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 this website. Personal data refers to any data with which you can be personally identified. Detailed information on data privacy can be found in our full privacy policy below.

Data Collection on this Website

Who is responsible for data collection on this website?
The data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find their contact details in the "Legal Notice" (Impressum) section of this website.

How do we collect your data?
Your data is collected when you provide it to us (e.g., via email contact). Other data is collected automatically or upon your consent when visiting the website through our IT systems. These are primarily technical data (e.g., internet browser, operating system, or time of page access). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.

What do we use your data for?
Part of the data is collected to ensure the error-free provision of the website. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior and display advertisements.

What rights do you have regarding your data?
You have the right at any time to obtain free information about the origin, recipient, and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request the rectification or erasure of this data. If you have granted consent to data processing, you can revoke this consent at any time for the future. You also have the right to request the restriction of processing, data portability, and to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

2. Hosting

External Hosting (IONOS)

This website is hosted by an external service provider (hoster). Personal data collected on this website is stored on the hoster's servers. This may primarily include IP addresses, contact requests, metadata and communications, contract data, contact details, names, website access logs, and other data generated via a website.

The hoster is used for the purpose of contract fulfillment with potential and existing customers (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR) and in the interest of a secure, fast, and efficient provision of our online presence by a professional provider (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). If appropriate consent has been requested, processing takes place exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TDDDG.

Data Processing Agreement (DPA)

We have concluded a Data Processing Agreement (DPA) for the use of the aforementioned service. This is a legally required contract ensuring that the hoster processes the personal data of our website visitors strictly in accordance with our instructions and in full compliance with the GDPR.

3. General Information and Mandatory Disclosures

Data Protection

The operators of this website take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with statutory data protection regulations as well as this privacy policy.

Storage Duration

Unless a more specific storage period has been specified in this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for data processing no longer applies. If you assert a legitimate request for erasure or revoke your consent to data processing, your data will be deleted unless we have other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data.

Legal Bases for Data Processing

If you have given consent to data processing, we process your personal data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR or Art. 9(2)(a) GDPR. In cases of data transfers to third countries, processing also takes place on the basis of Art. 49(1)(a) GDPR. Server log file processing is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

SSL/TLS Encryption

This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the browser's address line changing from "http://" to "https://" and by the padlock icon in your browser bar. When SSL/TLS encryption is activated, transmitted data cannot be intercepted by third parties.

Revocation of Your Consent to Data Processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke consent that has already been granted at any time. The legality of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected.

Right to Lodge a Complaint with a Supervisory Authority

In the event of violations of the GDPR, data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, particularly in the Member State of their habitual residence, their place of work, or the place of the alleged infringement.

4. Advertising Services (Google AdSense)

Google AdSense

This website uses Google AdSense, a web advertising service provided by Google Ireland Limited ("Google"), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

Google AdSense uses "cookies" (small text files stored on your computer) and web beacons (invisible graphics) to analyze site usage and evaluate traffic. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to this website or other websites on the internet.

The use of advertising cookies enables Google and its partners to serve targeted ads based on your visit to this site and/or other sites on the Internet. Information generated by cookies and web beacons regarding the use of this website (including your IP address) is transmitted to and stored on Google servers in the United States. Google may transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf.

Legal Basis: Google AdSense is used exclusively based on your explicit consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TDDDG via our implemented Consent Management Banner. You can revoke your consent at any time via the cookie settings on our website.

Opting Out of Personalized Advertising: You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google's Ads Settings directly at: https://adssettings.google.com. Alternatively, you can manage and opt out of third-party cookie usage for personalized advertising at the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page: https://www.aboutads.info/choices/.

5. Plugins and Tools

Google Fonts (Local Hosting)

This site uses locally hosted Google Fonts provided by Google for uniform font presentation. Google Fonts are installed locally on our own servers. No connection to external Google servers is established when loading web pages.

YouTube with Enhanced Privacy Mode

Our website embeds videos from YouTube, operated by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. We use YouTube in privacy-enhanced mode (Domain: youtube-nocookie.com). According to YouTube, no cookies are stored on your device to analyze user behavior before you actively play a video. Once you start video playback, a connection to YouTube's servers is established. Embedding is based on Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR.