Cookie Policy

Cookies are small files that are placed on your desktop, notebook, or mobile device by a website that you visit. We can use cookies to determine things like whether there has been a connection between your device and our website in the past or what language or other settings you prefer. Cookies can also process personal data. We use cookies (“strictly necessary cookies” and “analytical cookies”) to recognize your use inter-ests and particularly popular areas of our website and use this information to improve the design of the website and make it even more user-friendly.

a) “Strictly necessary cookies” “Strictly necessary cookies” are essential to the basic functions of the website. These cookies can-not be deactivated. If you have disabled cookies in your browser, you may find that some functions are not available to you and/or the website does not display correctly. These cookies are: [cookie_audit category=”necessary” style=”winter” columns=”cookie,duration,description”]b) “Analytical cookies” We use “analytical cookies” to recognize your use interests and particularly popular areas of our website and use this information to improve the design of the website and make it even more user-friendly. You can click to consent to the use of analytical cookies: You can click to withdraw your consent to the use of analytical cookies at any time: These cookies are: [cookie_audit category=”analytics” style=”winter” columns=”cookie,duration,description”] Using these cookies, profiles of users who browse the website are not created nor, therefore, are automated decisions made based on this data. You can find out about transfers to third countries that, where applicable, are carried out by the third parties identified in this cookie policy, as well as the risks involved in said transfer in accordance with their own policies unrelated to this website, by accessing their corresponding policies. of cookies provided in each case in the previous table. You can accept, deny or revoke consent for the use of the cookies described in this policy through the cookie configurator that appears available in the initial cookie use notice when you access the main page, but you can also deactivate or delete cookies. previously accepted through the internet browsers’ own settings. We indicate the most popular ones in this same cookie policy.

We use the “Google Analytics” Web analytics service on our website. The service provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Google Analytics uses the analysis cookies noted above. The Google Analytics cookies are stored on the basis of point (a) of Article 6(1) GDPR. The data collected are anonymous to us as the opera-tor of this website. We cannot draw any conclusions regarding users’ identity. We have activated the IP anonymization function on this website. This means that Google truncates (shortens) your IP address within Member States of the European Union or in other states that are signatories to the Agreement on the European Economic Area before transferring it to the United States. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transferred to a Google server in the United States and truncated there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this infor-mation to analyze your use of the website, compile reports on website activity, and provide the web-site operator with further services associated with the use of the website and of the Internet. We have entered into a contract for processing of data with Google. You can object to the processing of data by Google at any time by using the opt-out plugin: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de or via the ad display settings: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated .

Our website uses embedded videos of the service “YouTube.” The service provider is YouTube LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. YouTube is a platform that enables playback of audio and video files. When you access a page of our website, the YouTube player embedded there establishes a connec-tion to YouTube to ensure the technical transfer of the video or audio file. Data are transferred to YouTube when the connection to YouTube is established. The use of YouTube takes place in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offerings. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of point (f) of Article 6(1) GDPR. For information on the purpose and scope of the collection of data, the further processing and use of the data by YouTube, and your rights in this regard and possible settings to protect your privacy, please see the YouTube privacy policy. You can find it at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de#intro

We use maps from the “Google Maps” service on our website. The service provider is Google Ire-land Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. To use the functions of Google Maps, it is necessary to process your IP address. The use of Google Maps takes place in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offer-ings and ensuring that the places indicated by us on the website are easy to find. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of point (f) of Article 6(1) GDPR. For more information on how user data are handled, please see the Google privacy policy. You can find it at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de#intro

We maintain an online presence within social networks and on platforms in order to be able to com-municate with the customers, potential customers, and users who are active there and inform them there about our services. Please note that user data may be processed outside the territory of the European Union during the course of these activities. This may give rise to risks for users because it could be more difficult for users to assert their rights, for example. Furthermore, users’ data are typically processed for market research and advertising purposes. For example, user behavior and the interests of users indicated by that behavior can be used to create use profiles. These use profiles can in turn be used to serve ads that are presumed to match users’ interests on and off these platforms, for example. For these purposes, cookies are typically stored on users’ computers, storing their use behavior and interests. Furthermore, data can also be stored in the use profiles independently of the devices used by the users (especially if the users are mem-bers of the platforms in question and are logged in there). For detailed information on the relevant types of processing and the possibilities of objecting (opting out), please see the information from the providers that is linked below. In the case of inquiries concerning access to information and the assertion of user rights as well, please note that it is most effective to raise these matters with the providers. Only the specific pro-vider has access to users’ data and can take appropriate action directly and provide access to in-formation. Should you still need help even after contacting the providers, please feel free to contact us.

• Facebook, Facebook pages, Facebook groups (Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland) on the basis of an agreement on joint processing of personal data – privacy policy, specifically for pages, opt-out: https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads und http://www.youronlinechoices.com
• Google/YouTube (Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA) – privacy policy, opt out: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de#intro
• Instagram (Instagram Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA) – privacy poli-cy/opt-out: https://privacycenter.instagram.com/policy
• LinkedIn (LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland) – privacy poli-cy, opt-out: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy?trk=homepage-basic_footer-privacy-policy
• Xing (XING AG, Dammtorstraße 29-32, 20354 Hamburg, Germany) – privacy policy, opt-out: https://privacy.xing.com/de/datenschutzerklaerung

We take organizational and technical measures to ensure that those of your data that we process are protected against manipulation, loss, destruction, and access by unauthorized persons. We ad-just the security measures we take to this end to reflect the state of the art on an ongoing basis.