DATA PROTECTION AND COOKIES

DATA PROTECTION

WE MAKE GREAT VALUE ON THE PROTECTION OF YOUR DATA. TO INFORM YOU OF THE USE OF PERSONAL DATA, PLEASE TAKE A LOOK FOR THE FOLLOWING PRIVACY POLICY.

PERSONAL DATA

PERSONAL DATA YOU PROVIDE ELECTRONICALLY ON THIS SITE, SUCH AS NAME, E-MAIL ADDRESS, ADDRESS, OR OTHER PERSONAL INFORMATION, IS USED BY US ONLY FOR THE PURPOSES INDICATED, SAFELY PROHIBITED, AND NOT DISCLOSED TO THIRD PARTIES. THE PROVIDER AUTOMATICALLY SAVES AND SAVES INFORMATION AT THE WEBSERVER, SUCH AS USED BROWSER, OPERATING SYSTEM, REFERENCE PAGE, IP ADDRESS, TIME OF ACCESS, ETC. THIS DATA MAY NOT BE ASSIGNED TO ANY PARTICULAR PERSON WITHOUT EXAMINATION OF ANY DATA SOURCES, AND WE WILL NOT ASSUME THIS DATA UNLIKE ANY UNLAWFUL USE OF OUR WEBSITE.

FORM DATA AND COMMENTS

WHEN WEBSITE VISITORS LEAVE COMMENTS OR FORMULA ENTRIES, THE INPUT DATA AND THE IP ADDRESSES ARE STORED. THIS IS FOR SAFETY IN THE EVENT OF SOMEONE LEAVING ANY CONTENT (SUBMISSIONS, LEFT OR LEGAL PROPAGANDA, HATE PROMOTIONS, ETC.). IN THIS EVENT, WE ARE INTERESTED IN THE IDENTITY OF THE AUTHOR.

COOKIES

COOKIES ARE SMALL FILES THAT ALLOW THIS WEB SITE TO SAVE SPECIFIC INFORMATION RELATED TO THE USER ON THE COMPUTER OF THE VISITOR WHEN OUR WEBSITE IS VISITED. COOKIES HELP US TO DETERMINE THE FREQUENCY OF USE AND THE NUMBER OF USERS OF OUR WEBSITES, AND TO DESIGN OUR OFFERS FOR YOU COMFORTABLE AND EFFICIENT USE. WE USE SESSION COOKIES ONLY FOR THE LONG TERM OF USE OF OUR WEBSITE, AND OTHER PERMANENT COOKIES TO CONFINE INFORMATION ABOUT VISITORS WHO RETURN TO OUR WEBSITE AGAIN. THE PURPOSE OF USING THESE COOKIES IS TO PROVIDE OPTIMAL USABILITY AND RECOGNIZE VISITORS AND TO PRESENT A POSSIBLE ATTRACTIVE WEBSITE AND INTERESTING CONTENT WITH REPRODUCED USE. THE CONTENT OF A PERMANENT COOKY IS LIMITED TO AN IDENTIFICATION NUMBER. NAME, IP ADDRESS ETC. WILL NOT BE SAVED. A SINGLE PROFILING ABOUT YOUR USEFUL BEHAVIOR DOES NOT FIND. A USE OF OUR OFFERS IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITHOUT COOKIES. YOU MAY DEACTIVATE SAVING COOKIES IN YOUR BROWSER, RESTRICTING IT TO CERTAIN WEB SITES OR CHANGING YOUR WEBBROWSER (CHROME, IE, FIREFOX, ...) TO NOTIFY THEM ONLY AS A COOKIE IS SENT. YOU CAN ALSO DELETE COOKIES FROM THE HARD DISK OF YOUR PC AT ANY TIME. PLEASE NOTE, THAT IN THIS CASE THEY MUST CALCULATE WITH A RESTRICTED PRESENTATION OF THE SITE AND WITH RESTRICTED USER GUIDANCE.

PRIVACY POLICY FOR THE USE OF GOOGLE ANALYTICS

THIS SITE USES GOOGLE ANALYTICS, A WEB ANALYSIS SERVICE OF GOOGLE INC. ( "GOOGLE"). GOOGLE ANALYTICS USES SOG. "COOKIES", TEXT FILES STORED ON YOUR COMPUTER AND ENABLING AN ANALYSIS OF YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE. THE INFORMATION OBTAINED BY THE COOKIE ABOUT YOUR USE OF THIS SITE WILL, AS A RULE, BE TRANSMITTED TO A GOOGLE SERVER IN THE USA AND STORED THEREIN. IN THE EVENT OF ACTIVATION OF THE IP ANONYMISATION ON THIS WEB SITE, ITS GOOGLE IP ADDRESS WILL BE PREVIOUSLY REDUCED WITHIN MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION OR OTHER COUNTRIES OF THE AGREEMENT ON THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA. ONLY IN EXCEPTIONAL CASES THE FULL IP ADDRESS IS SENT TO A SERVER OF
TRANSFER TO GOOGLE IN THE USA AND SHORT THERE. BY ORDERING THE OPERATOR OF THIS WEBSITE, GOOGLE SHALL USE THIS INFORMATION TO PERFORM YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE TOGETHER WITH REPORTS OF THE WEBSITE ACTIVITIES AND TO PROVIDE OTHER SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH WEBSITE USE AND INTERNET USE TO THE WEBSITE OPERATOR. THE IP ADDRESS TRANSMITTED BY YOUR BROWSER AS PART OF GOOGLE ANALYTICS IS NOT COORDINATED WITH OTHER GOOGLE DATA. YOU MAY PREVENT THE STORAGE OF COOKIES BY APPROPRIATING YOUR BROWSER SOFTWARE; HOWEVER, YOU WILL BE AWARE THAT IN THIS EVENT, YOU MAY NOT ENJOY ALL OF THE FEATURES OF THIS SITE TO THE FULLEST EXTENT POSSIBLE. YOU MAY ALSO PREVENT GOOGLE FROM OBTAINING THE DATA OBTAINED BY COOKIE AND YOUR USE OF THE SITE (INCLUDING ITS IP ADDRESS) TO GOOGLE, AND PROCESSING THIS DATA BY GOOGLE, BY REFERRING TO THE FOLLOWING LINK (HTTPS: // TOOLS.GOOGLE.COM/DLPAGE/GAOPTOUT?HL=EN) DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL THE AVAILABLE BROWSER PLUGIN.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE TERMS OF USE AND DATA PROTECTION, CHECK AT HTTPS://WWW.GOOGLE.COM/ANALYTICS/TERMS/EN.HTML BZW. AT HTTPS://SUPPORT.GOOGLE.COM/ANALYTICS/ANSWER/6004245?hl=EN. WE AWARE THAT GOOGLE ANALYTICS ON THIS WEB SITE HAS BEEN EXTENDED WITH THE CODE "GAT._ANONYMIZEIP ();" TO ENSURE AN ANONYMATED RECORDING OF IP ADDRESSES (IP MASKING).

GOOGLE MAPS

THIS WEB SITE USES GOOGLE MAPS FOR THE PRESENTATION OF MAP INFORMATION. WHEN USING GOOGLE MAPS, GOOGLE ALSO RAISES, PROCESSES, AND UTILIZES DATA ON THE USE OF THE MAPS FEATURES BY VISITORS TO THE WEBSITES. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT GOOGLE GOOGLE DATA PROCESSING, YOU CAN TAKE GOOGLE'S PRIVACY POLICY AT HTTPS://WWW.GOOGLE.AT/INTL/EN/POLICIES/PRIVACY/. THERE YOU CAN ALSO CHANGE YOUR SETTINGS AT THE PRIVACY CENTER, SO THAT YOU CAN MANAGE AND PROTECT YOUR DATA.

PRIVACY POLICY FOR THE USE OF FACEBOOK

ON OUR SITES PLUGINS OF THE SOCIAL NETWORK FACEBOOK, 1601 SOUTH CALIFORNIA AVENUE, PALO ALTO, CA 94304, USA, ARE INTEGRATED. YOU CAN RECOGNIZE THE FACEBOOK PLUGINS ON THE FACEBOOK LOGO OR THE "LIKE BUTTON" ON OUR SITE. FOR A FACEBOOK PLUGINS OVERVIEW: HTTPS://DEVELOPERS.FACEBOOK.COM/DOCS/PLUGINS/.
WHEN YOU VISIT OUR WEBSITES, THE PLUGIN WILL MAKE A DIRECT CONNECTION BETWEEN YOUR BROWSER AND THE FACEBOOK SERVER. FACEBOOK RECEIVES INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE VISITED OUR WEBSITE WITH YOUR IP ADDRESS. IF YOU CLICK ON THE FACEBOOK "LIKE BUTTON" WHILE YOU'RE ENROLLED IN YOUR FACEBOOK ACCOUNT, YOU CAN LINK THE CONTENT OF OUR SITES TO YOUR FACEBOOK PROFILE. THEN FACEBOOK CAN ALLOCATE VISITING OUR PAGES TO YOUR USER ACCOUNT. WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE AS A SUPPLIER OF THE SITES WILL NOT GET KNOWLEDGE OF THE CONTENTS OF THE TRANSMITTED DATA AND THEIR USE BY FACEBOOK. FOR MORE INFORMATION, SEE THE FACEBOOK PRIVACY STATEMENT AT HTTPS://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/POLICY.PHP IF YOU DO NOT WISH THAT FACEBOOK CAN ALLOCATE VISITING OUR WEBSITES TO YOUR FACEBOOK USER ACCOUNT, PLEASE LOG OUT FROM YOUR FACEBOOK USER ACCOUNT OFF.

PRIVACY POLICY FOR THE USE OF TWITTER

ON OUR WEBSITE FUNCTIONS OF THE SERVICE TWITTER ARE INTEGRATED. THESE FEATURES ARE PROVIDED BY TWITTER INC., TWITTER, INC. 1355 MARKET ST, SUITE 900, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94103, USA OFFERED. BY USING TWITTER AND THE FEATURES OF THE TWITTER BUTTONS, THE WEBSITES YOU VISIT WILL BE LINKED TO YOUR TWITTER ACCOUNT AND KNOWN TO OTHER USERS. THIS DATA IS ALSO TRANSMITTED TO TWITTER. WE KNOW THAT WE AS AN OFFER OF THE WEBSITE WILL NOT GET ANY KNOWLEDGE OF THE CONTENTS OF THE TRANSMITTED DATA AND ITS USE THROUGH TWITTERS. FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION THROUGH TWITTER'S PRIVACY POLICY AT HTTPS://TWITTER.COM/PRIVACY?LANG=EN. YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR DATA PROTECTION SETTINGS ON TWITTER IN THE ACCOUNT SETTINGS AT HTTPS://TWITTER.COM/SETTINGS/ACCOUNT.

PRIVACY POLICY FOR THE USE OF YOUTUBE

FUNCTIONS OF SERVICE YOUTUBE IS IMPLEMENTED ON OUR WEBSITE. THESE FEATURES ARE PROVIDED BY YOUTUBE, LLC, 901 CHERRY AVE., SAN BRUNO, CA 94066, USA. THE INTEGRATED VIDEOS SHALL DEPOSIT COOKIES ON THE COMPUTERS OF THE USER WHEN THE WEBSITE IS ACCESSED. IF YOU HAVE DISABLED THE SETTING OF COOKIES FOR THE GOOGLE ADVERTISING PROGRAM, YOU WILL NEED TO CHECK WITHOUT SUCH COOKIES WHEN CHECKING YOUTUBE VIDEOS. YOUTUBE BUT ALSO LAY DOWN IN OTHER COOKIES NON-PERSONNEL USE INFORMATION. IF YOU WANT TO PREVENT THIS, YOU MUST BLOCK THIS IN THE BROWSER.

PRIVACY POLICY FOR THE USE OF PINTEREST

ON OUR WEBSITE, WE USE SOCIAL PLUGINS OF THE SOCIAL NETWORK PINTEREST, OPERATED BY PINTEREST INC., 635 HIGH STREET, PALO ALTO, CA, 94301, USA ("PINTEREST"). WHEN YOU ACCESS A PAGE THAT CONTAINS SUCH A PLUGIN YOUR BROWSER WILL MAKE A DIRECT CONNECTION TO THE SERVER OF PINTEREST. THE PLUGIN SUBMITS DATA TO THE SERVER OF PINTEREST. THIS DATA MAY INCLUDE YOUR IP ADDRESS, THE ADDRESS OF THE WEBSITES VISITED, WHICH ALSO INCLUDE PINTEREST FUNCTIONS, THE NATURE AND SETTINGS OF THE BROWSER, THE DATE AND TIME OF INQUIRY, THEIR USE OF PINTEREST AND COOKIES.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE PURPOSE, SCOPE OF THE DATA AND USE OF THE DATA BY PINTEREST AND THEIR RIGHTS AND POSSIBILITIES FOR THE PROTECTION OF YOUR PRIVACY POLICY CAN BE FOUND IN PINTEREST'S PRIVACY POLICY: HTTPS://ABOUT.PINTEREST.COM/EN/PRIVACY-POLICY.

PRIVACY POLICY FOR THE USE OF LINKEDIN

OUR WEBSITE USES THE FUNCTIONS OF THE SOCIAL MEDIA NETWORK LINKEDIN. PROVIDER IS THE LINKEDIN CORPORATION, 2029 STIERLIN COURT, MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA 94043, USA. EACH ONE OF OUR WEB SITES CONTAINING LINKEDIN FEATURES CONSTITUTES A LINKEDIN SERVER LINK. LINKEDIN IS INFORMED THAT YOU HAVE VISITED OUR WEB SITES WITH YOUR IP ADDRESS. IF YOU ARE CLICKING THE BUTTONS OF LINKEDIN AND INCLUDED IN YOUR ACCOUNT AT LINKEDIN, IT IS LINKEDIN POSSIBLE TO ASSUME YOUR VISIT TO OUR WEBSITE AND YOUR USER ACCOUNT. WE KNOW THAT AS A SUPPLIER OF THE SITES WE HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE CONTENTS OF THE TRANSMITTED DATA AND ITS USE BY LINKEDIN. FOR MORE INFORMATION, SEE LINKEDIN'S PRIVACY STATEMENT AT: HTTPS://WWW.LINKEDIN.COM/LEGAL/PRIVACY-POLICY.

PRIVACY POLICY FOR THE USE OF XING

OUR WEBSITE USES THE FUNCTIONS OF THE SOCIAL MEDIA NETWORK XING. PROVIDER IS THE XING AG, DAMMTORSTRASSE 29-32, 20354 HAMBURG, GERMANY. EACH CALL OF ONE OF OUR PAGES CONTAINING XING'S FUNCTIONS CONSTITUTES A CONNECTION TO XING'S SERVER. XING MAY BE INFORMED THAT YOU HAVE VISITED OUR WEB SITES WITH YOUR IP ADDRESS. IF YOU CLICK THE XING BUTTONS AND LOG IN YOUR ACCOUNT TO XING, IT IS POSSIBLE TO PUT YOUR VISIT TO OUR WEBSITE AND YOUR USER ACCOUNT. WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE AS A SUPPLIER OF THE SITES HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE CONTENTS OF THE TRANSMITTED DATA AND THEIR USE BY XING. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON XING'S DATA PROTECTION, REFER TO THE PRIVACY POLICY AT HTTPS://WWW.XING.COM/PRIVACY.

PRIVACY POLICY FOR THE USE OF INSTAGRAM

ON OUR WEBSITE FUNCTIONS OF THE SERVICE INSTAGRAM ARE INTEGRATED. THESE FEATURES ARE INTEGRATED BY INSTAGRAM INC., 1601 WILLOW ROAD, MENLO PARK, CA, 94025, USA. IF YOU ARE LOGGED IN YOUR INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT, BY CLICKING THE INSTAGRAM BUTTON, YOU CAN LINK THE CONTENT OF OUR SITES WITH YOUR INSTAGRAM PROFILE. THEREFORE INSTAGRAM CAN ALLOCATE VISITING OUR PAGES TO YOUR USER ACCOUNT. WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE AS A SUPPLIER OF THE SITES WILL NOT RECEIVE KNOWLEDGE OF THE CONTENTS OF THE TRANSMITTED DATA AND ITS USE BY INSTAGRAM.
FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION IN THE PRIVACY POLICY OF INSTAGRAM AT HTTPS://WWW.INSTAGRAM.COM/ABOUT/LEGAL/PRIVACY/.

PRIVACY POLICY FOR THE USE OF THE AMAZON PARTNER PROGRAM

THIS WEB SITE IS PARTICIPANT IN THE PARTNERS PROGRAM OF AMAZON EU S.А R.L. AND PARTNERS OF THE ADVERTISING PROGRAM DESIGNED TO PROVIDE FEATURES FOR WEBSITES THAT MAY ACHIEVE A COMMERCIAL COSTS BY PLACING ADVERTISERS AND LINKS TO AMAZON.DE. AMAZON USES COOKIES TO IMPROVE THE ORIGIN OF ORDERS. AMAZON, ON THE OTHER, AGREE THAT YOU HAVE LINKED THE PARTNER LINK TO THIS WEB SITE. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON AMAZON USE, REFER TO THE AMAZON.DE PRIVACY STATEMENT AT HTTPS://WWW.AMAZON.DE/GP/HELP/CUSTOMER/DISPLAY.HTML?NODEID=201909010.

PRIVACY POLICY FOR GOOGLE ADSENSE

THIS WEB SITE USES GOOGLE ADSENSE, A SERVICE TO INTEGRATE GOOGLE INC. ADVERTISING INFORMATION. ( "GOOGLE"). GOOGLE ADSENSE USES SOG. "COOKIES", TEXT FILES STORED ON YOUR COMPUTER AND ENABLING AN ANALYSIS OF THE USE OF THE WEBSITE. GOOGLE ADSENSE ALSO USES SO WEACON BEACONS (INVISIBLE GRAPHICS). THIS WEB BEACONS MAY REPRESENT INFORMATION SUCH AS VISITORS 'TRAFFIC ON THESE PAGES.

THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY COOKIES AND WEB BEACONS ON THE USE OF THIS WEB SITE (INCLUDING ITS IP ADDRESS) AND DELIVERY OF ADVERTISING MATERIALS IS TRANSMITTED TO AND SUBMITTED TO GOOGLE IN THE USA. THIS INFORMATION MAY BE GIVEN BY GOOGLE TO GOOGLE CONTRACTUAL PARTNER. HOWEVER, GOOGLE WILL NOT COMBINE YOUR IP ADDRESS WITH ANY OTHER DATA SAVED BY YOU.

YOU MAY PREVENT THE INSTALLATION OF THE COOKIES BY APPROPRIATELY TURNING YOUR BROWSER SOFTWARE; HOWEVER, YOU ARE AWARE THAT IN SUCH CASE YOU MAY NOT ENJOY ALL THE FEATURES OF THIS WEBSITE ENTIRELY. BY USING THIS WEB SITE, YOU AGREE TO GOOGLE'S PROCESSING THE DATA COLLECTED ABOUT YOU IN THE FOREGOING STATED CIRCUMSTANCES AND FOR THE PURPOSE DESCRIBED ABOVE. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON DATA USE BY GOOGLE IN YOUR USE OF THIS WEBSITE, YOU WILL RECEIVE THIS.

RIGHT TO INFORMATION

YOU HAVE AT ALL TIMES THE RIGHT TO GIVE INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR MEMORY DATA, ITS ORIGIN AND RECIPIENTS AND THE PURPOSE OF THE STORAGE.

PHOTO CREDITS

PHOTOGRAPHER: MISCHA NAWRATA, GÖTZ SCHRAGE