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This privacy policy covers the collection and use of personal data

The protection of your personal data is of particular concern to us. We therefore process your data exclusively on the basis of the statutory provisions (GDPR, ТKG 2003). In this data protection information, we inform you about the most important aspects of data processing in the context of our website.

Cookie settings

You can adjust or revoke your cookie settings here. To remove cookies that have already been set, please delete your cookies. You can find instructions on how to do this on the help pages of your browser.

Use of cookies

Cookies are used on various pages to simplify the use of our website and communication and to better adapt our Internet presence to your needs. A cookie is a small text file that is stored on your hard disk by a website. Cookies do not damage your computer and do not contain viruses. You can deactivate the use of cookies at any time via your browser settings.

Use of Google Analytics, Google Convers Tracking and Google Remarketing

This website uses Google Analytics, Google Convers Tracking and Google Remarketing. These are services provided by Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States (“Google”). Google 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 (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google complies with the data protection provisions of the “EU-US Privacy Shield” agreement, https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for us and providing us with other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Third-party providers, including Google, place ads on websites on the Internet. Third-party vendors, including Google, use stored cookies to serve ads based on a user’s previous visits to our website. Google may also 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. Google will not associate your IP address 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. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above. You can object to the collection and storage of data at any time with effect for the future. You can deactivate the use of cookies by Google by visiting the page for deactivating Google advertising. Alternatively, users can deactivate the use of cookies by third-party providers by visiting the deactivation page of the Network Advertising Initiative.

Deactivation of Google advertising

(http://www.google.com/privacy_ads.html) or on the deactivation page of the network advertising initiative (http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp)

Use of Google Maps Use of Google Maps:

The media owner’s services use Google Maps to display maps and to create directions. Google Maps is operated by Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. When the user uses the platform, it establishes a direct connection with Google’s servers. Google thus receives device-specific data, location data, IP address (log files) and information about cookies. By using the platform, the user agrees to the transmission, collection, processing and use of the automatically collected data by Google. In all other respects, the statements under point 10 of this privacy policy apply analogously.

Use of Facebook social plugins

Our website uses social plugins (“plugins”) from the social network facebook.com, which is operated by Facebook Inc, 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA (“Facebook”). The plugins are marked with a Facebook logo or the addition “Facebook Social Plugin”. When you visit a website on our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection with the Facebook servers. The content of the plugin is transmitted by Facebook directly to your browser, which integrates it into the website. By integrating the plugin, Facebook receives the information that you have accessed the corresponding page of our website. If you are logged in to Facebook, Facebook can assign the visit to your Facebook account. If you interact with the plugins, for example by clicking the “Like” button or leaving a comment, the corresponding information is transmitted directly from your browser to Facebook and stored there. The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Facebook as well as your rights in this regard and setting options to protect your privacy can be found in Facebook’s data protection information. If you do not want Facebook to collect data about you via our website, you must log out of Facebook before visiting our website.

Use of Instagram social plugins

Our website uses social plugins (“plugins”) from Instagram, which is operated by Instagram LLC, 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA (“Instagram”). The plugins are marked with an Instagram logo, for example in the form of an “Instagram camera”. When you access a page on our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to Instagram’s servers. The content of the plugin is transmitted by Instagram directly to your browser and integrated into the page. Through this integration, Instagram receives the information that your browser has accessed the corresponding page of our website, even if you do not have an Instagram profile or are not currently logged in to Instagram. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted directly from your browser to an Instagram server in the USA and stored there. If you are logged in to Instagram, Instagram can directly associate your visit to our website with your Instagram account. If you interact with the plugins, for example by clicking the “Instagram” button, this information is also transmitted directly to an Instagram server and stored there. The information is also published on your Instagram account and displayed there to your contacts. The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Instagram as well as your rights in this regard and setting options to protect your privacy can be found in Instagram’s data protection information: https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388/. If you do not want Instagram to assign the data collected via our website directly to your Instagram account, you must log out of Instagram before visiting our website.

Declaration of consent of the user

By using our website and the offers contained therein, you agree that the personal data voluntarily transmitted by you will be stored by us and processed and used in accordance with this privacy policy.

Right to information

You have the unrestricted right to free information about your data stored by us as well as the right to delete or block inadmissible data or the right to correct incorrect data. Upon request, we will be happy to inform you in writing whether and which personal data we have stored about you. As far as possible, we will take appropriate measures to update or correct your data stored by us at short notice. In such cases, please contact our company management directly.