Data protection
General notice and mandatory information
The responsible body for data processing on this website is:
GmbH
Dagmar Gumpert
Teutonenweg 2
65232 Taunusstein
The responsible body decides alone or jointly with others on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g. names, contact details, etc.).
Thank you for your interest in our homepage and our company. Despite careful content control, we cannot accept any liability for external links to third-party content.
Data protection information from GmbH (Privacy Policy)
The security of your data is important for us. We are committed to protecting your privacy and treating your data confidentially.
In our data protection declaration, we would like to point out which of your personal data is recorded and for what purposes this data is used.
As changes in the law make it necessary to adapt this data protection notice, we ask you to read it through regularly.
General information on data protection
What are your personal data?
Personal data is information that can be used to obtain personal and / or factual information about you.
Which data do we collect and process?
You can use mainly without revealing your identity.
If you register for one of our personalized services, we will ask you for your name, a pseudonym or other personal information. It is up to you to decide whether or not to submit your data. Without the required information, however, we cannot 100% guarantee that the desired service will be used to the full extent.
In connection with the retrieval of the information you have requested, data is stored on our servers to provide the service or for security purposes, which may allow identification (for example IP address, date, time and pages viewed).
For what purposes does GmbH your data?
At this point we would like to point out that there is no personal evaluation of your data.
We reserve the right to evaluate anonymized data records. It is e.g. stored in IP logs for system security reasons, to improve our website and for statistical purposes (e.g. Number of users and page views in a certain period).
We do not create any personal user profiles. General information is logged, such as when which pages at were visited or which pages were visited most frequently. However, these data do not allow any conclusions to be drawn about the user, but are made under a pseudonym.
Will your data be passed on to third parties?
Due to legal requirements, we are obliged in exceptional cases to pass on personal data to third parties. (e.g. if there is a suspicion of a criminal offense or misuse of our website. In such a case, we are obliged to pass on your data to the law enforcement authorities).
In all other cases, your data will only be stored in our database and on our servers or those of our contract data processors, unless you have been advised that the data will be passed on to other companies and you have expressly consented to your data being passed on.
In addition, there are hyperlinks to other websites on . In such cases, will redirect you directly to the website of the other provider. Recognize such a change i.a. on changing the URL. If you have been forwarded to the website of a cooperation partner via a hyperlink, the use of your data is subject solely to the data protection regulations of this company.
In such cases, we cannot assume any responsibility for the confidential handling of your data, as we have no influence on whether these companies comply with data protection regulations.
Dealing with social plug-ins
On you will find "Social Plug-Ins". These are functions of the social network through which you can, for example, share content from with your friends or recommend them to others.
In order to prevent data from being passed on to the respective provider when the pages are accessed, we have integrated the social buttons with the help of "Shariff".
We have integrated different functions of Facebook. Facebook functions are marked with the Facebook logo.
With the Like button you can give Facebook users your opinion. As a Facebook user, if you have added the "Recommendations Bar" in Facebook to your Facebook applications, publish your reading activity on Facebook in your news feed and in your timeline as soon as the Recommendations Bar opens on . On Facebook.com, the users to whom you gave the rights to do so when installing the application can find out which article you are reading on . You can remove the entries and applications at any time on Facebook.
If you click on a "Facebook button" at , your browser will establish a direct connection to the Facebook servers. The information is transmitted to Facebook that the corresponding content is called up from or a specific service from .
If you, as a Facebook user, are logged into Facebook at the same time and visit , the assignment of the page view to your profile on Facebook is possible. If you click the integrated Facebook button and then log in to Facebook (or are already logged in), e.g. the "liked" or "recommended" information is published in abbreviated form on Facebook in your profile and your chronicle / timeline. In this way, Facebook can collect and save further usage data if necessary. This can result in Facebook user profiles that go beyond what you reveal yourself on Facebook.
never learns which Facebook buttons you have used in which period, but only receives summarized, non-personal statistics from Facebook about the use of the fan pages from on Facebook.
You can find out which data Facebook collects for its own purposes in Facebook's privacy policy. There you will also find further information on data collection and data processing by Facebook.
Facebook's data protection declaration is available at https://www.facebook.com/policy.php, and Facebook's information on so-called social plugins can be found at https://www.facebook.com/help/443483272359009/.
If you click on a Twitter button on , your browser or the application used will establish a direct connection with the Twitter servers.
The information is transmitted to Twitter that has been accessed. Even if you are not logged into Twitter, Twitter can collect and save usage data if necessary.
If you click the Twitter button on and publish information via the opened Twitter window, you are transmitting information to Twitter. This information is published in your Twitter user profile.
Further information on data collection, data evaluation and data processing of your data by Twitter as well as your related rights can be found in Twitter's data protection declaration, which is available at http://twitter.com/privacy.
You can change your data protection settings on Twitter: https://twitter.com/account/settings
Revocation of your consent to data processing
Some data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke your already given consent at any time. An informal email notification is sufficient for the revocation. The legality of the data processing carried out before the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.
Right to lodge a complaint with the responsible supervisory authority
As a data subject, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority in the event of a breach of data protection law. The competent supervisory authority with regard to data protection issues is the state data protection officer of the federal state in which our company is based.
The following link provides a list of data protection officers and their contact details:
https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html
Right to data portability
In special exceptional cases, you have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfillment of a contract handed over to you or to third parties.
It is made available in a machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another responsible person, this will only be done if it is technically feasible.
SSL or TLS encryption
For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content that you send to us as the site operator, our website uses an SSL or. TLS encryption. This means that data that you transmit via this website cannot be read by third parties. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the "https: //" address line of your browser and by the lock symbol in the browser line.
Server log files
The website provider automatically collects and stores information that your browser automatically transmits to us in server log files.
These are:
- Browser type and browser version
- Operating system used
- Referrer URL
- Host name of the accessing computer
- Time of the server request
- IP address
There is no merging of this data with other data sources. The basis for data processing is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR, which allows the processing of data for the performance of a contract or pre-contractual measures.
Registration on this website
You can register on our website to use certain functions. The transmitted data are used exclusively for the purpose of using the respective offer or service. Mandatory information requested during registration must be given in full. Otherwise we will refuse the registration.
In the event of important changes, e.g. for technical reasons, we will inform you by email. The e-mail will be sent to the address that was given during registration.
The processing of the data entered during registration is based on your consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke your already given consent at any time. An informal email notification is sufficient for the revocation. The legality of the data processing that has already taken place remains unaffected by the revocation.
We store the data collected during registration for the period that you are registered on our website. Your data will be deleted if you cancel your registration. Statutory retention periods remain unaffected.
contact form
Data transmitted via the contact form, including your contact details, will be stored in order to be able to process your request or to be available for follow-up questions. This data will not be passed on without your consent.
The processing of the data entered in the contact form takes place exclusively on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke your already given consent at any time. An informal email notification is sufficient for the revocation. The legality of the data processing operations carried out before the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.
Data transmitted via the contact form will remain with us until you ask us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage or there is no longer any need to store data. Mandatory legal provisions - in particular retention periods - remain unaffected.
Storage duration of contributions and comments
Contributions and comments as well as related data, such as IP addresses, are saved. The content remains on our website until it has been completely deleted or had to be deleted for legal reasons.
The contributions and comments are saved on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke your already given consent at any time. An informal email notification is sufficient for the revocation. The legality of data processing operations that have already taken place remains unaffected by the revocation.
Subscribe to comments
As a user of our website, you can subscribe to comments after you have registered. With a confirmation e-mail we will check whether you are the owner of the given e-mail address. You can unsubscribe from the subscription function for comments at any time via a link in a subscription email. Data entered to set up the subscription will be deleted if you cancel. If this data has been transmitted to us for other purposes and elsewhere, it will remain with us.
Newsletter data
We need an email address from you to send our newsletter. A verification of the given email address is necessary and the receipt of the newsletter must be consented to. Additional data is not collected or is voluntary. The data is used exclusively for sending the newsletter.
The data provided when registering for the newsletter are processed exclusively on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke your already given consent at any time. An informal notification by email is sufficient for the revocation or you can unsubscribe using the "Unsubscribe" link in the newsletter. The legality of the data processing operations already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation.
Data entered to set up the subscription will be deleted if you cancel. If this data has been transmitted to us for other purposes and elsewhere, it will remain with us.
YouTube
Our website uses plugins from YouTube to integrate and display video content.
The video portal is provided by YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA.
When you access a page with an integrated YouTube plug-in, a connection to the YouTube servers is established. This tells YouTube which of our pages you have accessed.
YouTube can assign your surfing behavior directly to your personal profile if you are logged into your YouTube account.
You can prevent this by logging out beforehand.
YouTube is used in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
You can find details on how to handle user data in YouTube's privacy policy at:
Https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.
Cookies
Our website uses cookies. These are small text files that your web browser saves on your device. Cookies help us to make our offer more user-friendly, more effective and safer.
Some cookies are "session cookies." Such cookies are automatically deleted at the end of your browser session. However, other cookies remain on your device until you delete them yourself. Such cookies help us to recognize you when you return to our website.
With a modern web browser you can monitor, restrict or prevent the setting of cookies. Many web browsers can be configured so that cookies are automatically deleted when the program is closed. Deactivating cookies can restrict the functionality of our website.
The setting of cookies, which are necessary to carry out electronic communication processes or to provide certain functions you wish to use (e.g. shopping cart), is based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. As the operator of this website, we have a legitimate interest in storing cookies for the technically error-free and smooth provision of our services. If other cookies are set (e.g. for analysis functions), these will be treated separately in this data protection declaration.
Use of the external search services on (google custom search engine)
On , the Google user-defined search (cse for short) is offered as a search service.
The "google cse" enables a full text search for content from .
If the input field of the "search box" is activated by clicking on it, a link appears below the search box, which refers to this information on data protection.
Activation of the search
By entering in the search field and pressing the enter key, the user activates the search function. The search results page is then called up, which reloads the relevant search results from Google with the help of a plug-in provided by Google. With this search action, data is transferred to the search service.
The search results page
The "google cse" is integrated unchanged into the search results page by . The plugin enables data to be exchanged between the search results page and the Google service when the search results page is called up. The use of the Google search function includes a data transfer by Google to the search results page.
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Your data will not be sent to Google until you activate the search.
By using the search within the search results page, your data will be transferred to Google.
Consent to data transfer by using Google search
By using the search and visiting the search results page, you agree to the data transfer to Google. These include entered search terms and your IP address.
If you do not want to give your consent, do not use our search field. Your data will only be sent if your request is sent via the search field.
Information from Google about the handling of your data can be found in the corresponding data protection declaration from google:
http://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy
Google Analytics
Our website uses functions of the web analysis service Google Analytics. The provider of the web analysis service is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
Google Analytics uses "cookies." These are small text files that your web browser saves on your device and that enable website usage to be analyzed. Information generated by cookies about your use of our website is transmitted to a Google server and stored there. The server location is usually the USA.
Google Analytics cookies are set on the basis of Art. 6 Paragraph 1 lit. f GDPR. As the operator of this website, we have a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior in order to optimize our website and, if necessary, advertising.
Summary
We use Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. ("Google"). Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies", text files that are saved on your computer and that enable your use of the website to be analyzed. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website (including your IP address) is transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity for the website operator and to provide other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties if this is required by law or if third parties process this data on behalf of Google. Under no circumstances will Google associate your IP address with other Google data. You can prevent the installation 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. By using this website you declare that you agree to the processing of the data collected about you by Google in the manner described above and for the purpose stated above. "
IP anonymization
We use Google Analytics in conjunction with the IP anonymization function. It ensures that Google shortens your IP address within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area before it is transmitted to the USA.
There may be exceptional cases in which Google transmits the full IP address to a server in the USA and shortens it there. On our behalf, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to create reports on website activity and to provide us with other services relating to website activity and internet usage. The IP address transmitted by Google Analytics is not merged with other data from Google.
Browser plugin
The setting of cookies by your web browser can be prevented. However, this could limit some functions of our website.
You can also prevent the collection of data regarding your website usage including your IP address and subsequent processing by Google.
You can do this by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available via the following link:
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.
Objection to data collection
You can prevent Google Analytics from collecting your data by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie will be set which prevents the collection of your data on future visits to our website: Deactivate Google Analytics.
You can find details on how user data is handled by Google Analytics in Google's privacy policy:
https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de.
Order processing
In order to fully comply with the statutory data protection requirements, we have concluded an order processing contract with Google.
Demographic characteristics in Google Analytics
Our website uses the “demographic characteristics” function of Google Analytics. It can be used to create reports that contain statements on the age, gender and interests of the site visitors. This data comes from interest-based advertising from Google as well as from visitor data from third-party providers. It is not possible to assign the data to a specific person. You can deactivate this function at any time. You can do this via the ad settings in your Google account or by generally prohibiting the collection of your data by Google Analytics, as explained in the section “Objection to data collection”.
Amazon affiliate program
As the operator of this website, we participate in the Amazon EU partner program. Ads from Amazon and links to Amazon are included on our pages in order to earn money through advertising reimbursements. Amazon cookies are used, which means that Amazon recognizes that you have clicked on a partner link on our website.
The storage of “Amazon cookies” is based on Art. 6 lit. f GDPR. As a website operator, we have a legitimate interest in this, as the amount of the advertising cost reimbursement can only be determined using cookies.
Details on data usage by Amazon can be found in the Amazon privacy policy:
Google AdSense
Our website uses Google AdSense. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
Google AdSense integrates advertisements and sets cookies. Cookies are small text files that your web browser saves on your device in order to analyze the use of the website. Google AdSense also uses web beacons. Web beacons are invisible graphics that allow an analysis of visitor traffic on our website.
Information generated by cookies and web beacons is transmitted to Google servers and stored there. The server is located in the USA. Google can pass this information on to contractual partners. However, Google will not merge your IP address with other data stored about you.
The storage of AdSense cookies is based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. As a website operator, we have a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior in order to optimize our website and advertising.
With a modern web browser you can monitor, restrict and prevent the setting of cookies. Deactivating cookies can restrict the functionality of our website. By using our website, you declare that you consent to the processing of the data collected about you by Google in the manner described above and for the purpose stated above.
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The protection of your personal data during the collection, processing and use on the occasion of your visit to our homepage is important to us. Your data is protected in accordance with legal regulations. Below you will find information about which data is recorded during your visit to the homepage and how it is used:
- Collection and processing of data
Every access to our homepage and every retrieval of a file stored on the homepage are logged. The storage serves internal system-related and statistical purposes. The following are logged: name of the file called up, date and time of the call, amount of data transferred, notification of successful call-up, web browser and requesting domain.
Additionally, the IP addresses of the requesting computers are logged.
Further personal data is only recorded if you provide this information voluntarily, e.g. as part of an inquiry or registration. - Use and disclosure of personal data
If you have provided us with personal data, we will only use it to answer your inquiries, to process contracts concluded with you and for technical administration.
Your personal data will only be passed on to third parties or otherwise transmitted if this is necessary for the purpose of processing the contract - in particular passing on order data to suppliers - this is necessary for billing purposes or you have given your prior consent. You have the right to revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future.
Stored personal data will be deleted if you revoke your consent to storage, if knowledge of it is no longer required to fulfill the purpose for which it was stored or if its storage is inadmissible for other legal reasons. - right of providing information
Upon written request, we will be happy to inform you about the data stored about you. - Use of location data
Some of our services only work, or some of our content (editorial and advertising) can only be played if we can determine your approximate location. To do this, we determine the approximate location of your device based on your IP address and provide you with appropriate editorial and advertising content. The location data is used solely to display the content. You cannot be identified as a person in this way. The data is not stored permanently and is not passed on to third parties. In addition, we do not create profiles with location and / or movement data.
Security notice
We endeavor to save your personal data by taking all technical and organizational possibilities so that they are not accessible to third parties.
When communicating by email, we cannot guarantee complete data security, so we recommend that you send confidential information by post.
