Newsletter privacy policy

If you register for the newsletter offered on this website, we will require a valid e-mail address. You may cancel the newsletter and revoke your consent for storage of personal data at any time.

Data privacy statement for the use of Facebook Plugins (Like Button)

Our website includes integrated plug-ins for the social network Facebook, 1601 South California Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA. You will recognize the Facebook plug-ins by the Facebook logo or the “I like” button on our website. You will find an overview of the Facebook plug-ins at:http://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins.

When you visit our website, the plug-in will make a direct connection between your browser and the Facebook server. As a result, Facebook receives the information that you have visited our page from your IP address. When you click on the Facebook “I like” button while you are logged into your Facebook account, you may link the contents of our website with your Facebook profile. This allows Facebook to map your visit to our website to your user account. We would like to inform you that, as a provider, we receive no information about the content of the data transmitted or its use by Facebook. For further information, please refer to the Facebook Privacy Policy at: http://de-de.facebook.com/policy.php

You can prevent Facebook from mapping your visit of our website to your Facebook user account by logging out of your Facebook user account before you visit our site.

Data privacy statement for the use of 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 analyse how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website is usually transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Within EU Member States or in other member states of the European Economic Area, Google will shorten your IP address before transmitting it if IP anonymization is activated on this website.

Only in exceptional cases will your full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there.  Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for the website operator and providing other services for the website operator relating to website activity and internet usage.  Google will not associate your browser’s IP address, transmitted for Google Analytics purposes, 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. Furthermore, you can prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) and its processing by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in provided under this link:http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.

Data privacy statement for the use of Google +1

Information that Google collects and how it is shared:
The Google+1 button is a way for you to share information publicly with the world. The Google+1 button helps you and others receive personalised content from Google and its partners. The fact that you +1′d something will be recorded by Google, along with information about the page that you were viewing when you clicked the +1 button. Your +1′s may appear to others as an annotation with your profile name and photo in Google services (such as in search results or on your Google Profile) or elsewhere on websites and ads on the Internet.

Google will record information about your +1 activity in order to provide you and other users with a better experience on Google services. In order to use the Google+1 button, you need to have a public Google Profile visible to the world, which at the very least includes the name that you chose for the profile. That name will be used across Google services, and in some cases it may replace another name that you’ve used when sharing content under your Google Account. Google may display your Google Profile identity to people who have your email address or other identifying information.

Use of the collected information:
In addition to the above-described uses, the information that you provide to us is used subject to the main Google Privacy Policy. Google may share aggregate statistics relating to users’ +1 activity with the public, Google users, and partners such as publishers, advertisers or connected sites.

Data privacy statement for the use of Twitter

Our web pages include features of Twitter.  These features are provided by Twitter Inc., 795 Folsom St., Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94107, U.S.  By using Twitter and the “retweet” feature the web pages you visit are linked with your Twitter account and made visible to other users. This involves the transfer of data to Twitter.
We wish to point out that we, as the website provider, do not receive any information on the contents of data transmitted and its use by Twitter. For further information, please refer to the Twitter Privacy Policy at
http://twitter.com/privacy.

You may change your Twitter privacy settings in your account settings at the address:
http://twitter.com/account/settings.

Sources: Facebook Disclaimer, Google Analytics Privacy Statement, Google +1 Button Privacy Policy,Twitter Privacy Statement