Data protection and cookie policy

This data protection policy contains information about the nature, the scope and the purpose of the collection and usage of data of this website.

Server log files

When you open our website, data is temporarily saved and processed. The following data is saved:

  • • Anonymized IP address,
  • • Name of the internet provider used,
  • • website through which you came to our website,
  • • pages visited by you on our website,
  • • Name of the file accessed,
  • • Date, time and duration of access,
  • • Transferred data volume,
  • • Notification whether the data access/retrieval has been successful.

 

This data retention is only for statistical purposes and improvement of our offering; no personal references are created.

 

Social media plugins

We do not use social media plugins. The clickable button of LinkedIn in the footer section of the website is merely a link, which leads to our corporate profile on this social network.

 

Contact form

When using our contact form, the information you give us will be saved to process your request. This data will be deleted, as soon as this data is no longer required or if the deletion is not bound by statutory retention periods.

 

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 the website will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. In case IP-anonymisation is activated on this website, your IP address will be truncated within the area of Member States of the European Union or other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases the whole IP address will be first transferred to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. The IP-anonymisation is active on this website. Google will use this information on behalf of the operator of this website for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing them other services relating to website activity and internet usage. The IP-address, that your Browser conveys within the scope of Google Analytics, will not be associated with any other data held by 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 opt-out from being tracked by Google Analytics with effect for the future by downloading and installing Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Addon for your current web browser: “http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en”

 

Sources: Data privacy overview for Google Analytics