Privacy Policy

The use of our website is generally possible without providing personal data. Where personal data (such as names, addresses, or email addresses) are collected on our site, this is always done on a voluntary basis, if possible. These data will not be disclosed to third parties without your explicit consent.

However, certain services may require the collection of personal data. The purpose is explicitly indicated at the point where the data is collected. For example, providing postal addresses may be necessary for sending competition prizes. The data is stored on our server by netcup GmbH, Karlsruhe, and processed in various applications as specified below, depending on the purpose. The data can only be accessed and processed by authorized persons who need it for the specified purpose. If additional data is required, separate consent from the user is necessary. The collected data is deleted after 12 months.

By voluntarily providing personal data, the user consents to its storage and processing for the specified purpose. Consent can be revoked at any time with effect for the future without giving reasons. An email to the address provided in the imprint is sufficient for this purpose. The revocation does not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out based on the consent before the revocation.

We would like to point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g., communication by email) may have security vulnerabilities. A complete protection of the data against access by third parties is not possible.

The use of contact data published within the framework of the imprint obligation by third parties to send unsolicited advertising and information materials is hereby expressly prohibited. The operators of the pages expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of the unsolicited sending of advertising information, such as through spam emails.

Privacy Policy for the Use of Facebook Plugins (Like-Button)

Our pages include plugins from the social network Facebook (Facebook Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, California, 94025, USA). The Facebook plugins can be recognized by the Facebook logo or the "Like-Button" ("Like") on our site. An overview of the Facebook plugins can be found here: http://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/.
When you visit our pages, a direct connection is established between your browser and the Facebook server via the plugin. Facebook thereby receives the information that you have visited our site with your IP address. If you click the Facebook "Like-Button" while logged into your Facebook account, you can link the contents of our pages to your Facebook profile. This allows Facebook to associate the visit to our pages with your user account. Please note that we, as the provider of the pages, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Facebook. For more information, please refer to Facebook's privacy policy at http://de-de.facebook.com/policy.php.

If you do not want Facebook to associate your visit to our pages with your Facebook user account, please log out of your Facebook user account.

Privacy Policy for the Use of Google +1

Collection and dissemination of information:
The Google +1 button allows you to publish information worldwide. By using the Google +1 button, you and other users receive personalized content from Google and our partners. Google stores both the information that you have given +1 for content and information about the page that you viewed when you clicked +1. Your +1 may be displayed together with your profile name and photo in Google services, such as search results or your Google profile, or elsewhere on websites and advertisements on the Internet.
Google records information about your +1 activities to improve Google services for you and others. To use the Google +1 button, you need a globally visible, public Google profile that must contain at least the name chosen for the profile. This name is used in all Google services. In some cases, this name may also replace another name that you used when sharing content through your Google Account. The identity of your Google profile can be shown to users who know your email address or have other identifying information about you.

Use of collected information:
In addition to the purposes described above, the information you provide will be used in accordance with Google's applicable privacy policies. Google may publish aggregated statistics about users' +1 activities or share them with users and partners, such as publishers, advertisers, or affiliated websites.

Privacy Policy for the Use of Twitter

Functions of the Twitter service are integrated on our pages. These functions are offered by Twitter Inc., Twitter, Inc. 1355 Market St, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. By using Twitter and the "Re-Tweet" function, the websites you visit are linked to your Twitter account and made known to other users. Data is also transmitted to Twitter in the process.

We would like to point out that we, as the provider of the pages, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Twitter. For more information, please refer to Twitter's privacy policy at http://twitter.com/privacy.

You can change your privacy settings on Twitter in the account settings at http://twitter.com/account/settings.

Privacy Policy for the Use of Mapping Services

Google Maps

This website uses the Google Maps API to process and visualize geographic information. By using this website, you consent to Google (Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, California, 94043), its representatives, or third-party services collecting, processing, and using automatically collected and entered data.

The terms of use for Google Maps can be found at https://www.google.com/intl/de_de/help/terms_maps.html.

For further details about data processing by Google, please refer to Google's privacy policy: https://www.google.com/privacypolicy.html.

OpenStreetMap

This website uses the Open Source Mapping Tool "OpenStreetMap" (OSM) via an API. The provider is the OpenStreetMap Foundation (Openstreetmap Foundation, 132 Maney Hill Road, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, B72 1JU, United Kingdom). To use the functions of OpenStreetMap, it is necessary to store your IP address. This information is usually transferred to an OpenStreetMap server and stored there. The provider of this site has no influence on this data transmission. The use of OpenStreetMap is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers and an easy findability of the places indicated on the website. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. More information about how user data is handled can be found on the OpenStreetMap privacy page and here https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Legal_FAQ.

Privacy Policy for Google Drive

For registration for promotions and events, we use Google Drive and associated services such as Google Forms, Google Sheets, and Google Docs. These services are provided by Google Inc, (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; "Google"). The use of Google Drive is in the interest of a quick and reliable processing of corresponding registrations. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. If consent has been requested, the processing will be carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO; consent can be revoked at any time.

Further information about Google Drive can be found in the terms of use: https://policies.google.com/terms and in Google's privacy policy: https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/

Privacy Policy for Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc, (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; "Google"). The use includes the operating mode "Universal Analytics". This makes it possible to assign data, sessions, and interactions across multiple devices to a pseudonymous user ID and thus analyze a user's activities across devices. This privacy notice is provided by https://www.intersoft-consulting.de/.

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 this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. If IP anonymization is activated on this website, your IP address will be truncated by Google within member states of the European Union or other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area before being transmitted. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity, and to provide other services related to website activity and internet usage to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data. 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 prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in. Opt-out cookies prevent the future collection of your data when you visit this website. To prevent Universal Analytics from collecting data across different devices, you must perform the opt-out on all systems used. Clicking here will set the opt-out cookie: Disable Google Analytics

For more information on terms of use and privacy, please visit http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html or http://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/. Please note that Google Analytics has been expanded on this website with the code "anonymizeIp" to ensure anonymous collection of IP addresses (so-called IP masking).

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