General information on data processing

You can use our website without having to provide any personal data. However, we may offer individual services that require or allow personalization. Different regulations may apply to the use of these services, which in this case are explained separately below. Your personal data (e.g. name, address, e-mail address, telephone number) will only be processed by us in accordance with the provisions of the data protection law applicable to us. The collection and use of personal data of our users is regularly carried out only with the consent of the user. An exception applies in those cases in which the prior obtaining of consent is not possible for factual reasons and / or the processing of the data is permitted by legal regulations. Data are personal if they can be clearly assigned to a specific natural person. The following regulations inform you in this respect about the type, scope and purpose of the collection, use and processing of personal data, insofar as processing takes place.

Legal basis for the processing of personal data

Insofar as we obtain the consent of the data subject for processing operations, the effective consent within the meaning of data protection law 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, the conclusion of the contract serves as the legal basis. This also applies to processing operations that are necessary for the performance of pre-contractual measures. However, pre-contractual measures can also be an independent legal basis in their own right if a contract is not subsequently concluded.

Insofar as the processing of personal data is necessary for the fulfillment of a legal obligation to which our company is subject, this may also serve as a legal basis in terms of data protection law. In the event that vital interests of the data subject or another natural person make it necessary to process personal data, this may also serve as a legal basis in terms of data protection law. Furthermore, processing may be necessary to protect a legitimate interest of our company or a third party, if these interests are not opposed by overriding fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject.

Purposes of data processing by the controller and third parties

We process your personal data only for the purposes stated in this privacy policy. Your personal data will not be transferred to third parties for purposes other than those mentioned. We will only share your personal information with third parties if:

• you have given your express consent to this,
• the processing is necessary for the performance of a contract with you,
• the processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation,

the processing is necessary to protect legitimate interests and there is no reason to assume that you have an overriding legitimate interest in not disclosing your data.

Collection of general information when visiting our website

When you access our website, information of a general nature is automatically collected by means of a cookie. This information (server log files) includes, for example, the type of web browser, the operating system used, the domain name of your Internet service provider and the like. This is exclusively information that does not allow any conclusions to be drawn about your person.

This information is technically necessary in order to correctly deliver the content of web pages requested by you and is mandatory when using the Internet. In particular, they are processed for the following purposes:

• Ensuring a smooth connection of the website,
• Ensuring a smooth use of our website,
• Evaluation of system security and stability, and
• for other administrative purposes.

The processing of your personal data is based on our legitimate interest arising from the aforementioned data collection purposes. We do not use your data to draw conclusions about your person. Recipients of the data are only the responsible party and, if applicable, order processors. Anonymous information of this kind will be used by us if necessary. evaluated statistically in order to optimize our Internet presence and the technology behind it.

Contact form

For questions of any kind we offer you the possibility to contact us via our contact form. In doing so, it is necessary to provide a valid e-mail address assigned to you and your name so that we know from whom the request originates and so that we can answer it. Additional information can be provided voluntarily. The data processing for the purpose of contacting us is based on your voluntary information, the submission of which we expressly refer to this privacy policy.

The personal data collected by us for the use of the contact form will be deleted after completion of the request you have made or, if there are retention obligations, after the retention obligations have expired.

The legal basis for processing the data is either the implementation of pre-contractual measures or the protection of our legitimate interests. In the event of processing based on the protection of a legitimate interest, the data subject shall have the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to his or her particular situation, to processing of personal data concerning him or her.

Your data subject rights

You have the right to obtain information about the personal data we process about you. In the case of a request for information that is not made in writing, we ask for your understanding that we may then require proof from you that you are the person you claim to be. Furthermore, you have a right to rectification or deletion or to restriction of processing, insofar as you are entitled to this by law. The same applies to a right to data portability. Furthermore, you have the right to object to the processing within the framework of the legal requirements. You have the right to revoke your declaration of consent under data protection law at any time. The revocation of consent shall not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the revocation.

If personal data is processed for the purpose of direct marketing, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of data relating to you for the purpose of such marketing.

Without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your residence, place of work or the place of the alleged infringement, if you consider that the processing of personal data relating to you infringes data protection law.

Cookies

We use cookies on our site. These are small files that your browser automatically creates and that are stored on your end device (laptop, tablet, smartphone or similar) when you visit our site. Cookies do not cause any damage to your end device, do not contain viruses, Trojans or other malware. Information is stored in the cookie that arises in each case in connection with the specific end device used. However, this does not mean that we thereby obtain direct knowledge of your identity. The use of cookies serves on the one hand to make the use of our offer more pleasant for you. For example, we use so-called session cookies to recognize that you have already visited individual pages of our website. These are automatically deleted after leaving our site. In addition, we also use temporary cookies to optimize user-friendliness, which are stored on your terminal device for a certain specified period of time. If you visit our site again to use our services, it is automatically recognized that you have already been with us and which entries and settings you have made so that you do not have to enter them again. On the other hand, we use cookies to statistically record the use of our website and for the purpose of optimizing our offer for you. These cookies allow us to automatically recognize that you have already been with us when you visit our site again. These cookies are automatically deleted after a defined period of time. The data processed by cookies are necessary for the aforementioned purposes to protect our legitimate interests as well as those of third parties. Most browsers accept cookies automatically. However, you can configure your browser so that no cookies are stored on your computer or a notice always appears before a new cookie is created. However, the complete deactivation of cookies may mean that you cannot use all the functions of our website.

The legal basis for the processing of personal data using cookies is – depending on the cookie type – either our legitimate interest or the consent given by you in terms of data protection law. To exercise your right to object, please use the mentioned browser functions.

SSL encryption

To protect the security of your data during transmission, we use state-of-the-art encryption methods (e.g. SSL) via HTTPS.

Change to our privacy policy

We reserve the right to adapt this data protection declaration so that it always complies with the current legal requirements or in order to implement changes to our services in the data protection declaration, e.g. when introducing new services. The new privacy policy will then apply to your next visit.