Web Browser Cookies
Our website uses cookies. Cookies are small text files that are stored on or by a user's Internet browser on their computer system. When a user accesses a website, a cookie may be stored on the user's operating system. This cookie contains a unique string of characters that allows the browser to be uniquely identified when the website is visited again.
Cookies are saved on your computer. You therefore have full control over the use of cookies. By selecting the appropriate technical settings on your Internet browser, you can be notified before cookies are set and individually decide whether to accept them, as well as prevent cookies from being stored and the data they contain from being transmitted. Cookies that have already been stored can be deleted at any time. However, please note that you may not be able to use all the features of this website to their full extent.
All major web browsers allow you to manage and delete cookies. Information on how to do this can be found on the manufacturer's support pages.
Technically Necessary Cookies
Unless otherwise stated in the privacy policy below, we use these technically necessary cookies to make our site more user-friendly, effective and secure. Cookies also enable our systems to recognise your browser and offer you services even after you have changed pages. Some functions of our website cannot be provided without the use of cookies. These require the browser to be recognised after a page change.
The use of cookies or similar technologies is based on § 25 (2) TDDDG. The processing of your personal data is based on Art. 6 (1.f) GDPR on our overriding legitimate interest in ensuring the optimal functionality of the website and a user-friendly and effective design of our offer.
You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data at any time on grounds relating to your particular situation.
Use of intelliAd Tracking
The purpose of intelliAd tracking is to design and optimise websites according to demand. For this purpose, anonymous usage data is collected and stored in aggregated form. The intelliAd technology is a service provided by emarketing AG (Landsbergerstraße 110, 80339 Munich, Germany).
The data is processed for the purpose of analysing this website and its visitors, as well as for marketing and advertising purposes. To this end, emarketing AG will use the information obtained on behalf of the operator of this website to evaluate your use of the website, compile reports on website activity and provide the operator of the website with other services relating to website activity and internet usage. This information may include the following IP address, date and time of page view, click path, information about the browser and device you are using, pages visited, referrer URL (the website from which you linked to our site), geolocation, purchase activity. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of intelliAd tracking is anonymised, and the click path is pseudonymised.
The use of cookies or comparable technologies takes place with your consent on the basis of § 25 (1.1) TDDDG in connection with Art. 6 (1.a) GDPR. The processing of your personal data takes place with your consent on the basis of Art. 6 Art. 6 (1.a) GDPR. You may revoke your consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until revocation. You can find more information and intelliAd's privacy policy at www.intelliad.com/privacy-policy.
Here you can object to tracking by intelliAd on all domains of the processing company: login.intelliad.com/optout.php
Use of Google Analytics
Our website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland).
The purpose of the data processing is to analyse this website and its visitors, as well as for marketing and advertising purposes. Google will use this information on behalf of the website operator to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide the website operator with further services relating to website activity and internet usage. This information may include the following IP address, date and time of page view, click path, information about the browser and device you are using, pages visited, referrer URL (the website from which you linked to our site), geolocation, purchase activity. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be combined with other data held by Google.
Google Analytics uses technologies such as cookies, web beacons and tracking pixels to help the website analyse how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website is transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. There is no EU Commission adequacy decision for the USA. The transfer is made in accordance with standard contractual clauses that provide adequate safeguards for the protection of personal data, which can be found at policies.google.com/privacy/frameworks and business.safety.google/adsprocessorterms. Both Google and US government agencies have access to your information. Your data may be combined by Google with other data, such as your search history, your personal accounts, your usage data from other devices and any other data Google may hold about you.
The use of cookies or similar technologies takes place with your consent on the basis of § 25 (1.1) TDDDG in conjunction with Art. 6 (1.a) GDPR. The processing of your personal data takes place with your consent on the basis of Art. 6 (1.a) GDPR. You may revoke your consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the revocation.
For more information on terms of use and privacy, please see marketingplatform.google.com/about/analytics/terms/gb or policies.google.com and policies.google.com/technologies/cookies.
Use of Google Ads Conversion Tracking
We use the Google Ads online advertising programme on our website and in this context we use conversion tracking. Google Conversion Tracking is an analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland).
The information obtained from the conversion cookie is used to compile conversion statistics. This tells us the total number of users who clicked on one of our ads and were redirected to a page tagged with a conversion tracking tag. However, we do not receive any information that can be used to personally identify users.
Your data may be transmitted to Google LLC servers in the USA. There is no EU Commission adequacy decision for the USA. The data transfer takes place, among other things, on the basis of standard contractual clauses as appropriate guarantees for the protection of personal data, which can be viewed at policies.google.com/privacy/frameworks and business.safety.google/adscontrollerterms.
The use of cookies or comparable technologies takes place with your consent on the basis of § 25 (1.1) TDDDG in conjunction with. Art. 6 (1.a) GDPR. The processing of your personal data is carried out with your consent on the basis of Art. 6 (1.a) GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until revocation. You can find more information and Google’s privacy policy at policies.google.com/privacy
Use of the Remarketing Function of Google Inc.
We use the remarketing or “similar target groups” function of Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland) on our website.
The application is used to analyse visitor behaviour and interests. Google uses cookies to analyse the use of the website, which is the basis for the creation of interest-based advertising. The cookies are used to track visits to the website and to collect anonymous data about website usage. No personal information about visitors to the website is stored. If you subsequently visit another website in the Google Display Network, we will show you ads that are more likely to take into account the product and information areas you have previously visited.
Your data may be transferred to servers of Google LLC in the USA. There is no EU Commission adequacy decision for the USA. The transfer will be made on the basis of, among other things, standard contractual clauses that provide adequate safeguards for the protection of personal data, which can be viewed at policies.google.com/privacy/frameworks.
The use of cookies or comparable technologies takes place with your consent on the basis of § 25 (1.1) TDDDG in conjunction with Art. 6 (1.a) GDPR. The processing of your personal data is carried out with your consent on the basis of Art. 6 (1.a) GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the revocation.
Using the Google Tag Manager
We use the Google Tag Manager of Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland) on our website.
This application manages JavaScript tags and HTML tags used in particular to implement tracking and analysis tools. The purpose of this data processing is to help us design and optimise our website to meet your needs.
The Google Tag Manager itself does not store cookies or process personal information. However, it does allow other tags to be triggered that can collect and process personal information.
For more information on terms of use and data protection, see marketingplatform.google.com/intl/en/about/analytics/tag-manager/use-policy.
Use of Social Plugins
We use social networking plugins on our website. In order to keep you in control of your data, we use the privacy-preserving “Shariff” buttons.
Without your express consent, no connection will be made to the servers of the social networks and, consequently, no data will be transmitted.
More information on the Shariff project can be found here: www.heise.de/ct/artikel/Shariff-Social-Media-Buttons-mit-Datenschutz-2467514.html
When you click on the buttons, a pop-up window will appear, allowing you to log in to the service with your details. Only after you have actively logged in will a direct connection to the social networks be established.
By logging in, you consent to the transfer of your data to the relevant social media provider. This includes your IP address and information about which of our pages you have visited. If you are connected to one or more of your social networking accounts at the same time, the information collected will also be associated with your respective profiles. You can only prevent this by logging out of your social media accounts before visiting our website and activating the buttons.
For more information about the scope and purpose of the data collection and use, as well as your rights and options to protect your privacy, please refer to the linked privacy policies of the providers:
Facebook of Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland): www.facebook.com/policy.php
Your data may be transferred to the USA. There is no adequacy decision from the EU Commission for the USA. The transfer will take place, inter alia, on the basis of standard contractual clauses as adequate safeguards for the protection of personal data, available at www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum.
Instagram by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland): help.instagram.com/155833707900388
Your data may be transferred to the USA. There is no adequacy decision from the EU Commission for the USA. The transfer will take place, inter alia, on the basis of standard contractual clauses as adequate safeguards for the protection of personal data, available at commission.europa.eu/law/law-topic/data-protection/international-dimension-data-protection/standard-contractual-clauses-scc_en.
Pinterest of Pinterest Inc (635 High Street, Palo Alto, CA, 94301, USA): policy.pinterest.com/privacy-policy
Your data may be transferred to the USA. There is no EU Commission adequacy decision for the USA.
Twitter of Twitter Inc (1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA): twitter.com/privacy
Use of Cloudflare
Our website uses the Cloudflare CDN Content Delivery Network of Cloudflare Inc. (101 Townsend St, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA). This is a supra-regional network of servers in different data centres to which our web server connects and through which certain content on our website is delivered.
The purpose of the data processing is to optimise the loading times of our website and thus to make our offer more user-friendly. The following information may be collected, among others IP address, system configuration information, information about traffic to and from customer websites (so-called server log files).
Your data may be transferred to the USA. There is no adequacy decision from the EU Commission for the USA. The transfer will take place, inter alia, on the basis of standard contractual clauses as adequate safeguards for the protection of personal data, available at commission.europa.eu/law/law-topic/data-protection/international-dimension-data-protection/standard-contractual-clauses-scc_en.
The use of cookies or comparable technologies takes place with your consent on the basis of § 25 (1.1) TDDDG in connection with Art. 6 (1.a) GDPR. The processing of your personal data takes place with your consent on the basis of Art. 6 (1.a) GDPR. You may revoke your consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until revocation. You can find more information about privacy when using Cloudflare at www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/privacypolicy/.
Use of YouTube
We use the YouTube video embedding feature of Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland) on our website, which is an affiliate of Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA).
This feature displays videos stored on YouTube in an iFrame on the website. Extended privacy mode is enabled. This means that YouTube does not store any information about visitors to the site. Only when you watch a video is information about that video sent to YouTube and stored there. Your data may be transferred to the US. There is no EU Commission adequacy decision for the US. The transfer is based in part on standard contractual clauses as adequate safeguards for the protection of personal data, which can be viewed at policies.google.com/privacy/frameworks.
The use of cookies or similar technologies takes place with your consent on the basis of § 25 (1.1) TDDDG in conjunction with Art. 6 (1.a) GDPR. The processing of your personal data takes place with your consent on the basis of Art. 6 (1.a) GDPR. You may revoke your consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until revocation. For more information about the collection and use of data by YouTube and Google, your rights in this regard, and ways to protect your privacy, please see YouTube's privacy policy at www.youtube.com/t/privacy.
Use of Vimeo
We use plug-ins from Vimeo Inc. (555 West 18th Street New York, New York 10011, USA) on our website to integrate videos.
When you visit pages on our site that have such a plug-in, a connection is made to the Vimeo servers and the plug-in is displayed on the page by notifying your browser. This sends both your IP address and information about which of our pages you have visited to the Vimeo servers. If you are logged in to Vimeo, Vimeo associates this information with your personal user account. When you use the plugin's features (for example, when you click a button to start a video), this information is also associated with your Vimeo account.
Your data may be transferred to the USA. There is no adequacy decision from the EU Commission for the USA. The transfer will take place, inter alia, on the basis of standard contractual clauses as adequate safeguards for the protection of personal data, available at commission.europa.eu/law/law-topic/data-protection/international-dimension-data-protection/standard-contractual-clauses-scc_en.
The use of cookies or similar technologies takes place with your consent on the basis of § 25 (1.1) TDDDG in conjunction with Art. 6 (1.a) GDPR. The processing of your personal data takes place with your consent on the basis of Art. 6 (1.a) GDPR. You may revoke your consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until revocation. Please refer to Vimeo's Privacy Policy for more information on the purpose and scope of the collection, further use and processing of the data by Vimeo, as well as your rights and options to protect your privacy: vimeo.com/privacy.
Using Spotify
We use plug-ins from Spotify AB (Birger Jarlsgatan 61, 113 56 Stockholm, Sweden) on our website to integrate audio streams.
When you visit pages on our website that have such a plug-in, a connection to Spotify's servers is established and the plug-in is displayed on the page by informing your browser. This sends both your IP address and information about which of our pages you have visited to Spotify's servers. If you are logged in to Spotify, Spotify will associate this information with your personal user account. If you use the plugin's features (e.g. start a playlist by clicking on the playlist button), this information is also associated with your Spotify account.
The use of cookies or similar technologies takes place with your consent on the basis of § 25 (1.1) TDDDG in conjunction with Art. 6 (1.a) GDPR. The processing of your personal data takes place with your consent on the basis of Art. 6 (1.a) GDPR. You may revoke your consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the revocation.
Here you will find the Privacy Policy and the Cookie Policy of Spotify.