1. An overview of data protection

General information

The following information will provide you with an easy to navigate overview of what will happen with your personal data when you visit this website. The term "personal data" comprises all data that can be used to personally identify you.

Data recording on this website

Who is the responsible party for the recording of data on this website?
The data on this website is processed by the operator of the website, whose contact information is available under section "Information about the responsible party" or in the Imprint.

How do we record your data?
We collect your data as a result of your sharing of your data with us. This may, for instance be information you enter into a newsletter subscription form.
Other data shall be recorded by our IT systems automatically or after you consent to its recording during your website visit. This data comprises primarily technical information (e.g., web browser, operating system, or time the site was accessed).

What are the purposes we use your data for?
A portion of the information is generated to guarantee the error free provision of the website. Other data may be used to analyze your user patterns or for newsletter distribution.

What rights do you have as far as your information is concerned?
You have the right to receive information about the source, recipients, and purposes of your archived personal data at any time without having to pay a fee for such disclosures. You also have the right to demand that your data are rectified or eradicated. Please do not hesitate to contact us at any time under the address disclosed in the Imprint if you have questions about this or any other data protection related issues.

2. Hosting

Netlify

We host our website on Netlify. The provider is Netlify, Inc., 44 Montgomery St, Suite 300, San Francisco, California 94104, USA (hereinafter referred to as Netlify).

Netlify is a cloud hosting service. Data that you enter on our website (e.g., your IP address) is stored on Netlify servers. The use of Netlify is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in the most reliable presentation of our website. The company is certified under the "EU-US Data Privacy Framework" (DPF), which guarantees compliance with European data protection standards for data processing in the US.

We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) with Netlify.

IONOS

Our domain is managed by IONOS. The provider is IONOS SE, Elgendorfer Str. 57, 56410 Montabaur, Germany. When you visit our website, IONOS server-side log files (e.g. IP address, access time) are collected. This collection serves the provision of the domain and ensuring system stability and is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) with IONOS.

3. Newsletter

Brevo

This website uses Brevo for the sending of newsletters. The provider is Sendinblue GmbH, Köpenicker Straße 126, 10179 Berlin, Germany (hereinafter referred to as "Brevo").

Brevo is a service with which, among other things, the dispatch of newsletters can be organized and analyzed. The data you enter for the purpose of receiving the newsletter is stored on Brevo's servers.

Data analysis by Brevo
With the help of Brevo we are able to analyze our newsletter campaigns. For example, we can see if a newsletter message was opened and which links, if any, were clicked on.

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

Storage duration
The data deposited with us for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter will be stored by us until you unsubscribe from the newsletter and will be deleted from the newsletter distribution list after you unsubscribe or after the purpose ceases to apply.

For more details, see Brevo's privacy policy at: https://www.brevo.com/legal/privacypolicy/ .

4. Plugins and Tools

Cloudflare Turnstile

We use Cloudflare Turnstile on this website. The provider is Cloudflare Inc., 101 Townsend St., San Francisco, CA 94107, USA (hereinafter referred to as Cloudflare).

Turnstile is used to check whether the data entered on our website (such as on a newsletter form) has been entered by a human or by an automated program. To do this, Turnstile analyzes the behavior of the website visitor based on various characteristics as soon as they visit the website. This analysis runs entirely in the background. The data collected (e.g. IP address) is forwarded to Cloudflare.

The storage and analysis of the data is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in protecting our web offers against abusive automated spying and SPAM.

The company is certified under the "EU-US Data Privacy Framework" (DPF). Further information can be found in the privacy policy of Cloudflare: https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/ .