It is generally possible to use our website without giving personal information. If personal data is collected by us (such as name, address, or email address) this only occurs, to the extent possible, on a voluntary basis. This data will not be given to third parties without your explicit agreement.

Please note that security vulnerabilities may arise when transferring data over the internet (e.g. communicating via email). It is impossible for data to be completely protected from access by third parties.

The use of contact information – made available as part of the obligation to publish identifying information – by third parties to send advertising and informational materials that have not been explicitly requested is hereby expressly forbidden. The site operator reserves the right to take formal legal action in the case that unsolicited advertising information is sent through routes such as spam emails.

1. Liability for content
The content of this site has been produced with the greatest of care. We cannot, however, accept any liability for the accuracy, completeness, and actuality of the content. As a service provider we are, in accordance with § 7 para.1 TMG, responsible for our own content on this site in accordance with the general laws. In accordance with §§ 8 to 10 TMG, we as a service provider are not obligated to monitor foreign information that is transferred or stored, nor are we obligated to search for circumstances that could indicate illegal activity. Obligations to remove or bar the use of information in accordance with the general laws remain unaffected by this. Liability of this nature can, however, only arise starting at the point in time when a concrete legal violation has been recognized. Once such legal violations are recognized, the offending content will be removed immediately.

2. Liability for links
Our offerings contain links to external websites of third parties, the content of which we have no control over. For this reason, we cannot guarantee this foreign content. The respective provider or operator of the site involved is always responsible for the content of linked sites. Linked sites are checked for possible legal violations at the time that they are linked. Illegal content was not discernible at the time that it was linked. It is not reasonably possible to permanently monitor the content of linked sites without concrete evidence of a legal violation. Once legal violations are recognized, such links will be removed immediately.

3. Copyright
The content and works on this site created by the site operator are subject to German copyright. Duplication, editing, distribution, and any kind of exploitation outside of the limits of copyright must first be agreed to in writing by the respective author or creator. Downloads and copies of this site are only authorized for private, non-commercial use. If the content on this website has not been created by the operator, the copyrights of third parties must be observed. Content from third parties in particular will be marked as such. If you nevertheless notice a violation of copyright law, please send notification of the violation. Once legal violations are recognized, such content will be removed immediately.

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, text files, which are stored on your computer and enable analysis of the use of the website by you. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is normally transmitted to a server from Google in the USA and stored there. In the case of activation of IP anonymization on this website, Google abbreviates your IP address in advance within member states of the European Union or other treaty states of the convention concerning the European economic area. The complete IP address is only transmitted to a server from Google in the USA in exceptional cases and abbreviated there. For order of the operator of this website, Google uses this information to evaluate your use of this website, create reports about the website activities and provide other services connected with use of the website and Internet for the website operator. The IP address transmitted from your browser within the context of Google Analytics will not be associated with other data of Google. You can prevent storing of cookies on your computer via a corresponding setting of your browser software. However, we point out that you might not be able to use all functions of this website to their full extent in this case. You can also prevent the recording of data generated by a cookie with respect to your use of the website (incl. IP address) by Google as well as the processing of these data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available via the following link: tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

You can find more detailed information about this at tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout or at www.google.com/intl/de/analytics/privacyoverview.html (general information about Google Analytics and data protection). We also want to point out that Google Analytics on this website has been supplemented by the code “gat._anonymizeIp();” to ensure anonymized recording of IP addresses (IP masking).