Privacy Policy
We are pleased about your interest in our website. Despite careful content control, we cannot accept liability for external links to foreign content.The protection of your personal data during the collection, processing, and use when visiting our website is an important concern for us. Your data will be protected in accordance with the statutory regulations. Below you will find information about what data is collected during your visit to the website and how it is used:
1. Collection and Processing of Data
Each access to our website and each retrieval of a file stored on the website will be logged. The storage serves internal system-related and statistical purposes. The following are logged: the name of the retrieved file, the date and time of the retrieval, the amount of data transferred, the message about a successful retrieval, the web browser, and the requesting domain.
Additionally, the IP addresses of the requesting computers are logged.
2. Use and Transfer of Personal Data
If you have provided us with personal data, we will only use this data to respond to your inquiries, to process contracts concluded with you, and for technical administration.
Your personal data will only be transferred or otherwise transmitted to third parties if this is necessary for the execution of the contract – particularly the transfer of order data to suppliers – if it is required for billing purposes, or if you have given prior consent. You have the right to revoke any consent granted at any time with effect for the future.
The deletion of stored personal data will occur if you revoke your consent for storage, if their knowledge is no longer necessary for fulfilling the purpose pursued with the storage, or if their storage is inadmissible for other legal reasons.
3. Use and Transfer of Personal Data
Upon written request, we will gladly inform you about the data stored about you.
4. Cookies when using our websites
4.1 When visiting our websites, the user's device (PC, laptop, smartphone, tablet, etc.) uses a so-called cookie. A cookie of type Http with the name PHPSESSID is set, which stores the states of the user during the entire visit to the pages. This cookie does not provide any personal data and is considered "technically necessary" or "essential," so no user consent is required according to § 25 Abs. 2 Nr. 2 TTDSG. It is automatically deleted once the user's session ends, which happens when the browser is closed. The cookie only contains an ID that cannot be traced to a specific person.
4.2 If we use other cookies or technologies for which, according to the provisions of § 25 TTDSG or the GDPR, consent is required, this will be indicated by a consent banner when the user visits our websites. Through this banner, the user can decide whether to consent to the use of cookies or not. Further information about the cookies used can be accessed via the "Information" button in the banner.
4.3 Cookies are small text files sent by our web server to the user's device and stored on their hard drive. These files are not harmful programs and cannot infiltrate the user's system. They do not contain viruses, trojans, or other malicious software. Cookies store information related to the device used, such as the user's recognition during a subsequent visit to our website, remaining logged in to a customer account, or the statistical tracking of usage behavior. If a cookie is deleted (e.g., by the user or due to its own expiration), the previous recognition of the user will no longer be possible, and no information will be accessible.
4.4 Access to a cookie or similar technology is generally only possible through the internet address that set the cookie. This means that we cannot access third-party cookies, and third parties cannot access our own cookies. Access by third parties is only possible through unauthorized technical interventions outside our control, for which we cannot be held responsible.
4.5 The web browser used by the user allows management of cookies and website data via the "Privacy" or "Privacy & Security" settings for self-determined data protection. The user can decide whether to allow the setting of cookies and the tracking of their activities on our websites. Most web browsers accept cookies by default. However, the user has control over whether and how they adjust this behavior. If cookie setting or tracking is blocked through browser settings, it may result in some parts of our website not functioning properly or the user experience being limited.
4.6 Users have the option at any time to delete stored cookies via their browser's security settings, e.g., after completing an internet session. Upon the next visit to our website, no cookie will be set, or only the undelated cookies will remain on the user's device. In this case, the user's device will not be identifiable during subsequent use of the website.
5. Web Analysis/Measurement Services
Occasionally, but not constantly, we use third-party measurement services to monitor the functionality of our website and user acceptance. When using Google Analytics 4, a web analytics service from Google Inc. in the USA, the user will be informed about this via a consent banner. Through this banner, the user can decide whether to consent to the use of Google Analytics (consent) or not.
5.1 Google Analytics 4
5.1.1 Purpose of Data Processing: We use Google Analytics 4 to analyze and statistically evaluate the use of our websites. This analysis helps us optimize our website and better adapt it to the needs of our users. We receive reports via Google Analytics 4 that assist us in designing our page with regard to its usefulness and functionality.
Google Analytics 4 collects, among other things, the following information:
Google Analytics 4 also collects specific user behavior referred to as "events":
5.1.2 Provision Obligation: The collection of data about website usage is voluntary and only occurs with the user's consent. This consent can be revoked at any time by using the consent banner.
5.1.3 Legal Basis: The use of Google Analytics 4 and the collection of user data is based on the user's consent, which is provided through the consent banner. This consent is voluntary and can be revoked at any time.
5.1.4 Recipient/Categories of Recipients/Third Countries: The data collected via Google Analytics 4 will be transferred to Google Ireland Limited in Ireland, possibly also to Google LLC in the USA and Alphabet Inc. in the USA. Typically, this data is transferred to Google servers in the USA. We then receive the analytical results in the form of reports for our own purposes. Google is certified under the EU-US Privacy Framework, which allows the transfer of data to the USA. Personal data of users transmitted via Google Analytics could also be accessed by US authorities. Google may use this data for its own purposes, such as profiling and cross-platform tracking.
5.1.5 Retention Period: The data collected via Google Analytics is typically stored for 14 months, after which it is deleted. Further details regarding the retention period and the cookies used can be found in the cookie table, accessible via the consent banner.
6. Consent and Withdrawal Management
6.1 Purpose: When we use a consent banner for cookie-sensitive technologies like Google Analytics, we are legally required to document the user's choice (consent, rejection, or withdrawal). For this purpose, we use a technically necessary cookie, which does not require separate consent. This cookie stores the user's selection so that we know the decision they have made regarding the use of cookies.
6.2 Provision Obligation: Users whose data is collected by cookies, or whose use of our website is tracked, have the right to withdraw consent at any time with future effect.
7. User Rights
7.1 Users have the right to request information on the stored data concerning them. This can be done by contacting the data protection officer (see below). 7.2 Users have the right to rectification, deletion, or restriction of their data, provided that the legal requirements are met.
7.3 Users also have the right to object to the processing of their data and, in case of a complaint, can appeal to a supervisory authority.