General Privacy Policy

By using our website, you consent to the collection, processing, and use of data as described below. Our website can generally be visited without registration. Data such as pages accessed or the name of the file accessed, the date, and the time of day are stored on the server for statistical purposes without being directly related to you. Personal data, in particular name, address, or email address, is collected on a voluntary basis wherever possible. Data will not be passed on to third parties without your consent.

Privacy Policy for Cookies

Our website uses cookies. These are small text files that make it possible to store specific, user-related information on the user’s device while they use the website. Cookies make it possible, in particular, to determine the frequency and number of pages visited, to analyze site usage behavior, and also to make our offering more customer-friendly. Cookies remain stored beyond the end of a browser session and can be accessed again upon subsequent visits to the site. If you do not wish this, you should set your internet browser to refuse cookies.

Privacy Policy for Google Analytics

Our website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. To deactivate Google Analytics, Google provides a browser plug-in at http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de . Google Analytics uses cookies. These are small text files that make it possible to store specific, user-related information on the user’s device. These enable Google to analyze the use of our website. The information collected by the cookie about your use of our website (including your IP address) is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. We would like to point out that on this website Google Analytics has been extended by the code „gat._anonymizeIp();“ to ensure anonymous collection of IP addresses (so-called IP masking). If anonymization is active, Google shortens IP addresses within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, which is why no conclusions can be drawn about your identity. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. Google complies with the data protection provisions of the „Privacy Shield“ agreement and is registered with the „Privacy Shield“ program of the US Department of Commerce and uses the information collected to evaluate the use of our websites, to compile reports for us on this topic, and to provide us with other related services. You can find out more at http://www.google.com/intl/de/analytics/privacyoverview.html .

Privacy Policy for Google AdSense

Our website uses Google AdSense, a service for integrating advertisements provided by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Google AdSense uses „cookies,“ which are text files placed on your computer, to analyze website usage. Google AdSense also uses web beacons (invisible graphics). These web beacons can be used to evaluate information such as visitor traffic on these pages. The information generated by cookies and web beacons about your use of the website (including your IP address) and the delivery of advertising formats is transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. Google may also share this information with Google’s contractual partners. However, Google will not associate your IP address with any other data stored by you. You can prevent the installation of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly; however, please note that if you do this, you may not be able to use all of the features of this website to their full extent. By using this website, you agree to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.

Privacy Policy for Google +1

Our website uses social media functions from Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. When you visit our pages with Google plug-ins, a connection is established between your browser and the Google servers. This transfers data to Google. If you have a Google account, this data can be linked to it. If you do not want this data to be assigned to your Google account, please log out of Google before visiting our site. Interactions, in particular the use of a comment function or clicking a „+1“ or „Share“ button, are also passed on to Google. You can find out more at http://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy .

Privacy Policy for Facebook

Our website uses functions from Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA. When you visit our pages with Facebook plug-ins, a connection is established between your browser and the Facebook servers. This means that data is already transferred to Facebook. If you have a Facebook account, this data can be linked to it. If you do not want this data to be assigned to your Facebook account, please log out of Facebook before visiting our page. Interactions, in particular the use of a comment function or clicking a “Like” or “Share” button, are also passed on to Facebook. You can find out more at https://de-de.facebook.com/about/privacy .

​Privacy Policy for Instagram

Our website includes features of the Instagram service. These features are offered by Instagram Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA. If you are logged into your Instagram account, you can link the content of our pages to your Instagram profile by clicking the Instagram button. This allows Instagram to associate your visit to our pages with your user account. We would like to point out that, as the provider of the pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Instagram. Further information can be found in Instagram’s privacy policy: http://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/

​Privacy Policy for YouTube

This website incorporates features of the „YouTube“ service. „YouTube“ is owned by Google Ireland Limited, a company registered and operated under Irish law with its registered office at Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, which operates the services in the European Economic Area and Switzerland.

Your legal agreement with YouTube consists of the terms and conditions available at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/static?gl=de&template=terms&hl=de . These terms form a legally binding agreement between you and YouTube regarding your use of the Services. Google’s Privacy Policy explains how YouTube handles your personal information and protects your data when you use the Service.

​Audio and video conferences

We use audio and video conferencing services to communicate with our users and other individuals. In particular, we can use these services to conduct audio and video conferences, virtual meetings, and training sessions such as webinars.

We only use services that guarantee adequate data protection. In addition to this privacy policy, any applicable terms and conditions of the services used, such as terms of use or privacy policies, also apply.

We specifically use Zoom, a service provided by the American company Zoom Video Communications Inc. Zoom also grants the rights under the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to users in Germany. Further information about the type, scope, and purpose of data processing can be found on Zoom’s „Legal Provisions and Data Protection“ page .

​Privacy policy for newsletter data

If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on this website, we require an email address from you as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the provided email address and that you agree to receive the newsletter. No further data is collected. We use this data exclusively to send the requested information and do not share it with third parties.

You can revoke your consent to the storage of your data, your email address and its use for sending the newsletter at any time, for example via the „unsubscribe“ link in the newsletter.

Changes

We may amend this Privacy Policy at any time without prior notice. The most current version published on our website applies. If this Privacy Policy is part of an agreement with you, we will notify you of any changes by email or other appropriate means.

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