Data Protection

Data Protection

The use of our website is usually possible without providing personal information. The collection of any personal data (such as name, address or email addresses) is always on a voluntary basis whenever possible. No personal data will be forwarded to any third parties without your express consent.

We draw your attention to the fact that data transmission over the Internet (e.g. when communicating by e-mail) may involve gaps in security. It is not possible to protect such data completely against access by third parties.

We hereby expressly object to the third party use of contact data, which has been published in accordance with the editorial requirements, for the transmission of not expressly solicited advertising and information material. Should the operator receive unsolicited promotional material, such as spam etc., the operator expressively reserves the right to take legal action.

Data privacy statement for the use of the Facebook-Plugins
(Like Button)

Our website integrates plug-ins for the social network, Facebook, 1601 South California Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA. You will recognise Facebook plug-ins by the Facebook logo or the “Like” buttons on our website. Please find an overview of the various Facebook plug-ins here:
http://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/.

When you visit our website, the plug-in establishes a direct connection between your browser and the Facebook server.
This enables Facebook to know that you ‒ with your IP address ‒ have visited their website. If you click the Facebook “Like” button while you are signed in to your Facebook account, you can link the content of our website to your Facebook profile. This means that Facebook can allocate this interaction with our website to your user account.
We would like to point out that we, as website operators, do not receive any notification about the content of the conveyed data or how it is used by Facebook.
Further information about this topic can be found in the Facebook Data Privacy Statement at

http://de-de.facebook.com/policy.php

If you do not want Facebook to be able to allocate your use of our website to your Facebook user account, please sign out of your Facebook account.

Data privacy statement for the use of Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States . In case IP-anonymisation is activated on this website, your IP address will be truncated within the area of Member States of the European Union or other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.

Only in exceptional cases the whole IP address will be first transfered to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. The IP-anonymisation is active on this website. Google will use this information on behalf of the operator of this website for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing them other services relating to website activity and internet usage. The IP-address, that your Browser conveys within the scope of Google Analytics, will not be associated with any other data held by Google.

You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. You can also opt-out from being tracked by Google Analytics with effect for the future by downloading and installing Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Addon for your current web browser: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.

Data privacy statement for the use of Google +1

Collection and disclosure of information:

By way of the Google+1 button you can publish information all over the world. Via the Google +1 button you and other users receive personalised contents from Google and our partners. Google saves both the information that you have given +1 for a content and information about the page which you have viewed when clicking on +1. Your +1 may be shown as information together with your profile name and your photo in Google services, such as search results or in your Google profile or included on websites and advertisements on the internet.

Google records information about your +1 activities to improve the Google services for you and others. To be able to use the Google +1 button you must have a public Google profile which is visible worldwide and contains at least the name chosen for the profile. This name will be used in all Google services. In some cases this name may also replace another name which you have used when sharing contents via your Google account. The identity of your Google profile can be shown to users knowing your e-mail address or disposing of other identifying information of you.

Use of the collected information:

In addition to the uses explained above, the information provided by you will be used according to the applicable Google data protection provisions. Google may publish summarized statistics about the +1 activities of the users or disclose them to users and partners, such as publishers, advertisers or associated websites.

Data Privacy Statement for the use of Twitter

Various functions offered by Twitter are integrated into our website. These functions are provided by Twitter Inc., 1355 Market St, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. Using Twitter and the function called “Re-Tweet” enables websites that you have visited to be linked to your Twitter account and made available to other users. In the process, data is conveyed to Twitter.

We would like to point out that we, as website operators, do not obtain any knowledge about the content of the conveyed data or how it is used by Twitter. Please find more information about this in the Twitter Data Privacy Statement at http://twitter.com/privacy.

You can change your data privacy settings in Twitter by going to http://twitter.com/account/settings.

Sources: eRecht24, Facebook Disclaimer, Google Analytics Terms and Conditions, Google +1 Terms and Conditions, Privacy Statement Twitter