Privacy Policy

We value your privacy and are committed to protecting all personal information we collect. In order to inform you thoroughly about the use of your personal data, we invite you to take note of the following privacy statement.

PERSONAL DATA

Personal data that you submit electronically on this website, such as your name, e-mail address, postal address or other personal information, will only be used for the purpose stated in each case, will be stored securely and will not be passed on to third parties. The provider automatically collects and stores information on the web server such as the browser used, operating system, referring page, IP address, time of access, etc. This data cannot be assigned to any particular person without checking other data sources and we do not evaluate this data further as long as there is no illegal use of our website.

FORMULA DATA AND COMMENTS

If website visitors leave comments or form entries, the data entered and their IP addresses are stored. This is done for security purposes in case someone writes inappropriate content (insults, left- or right-wing extremist propaganda, hate mailings etc.). In this case we are interested in the identity of the author.

COOKIES

Cookies are small files that enable this website to store specific user-related information on the visitor’s computer while visiting our website. Cookies help us to determine the frequency of use and the number of users of our website, as well as to make our services convenient and efficient for you. On the one hand, we use session cookies, which are only temporarily stored for the duration of your use of our website, and on the other hand, permanent cookies to record information about visitors who repeatedly access our website. The purpose of using these cookies is to provide optimal user guidance, to recognize visitors and to be able to present an attractive website and interesting content for repeated use. The content of a permanent cookie is limited to an identification number. Name, IP address etc. are not stored. An individual profile of your usage behaviour is not created. The use of our services is also possible without cookies. You can deactivate the storage of cookies in your browser, restrict it to certain websites or set your web browser (Chrome, IE, Firefox, …) to notify you as soon as a cookie is sent. You can also delete cookies from your PC hard drive at any time. Please note, however, that in this case you must reckon with a restricted display of the page and a restricted user guidance.

PRIVACY POLICY FOR THE USE OF MATOMO (PIWIK)

The web analysis service Matomo is used on our website. Matomo, formerly Piwik, is an open-source software, which evaluates the access of the website visitors. The analysis is enabled by the use of cookies, which are text files. The cookies collect information regarding your use of our website. This information is stored on a Matomo server in Austria. Your IP address will be anonymized before. However, you have the possibility to prevent Matomo from storing cookies on your computer. For this purpose you must modify the settings of your internet browser accordingly. This can result in you not being able to use our website to its full extent.GOOGLE MAPS

GOOGLE MAPS

This website uses Google Maps to display cartographic information. When using Google Maps, Google also collects, processes and uses data on the use of the Maps functions by the visitors of the website. You can find more detailed information about data processed by Google in Google’s data protection information at https://www.google.at/intl/de/policies/privacy/. There you can also change your settings in the data protection centre so you can manage and protect your data.

PRIVACY POLICY FOR THE USE OF FACEBOOK

Our pages integrate plugins from the social network Facebook, 1601 South California Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA. You can easily identify the Facebook plugins by the Facebook logo or the “Like-Button” (“Like”) on our page. You can find an overview of the Facebook plugins here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/.

When you visit our pages, the plugin establishes a direct connection between your browser and the Facebook server. Facebook thereby receives the information that you have visited our website with your IP address. If you click the Facebook “Like-Button” while you are logged into your Facebook account, you can link the contents of our pages to your Facebook profile. This allows Facebook to associate your visit to our pages with your user account. We would like to point out that we, as the provider of the pages, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data as well as its use by Facebook. You can find further information on this in the Facebook privacy policy at https://www.facebook.com/policy.php. If you do not want Facebook to assign visits to our pages to your Facebook user account, please log out of your Facebook user account.

PRIVACY POLICY FOR THE USE OF TWITTER

Functions of the Twitter service are integrated on our website. These functions are offered by Twitter Inc, Twitter, Inc. 1355 Market St, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. By using Twitter and the functions of the Twitter buttons, the websites you visit will be linked to your Twitter account and shared with other users. Data is also transferred to Twitter. We would like to point out that we, as the provider of the website, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data as well as its use by Twitter. For further information, please refer to the Twitter privacy policy at https://twitter.com/privacy?lang=de. You can change your privacy settings on Twitter in the account settings at https://twitter.com/settings/account.

PRIVACY POLICY FOR THE USE OF YOUTUBE

Functions of the YouTube service are implemented on our website. These functions are provided by YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. The embedded videos place cookies on the users’ computers when the website is visited. If you have disabled cookies for the Google advertising program, you will not be exposed to cookies when viewing YouTube videos. YouTube also stores non-personal usage information in other cookies. If you want to prevent this, you must block this in your browser.

PRIVACY POLICY FOR THE USE OF LINKEDIN

Our website uses features of the social media network LinkedIn. The provider is LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Each time you access one of our websites that contains LinkedIn features, a connection to LinkedIn’s servers is established. LinkedIn is notified when you visit our websites using your IP address. When you click on LinkedIn’s buttons and are logged into your LinkedIn account, LinkedIn is able to associate your visit to our site with you and your account. We would like to point out that we, as the provider of these pages, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data as well as its use by LinkedIn. For further information, please view LinkedIn’s privacy policy at: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.

PRIVACY POLICY FOR THE USE OF XING

Our website uses features of the social media network XING. The provider is XING AG, Dammtorstraße 29-32, 20354 Hamburg, Germany. Each time one of our pages containing XING functions is accessed, a connection to XING servers is established. XING may be informed that you have visited our website using your IP address. If you click on the XING buttons and are logged in to your XING account, XING may be able to assign your visit to our website to you and your user account. We would like to point out that, as the provider of these pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data as well as its use by XING. Further information on data protection at XING can be found in the privacy policy at https://www.xing.com/privacy.

PRIVACY POLICY FOR THE USE OF INSTAGRAM

Functions of the Instagram service are integrated on our website. These functions 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 contents of our pages to your Instagram profile by clicking the Instagram button. This allows Instagram to associate your visit to our sites with your user account. We would like to point out that we, as the provider of the pages, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data as well as its use by Instagram. For more information, please refer to Instagram’s privacy policy at https://www.instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/.

RIGHT TO INFORMATION

You have the right at any time to obtain information about the data stored concerning your person, its origin and recipients as well as the purpose of storage.

COPYRIGHT

The providers of this website always strive to respect the copyrights of others or to use their own or license-free content. The contents on this website created by the site providers are subject to copyright. Third party content is marked as such. The reproduction, editing, distribution and any kind of use outside the limits of copyright law require the written consent of the respective author or creator. Downloads and copies of this website are only permitted for private, non-commercial use.

PICTURE CREDITS

The used pictures are from Pixabay and are in the public domain according to the waiver Creative Commons CC0. The pictures are therefore not subject to any copyright and can be used – modified or unchanged – free of charge for commercial and non-commercial applications in digital or printed form without picture credits or indication of source.