Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy
The following privacy policy explains to the user the way, the extent and purpose of the collection and use of personal data through the responsible provider on this website (below "offer").
The legal basics of the privacy policy can be found in the "Datenschutzgesetz 2000" (DSG 2000) and the "E-Commerce Gesetz" (ECG).
Access data/ Server-Logfiles
The provider (respectivley its webspace-provider) raises data of each access on the offer (so called server log files). The access data contains:
The name of the requested web site, data, date and time of the request, transfered amount of data, notification about a successful request, browser type and its version, the operating system of the user, referrer URL (the previous visited site), IP address and the requesting Provider.
The provider uses the protocol data only for statistical evaluation for the cause of the company, the safety and optimization of the offer. The provider reserves the rights to verify the protocol data retrospectively, if there is a justified evidence due to precise evidence.
Handling of personal data
Personal data is information to determine a person. These include the name, the e-mail address or the phone number.
Personal data will only be raised, used and shared if it's legally allowed or if the user agrees with the data evaluation.
Contacting
On contacting the provider (e.g., via Skype or e-mail) the data of the user will be stored for the purpose of processing of the request, as well as for the case, that follow up questions arise.
Newsletter
With the newsletter we inform you about our offers.
If you want to receive the newsletter, we need a valid e-mail address from you as well as information, which allows me to validate this e-mail address and respectively that the owner accepts the receipt of the newsletter. There will be no other data evaluated. These data will only be used for the distribution of the newsletter and will not be handed over to third parties.
With the registration to the newsletter we store your IP address and the date of the registration. This storage is just needed as a prove in case a third party abuses an e-mail address by signing up without the knowledge of the authorized user.
Your agreement for the storage of the data, the e-mail address as well as the use for the distribution of the newsletter can be canceled at any time. The cancellation can be done via a link within the newsletter or per message to the owner of this site.
Integration of services and contents of third parties
Within this online offer, contents of third parties, e.g. videos of YouTube, map data of Google-Maps, RSS-Feeds or graphics of other web sites might be embedded. This always presumes that the provider of those contents ("third-party supplier") detect the IP address of the users. Without the IP adress, the contents couldn't be sent to the browser of the respective user. Therefore the IP address is needed for the presentation of those contents. We try to only use such contents, where the provider uses the IP address only for the deliverance of the contents. However, we don't have any influence, in case third party suppliers are storing the IP address, e.g. for statistical matters. As far as we know about this, we will explain this issue to the user.
Google Analytics
This offer is using Google Analytics, which is a web analysis service of the Google Inc. ("Googl"). Google Analytics is using so called „Cookies“, which are text files, which are stored to the computer of the users to enable an analysis about the usage of the Website. Information which gets created through those cookies will usually be sent and stored to a server of Google, located in the USA.
In case that IP addresses get anonymized on this website, the IP address of Google's users within the member states of the European Union or of other contracting states of the convention about the european economic area will get shortened first. Just for exceptional cases the full IP address will be sent to a server of Google in the USA and shortened there. The anonymization of the IP address on this website is active. By the order of the owner of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate the use of the website by the users, so that reports about website activities can get collected and further services related to the use of the website and the use of the internet can be provided for the website owner.
The IP address, which gets sent by your browser in the context of Google Analytics will not get merged with other data of Google. The users can prevent the storage of the cookies through an appropriate setting of his browser software; In this case, the users might not be able to use all functions of this website in its entirety. The users can furthermore prevent the collection and processing of the data created by the cookie and relating to your usage of the website (including your IP address) by Google. This can be achieved by downloading and installing the browser plugin using the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.
As an alternative to the browser add-on or within browsers of mobile devices, please click on this link, to prevent the tracking by Google Analytics within this website. By clicking on this link, an opt-out cookie will be stored on your device. Once you delete your cookies you have to click on this link again.
Usage of Facebook Social Plugins
This offer uses Social Plugins ("Plugins") of the social network facebook.com, which is organized by the Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Irland ("Facebook"). The plugins can be recognized by one of the Facebook logos (white "f" on a blue tile, the terms "Like", "Share" or a "thumbs up" sign) or are signed with the addition "Facebook Social Plugin". The list and the appearance of the Facebook Social Plugins can be seen here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/.
If a user requests a web page of this offer which contains such a plugin, his browser builds up a direct connection with the servers of Facebook. The content of the plugins will get transmitted directly to your browser by Facebook and integrated to the wesite, so the provider has no impact concerning the extent of the data evaluated by Facebook via these plugins and informs the user therefore according to his state of knowledge:
By embedding these plugins Facebook receives the information that a user has called the respective page of the offer. If the user is logged in to Facebook, Facebook can assign the visit to his Facebook account. If users interact with the plugins, for example by clicken on the Like Button or posting a comment, the respective information will directly be transferred from your browser to Facebook and stored there. In case a user isn't a member of Facebook, there still remains the possibility, that Facebook finds out his IP address and stores it.
The purpose and extent of the data evaluation and the further processing and usage of the data by Facebook as well as the rights and configuration possibilites to protect the privacy of the user reffering to this can be learned from the data protection notice of Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/.
If a user is a member of Facebook but doesn't want Facebook to collect data about him and links them with his member data stored on Facebook, he has to log out from Facebook before visiting the web presence. Additional settings and objection for using data for advertisements are possible within the profile settings of Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads.
Twitter
This offer uses the buttons of the service Twitter. These buttons are provided by the Twitter Inc., 795 Folsom St., Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA. They can be recognized by terms like "Twitter" or "Follow" in combination with a stylized blue bird. With the assistance of the buttons it's possible to share a contribution or a page of this offer on Twitter or to follow the provider on Twitter.
If a user requests a web page of this web presence which contains such a button, his browser builds up a direct connection with the servers of Twitter. The content of these Twitter buttons will get transmitted directly to your browser by Twitter, so the provider has no impact concerning the extent of the data evaluated by Twitter via these plugins and informs the user therefore according to his state of knowledge.
According to this only the IP address of the user, the URL of the respective website will get transmitted by using these buttons, but not for other uses than the representation of the button.
Additional information to this topic can be found in the data privacy statement of Twitter: http://twitter.com/privacy.
Disclaimer, changes, correction and updates
The user has the rights upon request to receive gratuitous information about the personal data, which get stored from him. Additionally the user has the rights of the correction of incorrect data, suspension and deletion of his personal data, in case that there is no legal record retention opposed to it.
Language
The original version of this privacy policy is in German language. The above translated version is for your convenience and information only. In case of disputes the German text shall prevail.
Data privacy sample by lawyer Thomas Schwenke - I LAW it (Original document - German)
