We strive to offer you the best possible service; this also includes continuous optimizing of our Internet presence and protection of your personal data. Our server will automatically record data whenever you visit our websites. We do not, however, assign any personal identity to this data, which can, for example, be the domain name and IP address of the requesting computer or the date of access, duration of your visit or the website from which you visit us. This data is generally used for system security purposes as well as to continually optimize our sites and services. Data evaluation is exclusively of a statistical nature. We will store the IP address transmitted by your web browser for a reasonable period of time strictly for the purpose of being able to recognize, limit and rectify any attacks on our websites. Thereafter, we will erase or anonymize the IP address.

Any additional personal data, such as your name, address, telephone number or e-mail address, will not be gathered unless you specifically provide them to us for example by email. Your data will only be gathered, processed or used for the purposes as indicated, unless current legal regulations require us to pass them on. We will only use your data for other purposes such as marketing and market research if you have specifically consented to us doing so.

Usage Data

Whenever you visit our websites, for statistical purposes our web server will temporarily store in a log your so-called “usage data” to allow us to improve the quality of our websites.

This data set consists of the:
• site from which the file was requested,
• file name,
• date and time of the request,
• data volume transmitted,
• access status (file transmitted, file not found),
• description of the type of web browser used,
• requesting computer’s IP address, shortened in such a way that it can no longer be linked to an identified individual. The above-mentioned log data will only be stored in an anonymized form

Data Transfer to Third Countries

In the case of Google Analytics (USA) the adequate level of data protection results from the company’s corresponding participation in the Privacy Shield Framework according to Article 45 Para. 1 of the General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 (“the Regulation”).