We are delighted that you have visited our website. In the following we should like to inform you about how we deal with your data.
The controller for the data collection and processing explained in the following is the authority named in the legal notice.
In order to improve the quality of our websites, we store data on visits to our websites for statistical purposes. This data set comprises:
• the page from which the file has been requested,
• the name of the file,
• the date and time of the query,
• the quantity of data transferred,
• the access status (file transferred, file not found),
• the specification of the type of browser used,
• the IP address of the enquiring computer; this is abbreviated so that no reference to a person can be inferred.
We take technical and organisational measures to protect your data from undesirable access as comprehensively as possible. We use an encryption process on our sites. Your information is transferred from your computer to our server and information is transferred from our server to your computer by means of a TLS encryption system. You can identify this by the lock symbol in the status bar of your browser and the fact that the address line begins with https://.
In order to carry out commissioned data processing pursuant to Article 28 GDPR we transfer your data to service providers, who assist us in the operation of our websites and the associated processes. Our service providers are strictly bound by our directives to them and accordingly they are also bound by contract. We use the following categories of service provider: hosting service providers, web analysis service providers.
To some extent we transfer personal data to a third country outside the EU. In so doing we have ensured in each case that there is an adequate level of data protection.
In the case of Google Analytics (USA) and YouTube (USA) adequate data protection is accordingly ensured by their participation in the Privacy Shield Convention (Article 45 (1) GDPR.)
On our websites the only cookies we use are session cookies. The data are processed on the basis of Article 6 (1) 1st sentence point (f) GDPR and in the interest of facilitating and optimising user navigation and of adapting the presentation of our website.
You can adjust your browser settings so that they notify you of the installation of cookies. This gives you transparency about the use of cookies. You can also adjust your browser settings at any time to prevent the installation of new cookies. Please note, however, that in this case our websites may not be displayed to optimum effect and some technical functions may no longer be available.
In order to design our website to meet the needs of the market, we generate pseudonymised usage profiles with the help of Google Analytics. Google Analytics uses cookies, which are stored on your terminal and can be read by us. This allows us to recognise recurring visitors and to count them as such. The data are processed on the basis of Article 6 (1) 1st sentence point (f) GDPR and § 15 (3) Telemedia Act and in the interest of discovering how frequently our websites are accessed by different users.
The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is normally transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, since we have activated IP anonymisation on this website, your IP address is first of all abbreviated within the Member States of the European Union. Only in exceptional case is the full IP address transferred to a Google server in the USA (Google’s participation in the Privacy Shield ensures an adequate level of data protection in accordance with Article 45 (1) GDPR) and is abbreviated there. We have also concluded a contract with Google LLC (USA) on commissioned data processing in accordance with Article 28 GDPR. Google shall accordingly use all the information strictly for the specific purpose of analysing our website for us and of compiling reports on website activities.