Data protection

We collect and use your personal data exclusively within the framework of the provisions of the data protection law of the Federal Republic of Germany. The following information explains the nature, scope and purpose of the collection and use of personal data. You may access this policy on our website at any time.

Data transmission and logging for internal system and statistical purposes

Your internet browser automatically transmits data to our web server for technical reasons when you access our website. This data includes, amongst other things, the data and time of access, URL of the referring web page, accessed file, amount of transmitted data, browser type and version, operating system and your IP address. This data is separated from other data that you enter while using our website. We are not able to associate this data with a specific person. This data is used for statistical purposes and then deleted.

Basic data

If a contractual relationship between you and us needs to be initiated, developed or modified, we collect and use your personal data when necessary for these purposes. At the request of the appropriate authorities we may provide information about this data (basic data) if this is required for the purpose of law enforcement, to avert danger, to meet the legal obligations of the constitutional authorities or the military counter-intelligence service or for the enforcement of intellectual property rights.

Usage data

We collect and use your personal data when necessary in order to permit the use of our website or for accounting purposes (sage data). This includes in particular data to identify you and information about the start and end times as well as the extent to which you use our website. We may create user profiles by using pseudonyms for the purposes of advertising, market research and optimising our website. You have the right to object to this use of your data. We are not permitted to combine the usage profiles with data about the bearer of the pseudonym. At the request of the appropriate authorities we may provide information about this data (basic data) if this is required for the purpose of law enforcement, to avert danger, to meet the legal obligations of the constitutional authorities or the military counter-intelligence service or for the enforcement of intellectual property rights.

Right to information

As a user of our website you have the right to request information from us concerning the storage of data relating to your person or your pseudonym. The information may be provided electronically upon request.