Privacy Policy

Compliance with the applicable legal provisions on data protection of personal data is a matter of course for us. According to the Data Protection Act (DSG 2000), personal data is information that can be used to find out the identity of web users. This includes information such as name, address, postal address, telephone number, etc.. Any information that cannot be directly linked to the actual identity of the user is therefore not included.

If necessary and if you use a personalized, interactive or mail service on our website, we collect personal information from you. We use this personal data only within our association. This data will not be disclosed to third parties, unless this is necessary for the performance of the contract or we are required by law.

Terms of use, warranty, liability

The use of this website is at your own risk. We do not assume any warranty for the published contributions, offers and services with regard to correctness, completeness and functionality. The warranty is governed by the statutory provisions. Any liability for damages arising directly or indirectly from the use of this website is excluded. This website and the associated services are operated with the upmost care. For technical reasons, however, it is not possible that these services will be accessible without interruption, that the desired connections can always be established or that stored data will be preserved under all circumstances. Therefore, constant availability cannot be guaranteed. Connectivity to other network operators is provided as far as possible. Any liability for problems that have their cause in the networks of third parties is excluded. The use of other networks is subject to the terms of use of the respective operators. We are not liable for force majeure, strikes, restrictions of the services of other network operators as well as repair and maintenance work and the associated restrictions or interruptions of this service.

Link Policy

In the case of links to other online offers, we assume no liability for the content, functionality and availability of the linked website(s). This also applies to all other direct or indirect references or links to external internet offers. Links to this website are welcome if they are designed as external links in a separate browser window. A transfer of the main window into a frame of the link setter is not permitted. Should a website to which we have linked contain illegal content, please inform us and the link will be removed immediately.

Data protection

The use of our website is generally possible without providing personal data. Insofar as personal data (for example name, address or e-mail addresses) is collected on our pages, this is always done, as far as possible, on a voluntary basis. This data will not be passed on to third parties without your express consent.

We point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g. communication by e-mail) can have security vulnerabilities. A complete protection of 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 for the purpose of sending unsolicited advertising and information material is hereby explicitly 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 spam mails.

Privacy policy for the use of Facebook plugins (Like button)

Plugins of the social network Facebook, 1601 South California Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA are integrated on our pages. You can recognize the Facebook plugins by the Facebook logo or the „Like button“ („Like“) on our page. You can find an overview of the Facebook plugins here:  http://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/.

When you visit our pages, a direct connection between your browser and the Facebook server is established 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 content of our pages on your Facebook profile. This allows Facebook to associate the visit to our pages with your user account. 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 Facebook. For more information, please refer to the privacy policy of facebook at  http://de-de.facebook.com/policy.php

If you do not want Facebook to be able 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 Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc („Google“). 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 transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. In the event that IP anonymization is activated on this website, 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.

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.

Privacy policy for the use of Twitter

On our pages, functions of the service Twitter are integrated. These functions are offered by Twitter Inc, 795 Folsom St, Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94107, 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. In the process, data is also transferred to Twitter.

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