In addition to these website-specific data protection notices, the data protection notices in accordance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation also apply.

Data protection / principle / purpose / security

The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this data protection declaration. We want you to know when we collect which data and how we use it.

Our website can generally be used without providing personal data. Insofar as personal data (e.g. name, address, telephone number or e-mail address) is collected on our website, this is always done on a voluntary basis as far as possible. We only use the personal data to answer your request, process your orders or provide access to information or sources of information. This data will not be passed on to third parties or otherwise marketed without your express consent. All our employees and all vicarious agents involved in data processing are committed to the Federal Data Protection Act and the confidential handling of personal data. Our security measures are continuously revised in line with technological developments.

We have taken technical and organizational security measures to protect your personal data from loss, destruction, manipulation and unauthorized access.

Persons who have not yet reached the age of 18 should not transmit any personal data to us without the consent of their parents or legal guardians. We do not request personal data from young people and children.

We would like to point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g. when communicating by email) can have security gaps. It is not possible to completely protect data from third-party access. However, the security measures are continuously improved in line with technological developments.

You have the right to free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipient and the purpose of data processing as well as a right to correction, blocking, restriction of processing, data portability or deletion of this data at any time. If you have any questions about personal data, you can contact us at any time at the address given in the imprint.

You can revoke your consent to the collection and storage of your personal data by us at any time. Please write to us by post or e-mail.

Below you will find information about cookies, how we use them on our website and what options you have if you prefer to deactivate these cookies - despite their advantages. If you do not deactivate cookies, we assume that you consent to the use of cookies.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer or on your mobile device. The data is saved by your browser e.g. E.g. Firefox, Google Chrome and Safari. Most of the cookies we use are so-called "session cookies". They are automatically deleted after your visit. Other cookies remain on your device until you delete them. These cookies enable us to recognize your browser the next time you visit, to make it easier for you to use the website and to make it more individual.

You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and only allow cookies in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general, and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when the browser is closed. Instructions for managing cookies on your browser can usually be found in the help function of the browser or in the operating instructions of your smartphone. If cookies are deactivated, the functionality of this website may be restricted. Cookies do no damage to your computer and cannot contain viruses.

Which cookies are used?

Cookies are used which, for example, remember your personal settings (e.g. selected language). The cookies used serve to make our offer more user-friendly, more effective and safer.

We strive to continuously improve the website. For this purpose, cookies are used, which provide us with overall statistics on the number of visitors, which areas of a page are viewed the most, information about the city or location of the users and the length of stay, etc. These can be done by an external analysis commissioned by us Vendors to be installed. With the help of these cookies, only anonymized data is collected, which enables an analysis of the use of our website.

So-called social plugins from social networks are sometimes used on our website. A cookie must be installed on your device so that you can share content from our website using social media channels such as Facebook or Twitter.

By integrating the plugins, the providers receive the information that your browser has called up the corresponding page of our website, even if you do not have a profile with the relevant provider or are not currently logged in. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted from your browser directly to a server of the respective provider and stored there.

If you are logged into one of the social networks, the providers can assign your visit to our website to your profile on Facebook or Google . If you interact with the plugins, for example by clicking the "Like" - the " 1" - or the "Tweet" button, the corresponding information is also transmitted directly to a server of the provider and stored there. The information is also published on the social network or on your Twitter account and displayed there to your contacts.

The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by the provider as well as your rights and setting options for protecting your privacy can be found in the data protection information of the provider:

Facebook is operated by Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA (“Facebook”). An overview of the plugins from Facebook and their appearance can be found here:

https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins

Facebook's privacy policy: http://www.facebook.com/policy.php

Google is operated by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google"). An overview of the plugins from Google and their appearance can be found here:

https://developers.google.com/ /web/

Data protection information from Google: http://www.google.com/intl/de/ /policy/ 1button.html

LinkedIn is operated by Linkedin Inc., 2029 Stierlin Court Mountain View, CA 94043 United States. An overview of the LinkedIn plugins and their appearance can be found here:

https://developer.linkedin.com/plugins

Data protection information from LinkedIn: http://de.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy

Xing is operated by Xing AG, Dammtorstraße 30, 20354 Hamburg. An overview of the plugins from Xing and their appearance can be found here: https://dev.xing.com/plugins/share_button

Xing's data protection notice: https://www.xing.com/privacy

Instagram is operated by Instagram LLC. An overview of the Instagram buttons and their appearance can be found here: https://instagram.com/developer/#

Instagram data protection notice: https://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/#

YouTube is operated by YouTube LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066 USA, represented by Google Inc. An overview of the YouTube buttons and their appearance can be found here: https://developers.google.com/youtube/ youtube_subscribe_button

Data protection information from YouTube: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/

Twitter is operated by Twitter Inc., 1355 Market St, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103. You can find an overview of the Twitter buttons and their appearance here: https://twitter.com/about/resources/buttons

Data protection information from Twitter: https://twitter.com/privacy

We have no influence on the amount of data that the social network collects using this plugin. Please inform yourself using the data protection information of the respective social network.

This website uses functions of the web analytics service Google Analytics. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Google Analytics uses cookies to enable an analysis of your use of the website. 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.

If IP anonymization is activated on this website, your IP address will be shortened beforehand by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. The full IP address will only be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and abbreviated there in exceptional cases. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide the website operator with other services related to website activity and internet usage. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.

You can prevent the storage of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly; however, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of this website to their full extent. You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data by Google by downloading the browser plug-in available under the following link and install: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de

Demographic characteristics in Google Analytics

If Google Analytics uses the "demographic features" function, reports are created that contain information about the age, gender and interests of the website visitors. This data comes from interest-based advertising from Google and visitor data from third-party providers. This data cannot be assigned to a specific person. You can deactivate this function at any time via the ad settings in your Google account or generally prohibit the collection of your data by Google Analytics as described in the point “Objection to data collection”.

Objection against data collection

You can prevent Google Analytics from collecting your data by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie is set which prevents the collection of your data on future visits to this website: Deactivate Google Analytics You can find more information on handling user data with Google Analytics in Google's data protection information: https://support.google. com / analytics / answer / 6004245? hl = de

On our site we use "Google Maps" from Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA, hereinafter referred to as "Google".

Each time "Google Maps" is called, Google sets a cookie to process user data and user settings when the page on which "Google Maps" is integrated is displayed. This cookie is not deleted when the browser is closed, but expires after a certain time, unless you delete it manually beforehand.

If you do not consent to this processing of your data, you have the option of deactivating the "Google Maps" service and thus preventing the transfer of data to Google. To do this, you must deactivate the Java Script function in your browser. However, we would like to point out that in this case you will not be able to use "Google Maps" or only to a limited extent.

The following Google terms of use apply to the use of "Google Maps" and the information obtained via "Google Maps" http://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/terms/regional.html and the additional terms and conditions for " Google Maps “https://www.google.com/intl/de_de/help/terms_maps.html.

For technical reasons, the provider of the website collects the following data and automatically stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us.

- Browser type and browser version

- Operating system used

- Website from which you visit us (referrer URL)

- Host name of the accessing computer

- Date and time of your access / server request

- Your Internet Protocol (IP) address.

This anonymous data is stored separately from any personal data you may have provided and cannot be assigned to specific people. This data is not merged with other data sources. We reserve the right to check this data retrospectively if we become aware of specific indications of illegal use. The data is evaluated for statistical purposes in order to optimize our website and our offers.

We protect input forms on our site by using the "reCAPTCHA" service from Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA, hereinafter referred to as "Google". This use can be used to differentiate whether the corresponding input is of human origin or is misused by automated machine processing.

To our knowledge, the referrer URL, the IP address, the behavior of website visitors, information about the operating system, browser and length of stay, cookies, display instructions and scripts, user input behavior and mouse movements in the area of the "reCAPTCHA" checkbox are sent to "Google " transfer.

Google uses the information obtained in this way to digitize books and other print products and to optimize services such as Google Street View and Google Maps (e.g. house number and street name recognition).

The IP address transmitted as part of "reCAPTCHA" will not be merged with other Google data, unless you are logged into your Google account at the time you use the "reCAPTCHA" plug-in. If you want to prevent "Google" from transmitting and storing data about you and your behavior on our website, you must log out of "Google" before you visit our website or use the reCAPTCHA plug-in.

The information obtained from the "reCAPTCHA" service is used in accordance with the Google terms of use: https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/

This website uses external fonts, Google Fonts, provided by Google for the uniform display of fonts. The integration of these fonts takes place after local storage of the corresponding fonts on the own server or web space and by a server call with the server location in Germany. There is no connection to Google servers. In special cases, the web fonts are integrated by a service from Google inc. (Google). These web fonts are integrated by a server call from Google in the USA. This tells the server which of our websites you have visited. Google also stores the IP address of the browser of the visitor's end device on this website. You can find more information in Google's privacy policy, which you can access here: www.google.com/fonts#AboutPlace:about or www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

We occasionally use the Google advertising tool "Google Adwords" to advertise our website. As part of this, we use the analysis service "Conversion Tracking" from Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA, hereinafter referred to as "Google" on our website. If you came to our website via a Google ad, a cookie will be placed on your computer. Cookies are small text files that your internet browser stores and stores on your computer. These so-called "conversion cookies" are not used for your personal identification and lose their validity after 30 days. If you visit certain pages of our website and the cookie has not yet expired, we and Google can recognize that you as a user have clicked on one of our ads placed on Google and have been redirected to our page.

The information obtained using the "conversion cookies" is used by Google to generate visit statistics for our website. These statistics tell us the total number of users who clicked on our ad and which pages of our website were subsequently called up by the respective user. However, we and others via "Google Adwords" do not receive any information that can be used to personally identify users.

You can prevent the installation of "conversion cookies" by setting your browser accordingly, for example using a browser setting that generally deactivates the automatic setting of cookies or specifically only blocks cookies from the "googleadservices.com" domain.

You can find Google's data protection declaration under the following link: https://services.google.com/sitestats/de.html

Your application data will be electronically collected and processed by us for the purpose of processing the application process. If your application is followed by the conclusion of an employment contract, we can store your transmitted data in your personnel file for the purpose of the usual organizational and administrative process, taking into account the relevant legal regulations.

If your job application is rejected, the data you have provided will be deleted automatically two months after the rejection is announced. This does not apply if, due to legal requirements (e.g. the obligation to provide evidence under the General Equal Treatment Act), longer storage is necessary or if you have expressly consented to longer storage in our prospect database.

We reserve the right to adapt our data protection regulations at any time, for example due to technical developments. If you are not satisfied with the data protection measures presented here or if you have any questions regarding the collection, processing and / or use of your personal data, we would be happy to hear from you. We will endeavor to answer your questions as quickly as possible and to implement your suggestions. Please get in contact with us.

In the event of violations of data protection law, the person concerned has the right to lodge a complaint with the responsible supervisory authority. The responsible supervisory authority for data protection issues is the state data protection officer of the federal state in which our company is based. A list of data protection officers and their contact details can be found at the following link: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html

As part of our website, pages / information with external content are also used. These come from:

• Matthias Hummel - Fotolia - Photo database - Fotolia.com etc.

If and to the extent that users use external links on our homepage that we provide on our homepage, our data protection declaration does not include these external links. We have no influence on compliance with data protection and security regulations by the respective provider of the external links. When you visit these pages, your browser establishes a direct connection to the third-party server. This can save the IP address for statistical purposes. This data cannot be assigned to specific people. The author is responsible for the content of external sites. In this respect, we exclude any liability for external content.