The observation of the data protection acts and thus the protection of your personal data is an important issue to us. For this reason, we will store and process your personal data only, if and when they are required for the fulfilment and improvement of our services. As a rule we will collect these data from you and will inform you of the purpose of this collection. If these data are not collected directly from you, we will inform you correspondingly, which shall apply for cookies, for example, which we will use as described below.

1. Collection and processing of personal data

During your visit to our websites, we save the following as a matter of routine:

     - your IP address,
     - the website, from which you are visiting us,
     - our websites you are visiting as well as
     - the date and the duration of your visit
     - type of browser
     - browser settings
     - operating system
     - the site you have visited

We use cookies to determine the preferences of the visitors to our website in order to provide a tailor-made offer or to design the use more comfortable avoiding repeated entry of data, for example. Otherwise, we will save your personal data only, if you send them to us (by filling in on-line forms, for example).

2. No forwarding to third parties

We will not disclose your data, in particular your last and first names, to a third party without your prior approval, unless there is a legal obligation to disclosure due to injunctions by public prosecutors or courts, for example. Your data will be saved and used in the Federal Republic of Germany only.

3. Cookies

Cookies are small text files which we transmit to the hard disc unit of your computer by means of your browser. We differentiate between the following cookies:

   - Session Cookies
Session cookies save the current data of your visit to our website, indicating whether you have logged in, for example. They support the functions of the website and will be deleted automatically after your visit.

   - Navigation Cookies
These cookies record the surfing behaviour of our users on our websites. These data can be used to locate errors, for example, and to improve the support. These cookies are deleted automatically after 1 year.

The Help function in the menu bar of most web browsers explain how your browser can be set that no new cookies are accepted, how you can be informed by your browser when a new cookie is received, and how all cookies can be rejected. However, it is only by accepting cookies that you can use the most interesting functions of the website completely. For this reason, we recommend that you leave the cookie function switched on.

4. User profile

By using aliases we set up user profiles for advertising and market research purposes as well as for the improvement of our services. These user profiles are not combined with the data on the alias carrier. You can reject the use of the data.

5. Information

Upon request, we will inform you, of course, whether and which personal data have been saved by us. We are continuously trying to keep your data correct and up-to-date. If, however, wrong data should have been saved, please inform us so that we can correct these immediately.

6. Objection

You can object to certain use of your data. For this purpose, please send a short written message to: