1. General

1.1 What is personal data? Personal data is information that discloses or can disclose the identity of the user. We adhere to the principle of data avoidance. As far as possible, we do not collect personal data.

1.2 Dealing with personal data Personal data is used solely for the purpose of establishing the contract, structuring its content, implementing or processing the contractual relationship (Art. 6 I S. 1 b GDPR). In addition, personal data will only be processed if we have received your consent to do so (Art. 6 I S. 1 a GDPR) or if it concerns data whose processing is necessary for our legitimate interests and if the assessment shows that there are no overriding interests, fundamental rights or fundamental freedoms on your part (Art. 6 I S. 1 f GDPR). We may use contract processors to process your personal data, but will not pass on your personal data to third parties. The necessary payment data will only be passed on to the bank commissioned with the payment and, if applicable, to the commissioned and selected payment service provider for the processing of payments.

Your personal data will only be processed within the EU, unless otherwise stated below.

1.3 Usage data When you visit the website, general technical information is collected. This includes the IP address used, time of day, duration of the visit, browser type and, if applicable, the page of origin. This usage data is registered in a log file for technical reasons and can be used and stored for the purpose of statistical evaluation of this website. This usage data is not linked to your other personal data.

1.4 Registration data Registration is required for full use of the features of our website. The registration data is collected through your corresponding entries and used for the specific purpose stated in accordance with your consent (Art. 6 I S. 1 a GDPR).

1.5 Duration of storage After the end of the purpose for which the data was collected, we only store your personal data for as long as this is necessary due to legal (in particular tax) regulations.

2. Your rights

2.1 Information You can request information from us as to whether we process your personal data and, if so, you have a right to information about this personal data and the further information specified in Art. 15 GDPR.

2.2 Right to Correction You have the right to rectify the incorrect personal data concerning you and may request the completion of incomplete personal data in accordance with Art. 16 GDPR.

2.3 Right to cancellation You have the right to demand that we delete your personal data immediately. We are obliged to delete them immediately, in particular if one of the following reasons applies:

• Your personal data is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed.
• You revoke your consent on which the processing of your data was based and there is no other legal basis for the processing.
• our data have been processed unlawfully.

The right to deletion does not exist insofar as your personal data is necessary for the assertion, exercise or defence of our legal claims.

2.4 Right to limitation of processing You have the right to demand that we restrict the processing of your personal data if

• you dispute the accuracy of the data and we therefore verify the accuracy,
• the processing is unlawful and you refuse to delete it and instead request the restriction of its use
• we no longer need the data, but you need it to assert, exercise or defend legal claims,
• you have objected to the processing of your data and it is not yet clear whether our legitimate reasons outweigh your reasons.

2.5 Right to Data Transferability You have the right to receive the personal data relating to you that you have provided to us in a structured, common and machine-readable format and you have the right to communicate this data to another responsible person without our interference, provided that the processing is based on a consent or a contract and the processing is carried out by us using automated procedures.

2.6 Right of revocation If the processing of your personal data is based on a consent, you have the right to revoke this consent at any time.

2.7 General and right of appeal The exercise of your aforementioned rights is generally free of charge for you. If you have any complaints, you have the right to contact the supervisory authority responsible for us, the state data protection officer, directly.

3. Data security

3.1 Data security All data on our website is protected by technical and organisational measures against loss, destruction, access, alteration and distribution.

3.2 Sessions and Cookies We use cookies or server-side sessions in which data can be stored to operate the website. We ensure that no personal data from sessions or through cookies is taken over without your express consent and that cookies are only used if this is technically necessary for the website and therefore the balance is that there are no overriding interests on your part (Art. 6 I S. 1 f GDPR) or an express consent on your part. After your express consent, we use cookies to personalise content and advertisements, to offer functions for social media and to analyse access to our website. With your consent, we may pass on information about your use of our website to our partners for social media, advertising and analyses. Our partners may be able to merge this information with other information that the partners already own from you.

Below you will find the domain, name and duration of the cookie:

4. Presence on social media platforms We use the following social media platforms for company presentation and communication (the following linked data protection declarations and opt-out options are expressly referred to).

• Facebook (Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland) Privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/ Opt-Out: https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads alternative http://www.youronlinechoices.com
• Twitter (Twitter Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA) Privacy policy: https://twitter.com/de/privacy Opt-Out: https://twitter.com/personalization,
• Instagram (Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland) Privacy Policy and Opt-Out: http://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/.
• Pinterest (Pinterest Inc., 635 High Street, Palo Alto, CA, 94301, USA) Privacy policy and Opt-Out: https://about.pinterest.com/de/privacy-policy.
• LinkedIn (LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Irland) Privacy policy https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy Opt-Out: https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out
• YouTube (Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Irland) Privacy policy: http://www.youtube.com/t/privacy/.
• TikTok (TikTok Inc., 10100 Venice Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232 , USA) Privacy policy https://www.tiktok.com/legal/privacy-policy?lang=de

These social media platforms may be able to process personal data outside the EU, we refer in this respect to the above data protection declarations of the social media platforms.

The respective social media platforms may create user profiles and store cookies on your computer, in which your user behaviour is stored, based on your user behaviour and the resulting interests on your part. If you have an account on the respective social media platform and are logged in, your usage behaviour can even be stored independent of the device. Your usage profile can be used, for example, to place advertisements that presumably correspond to your interests.

We process the personal data exclusively for communication with you via the social media platform selected by you and for the optimisation of our online presence and make sure that no interests on your part are affected which outweigh this justified interest on our part (Art. 6 I S. 1 f GDPR). If you have already given the respective operator of the social media platform effective consent to the corresponding data processing, your personal data will also be processed on the basis of this consent (Art. 6 I S. 1 a GDPR).

5. Third-party services

5.1 Google Analytics This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, operated by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland ("Google") and collects and stores data via this web analytics service, from which user profiles are created using pseudonyms. The usage profiles created in this way are used to evaluate visitor behavior in order to design and improve the offer presented on this website in line with requirements. Google Analytics uses "cookies", which are small 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 the event that IP anonymization is activated on this website, however, your IP address will be truncated beforehand by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating 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 data from Google. The usage profiles kept under a pseudonym will also not be merged with personal data about the user without the user's express and separately declared consent. Thus, the balance shows that there are no overriding interests on your part (Art. 6 (1 f) GDPR). 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 the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) to Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link (http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de). In addition, you can prevent the collection of your data by Google Analytics by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie will be set, which will prevent the collection of your data during future visits to this website: Google Analytics deactivate. You can view Google's privacy policy at http://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/. For more information on the terms of use, please visit http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html. We would like to point out that on this website Google Analytics has been extended by the code "anonymizeIp" to ensure anonymized collection of IP addresses (so-called IP masking). This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service by Google Inc., operated by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Irland („Google“) and raises and saves data through this web analysis service from which user profiles are created through the use of pseudonyms. The user profiles created this way serve the analysis of the visitor’s behavior to create and improve a customized offer on this website. Google Analytics uses so-called “Cookies”, small text files which are saved on your computer, and which allow you an analysis of the website’s use. The information generated through the cookie about your use of the website is generally transmitted to a Google server in the USA and saved there. In case of the website’s IP anonymization activation, your IP address, however, is shortened within the member countries of the European Union or in other Member States of the Agreement of the European Economic Area. Only in exceptions, the full IP address is transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. On behalf of this website’s provider, Google will use this information to analyze your use of the website, to compose reports about website activities and to procure further services, in conjunction with the use of this website and the use of the Internet, for the website provider. The IP address transmitted in your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other data collected by Google. Even user profiles used under a pseudonym are not merged with the personally-related data about the user without express and separately-stated permission from the user. You can prohibit the storage of cookies through the appropriate setting of your browser software. However, we want to advise you, that in this case not all functions of this website may be fully functional and usable. Furthermore, you may prevent data collection through cookies related to your use of this website (incl. your IP address) and transmission to Google as well as data processing by Google by downloading and installing the available browser plug-in, available at the following link [ http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de ]. In addition, you can prevent the collection of your data by Google Analytics by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie will be set, which will prevent the collection of your data during future visits to this website: Google Analytics deactivate. You can view Google's privacy policy at http://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/. For more information on the terms of use, please visit http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html. We would like to point out that on this website Google Analytics has been extended by the code "anonymizeIp" to ensure anonymized collection of IP addresses (so-called IP masking).

5.2 Social media links We have our own social media pages with the third-party providers that can be reached via links from this website. By using the links you will reach the respective websites of the third party providers (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram). In order to avoid unnecessary data transfer, we recommend that you log out of the respective third-party provider yourself before using a corresponding link, so that usage profiles cannot be created by the third-party provider through the use of the link.

5.3 Use of Google ReCAPTCHA This website uses the reCAPTCHA service of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland ("Google"). The function is designed to distinguish whether the input is human or abusive through automated, machine processing. The query includes the sending of the IP address and any other data required by Google for the reCAPTCHA service to Google. For this purpose, your input will be transmitted to Google and used there. Your IP address will, however, be shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other signatory states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area before it is used. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transferred to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. The IP address transmitted by your browser in the context of reCaptcha is not merged with other data from Google. The processing thus serves to prevent misuse of this website and is ultimately anonymous, so that the weighing of interests shows that there are no predominant interests on your part that stand in the way of processing (Art. 6 I p. 1 f DSGVO). The data protection guidelines of Google apply, which can be found at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

5.4 Google Web Fonts We use so-called web fonts from Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland ("Google") to display a uniform font on our website. These are automatically stored in your browser cache when you call up one of our pages to enable the desired display. If your browser does not support the web fonts used, a standard font of your computer may be used. This does not affect any user interests that outweigh this technical necessity (Art. 6 I p. 1 f DSGVO). You can view Google's privacy policy here: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/. Further information on Google Web Fonts can be found at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq.

5.5 Google DoubleClick This website uses the online marketing tool DoubleClick (operated by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland). DoubleClick uses cookies to serve ads that are relevant to users, to improve campaign performance reports, or to prevent a user from seeing the same ads more than once. Google uses a cookie ID to record which ads are displayed in which browser and can thus prevent them from being displayed more than once. In addition, DoubleClick can use cookie IDs to record so-called conversions that are related to ad requests. This is the case, for example, when a user sees a DoubleClick ad and later calls up the advertiser's website with the same browser and buys something there. According to Google, DoubleClick cookies do not contain any personal information. Due to the marketing tools used, your browser automatically establishes a direct connection with Google's server. We have no influence on the scope and further use of the data collected by Google through the use of this tool and therefore inform you according to our state of knowledge: Through the integration of DoubleClick, Google receives the information that you have called up the relevant part of our website or clicked on the ad from us. If you are registered with a Google service, Google can assign the visit to your account. Even if you are not registered with Google or have not logged in, there is a possibility that the provider will learn your IP address and store it. You can prevent participation in this tracking process by making the appropriate setting in your browser. We would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of our offer to their full extent. DoubleClick is only used with your consent (Art. 6 (1 a) GDPR). You can view Google's privacy policy here: http://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy

https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/. Further information on Google Web Fonts can be found at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq.

5.6 CloudFlare On our website, a web service of the company CloudFlare Inc, 101 Townsend St, 94107 San Francisco (hereinafter: CloudFlare) is reloaded. We use this data to ensure the full functionality of our website. In this context, your browser may transmit personal data to CloudFlare. Furthermore, we have concluded a "Data Processing Agreement" with Cloudflare. This is a contract in which Cloudflare undertakes to protect the data of our users, to process it on our behalf in accordance with its data protection provisions and, in particular, not to pass it on to third parties. The processing of your data by Cloudflare only takes place with your express consent (Art. 6 (1 a) GDPR). For more information on the handling of the transferred data, please refer to CloudFlare's privacy policy: https://www.cloudflare.com/security-policy/?utm_referrer=https://www.google.de/ . You can prevent the collection as well as the processing of your data by CloudFlare by disabling the execution of script code in your browser or by installing a script blocker in your browser (this can be found, for example, at www.noscript.net or www.ghostery.com ).

5.7 Amazon CloudFront – Content Delivery Network (CDN) Unsere Seite lädt Java-Script Code des Unternehmens Amazon Web Services, Inc., P.O. Box 81226, Seattle, WA 98108, USA (Amazon CloudFront – Content Delivery Network (CDN)). Ein CDN ist ein Dienst, mit dessen Hilfe Inhalte unseres Onlineangebotes, insbesondere große Mediendateien, wie Grafiken oder Skripte mit Hilfe regional verteilter und über das Internet verbundener Server, schneller ausgeliefert werden. Die Verarbeitung der Daten der Nutzer erfolgt allein zu den vorgenannten Zwecken und der Aufrechterhaltung der Sicherheit und Funktionsfähigkeit des CDN. Falls in Ihrem Browser Java-Script aktiviert und keinen Java-Script-Blocker installiert ist, übermittelt Ihr Browser ggf. personenbezogene Daten an das Amazon CloudFront – Content Delivery Network (CDN). Wir haben keine Kenntnis darüber, welche Daten Amazon CloudFront – Content Delivery Network (CDN) mit den erhaltenen Daten verknüpft und zu welchen Zwecken Amazon CloudFront – Content Delivery Network (CDN) diese Daten nutzt. Hierzu finden Sie weitere Informationen in der Datenschutzerklärung von Amazon CloudFront – Content Delivery Network (CDN) unter folgendem Link: https://aws.amazon.com/de/privacy/?nc1=f_pr.

6. Newsletter If you register for our newsletter, we will use the data required for this purpose or separately provided by you to regularly send you our e-mail newsletter based on your consent pursuant to Art. 6 (1 a) GDPR. Unsubscribing from the newsletter is possible at any time and can be done either by sending us a message via the contact options provided in the imprint or via the link provided for this purpose in the newsletter. After unsubscribing, we will delete your e-mail address unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to use data beyond this, which is permitted by law and about which we inform you in this statement.

7. Contact If you would like to contact us about data protection, please use the contact options below. Responsible person in the sense of the GDPR: