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Data Privacy Policy for Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies,” which are text files placed on your computer to help analyze how you use the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, compile reports on website activity for website operators, and provide other services related to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties if required by law or if third parties process this data on behalf of Google. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings in your browser; however, please note that if you do this, you may not be able to use all the features 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 and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.

In addition to the standard configuration of Google Analytics, this website also uses features of Google Analytics that support interest-based advertising and advertising based on users’ browsing behavior. Google Analytics uses a third-party cookie from DoubleClick to evaluate data on the browsing behavior of users on various websites. This data can be used to make statistical statements about demographic data and areas of interest for website users.

We explicitly point out that we cannot view data about individual users, and the statistical data we use cannot be traced back to specific users.

By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.

Instagram Plugins

This website uses features of the Instagram service provided by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland.

If you are logged into your Instagram account, you can link the content of this website to your Instagram profile by clicking the Instagram button. This allows Instagram to associate your visit to this website with your user account. We would like to point out that, as the provider of these pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Instagram.

The storage and analysis of the data are based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the widest possible visibility on social media. If a corresponding consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s device (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the meaning of TTDSG. The consent can be revoked at any time.

Insofar as personal data is collected on our website using the tool described here and forwarded to Facebook or Instagram, we and Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland, are jointly responsible for this data processing (Art. 26 GDPR). The joint responsibility is limited to the collection of data and its transmission to Facebook or Instagram. The processing carried out by Facebook or Instagram after the data has been forwarded is not part of the joint responsibility.

The obligations incumbent on us jointly have been set out in an agreement on joint processing. You can find the wording of the agreement at: https://www.facebook.com/legal/controller_addendum. According to this agreement, we are responsible for providing data protection information when using the Facebook or Instagram tool and for implementing the tool on our website in compliance with data protection law. Facebook is responsible for the data security of Facebook or Instagram products. Rights of data subjects (e.g., requests for information) regarding data processed by Facebook or Instagram can be exercised directly with Facebook. If data subjects exercise their rights with us, we are obliged to forward them to Facebook.

The data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission.

Details can be found here:

https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum, https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875, and https://de-de.facebook.com/help/566994660333381.

For more information, please refer to Instagram’s Privacy Policy: https://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/.

Embedding YouTube Videos

To embed videos, we use the “Enhanced Privacy Mode” offered by the provider YouTube. A cookie is only stored on your computer when you play the video. According to YouTube, no personal cookie information is stored for videos played with enhanced privacy. You can find more information about YouTube’s official privacy policy here: https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/.

If you want to make sure that no data is stored by YouTube, do not click on the embedded videos.