Privacy Policy

We take your privacy very seriously and process your personal data in accordance with the applicable legal data protection requirements. Personal data within the meaning of this information is all information that can relate to you as a person, such as name, address, email and IP address, user behavior.

With the following privacy policy, we inform you about the processing of your personal data by us. Furthermore, we provide you with an overview of your data protection rights. Which data is processed in detail and how it is used depends primarily on the services used, requested or agreed upon.

4.1 In addition to the purely informational use of our website, we offer various services that you can use if you are interested. To do so, you usually have to provide additional personal data that we use to provide the respective service.

4.2 When you contact us by email or via a contact form, the data you provide (your email address, salutation, first and last name and, if applicable, your telephone number) will be stored by us in order to answer your inquiry. We delete the resulting data after storage is no longer necessary or restrict processing if there are statutory retention obligations.

5.1 On this website we use the Google Maps service. This allows us to display interactive maps directly on the website and enables you to use the map function conveniently.

5.2 By visiting the website, Google receives the information that you have accessed the corresponding subpage of our website. In addition, the data mentioned under Section 3 of this privacy policy is transmitted. This occurs regardless of whether Google provides a user account through which you are logged in or whether no user account exists. If you are logged in to Google, your data will be assigned directly to your account. If you do not wish to be associated with your Google profile, you must log out before activating the button. Google stores your data as usage profiles and uses it for advertising, market research and/or the needs-based design of its website. Such evaluation takes place in particular (even for users who are not logged in) for the provision of needs-based advertising and to inform other users of the social network about your activities on our website. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles, whereby you must contact Google to exercise this right.

5.3 Further information on the purpose and scope of data collection and its processing by the plug-in provider can be found in the provider's privacy statements. There you will also find further information on your rights in this regard and setting options for protecting your privacy: http://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy. Google also processes your personal data in the USA and has submitted to the EU-US Privacy Shield.

6.1 We have some of the aforementioned processes and services carried out by carefully selected service providers commissioned in accordance with data protection regulations. These external service providers are bound by our instructions and are regularly monitored. They will not pass on your data to third parties.

6.2 With regard to the disclosure of data to other recipients, we only pass on information about you if statutory provisions require this, you have consented or we are authorized to pass on the information. If these conditions are met, recipients of personal data may include:

• Public authorities and institutions (e.g. tax authorities, law enforcement agencies) if there is a legal or official obligation.
• Other companies or comparable institutions to which we transmit personal data in order to carry out the business relationship with you.

9.1 The data is stored in accordance with statutory provisions on data processing and in observance of statutory retention periods. We only process and use your data for the purposes for which we are authorized and as long as the data is required for these purposes.

9.2 If the data is no longer required for the purpose or to fulfill legal obligations, it will generally be deleted unless its - temporary and possibly restricted - further processing is necessary for the following purposes:

• The fulfillment of commercial and tax retention obligations: The German Commercial Code (HGB) and the German Fiscal Code (AO) should be mentioned. According to this, the retention or documentation periods are set at up to 10 years.
• The preservation of evidence within the framework of statutory limitation periods: According to Sections 195 et seq. of the German Civil Code (BGB), the regular limitation period is three years, but in special circumstances up to 30 years.