Data Protection Declaration

We collect and use your personal data solely within the provisions of the Federal Republic of Germany's Data Protection Act. Below we inform you about the method, scope and purpose of the collection and use of personal data. You can view this information at any time on our website.

Data communication and logging for internal system and statistical purposes
For technical reasons, when accessing our website, your Internet browser automatically sends data to our web server. This information includes the date and time of access, the URL of the referencing website, the file requested, the volume of the data sent, browser type and version, the operating system and your IP address. This data is stored separately from other data that you enter while using our site. It is not possible for us to associate this data with a specific person. This data is analysed for statistical purposes and then deleted.

Inventory Data
Where a contractual relationship between you and us is intended to be established, arranged in terms of content or modified, we shall collect and use your personal data to the extent necessary for this purpose. As required by the respective situations, in certain cases we may issue information about this data (inventory data) where necessary for the purposes of criminal prosecution, averting a danger, fulfilling legal duties for the authorities for protection of the constitution or the Military Counter-Intelligence Service or for enforcing intellectual property rights.

Usage Data
We collect and use your personal data where necessary to enable use of our Internet site or to invoice for use thereof (usage data). In particular this shall include attributes for your identification and details about the start and end and the scope of use of our site. For advertising and market research purposes and for need-based configuration of our Internet site, we may create usage profiles using pseudonyms. You shall be entitled to object to this use of your data. We may not combine usage profiles with data about the holder of the pseudonym. As required by the respective situations, in certain cases we may issue information about this data (inventory data) where necessary for the purposes of criminal prosecution, averting a danger, fulfilling legal duties for the authorities for protection of the constitution or the Military Counter-Intelligence Service or for enforcing intellectual property rights.

Cookies
To enhance the functional scope of our Internet site and to make use thereof more convenient for you, we use so-called "cookies". With these "cookies", data can be stored on your computer when visiting our website. You have the option to prevent cookies being saved on your computer with the relevant settings in your browser. This may limit the functionality of our site however.

Right to Information
As  a user of our Internet site, you have the right to demand information about the data saved about you or your pseudonym. At your request the information may also be sent electronically.