Privacy Policy

1. Subject of this Privacy Policy

We appreciate your interest in our website and our offerings on our web pages.
The protection of your personal data (hereinafter referred to as “Data”) is a major and very important concern to us. Below we would therefore like to inform you in detail about which data is collected during your visit to our website and use of our offerings there, and how this data is subsequently processed or used by us, as well as which accompanying protective measures we have taken from a technical and organizational perspective.

2. Responsible Party/Service Provider

Controller pursuant to Art. 4 EU GDPR and simultaneously
D-Cyber Compliance | D-Services GmbH

Phone: +49 (0) 711 9958576-0
Email: info@d-cybercompliance.com

The Controller is represented by the Managing Director Mr. Markus Fost, simultaneously responsible pursuant to § 55 of the State Broadcasting Treaty.

3. Collection and Use of Your Data

All personal data that we learn from you in the course of using our websites will only be collected, processed and used by us for the stated purpose. In doing so, we ensure that this only occurs within the framework of the applicable legal provisions or only with your consent.

Please contact info@fostec.com or send us your request by mail.

The data will only be processed within the EU and the European Economic Area, unless otherwise stated below or directly during data collection regarding transmission to third countries with indication of the respective legal basis and, if necessary, consent is requested. The provisions on legal bases for international data transmission and the requirements necessary for this are available from us upon request.

We do not make automated individual decisions for the processing of personal data.

The scope and type of collection and use of your data differs depending on whether you visit our website only to retrieve information or whether you use services offered by us:

a) Informational Use

For the purely informational use of our website, it is generally not necessary for you to provide personal data.

Rather, in this case we only collect and use that data which your internet browser automatically transmits, such as:

  • Date and time of retrieval of one of our web pages
  • Your browser type
  • Browser settings
  • Operating system used
  • The page you last visited
  • Amount of data transferred and access status (file transferred, file not found, etc.) as well as
  • Your IP address.

The data is also stored in the log files of our system. This data is not stored together with other personal data of the user.

The legal basis for the temporary storage of data and log files is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

The temporary storage of the IP address by the system is necessary to enable delivery of the website to the user’s computer. For this purpose, the user’s IP address must remain stored for the duration of the session.

Storage in log files is done to ensure the functionality of the website. In addition, the data serves us to optimize the website and to ensure the security of our information technology systems. An evaluation of the data for marketing purposes does not take place in this context.

The data will be deleted as soon as it is no longer required for achieving the purpose of its collection. In the case of collecting data for the provision of the website, this is the case when the respective session has ended.

In the case of storing data in log files, this is the case after seven days at the latest. Storage beyond this is possible. In this case, the IP addresses of users are deleted or anonymized so that an assignment of the calling client is no longer possible.

The collection of data for the provision of the website and the storage of data in log files is absolutely necessary for the operation of the website. Consequently, there is no possibility of objection on the part of the user.

b) Use of Offerings

If you wish to use services offered by us on our website or after otherwise contacting us, it may be necessary for you to provide additional data. This is the data that is required for the respective processing in accordance with Art. 6 I b) GDPR, otherwise we cannot provide the requested service.

You can provide additional information voluntarily; input fields with optional information are marked accordingly by us.

The collection or use of your data is for the purpose of providing the service you requested. This also includes, for example, an inquiry via our contact form.

If the provision of data is required by law, we will inform you of this.

Your data may be passed on for the aforementioned purpose to service providers supporting us, whom we have of course carefully selected and obligated to comply with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (Hetzner Online GmbH, 91710 Gunzenhausen; Personio GmbH, 80469 Munich).

The disclosure of your data to other third parties only takes place if this is legally permitted or we have obtained your explicit consent.

4. Data Protection Consent

We may require consent for the processing of your data in accordance with Art. 6 I a GDPR. We assure that we will only process and use the data for the purpose stated at the time of collection.

You can give your consent separately in connection with the respective data collection. You can revoke it at any time with effect for the future.

Consent regarding newsletters is governed by § 5, for cookies or advertising trackers by § 6 below of this declaration.

5. Newsletter

To register for our email newsletter service, in addition to your data protection consent in accordance with Art. 6 I a GDPR, we require at least your email address to which the newsletter should be sent. Any further information is optional and is used to address you personally and to personalize the content of the newsletter as well as to clarify questions about the email address. We use the data exclusively for sending the newsletter.

For newsletter dispatch, we generally use the so-called double opt-in procedure, i.e., we will only send you the newsletter once you have confirmed your registration via a confirmation email sent to you for this purpose by clicking the link contained therein. This is to ensure that only you yourself can register for the newsletter as the owner of the specified email address. Your confirmation must be made promptly after receiving the confirmation email, otherwise your newsletter registration will be automatically deleted from our database.

If you purchase goods or services from us and provide your email address in the process, this may subsequently be used by us to send a newsletter. In such a case, the newsletter will exclusively contain direct advertising for our own similar goods or services. The legal basis for sending the newsletter as a result of the sale of goods or services is § 7 para. 3 UWG.

You can unsubscribe from a newsletter at any time. To do so, you can either send us an informal email to info@fostec.com or cancel via the link at the end of the newsletter.

6. Use of Cookies

For our website, we use cookie technology. Cookies are small text files that are sent from our web server to your browser during your visit to our web pages and are stored by it on your computer for later retrieval. The purpose of using technically necessary cookies (session cookies) is to simplify the use of websites for users. Some functions of our website cannot be offered without the use of cookies.

The use of analysis cookies or web beacons (small graphics for log evaluation) is done for the purpose of improving the quality of our website and its content as well as recognizing visitors. Through the analysis cookies, we learn how the website is used and can thus continuously optimize our offering.

This information can be passed on to advertising partners under the aforementioned conditions for analysis and recognition purposes. The transmitted data cannot be merged with other data stored by you.
This information can also be passed on by advertising partners to their contractual partners under the aforementioned conditions for analysis and recognition purposes. The transmitted data cannot be merged with other data stored by you.

The advertising partners or the companies to which the advertising information is passed on may also be located in countries outside the European Union and the European Economic Area (in compliance with the data transfer requirements of the GDPR according to Art. 44-47, standard contractual clauses of the EU and/or in the case of the USA the EU-US Privacy Shield)

You can determine yourself through the settings in your browser whether cookies can be set and retrieved. You can, for example, completely deactivate the storage of cookies in your browser, restrict it to certain websites, or configure your browser so that it automatically notifies you as soon as a cookie is to be set and asks you for feedback. You can also delete cookies in your browser at any time. However, for the full functionality of our website, it is technically necessary to allow the aforementioned session cookies.

When using a login area on the homepage, the account name and the correctness of the password entry are logged and a session cookie is transmitted to the user, which is deleted upon logout or expiration of the maximum session lifetime (within a few hours).

If we allow a login service via a third-party provider to log into a protected area, this will be displayed to the user. In this case, the information set by the provider by default or determined by the user in the login provider’s settings will be transmitted to us, but at least name, email address and date of birth to fulfill the obligations required in Art. 8 and 32 GDPR.

In accordance with Art. 13 of the EU Data Protection Regulation, we will obtain your consent in advance for the use of cookies in accordance with Art. 6 I a GDPR.

7. Right to Object

You can object to the processing of your data in accordance with Art. 21 EU GDPR in the cases mentioned therein, this applies in particular to cases of processing based on Art. 6 I e or Art. 6 I f or in the form of direct marketing or profiling.

8. Data Security

We also employ technical and organizational security measures to protect personal data that is collected or obtained, particularly against accidental or intentional manipulation, loss, destruction or against attacks by unauthorized persons. Our security measures are continuously improved in line with technological developments.

We provide you with various online forms and services with which you can send personal data to us. These forms are protected against inspection by third parties through the use of TLS encryption. The data you enter or transmit to us as a file can be stored by us and processed according to agreement. If the use and processing requires the consent of the user or third parties, the consent can be revoked at any time without giving reasons. In this case, however, our fulfillment of the contract may be impaired.

Depending on the service, you may be asked for various inputs for identification or prevention of abuse:

  • a) For identification when delivering data, entry of a user-defined identifier or other suitable authentication may be required. The data is protected against disclosure to third parties via SFTP or HTTPS in accordance with Art. 32 I a and b GDPR, provided the user uses our recommended methods of data transmission.
  • b) To prevent use by machines, so-called CAPTCHAS can be used in accordance with Art. 32 I b GDPR, which contain images or tasks that cannot be processed by computer scripts.

9. Deletion Periods

We only store personal data for as long as the purpose of data storage no longer applies. This does not apply if the user has voluntarily consented to longer processing of the data or if statutory retention periods or the possible pursuit of legal claims within limitation periods that have not yet expired prevent deletion (In the case of conflicting retention or limitation periods, it may be necessary for the processing of the data to be restricted in accordance with Art. 18 EU GDPR).

10. Data Subject Rights

Under applicable laws, you have various rights regarding your personal data. If you wish to exercise these rights, please direct your request by email or by mail with clear identification of your person to the above-mentioned address of the Controller.

Below you will find an overview of your rights.

a) Right to Confirmation and Access

You have the right at any time to receive confirmation from us as to whether personal data concerning you is being processed. If this is the case, you have the right to obtain free information from us about the personal data stored about you together with a copy of this data. Furthermore, there is a right to the following information:

  1. the purposes of processing;
  2. the categories of personal data being processed;
  3. the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data has been or will be disclosed, in particular recipients in third countries or international organizations;
  4. if possible, the planned duration for which the personal data will be stored, or, if this is not possible, the criteria for determining this duration;
  5. the existence of a right to rectification or erasure of personal data concerning you or to restriction of processing by the Controller or of a right to object to such processing;
  6. the existence of a right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority;
  7. if the personal data is not collected from you, all available information about the origin of the data;
  8. the existence of automated decision-making including profiling in accordance with Article 22 paragraphs 1 and 4 GDPR and – at least in these cases – meaningful information about the logic involved as well as the scope and intended effects of such processing for you.

If personal data is transferred to a third country or to an international organization, you have the right to be informed about the appropriate safeguards in accordance with Article 46 GDPR in connection with the transfer.

b) Right to Rectification

You have the right to demand from us without delay the rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning you. Taking into account the purposes, you have the right to request the completion of incomplete personal data – including by means of a supplementary statement.

c) Right to Erasure (“Right to be Forgotten”)

You have the right to demand from us that personal data concerning you be erased without delay, and we are obliged to erase personal data without delay if one of the following reasons applies:

  1. The personal data is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed.
  2. You withdraw your consent on which the processing is based in accordance with Article 6 paragraph 1 GDPR letter a or Article 9 paragraph 2 letter a GDPR, and there is no other legal basis for the processing.
  3. You object to the processing in accordance with Article 21 paragraph 1 GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or you object to the processing in accordance with Article 21 paragraph 2 GDPR.
  4. The personal data has been unlawfully processed.
  5. The erasure of the personal data is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation under Union law or the law of the Member States to which we are subject.
  6. The personal data was collected in relation to the offer of information society services in accordance with Article 8 paragraph 1 GDPR.

The right to erasure does not exist if the processing is necessary

  1. for exercising the right of freedom of expression and information;
  2. for compliance with a legal obligation which requires processing under the law of the Union or of the Member States to which the Controller is subject, or for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the Controller;
  3. for reasons of public interest in the area of public health in accordance with Art. 9 para. 2 lit. h and i as well as Art. 9 para. 3 GDPR;
  4. for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes in accordance with Art. 89 para. 1 GDPR, insofar as the right mentioned under section a) is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of the objectives of that processing, or
  5. for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.

If we have made the personal data public and are obliged to erase it in accordance with Art. 17 GDPR, we shall, taking into account available technology and the cost of implementation, take reasonable steps, including technical measures, to inform controllers processing the personal data that you have requested the erasure of all links to, or copies or replications of, that personal data.

d) Right to Restriction of Processing

You have the right to demand from us the restriction of processing if one of the following conditions is met:

  1. the accuracy of the personal data is contested by you, for a period enabling us to verify the accuracy of the personal data,
  2. the processing is unlawful and you oppose the erasure of the personal data and request instead the restriction of use of the personal data;
  3. we no longer need the personal data for the purposes of processing, but you require the data for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims, or
  4. you have objected to processing in accordance with Article 21 paragraph 1 GDPR pending verification whether the legitimate grounds of our company override yours.

If the processing of personal data concerning you has been restricted, such data may – with the exception of storage – only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the Union or of a Member State.

e) Right to Data Portability

You have the right to receive the personal data concerning you which you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format, and you have the right to transmit this data to another controller without hindrance from us, provided that

  1. the processing is based on consent in accordance with Article 6 paragraph 1 letter a GDPR or Article 9 paragraph 2 letter a GDPR or on a contract in accordance with Article 6 paragraph 1 letter b GDPR and
  2. the processing is carried out by automated means.

In exercising your right to data portability according to paragraph 1, you have the right to have the personal data transmitted directly from us to another controller, where technically feasible.
The right to data portability does not apply to processing of personal data necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the Controller.

f) Right to Object

You have the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning you which is based on Article 6 paragraph 1 letters e or f GDPR; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions. We shall no longer process the personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.
If personal data is processed by us for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for such marketing; this also applies to profiling insofar as it is related to such direct marketing.
You have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning you for scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes in accordance with Article 89 paragraph 1 GDPR, unless the processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out for reasons of public interest.

g) Automated Decisions Including Profiling

You have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing – including profiling – which produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you.

h) Right to Revoke Data Protection Consent

You have the right to revoke consent to the processing of personal data at any time.

i) Right to Lodge a Complaint with a Supervisory Authority

You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your habitual residence, place of work or place of the alleged infringement, if you are of the opinion that the processing of personal data concerning you is unlawful.

j) Right to Notification

If you have asserted the right to rectification, erasure or restriction of processing to the Controller, the Controller is obliged to notify all recipients to whom the personal data concerning you has been disclosed of this rectification or erasure of data or restriction of processing, unless this proves impossible or involves disproportionate effort.
You have the right vis-à-vis the Controller to be informed about these recipients.

Annex 1: Privacy Provisions Regarding Third-Party Services

We may use third-party services that transmit information in accordance with the aforementioned § 6.

Analysis Tools and Advertising

Google Analytics

This website uses functions of the web analytics service Google Analytics. Provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies”. These are text files that are stored on your computer and enable analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

The storage of Google Analytics cookies is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior in order to optimize both its web offering and its advertising.

IP Anonymization

We have activated the IP anonymization function on this website. As a result, your IP address will be truncated by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area before transmission to the USA. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activities and to provide other services related to website activity and internet usage to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.

Browser Plugin

You can prevent the storage of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly; however, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of this website to their full extent. You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) to Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.

Objection to Data Collection

You can prevent the collection of your data by Google Analytics by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie will be set that prevents the collection of your data on future visits to this website: Disable Google Analytics.

More information about handling user data at Google Analytics can be found in Google’s privacy policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en.

Contract Data Processing

We have concluded a contract data processing agreement with Google and fully implement the strict requirements of the German data protection authorities when using Google Analytics.

Demographic Features in Google Analytics

This website uses the “demographic features” function of Google Analytics. This enables reports to be generated that contain statements on the age, gender and interests of site visitors. This data comes from interest-based advertising from Google and from visitor data from third-party providers. This data cannot be attributed to a specific person. You can deactivate this function at any time via the ad settings in your Google account or generally prohibit the collection of your data by Google Analytics as shown in the section “Objection to Data Collection”.

Google Analytics Remarketing

Our websites use the functions of Google Analytics Remarketing in conjunction with the cross-device functions of Google AdWords and Google DoubleClick. Provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

This function makes it possible to link the advertising target groups created with Google Analytics Remarketing with the cross-device functions of Google AdWords and Google DoubleClick. In this way, interest-based, personalized advertising messages that have been adapted to you depending on your previous usage and surfing behavior on one device (e.g., mobile phone) can also be displayed on another of your devices (e.g., tablet or PC).

If you have given appropriate consent, Google will link your web and app browsing history with your Google Account for this purpose. In this way, the same personalized advertising messages can be placed on every device on which you log in with your Google Account.

To support this function, Google Analytics collects Google-authenticated IDs of users that are temporarily linked to our Google Analytics data to define and create audiences for cross-device ad advertising.

You can permanently object to cross-device remarketing/targeting by deactivating personalized advertising in your Google Account; follow this link: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/onweb/.

The aggregation of the collected data in your Google Account is based solely on your consent, which you can give or revoke at Google (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). For data collection operations that are not merged into your Google Account (e.g., because you do not have a Google Account or have objected to the merger), the collection of data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The legitimate interest arises from the fact that the website operator has an interest in the anonymized analysis of website visitors for advertising purposes.

Further information and the privacy provisions can be found in Google’s privacy policy at: https://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads/.

Google reCAPTCHA

We use “Google reCAPTCHA” (hereinafter “reCAPTCHA”) on our websites. Provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”).

The purpose of reCAPTCHA is to check whether data entry on our websites (e.g., in a contact form) is made by a human or by an automated program. For this purpose, reCAPTCHA analyzes the behavior of the website visitor based on various characteristics. This analysis begins automatically as soon as the website visitor enters the website. For the analysis, reCAPTCHA evaluates various information (e.g., IP address, length of time the website visitor spends on the website or mouse movements made by the user). The data collected during the analysis is forwarded to Google.

The reCAPTCHA analyses run completely in the background. Website visitors are not informed that an analysis is taking place.

The data processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in protecting its web offerings from abusive automated spying and from SPAM.

Further information on Google reCAPTCHA and Google’s privacy policy can be found at the following links: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/ and https://www.google.com/recaptcha/intro/android.html.

Newsletter

MailChimp

This website uses the services of MailChimp for sending newsletters. Provider is Rocket Science Group LLC, 675 Ponce De Leon Ave NE, Suite 5000, Atlanta, GA 30308, USA.

MailChimp is a service with which, among other things, the sending of newsletters can be organized and analyzed. If you enter data for the purpose of receiving newsletters (e.g., email address), this data is stored on MailChimp’s servers in the USA.

MailChimp has certification under the “EU-US Privacy Shield”. The “Privacy Shield” is an agreement between the European Union (EU) and the USA to ensure compliance with European data protection standards in the USA.

With the help of MailChimp, we can analyze our newsletter campaigns. When you open an email sent with MailChimp, a file contained in the email (so-called web beacon) connects to MailChimp’s servers in the USA. This makes it possible to determine whether a newsletter message has been opened and which links may have been clicked. Technical information is also collected (e.g., time of retrieval, IP address, browser type and operating system). This information cannot be assigned to the respective newsletter recipient. It is used exclusively for statistical analysis of newsletter campaigns. The results of these analyses can be used to better adapt future newsletters to the interests of recipients.

If you do not want analysis by MailChimp, you must unsubscribe from the newsletter. For this purpose, we provide a corresponding link in every newsletter message. Furthermore, you can also unsubscribe from the newsletter directly on the website.

The data processing is based on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke this consent at any time by unsubscribing from the newsletter. The lawfulness of data processing operations already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation.

The data you have deposited with us for the purpose of receiving the newsletter will be stored by us until you unsubscribe from the newsletter and deleted from both our servers and MailChimp’s servers after unsubscribing from the newsletter. Data stored by us for other purposes (e.g., email addresses for the member area) remain unaffected.

For details, please refer to MailChimp’s privacy policy at: https://mailchimp.com/legal/terms/.

Conclusion of a Data Processing Agreement

We have concluded a so-called “Data Processing Agreement” with MailChimp, in which we oblige MailChimp to protect the data of our customers and not to pass it on to third parties. This agreement can be viewed at the following link: https://mailchimp.com/legal/forms/data-processing-agreement/sample-agreement/.

Plugins and Tools

YouTube

Our website uses plugins from the YouTube site operated by Google. Operator of the sites is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA.

When you visit one of our pages equipped with a YouTube plugin, a connection to YouTube’s servers is established. In doing so, the YouTube server is informed which of our pages you have visited.

If you are logged into your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to assign your surfing behavior directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

The use of YouTube is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offerings. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

Further information on handling user data can be found in YouTube’s privacy policy at: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy.

Google Web Fonts

This site uses so-called web fonts provided by Google for the uniform display of fonts. When you call up a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into its browser cache in order to display texts and fonts correctly.

For this purpose, the browser you are using must connect to Google’s servers. This gives Google knowledge that our website has been accessed via your IP address. The use of Google Web Fonts is in the interest of a uniform and appealing presentation of our online offerings. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

If your browser does not support web fonts, a default font is used by your computer.

Further information on Google Web Fonts can be found at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google’s privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

Google Maps

This site uses the Google Maps map service via an API. Provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

To use the functions of Google Maps, it is necessary to save your IP address. This information is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The provider of this site has no influence on this data transmission.

The use of Google Maps is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offerings and an easy location of the places we indicate on the website. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

More information on handling user data can be found in Google’s privacy policy: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/.

Social Media Tools

(Services for interaction with social networks; if the user is logged into the relevant network, the provider of the social network may be able to identify the user when the page is accessed or when a social media button is clicked):

Facebook Plugins (Like & Share Button)

Plugins of the social network Facebook, provider Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA, are integrated on our pages. You can recognize the Facebook plugins by the Facebook logo or the “Like button” on our site. An overview of the Facebook plugins can be found here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/.

When you visit our pages, a direct connection is established between your browser and the Facebook server via the plugin. Facebook thereby receives the information that you have visited our site with your IP address. If you click the Facebook “Like button” while you are logged into your Facebook account, you can link the content of our pages to your Facebook profile. This allows Facebook to associate the visit to our pages with your user account. We would like to point out that as the provider of the pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Facebook. Further information can be found in Facebook’s privacy policy at: https://www.facebook.com/policy.php.

If you do not want Facebook to be able to associate your visit to our pages with your Facebook user account, please log out of your Facebook user account.

Twitter Plugin

Functions of the Twitter service are integrated on our pages. These functions are offered by Twitter Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. By using Twitter and the “Re-Tweet” function, the websites you visit are linked to your Twitter account and made known to other users. Data is also transmitted to Twitter. We would like to point out that as the provider of the pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Twitter. Further information can be found in Twitter’s privacy policy at: https://twitter.com/privacy.
You can change your privacy settings on Twitter in the account settings at https://twitter.com/account/settings.

LinkedIn Plugin

Our website uses functions of the LinkedIn network. Provider is LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

Each time one of our pages containing LinkedIn functions is accessed, a connection to LinkedIn servers is established. LinkedIn is informed that you have visited our web pages with your IP address. If you click LinkedIn’s “Recommend button” and are logged into your LinkedIn account, LinkedIn can associate your visit to our website with you and your user account. We would like to point out that as the provider of the pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by LinkedIn.

Further information can be found in LinkedIn’s privacy policy at: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.

XING Plugin

Our website uses functions of the XING network. Provider is XING AG, Dammtorstraße 29-32, 20354 Hamburg, Germany.
Each time one of our pages containing XING functions is accessed, a connection to XING servers is established. To our knowledge, no personal data is stored in the process. In particular, no IP addresses are stored or usage behavior evaluated.

Further information on data protection and the XING Share button can be found in XING’s privacy policy at: https://www.xing.com/app/share?op=data_protection.