Privacy Policy

1. Collection and use of data in the context of our contact and opinion pages

 

Our website functions as an information platform on which we are able to present ourselves to you. In order to personalise our contact with you,

you can if you wish give us your name, address and e-mail address. However, you can of course also receive information without disclosing your personal details. Our web server logs information which is automatically sent by your web browser program. This includes

 

    the name of your internet service provider,

    the address of the website from which you are visiting us,

    the date and duration of your visit.

 

We save this information and use it to create anonymous user statistics which enable us to see how the websites are used and to design our web content to meet the needs and requirements of our target groups.

 

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2. Transfer of your information to third parties

 

We are obliged by law to disclose your data to prosecuting authorities or courts in the context of criminal proceedings. This ensures that the potential misuse of data is detected in good time and that damage caused to other users is cleared up or even prevented. Your personal details will not be passed on to third parties in any other context.

 

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3. Cookies

 

We use “session based cookies” to facilitate your visit on our homepage. “Session based cookies” are small information units which are used for connection and control purposes and which are only stored in your computer memory. This means that this type of cookies no longer exist on your computer once you close down your browser. We do not use cookies to permanently store address data or the frequency of your visits or order placements on our website. Most web browsers accept cookies automatically.

 

Cookies do not necessarily contain or disclose personal information. However, if you enter personal information on this website, this can be linked with the information stored in the cookies. Operators of other websites are however not able to access these files.

 

You can if you wish completely deactivate the use of cookies in the settings of your web browser. However, it is possible that certain areas of our website may no longer work properly if your browser rejects cookies or similar mechanisms.

 

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4. Publicly available information

 

If bulletin boards or newsgroups are offered now or in the future, we will store data published by you in this context. Information of this kind will only be used in accordance with these data protection guidelines however. Please note that we are not responsible for the use made by third parties of information published in these areas.

 

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5. Period during which your personal data is stored and used

 

We will only store your data for as long as necessary in order to fulfil the objectives outlined in our data protection guidelines.

 

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6. Information about your personal details, updating and deletion

 

You can contact us at any time if you wish to inspect, delete or update any personal data which may have been collected via our website. The same applies if you have any questions about the data we have stored about you or the use it is put to. If you wish your data to be deleted, it will be removed from our systems immediately.

 

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7. Changes to these data protection guidelines

 

Changes to the contents of our data protection guidelines can be found on this page. We will also store older versions of the data protection guidelines, including their validity periods, to ensure that you are informed at all times about the information we collect and how we use it.

 

We will also inform you in good time about any changes and enable you to renew your consent to the storage and use of your data.

 

The information obtained from you will only be used for purposes other than those described in the preceding if you are informed in advance and with your explicit consent.

 

Last update: October 2007