Privacy and Cookie Policy

Your personal data (e.g. title, name, e-mail address, phone number) are processed by us only in accordance with US law. 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 is handled in such cases.

When you access our website or retrieve a file, data of this process is stored in a log file on our web server. This data is not of a personal nature. It is therefore impossible for us to see which user has retrieved which data.

The following data may be stored in particular:

- the domain name of the website you came from

- the websites you visited in our offer

- the names of the retrieved files

- date and time of a retrieval

- the name of your Internet Service Provider

- and, possibly, the operating system and browser version of your computer.

We use this information exclusively to determine the attractiveness of our website and to improve its contents.

Your personal data, insofar as these are necessary for the Contact us page in terms of its establishment, organization of content and modifications, are used exclusively for contacting info.

Without your explicit consent or a legal basis, your personal data is not passed on to third parties outside the scope of Contact Us page. After completion, your data is blocked against further use. We do not create any user accounts.

We do not have a newsletter currently.

We do not perform any credit check at any time and so do not have this option.

We do not store your general details like first and last name and other additional information. We will also do not use this data for any promotional purposes.

To optimize our web presence, we use cookies. These are small text files stored in your computer’s main memory. These cookies are deleted after you close the browser. Other cookies remain on your computer (long-term cookies) and permit its recognition on your next visit. This allows us to improve your access to our site.

You can prevent storage of cookies by choosing a “disable cookies” option in your browser settings. But this can limit the functionality of our Internet offers as a result.

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. 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

We do not use the “Website Custom Audiences” pixel of the social network Facebook, 1601 South California Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA. So-called tracking pixels are integrated on our pages.

We do not have 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”.

On our website we do not use social plugins of the social network Pinterest, which is operated by the Pinterest Inc., 635 High Street, Palo Alto, CA, 94301, USA (“Pinterest”). If you access a website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to the servers of Pinterest. The plugin transmits protocol data to the server of Pinterest in the U.S.A. These protocol data may contain your I.P. address, the address of visited websites that also contain Pinterest functions, type and settings of the browser, date and time of your query, your usage behaviour of Pinterest as well as cookies.

This site contains embedded YouTube functions. The embed videos use YouTube’s privacy-enhanced mode. This mode may set cookies on your computer once you click on the YouTube video player, but YouTube will not store personally-identifiable cookie information for playbacks of embedded videos using the privacy-enhanced mode. To find out more please visit YouTube’s embedding videos information page.

This site contains embedded Vimeo videos. The embed videos use Vimeo's privacy-enhanced mode. This mode may set cookies on your computer once you click on the Vimeo video player, but Vimeo will not store personally-identifiable cookie information for playbacks of embedded videos using the privacy-enhanced mode. To find out more please visit Vimeo’s embedding videos information page.

With Twitter and its Retweet functions, we do have 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

On our website functions of the service Instagram are not embedded. These functions are offered by the Instagram Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA but not used by us.

CalOPPA is the first state law in the US that requires commercial websites and online services to include a privacy policy. The law extends well beyond the borders of California and requires any person or company in the United States, and in some cases, the rest of the world, that operate websites collecting Personally Identifiable Information from California consumers to include a visible privacy policy on its website stating exactly the information being collected and those individuals or companies with whom it is shared. –

As per CalOPPA, we agree to the below:

• Users are permitted to visit our site anonymously.
• Upon its creation, this privacy policy is created, will be clearly linked via the home page or, at least, on the first page encountered upon entering the website.
• Our Privacy Policy link includes the word ‘Privacy’ and will be visibly marked for easy access on the above specified page.

The Fair Information Practices Principles are the basis of privacy law in the United States.

Under Fair Information Practices we will respond in the following way in the event of a data breach:

• Notify the user via email within 14 business days.
• Employ the Individual Redress Principle that states that individuals are entitled to legally pursue enforceable rights against data collectors and processors who fall short of their legal obligations.

The CAN-SPAM Act law defines rules for commercial email as well as establishing requirements for commercial messages and giving users the right to have emails not sent to them.

Our collection of your email address is strictly for sending information and responding to questions and / or requests.

In accordance with CANSPAM, we agree to:

• Not use false or misleading subjects or email addresses.
• Identify the message as an advertisement in a reasonable manner.
• State the physical address of our headquarters.
• Monitor third-party email marketing services for compliance, where applicable.
• Fulfil opt-out/unsubscribe requests as soon as possible.
• Provide users with an unsubscribe option at the bottom of the email that provides instructions that will result in us removing users from all correspondence.

Using this Site is tantamount to acceptance of this policy. If a user does not agree to this policy, they should disengage from the site as continued use of the site would constitute tacit agreement with the policy as detailed above.

Whenever you use our website, we urge you reread our Privacy Policy to ensure you are always up to date with any changes or amendments we may have had to make.