Privacy policy

1. Data protection at a glance

General information and data collection on our website
In the following, we will give you a short overview of what happens with your personal data when visiting our website. Personal data are to be understood as all the data which can be used to identify you personally.

Information on the processing of customer/interested person data according to Art. 13 + 14 EU GDPR can be found here as a PDF file: Processing of personal customer data according to Art. 13 + 14 EU GDPR.pdf

The obligations to provide information for applicants according to Art. 13 + 14 EU-GDPR can be found here as a PDF file: Processing of personal customer data according to Art. 13 + 14 EU GDPR.pdf

For more detailed information on our handling of data protection, kindly refer to our data protection declaration to be found below this text.

Who is responsible for data collection on this website?
Data processing on this website is carried out by the site operator (responsible) whose contact details can be found below.

How do we collect your data?
On the one hand, your data are collected when you share them with us. These can be, for example, data that you enter into a contact form. Apart from these, data are captured automatically by our IT-systems when you visit our website. They are, above all, technical details (e.g. internet browser, operating system or time of page view). Collection of these data is carried out automatically as soon as you access our website.

What do we use these data for?
Some of these data are collected and used to guarantee trouble-free availability of our website. Some data may be used to analyse your user behaviour. In addition, your data can be used – depending on your request – to process your enquiry (i.e. to answer questions, to set up offers etc.).

What are your legal rights with regard to your data?
You have the right to receive information, free of charge and at any time, on the origin, the recipient and purpose of your stored personal data. Additionally, you have the right to have these data corrected, blocked or deleted. You can contact us at any time at the address given in the imprint if you have any further questions with regard to the above-mentioned details or data protection in general. In addition, you have the right to appeal to the relevant supervisory authority. The supervisory authority competent for us is:

Aufsichtsbehörde für den Datenschutz im nicht-öffentlichen Bereich in Rheinland-Pfalz
Der Landesbeauftragte für den Datenschutz Rheinland-Pfalz
Hintere Bleiche 34,
55116 Mainz
Phone +49(0)6131-208-2449
Fax +49(0)6131-208-2497

2. General and mandatory information

Data protection
The operators of this site take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this data protection declaration.

When you use this website various personal data are collected. Personal data are data which are used to identify you personally or which can make you identifiable. This data protection declaration will explain which data we collect and what we use them for. It will also explain how and for what purpose it is done.

Please keep in mind that data transmission over the Internet (e.g. when communicating via e-mail) can be subject to security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

Information about data controller:
The data controller in charge of data processing on this website is:

Data controller is to be understood as any natural or legal person who solely or jointly with others decides on the purpose and methods of processing individual-related data.

Withdrawal of your consent to data processing
A lot of data processing activities are only possible on the basis of your explicit consent. You may withdraw your given consent at any time. For that purpose, an informal note by e-mail will be sufficient. Lawfulness of any data processing activities carried out before withdrawing your consent will remain untouched by the withdrawal.

Right of appeal to the relevant supervisory authority
In the case of data protection violations, the party concerned has the right of appeal to the relevant supervisory body. The relevant supervisory authority for questions concerning data protection matters is the Landesdatenschutzbeauftragte (state data protection commissioner) of the federal state where the company’s registered office is based. For the supervisory authority relevant for us, kindly refer to Part 1 of this data protection declaration.

Right of data portability
You have the right to have data, which we process in an automated way on the basis of your consent or during the fulfilment of a contract, handed to you or a third party in a common, machine-readable format. If you require direct transfer of these data to another responsible person, this will be done only as far as it is technically possible.

SSL or TLS encryption
For safety reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential contents such as orders or enquiries sent to us as the site operators, this site uses SSL or TLS encryptions. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the address line of the browser which changes from “http://” to https:// and, furthermore, by the padlock symbol in the browser line.

When the SSL or TLS encryption has been activated, data that you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Information, blocking, deletion
Within the framework of legal regulations in force, you have the right to obtain, at any time, information free-of-charge on your individual-related data stored by us, on their origin and recipients as well as the purpose of data processing, and, if applicable, a right of correction, blocking or deletion of these data. For this purpose or if you have any other questions on the topic of individual-related data, you can contact us at any time at the address given in the imprint.

Opposition against advertising e-mails
We herewith explicitly reject the use of contact details which are part of our duty to publish an imprint for sending not explicitly ordered advertising or information material. The operators of this site explicitly reserve the right to take legal steps for cases of transmission of non-solicited advertising material, e.g. by spam e-mails etc.

3. Data collection on our website

Cookies
Internet sites commonly use so-called cookies. Cookies do not harm your computer and do not contain viruses. They are used to make our internet presence more user-friendly, efficient and secure. Cookies are small text files which are placed on your computer and stored by your browser.

All the cookies we use are so-called „session cookies“. They are deleted automatically after your visit to the site.

You can set your browser in such a way that you are informed about the placing of cookies or that you can permit cookies only on a case-by-case basis, deactivate the acceptance of cookies for special cases or altogether and you can activate automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. Please be advised that deactivating cookies may limit the functionality of this website.

Cookies required for the handling of electronic communication processes or for providing certain functions requested by you (e.g. cart function) will be stored in accordance with Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. fDSGVO (German General Data Protection Regulation). The website operator has a justified interest in the storage of cookies for the technically flawless and optimized provision of their services. If other cookies (e.g. cookies used for analysing your surfing behaviour) are stored these will be dealt with separately in this data protection declaration.

Server log files
The provider of the sites automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files which your browser automatically sends to us. These are:

• Browser type and browser version
• Operating system used
• Referrer URL
• Host name of accessing computer
• Time of server request
• IP-address

A merger of these data with other data sources is not carried out.

The basis for processing data is Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. f DSGVO.

Social Media
On our site you will find various social media buttons, such as Facebook, Instagram and Youtube. These buttons are only links to the corresponding social media appearances. No data are transferred to these social media providers during your visit to our website. Only when you click on one of the buttons the page of the corresponding social media service will be opened in a separate window and you will be forwarded to it.

Contact form
When sending enquiries via our contact form your details from the enquiry form including the contact details entered by you will be stored by us for the purpose of processing your enquiry and for the case of follow-up questions. These data will not be passed on to third parties without your explicit consent.

Processing of the data entered into the contact form will be done exclusively on the basis of your explicit consent (Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. fDSGVO). You can withdraw your consent at any time. For that purpose, an informal note by e-mail will be sufficient. Lawfulness of any data processing activities carried out before withdrawing your consent will remain untouched by the withdrawal.

The data entered into the contact form by you will remain with us until you ask us to delete them, withdraw your consent to our storage or when the purpose of storing these details expires (e.g. when the processing of your enquiry has been completed). Mandatory legal provisions – above all retention periods – will remain untouched.