1 | Controller and data protection officer
1.1 The controller pursuant to Art. 4 (7) of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR) is (see our legal notice).
2 | Information on the collection of personal data, storage period
2.1 In the following, we provide information about the collection of personal data when using our website. Personal data is all data that can be related to you personally, e.g. name, address, e-mail addresses, user behavior.
2.2 When you contact us by e-mail or via a contact form, the data you provide (your e-mail address, your name and telephone number if applicable) will be stored by us in order to answer your questions. We delete the data arising in this context after storage is no longer required, or restrict processing if there are statutory retention obligations.
2.3 If we use contracted service providers for individual functions of our offer or wish to use your data for advertising purposes, we will inform you in detail below about the respective processes. We will also state the specified criteria for the storage period.
3 | Your rights
3.1 You have the following rights vis-à-vis us with regard to your personal data:
- Right of access,
- Right to rectification or erasure,
- Right to restriction of processing,
- Right to object to processing,
- right to data portability.
3.2 You also have the right to complain to a data protection supervisory authority about the processing of your personal data by us. The data protection supervisory authority is the State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (LfDI), Lautenschlagerstraße 20, 70173 Stuttgart.
3.3 If personal data is transferred to a third country or to an international organization, you have the
you have the right to be informed of the appropriate safeguards pursuant to Art. 46 EU GDPR in connection with the transfer.
4 | Collection and purpose of personal data when visiting our website
4.1 When using the website for information purposes only, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we only collect the personal data that your browser transmits to our server. If you wish to view our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary for us to display our website to you and to ensure stability and security (legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. e EU GDPR).
5 | Cookies
Some of the Internet pages use so-called cookies. Cookies do not damage your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies are used to make our website more user-friendly, effective and secure. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser.
Most of the cookies we use are so-called “session cookies”. They are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your end device until you delete them. These cookies enable us to recognize your browser on your next visit.
You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and only allow cookies in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. If cookies are deactivated, the functionality of this website may be restricted.
6 | Server log files
The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are
- Browser type and browser version
- Operating system used
- Referrer URL
- Host name of the accessing computer
- Time of the server request
This data cannot be assigned to specific persons. This data is not merged with other data sources. We reserve the right to check this data retrospectively if we become aware of specific indications of unlawful use.
7 | Web analysis services
We do not monitor, track or analyze you on our website; neither with Google Analytics, nor with Matomo (Piwick), Etracker or any other provider. We are simply happy that you are here!
8 | SSL encryption
This site uses SSL encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as the requests you send to us as the site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser line.
If SSL encryption is activated, the data you send to us cannot be read by third parties.
9 | Objection to advertising e-mails
We hereby object to the use of contact data published as part of our obligation to provide a legal notice for the purpose of sending unsolicited advertising and information material. The operators of this website expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of the unsolicited sending of advertising information, such as spam e-mails.
10 | Mailchimp
We use Mailchimp from The Rocket Science Group, LLC, 675 Ponce de Leon Ave NE Suite 5000, Atlanta, GA 30308 USA (Mailchimp) to send our newsletter. This enables us to contact subscribers directly. In addition, we analyze your usage behavior in order to optimize our offer.
For this purpose, we pass on the following personal data to Mailchimp
- Email address
Mailchimp is the recipient of your personal data and acts as a processor for us as far as the sending of our newsletter is concerned. The processing of the data specified in this section is not required by law or contract. Without your consent and the transmission of your personal data, we cannot send you a newsletter.
In addition, Mailchimp collects the following personal data using cookies and other tracking methods: Information about your end device (IP address, device information, operating system, browser ID, information about the application you use to read your emails and other information about hardware and internet connection. In addition, usage data such as date and time, when you opened the email / campaign and browser activities (e.g. which emails / websites were opened) are collected. Mailchimp requires this data to ensure the security and reliability of the systems, compliance with the terms of use and the prevention of misuse. This corresponds to Mailchimp’s legitimate interest (pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR) and serves the performance of the contract (pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR). Mailchimp also analyzes performance data, such as email delivery statistics and other communication data. This information is used to compile usage and performance statistics for the services.
Mailchimp also collects information about you from other sources. In an unspecified period and scope, personal data is collected via social media and other third-party data providers. We have no influence on this process.
Further information on objection and removal options vis-à-vis Mailchimp can be found at: https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/#3._Privacy_for_Contacts
The legal basis for this processing is your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can withdraw your consent to the processing of your personal data at any time. There is a corresponding link in all mailings. You can also withdraw your consent using the contact options provided. The declaration of revocation does not affect the legality of the processing carried out to date.
Your data will be processed for as long as the corresponding consent is available. Apart from this, it will be deleted after the termination of the contract between us and Mailchimp, unless legal requirements make further storage necessary.
Mailchimp hat Compliance-Maßnahmen für internationale Datenübermittlungen umgesetzt. Diese gelten für alle weltweiten Aktivitäten, bei denen Mailchimp personenbezogene Daten von natürlichen Personen in der EU verarbeitet. Diese Maßnahmen basieren auf den EU-Standardvertragsklauseln (SCCs). Weitere Informationen finden Sie unter: https://mailchimp.com/legal/data-processing-addendum/
11 | Changes to our privacy policy
We reserve the right to amend this privacy policy from time to time so that it always complies with current legal requirements or to implement changes to our services in the privacy policy, e.g. when introducing new services. The new privacy policy will then apply to your next visit.
12 | Questions to the data protection officer
If you have any questions about data protection, please send us an e-mail with the subject “Data protection”.