Data Privacy

Should we use personal data on our pages, such data shall be provided on a voluntary basis only. Whenever feasible, it is always possible to make use of the offerings and services of this site without providing any personal data. Personal data we are collecting is e.g. your name, telephone number, or e-mail address which you enter via the contact form or the license request form on our website. This data is stored electronically. We need this information in order to process your requests. Your personal data will not be shared with third parties without your explicit consent. We adhere to the principle of assigned data use and collect, process and store your personal information solely for the purposes for which you have communicated them to us.

We point out that data transfer over the Internet (such as communication by e-mail) can be subject to security vulnerabilities. Intelligence agencies and other government agencies could have access to this data. A complete data protection against access of third parties is not possible.

We hereby expressly prohibit the use of the contact data published as part of our duty to publish an imprint for the purpose of sending us any advertising or informational materials that we have not expressly requested. The operators of this website reserve the express right to take legal action in the event of the unsolicited receipt of promotional material, such as spam etc.

Data Privacy Declaration regarding the use of Google Analytics

This website uses functions of the Google Analytics web analysis service. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre, Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Google Analytics makes use of what are known as 'cookies'. These are text files programmed into your computer that make it possible to analyse the way you use our website. The information generated by the cookie on your use of a site is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and memorised there.

If, however, you activate IP anonymisation on this website from within a Member State of the European Union or any other State contracting to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, your IP address is first shortened by Google. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, compile reports on website activities, and provide the website operator with further services relating to the use of both the website and the Internet in general. The IP address transmitted by your browser for Google Analytics purposes is not collated with any other Google data.

You can prevent cookies being saved by setting your browser software accordingly. We would, however, like to point out that you may then be unable to exploit all the functions of this website to the full. Moreover, you can prevent data generated by the cookie on your use of the website (including your IP address) from being recorded by Google, as well as the processing of such data by Google, by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available via the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de

Data Privacy Declaration regarding the use of Piwik

This website uses the Piwik Open Source web analysis service. Piwik operates with cookies. These are text files stored on your computer that make it possible to analyse the way you use the site. To this end, information generated by the cookie on the use of this website is stored on our server. The IP address is anonymised prior to storage. No information generated by the cookie on the use of this website is passed on to third parties. You may prevent cookies being saved by setting your browser software accordingly. We would, however, like to point out that you may then be unable to exploit all the functions of this website to the full. Should you disapprove of your data being saved and used, you may deactivate these functions here. This causes an opt-out cookie to be programmed into your browser that prevents Piwik saving use data. If you delete your cookies, this will also result in the Piwik opt-out cookie being deleted. Your opt-out status then has to be re-activated when you next visit our site.

Information, deletion, blocking

You are at all times entitled to obtain information at no cost on any personal data of yours that may have been saved, together with their origin, recipient and the reason for their being processed, and you are likewise entitled to correct, block or delete such data. You may contact us at any time on this matter as well as on any other issues concerning the subject of personal data using the address cited in our publishing details.

Cookies

Use is sometimes made of 'cookies' on websites. Cookies do not cause any damage to your computer and do not contain viruses. They help make our services more user-friendly, more efficient and more secure. Cookies are small text files that are programmed into your computer and which your browser saves.

Most of the cookies we use are what are known as 'session cookies'. They are automatically deleted after the end of your browser session. Other cookies remain stored on your terminal device until you delete them. These cookies enable us to recognise your browser when you next visit.

You can set your browser in such a way that you are informed about the embedding of cookies and either only allow cookies in individual cases, refuse to admit cookies either in specified instances or in general, or activate the automatic deletion of cookies when you shut down your browser. If you deactivate cookies, this may restrict the functionalities of this website.

Server log files

Our website provider automatically collects and stores information in what are known as server log files that your browser automatically sends us. The information covers:

the type and version of your browser
the operating system used
the referrer URL
the client IP address
the time of the server request

These data are fundamentally non user-specific and are never collated with other data sources. We do, however, reserve the right to subsequently scrutinise them if we have reason to believe any usage may have been illegal.

Contact form

In the event of your sending us enquiries on the contact form, the details therein, including the contact data you furnish, will be stored by our company for the purpose of processing your enquiry and in case you have any further queries. We will not pass this data on without your consent.

Source: eRecht24