Privacy Policy
We welcome you to our website. We would like to inform you about the handling of your personal data in accordance with Art. 13 General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Person in charge
Responsible for the described data collection and processing is the person in charge, who is named in the imprint.
Storage of the IP address
We store the IP address transmitted by your web browser for a strictly limited period of seven (7) days in the interest of detecting, limiting and eliminating attacks on our website. Once this period has expired, we delete or anonymize the IP address. The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 s. 1 lit. f GDPR.
Usage Data
When you visit our website, so-called usage data is being stored temporarily on our web server for statistical purposes as a protocol in order to improve the quality of our website. This record consists of
- the page, from which the file has been requested,
- the name of the file,
- the date and time of the query,
- the amount of data transferred,
- the access status (file transmitted, file not found),
- a description of the type of browser being used,
- the IP address of the requesting computer, which is shortened in such a way that no reidentification of any persona data is possible.
The mentioned usage data will only be stored anonymously.
Processors
We transfer your data within an order of processing in accordance to Art. 28 GDPR to service providers, which support us in operating our website and the associated processes. Our service providers are strictly bound by instructions and contractually bound to us. We use the following service providers: Plan@ – Luruper Hauptstrasse 50a – 22547 Hamburg.
We sometimes transfer personal data to a third country outside the EU. In each case, we have taken care to ensure an appropriate level of data protection:
In the case of Google Analytics (USA), an appropriate level of data protection follows from the corresponding participation in the Privacy Shield Agreement (Art. 45 para. 1 GDPR).
Cookies
We use cookies on our website. Cookies are small text files that are stored and read in your end device. A distinction is made between session cookies, which are deleted as soon as you close your browser, and permanent cookies, which are stored beyond the individual session. Cookies may contain data that make it possible to recognize the device being used. However, in some cases cookies only contain information on certain settings which are not personal data.
We use both permanent and session cookies on our website. The data is processed in accordance to Art. 6 para. 1 s. 1 lit. f GDPR and in the interest of optimizing or providing user guidance and improving the presentation of our website.
Please be aware that you can set your browser to inform you when cookies are being stored or used on the website you are visiting. Thus, any use of cookies is transparent to you. You also have the options to delete cookies at any time via the corresponding browser configuration and to prevent any usage of new cookies. In case you refuse the usage of cookies, please note that our website may not be displayed optimally and some functions are then no longer available.
Contact Form
When you use the contact form the personal data you provide is stored as long as needed to reply to your message and will be deleted as soon as it is no longer necessary to achieve the purpose of your request.
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to create pseudonymous user profiles for improving and designing our website on demand. Google Analytics uses cookies, which are text files placed on your end device and can be read by us. In this way, we are able to recognize and count returning visitors. This data processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 s. 1 lit. a GDPR.
The information generated by the cookies about your usage of the website will be transmitted to and stored by Google Inc. on their servers in the United States. We have activated IP anonymization on this website, your IP address will be truncated within the area of member states of the European Union. Only in exceptional cases the whole IP address is being transferred to a Google server in the USA and truncated there (an adequate level of data protection is ensured according to Art. 45 para. 1 GDPR because Google Inc. is a participant in the Privacy Shield Agreement). We have also concluded a contract with Google Inc. (USA) for order processing in accordance to Art. 28 GDPR. Google will therefore solely use collected data for the purposes intended, which are to evaluate the use of the website and to compile reports on website activities.
You can withdraw your consent to the processing at any time. Please use one of the following options:
You may refuse the usage of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser. However, please note that if you proceed accordingly you may not be able to benefit from the full functionality of this website.
You can also prevent Google Inc. from collecting the data generated by the cookie and relating to your usage of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link (http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en). As an alternative to opting-out from being tracked by Google Analytics, you can also click the following link.
An opt-out cookie will be stored, which means that no web analysis will take place as long as the opt-out cookie is stored by your browser. To withdraw your consent to the processing of your data by Google Analytics click here: [cookie_reject]
