Privacy Policy

1. Privacy at a glance

General information

The following notes provide a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data is any data that can be used to identify you personally. Detailed information on data protection can be found in the privacy policy below.

Data collection on our website

The party responsible for data processing on this website is:

Further information can be found in the Legal Notice.

How do we collect your data?

Your data is collected, on the one hand, when you provide it to us yourself (e.g. via a contact form).

Other data is collected automatically by our IT systems when you visit the website. This is mainly technical data (e.g. browser, operating system, time of page access, IP address). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter our website.

What do we use your data for?

Some of the data is collected to ensure the error-free provision of the website. Other data may be used to analyse your user behaviour (e.g. with Matomo).

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You have the right at any time to:

• information about your stored data
• correction, blocking or deletion of your data
• revocation of consent you have given
• complaint to the competent data protection supervisory authority

For this, you can contact us at any time at the address given in the Legal Notice.

2. General information and mandatory information

Data protection

We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with statutory data protection regulations (GDPR, TDDDG) and this privacy policy.

Please note that data transmission over the Internet (e.g. by email) may have security gaps. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not technically possible.

Revocation of your consent

You can revoke any consent you have given at any time by email. The lawfulness of the processing carried out up to the time of revocation remains unaffected.

Right to complain

You have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. The competent authority is usually the State Data Protection Commissioner of the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

List of supervisory authorities:
https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html

Right to data portability

You have the right to receive data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfilment of a contract in a common, machine-readable format.

SSL/TLS encryption

For security reasons, this website uses SSL/TLS encryption. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the "https://" in the address bar and the lock symbol in your browser.

Information, blocking, deletion

You have the right at any time to information, correction, blocking or deletion of your stored personal data. To do this, please contact us at the address given in the Legal Notice.

Objection to promotional emails

We hereby object to the use of our published contact data for sending unsolicited advertising.

3. Data collection on our website

Cookies

Our website uses cookies. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device.

Some cookies are deleted automatically at the end of your visit (session cookies). Others remain stored until you delete them manually.

You can configure your browser so that:

• you are informed about cookies,
• cookies are only permitted in individual cases,
• cookies are blocked in general.

Please note: if cookies are completely disabled, the functionality of the website may be limited.

Legal basis: Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

Server log files

When you visit the website, the following data is automatically stored:

• browser type and version
• operating system
• referrer URL
• hostname of the accessing computer
• time of the server request
• IP address

This data is not combined with other data sources.

Legal basis: Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

Contact form

If you contact us via the contact form, we store your information in order to process your request.

Legal basis: Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR (consent).

Your data will be deleted as soon as the purpose no longer applies or you request its deletion.

4. Analytics and marketing tools

Matomo (On-Premise)

We use Matomo for the anonymised analysis of website usage. The IP address is stored in anonymised form. No data is passed on to third parties.

Legal basis: Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

You can disable the storage of Matomo cookies in your browser settings.

Google Tag Manager

We use Google Tag Manager (Google Ireland Limited, Dublin).

Tag Manager itself does not set any cookies, but manages other tools. However, it can record your IP address.

Legal basis: Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

Google Ads / Remarketing / Conversion Tracking

We use Google Ads, Remarketing and Conversion Tracking.

Processing is based on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR, Section 25 para. 1 TDDDG).

You can disable personalised advertising here:
https://adssettings.google.com/anonymous?hl=en

Meta Pixel (Facebook Pixel)

We use the Meta Pixel to analyse and optimise our advertising activities.

Data processing is based on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR, Section 25 para. 1 TDDDG).

Further information:
https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/

5. Plugins and tools

YouTube

We use YouTube videos (Google Ireland Limited). When a video is played, a connection to YouTube is established.

Further information:
https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

Google Web Fonts

For consistent display, we use Google Web Fonts. Your IP address is transmitted to Google in the process.

Further information:
https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq

Google Maps

We use Google Maps to display our location.

Further information:
https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

We are not obliged and in principle not willing to participate in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board.