This data cannot be used to identify specific individuals and will not be combined with data from other sources. We reserve the right to examine this data at a later stage if we become aware of specific evidence indicating illegal usage.

Contact form

When you get in touch with us via our contact form, the information provided by you on the enquiry form, including your contact details, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing your enquiry and for any follow-up queries. We will not share this information without your consent.

Web analysis

This website uses the web analysis tool Google Analytics. This tool is used to ensure our website is tailored according to requirements. The web analysis also enables us to identify and rectify errors on our website, e.g. incorrect links. Google Analytics uses cookies. These are text files that are stored on your computer and enable analysis of your use of the website. The cookies hold client IDs, which serve to create anonymous user profiles that together record a user’s usage of the website on desktop computers and mobile devices.

Information generated by cookies about your use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. As we have activated IP anonymisation on this website, Google will first truncate your IP address within member states of the European Union and other countries that are party 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 truncated there. On behalf of the operator of the website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, compile reports on website activity and provide the website operator with other services relating to website and Internet usage. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be combined with other data by Google. 

You can prevent 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 make full use of all the functions of this website. You can also prevent the data generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) from being collected and processed by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link (http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de).

Further information about Google Analytics Terms of Use and privacy policies are available at http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html and at http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy.