Privacy protection
The use of our website is usually possible without providing personal information. The collection of any personal data (e.g. title, name, house address and e-mail address) is, as far as possible, on a voluntary basis and processed by us only in accordance with the provisions of German data privacy laws. The following provisions describe the type, scope and purpose of collecting, processing and utilizing personal data. This data privacy policy applies only to our web pages. If links on our pages route you to other pages, please inquire there about how your data are handled in such cases.
We point out that data transmission over the Internet (eg communication by e-mail) can exhibit security vulnerabilities. A complete protection of data against unauthorized access by third parties is not possible.
The use of published information under the imprint obligation by third parties for the transmission of unsolicited advertising and information materials is hereby expressly excluded. The operators of this website reserve the right to take legal action in case of unsolicited advertising information, such as spam e-mails.
Social plugins from Facebook (Like-Button)
We use social plug-ins from facebook.com, operated by Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA. The plug-ins can be recognized by way of the Facebook logo or the supplement “Facebook Social Plug-in”. You can find an overview of Facebook plugins here: http://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/
For example, if you click on the “Like” button or leave a comment, the relevant information is transmitted directly from your browser to Facebook and stored there. Furthermore, Facebook makes your likes public for your Facebook friends. If you are logged into Facebook, it can assign the invocation of our page directly to your Facebook account. Even if you are not logged in or don’t have a Facebook account, your browser sends information (e.g. which web pages you have called up, your IP address) which is then stored by Facebook. For details about handling of your personal data by Facebook and your related rights, please refer to the data privacy policy of Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/policy.php.
If you do not want Facebook to map data collected about you via our Web sites to your Facebook account, you must log out of Facebook before you visit our web pages.
Data privacy statement for the use of Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google Inc. (Google). Google Analytics uses cookies, i.e. text files stored on your computer to enable analysis of website usage by you. Information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the United States and stored there. In case of activated IP anonymization on this website, however, your IP address is previously truncated by Google within member states of the European Union or in other states which are party to the agreement on the European Economic Area.
Only in exceptional cases is a full IP address transmitted to a Google server in the United States and truncated there. On behalf this website’s owner, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, compile reports about website activities, and provide the website’s operator with further services related to website and Internet usage. The IP address sent from your browser as part of Google Analytics is not merged with other data by Google.
You can prevent storage of cookies by appropriately setting your browser software; in this case, however, please note that you might not be able to fully use all functions offered by this website. In addition, you can prevent data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) from being collected and processed by Google, by downloading and installing a browser plug-in from the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en
This website uses Google Analytics with the extension “anonymizeIP()”, IP addresses being truncated before further processing in order to rule out direct associations to persons.
Data privacy statement for the use of Google+1
Our website uses the +1 interface provided by the social network, Google Plus, which is operated by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States (“Google”). This button is distinguished by the +1 symbol on a white or coloured background. When you open a website of ours that includes this kind of button, your browser will establish a direct connection with a Google server. The content of the +1 button is conveyed directly to your browser by Google and integrated into the website by your browser. We therefore do not have any influence on the scope of the data that Google is able to capture via this button. According to Google if you do not click on the button, no personal data will be captured. Data ‒ including the IP address ‒ is only captured and processed from members who are signed in to their account.
Information about the purpose and extent of capturing this data and the further processing and use of the data by Google as well as your respective rights and options to protect your personal privacy can be found in Google’s data privacy notifications about the +1 button. http://www.google.com/intl/de/+/policy/+1button.html, or in the FAQ section as well as in Google’s Data Privacy Policies https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/
If you are a Google Plus member and do not want Google to collect data about you via our website and link it with your membership data that is stored by Google, you must sign out of your Google Plus account before visiting our website.
Data privacy statement for the use of social plug-ins from Twitter
With Twitter and its Retweet functions, we use social plug-ins from Twitter.com, operated by Twitter Inc. 795 Folsom St., Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94107. If you use Retweet, the websites visited by you are announced to third parties and associated with your Twitter account.
Details about handling of your data by Twitter as well as your rights and setting options for protecting your personal information can be found in Twitter’s data privacy policy: http://twitter.com/privacy
Sources: Twiggs Translation and Rechtsanwalt Schwenke
Please bear in mind that this text is a translation and interpretation of the PRIVACY STATEMENT (“Datenschutz”) page. Only the german version is legally binding.