1Anonymous Data Collection

With each access to our websites and each time when content deposited on our pages is retrieved, data will be generated and logged. Here, especially your IP address, date and time of retrieval, the name of data retrieved, the volume of data transmitted as well as the name of your Internet Service Providers and the website from which you are visiting us will be stored. Storing of these data only serves statistical and system related purposes. You, being the user, will remain anonymous.

2Collection, Processing and Use of personal Data

We will protect your data within the scope of the legal provisions in force in Germany. We only collect personal data when you communicate them to us during registration or when you are using our portal. Without your explicit consent, we only use such data to answer your inquiries, to handle the contracts concluded with you and for technical administration. After the complete processing of your contract, we delete your personal data in consideration of the storage periods required under the fiscal and commercial law.

3Disclosure of personal Data to Third Parties

As far as necessary for preventing danger to public order or for prosecution, your personal data deposited will be disclosed to the competent law enforcement and supervisory agencies.

Beyond this, especially for promotional purposes, your personal data will not be disclosed to third parties. Without your consent, we will not use your data for promotional or marketing activities and we will not disclose or sell your data to third parties.

4Cookies

In order to make our platform as user friendly as possible, we use so-called “cookies”. Cookies are text files which are saved on the user’s computer while visiting an Internet page. Most of the cookies we use, are so-called “session cookies” that are automatically deleted on your hard drive when you close your browser

Other cookies are saved on your computer as so-called “persistent cookies”; they allow us to recognize you when you visit our website next time. These cookies make it easier for you to use our websites: You don’t have to fill in a registration form with each visit or enter your user password, because the data necessary for this purpose, are already available on your computer. Via these cookies, our partner companies do not collect, process or use personal data of our clients.

As far as your browser so permits, it is self-understood that you can refuse the installation of such cookies. For this purpose, please use the help function in the menu bar of the web browser used by you, to learn which settings you have to make in order to prevent new cookies to be saved. Furthermore, you will get information there on other cookie settings, such as indication and warning function with respect to the deletion of existing cookies. In order to guarantee for an unlimited and trouble-free usage of our Internet sites, we recommend leaving your cookie functions fully enabled.

5Google Analytics

For our website, we use “Google Analytics”, a web analysis service of Google Inc.. Google Analytics uses cookies, that allow for an analysis of your use of our website. The information generated in this way via the cookies (including your IP address) will be transmitted to a server in the USA run by Google Inc. and stored there. Google Inc. will use this information

1. to evaluate your use of the website
2. to compile reports, for us being the operator of the website, on your activities on our website and
3. to provide further services related to the use of both the website and the Internet

Google Inc. will disclose this information to third parties, if applicable, as far as this is prescribed by law or third parties process this information by order of Google Inc.. In no event, Google Inc. will bring your IP address in connection with other data stored by Google Inc..

By a corresponding setting of your Internet browser resp. your firewall, you can prevent the installation of cookies. Here again, we would like to point out that, in this case, if any, you might not be able to fully use all functions of our website.

6Further Information

At any time, you have the right to free information about your personal data stored by us. If necessary, you furthermore have the right to correction, blocking or deletion of such data. In case you have any questions in this regard or in case you would like to withdraw from your consent to the collection, processing or use of your data or in case you would like to communicate to us requests for information, correction or deletion, please do not hesitate to contact us. Please find our contact data in the imprint.