PRIVACY DECLARATION

§ 1 Information on the Collection of Personal Data

In this privacy policy, we inform you about the collection of personal data when using our website. Personal data refers to any data that can be related to you personally, such as your name, address, or email address.

The controller pursuant to Art. 4(7) EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is Silvan Cakmakli, Contact

For all information about us, please refer to the legal notice.

You can contact us via email. A valid email address is required to respond to your inquiry. If you prefer, you may use an email address that does not reveal your identity. When you send us an email, we store the data you provide (e.g., your email address, and if applicable, your name and phone number) to respond to your questions. If storage is no longer necessary, we will delete your personal data. If there is a legal retention obligation, we will restrict the processing. The legal basis for data processing for the purpose of contact is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

Please note that data transmission via email may have security vulnerabilities. It is impossible to protect data completely from third-party access. Therefore, we recommend not transmitting sensitive or health-related data via email. If you are interested in encrypted email correspondence, please inform us.

For certain functions of our website, we may require the involvement of external service providers. We will inform you about the respective processes later in this statement.

§ 2 Collection and Storage of Personal Data When Visiting Our Website

When you visit our website for informational purposes only (i.e., just to view it), we collect the personal data that your browser automatically transmits to our website’s server. This information is temporarily stored in a so-called log file. The following information is collected without your intervention and stored until it is automatically deleted (log file data):

IP address of the requesting computer

Date and time of the request/access

Time zone difference from Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)

Content of the request (specific page)

Name and URL of the retrieved file

Access status/HTTP status code

Amount of data transferred

Website from which the request/access is made (referrer URL)

Browser used

Operating system of your computer and its interface, as well as the name of your access provider

Language and version of the browser software

We process this data to display our website to you and ensure stability and security. Specifically, to ensure a smooth connection setup, enable the convenient use of our website, evaluate system security/stability, and for other administrative purposes.

The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest follows from the purposes of data collection listed above.

§ 3 Disclosure of Data/Data Transmission

We only disclose your personal data to third parties in the following cases:

With your explicit consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR

If the disclosure is necessary for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, and there is no reason to believe that you have an overriding interest in the non-disclosure of your data

If there is a legal obligation for disclosure pursuant to Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR

If it is legally permissible and necessary for the performance of a contract with you pursuant to Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR

§ 4 Your Rights

You have the following rights regarding your personal data:

Right to access: Pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR, you can request information about the personal data we process about you.

Right to rectification: Pursuant to Art. 16 GDPR, you can request the correction of inaccurate or completion of incomplete personal data stored by us.

Right to erasure: Pursuant to Art. 17 GDPR, you can request the deletion of your personal data stored by us.

Right to restrict processing: Pursuant to Art. 18 GDPR, you can request the restriction of processing of your personal data stored by us.

Right to object to processing: Pursuant to Art. 7(3) GDPR, you can revoke your consent at any time.

Right to data portability: Pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR, you can request to receive your personal data, which you have provided to us, in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format or to have it transmitted to another controller.

Pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority regarding our processing of your personal data.

§ 5 Cookies

We use cookies on our website. Cookies are small files that are stored on your device and store specific settings and data for exchange with our system via your browser. This storage helps us to design the website to suit your needs and makes it easier for you to use it by, for example, storing certain entries so you don't have to repeat them constantly. Your browser allows you to restrict the use of cookies, which may result in the website no longer functioning or only functioning to a limited extent. Cookies can also be deleted there.

In addition to log file data, cookies are stored on your device when you use our website. These are small text files stored on your hard drive associated with the browser you use; cookies provide certain information to the party that sets the cookie. Cookies help make our website more user-friendly and effective. We do not obtain your identity through cookies. Cookies cannot run programs or transmit viruses to your computer.

Our website uses only session cookies. These store a so-called session ID, which can assign various requests from your browser to the same session. Session cookies help us recognize that you have already visited certain pages on our website. Session cookies are automatically deleted when you leave our site or close your browser. You can also delete cookies at any time in your browser's security settings.

You can also visit our website without cookies. To do this, configure your browser settings to refuse the acceptance of cookies. However, in this case, you may not be able to use all the functions of our website.

The data processed by cookies is necessary to protect our legitimate interests and those of third parties pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

We inform you about cookies set by integrated services (e.g., YouTube) when describing the respective service.

§ 6 Other Functions and Offers on Our Website/Integration of Third-Party Services and Content (Plug-in Providers)

In addition to the purely informational use of our website, we offer various services that you can actively use. These services trigger further data processing operations. You will generally need to provide additional personal data, which we use to provide the respective service. The use of the following services requires that third-party providers receive your IP address; without the IP address, the content cannot be transmitted to your browser.

The following offers/services from third-party companies are integrated into our website. The following data processing activities are necessary to protect our legitimate interests and those of third parties pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. These interests include optimizing and making our website more user-friendly and designing our online presence. Integration is required to use the offers of third-party providers on our website.

Integration of YouTube

We use YouTube on our website, which allows us to display live recordings and videos directly on our website; you can comfortably use the YouTube function from Google. When using YouTube, Google collects, processes, and uses data about your use of the YouTube player.

By visiting our website, Google receives the information that you have accessed the corresponding subpage of our website. The log file data is also transmitted. This happens regardless of whether you are logged into a Google account or do not have an account or are logged out.

If you are logged into a Google account, your data is directly associated with that account. If you do not wish to have this association, you must log out of your Google account before using it.

Google stores your data as usage profiles and uses it for advertising, market research, statistical purposes, and/or to tailor its website. This evaluation is particularly used to provide tailored advertising and inform other users of the social network about your activities on our website (even for users who are not logged in).

You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles; to exercise this right, contact Google.

For more information about the purpose and scope of data collection and its processing by Google, please refer to the provider’s privacy policy. There, you can also find more information about your rights and settings to protect your privacy: http://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy. Google also processes your personal data in the USA and has submitted to the EU-US Privacy Shield: https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework.

YouTube is a service of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA. Email: support-de@google.com.

§ 7 Objection or Withdrawal Against Data Processing

If we process your personal data based on legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR. In this case, please provide the reasons arising from your particular situation that lead you to believe that we should not process your personal data. After reviewing your objection, we will either stop, adjust, or continue the data processing. In the latter case, we will provide compelling legitimate grounds for continuing the processing.

You can object to the processing of your personal data for advertising and/or data analysis purposes at any time without providing reasons. We will implement your objection; you do not need to provide reasons.

If you have given consent for the processing of your data, you can revoke it at any time with future effect.

To exercise your right to withdraw or object, please send an email to the following address: Contact

§ 8 Encryption

To protect your data, we use SSL encryption on our website. Certificates for using SSL encryption are regularly renewed. You can recognize whether a page on our website is transmitted in an encrypted form by the closed representation of the key/lock symbol in your browser’s status bar.

§ 9 Further Questions

Did our privacy policy fail to answer one of your questions? Do you need further information on any point? Let us know. We are happy to provide further information. For all inquiries about data protection, please contact the following email address: Contact

This privacy policy is as of February 2019.

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