DATA PROTECTION

PRIVACY POLICY

As a user of our website, you will receive all the necessary information in this privacy policy about how, to what extent and for what purpose we or third-party providers collect data from you and use it. The collection and use of your data is carried out strictly in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) and the Telemedia Act (TMG). We feel particularly committed to the confidentiality of your personal data and therefore work strictly within the limits set by the legal requirements. The collection of this personal data is voluntary if we can do so. We also only pass this data on to third parties with your express consent. We ensure a high level of security for particularly confidential data, such as in payment transactions or with regard to your inquiries to us, by using SSL encryption. However, we would like to take this opportunity to point out the general dangers of using the Internet, over which we have no influence. In e-mail traffic in particular, your data is not secure without further precautions and may be collected by third parties.

DEFINITIONS

Our privacy policy is intended to be simple and understandable for everyone. The privacy policy generally uses the official terms of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The official definitions are explained in Art. 4 GDPR.

COLLECTION OF ACCESS DATA

The delivery and display of content via our website technically requires the collection of certain data. When you access our website, these so-called server log files are collected by us or the web space provider. These log files do not allow any conclusions to be drawn about you or your person. The corresponding information consists of the name of the website, the file, the current date, the amount of data, the web browser and its version, the operating system used, the domain name of your Internet provider, the referrer URL as the page from which you switched to our site, and the corresponding IP address. We use this data to display and deliver our content and for statistical purposes. The information supports the provision and continuous improvement of our offer. We also reserve the right to subsequently check the data mentioned if there is suspicion of illegal use of our offer.

CONTACT FORM AND CONTACT BY E-MAIL

If you send us inquiries via the contact form or email, your details from the inquiry form or your email, including the contact details you provided there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in the event of follow-up questions. We will never pass on this data without your consent. The legal basis for processing the data is our legitimate interest in answering your request in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR and, if applicable, Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR, if your inquiry is aimed at concluding a contract. Your data will be deleted after your inquiry has been processed, unless there are any statutory retention periods to the contrary.

REGISTRATION

You have the option of registering for certain services provided on our website and thereby creating a user profile. As part of the registration and setup process, we collect and use the following personal data:

• First name
• Last name
• Salutation
• Postal address
• User’s email address
• Date and time of registration

In addition, voluntary information can be provided (e.g. telephone number, etc.). Mandatory information that is provided for the purpose of registration is marked as a mandatory field in the input mask with an asterisk. With your user account, you have the option of using other parts of our website and logging in to the offers you have purchased. If consent is given, the legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Letter a of GDPR or Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b of GDPR, provided that processing is necessary to provide the desired services. Your data will be deleted as soon as the user account on our website is deleted and provided that there are no statutory retention periods. You can usually change and/or delete your user account, including the data you have provided, directly in your user account after logging in, or by sending a corresponding message to the person responsible named above.

SHOP

To access our online shop, we offer the option of registering to create a customer account by providing personal data. The data is entered into an input mask and sent to us and stored. The data is not passed on to third parties. When you register for a customer account, we store the following data that is necessary for the conclusion and fulfillment of the contract:

• First name
• Last name
• Address
• E-mail address
• VAT ID
• Telephone number
• country
• company

Registration of the user is necessary to fulfill the contract or to carry out pre-contractual measures or to provide the desired services. The legal basis for the processing of the data is Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Letter b of GDPR. The data will be deleted when the data is no longer required to carry out the contract. Even after the contract has been concluded, it may be necessary to store personal data of our contractual partners in order to comply with contractual or legal obligations. As a user, you have the option of canceling your registration at any time. Early deletion of the data is only possible if there are no contractual or legal obligations that prevent deletion.

PERSONAL DATA

In order to avoid data collection and save data, we only collect personal data to the extent and for as long as it is necessary to use our website or as required by law. We take the protection of your personal data seriously and strictly adhere to the relevant statutory provisions and this privacy policy when collecting and processing personal data. If the purpose of the data collection no longer applies or the end of the statutory storage period has been reached, the data collected will be blocked or deleted. Our website can usually be used without the disclosure of personal data. If we collect personal data - such as your name, address or e-mail address - this data collection is voluntary. This data will not be made known to third parties without your express consent. Please note that data on the Internet is not always transmitted securely. Protection when exchanging data via e-mail in particular cannot be guaranteed.

YOUR RIGHTS

Below you will find information about which data subject rights the applicable data protection law grants you vis-à-vis the controller with regard to the processing of your personal data: The right to request information about your personal data processed by us in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR. In particular, you can request information about the purposes of processing, the category of personal data, the categories of recipients to whom your data has been or will be disclosed, the planned storage period, the existence of a right to rectification, erasure, restriction of processing or objection, the existence of a right to lodge a complaint, the origin of your data if it was not collected from us, and the existence of automated decision-making including profiling and, if applicable, meaningful information about its details.

• The right to request the immediate correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal data stored by us in accordance with Art. 16 GDPR.
• The right to request the deletion of your personal data stored by us in accordance with Art. 17 GDPR, unless the processing is necessary to exercise the right to freedom of expression and information, to fulfill a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.
• The right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR if you contest the accuracy of the data, the processing is unlawful but you refuse to delete it and we no longer need the data, but you need it to assert, exercise or defend legal claims or you have objected to the processing in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR
• The right to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, common and machine-readable format or to request that it be transmitted to another controller in accordance with Art. 20 GDPR.
• The right to complain to a supervisory authority in accordance with Art. 77 GDPR. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority of the federal state in which we are based or, if applicable, the supervisory authority of your usual place of residence or place of work.
• Right to revoke consent granted in accordance with Art. 7 Para. 3 GDPR: You have the right to revoke your consent to the processing of data at any time with effect for the future. In the event of revocation, we will delete the data concerned immediately unless further processing can be based on a legal basis for processing without consent. The revocation of consent does not affect the legality of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the revocation.

RIGHT OF OBJECTION

If your personal data is processed by us on the basis of legitimate interests in accordance with Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Clause 1 Letter f of GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR, provided this is done for reasons arising from your particular situation. If the objection is directed against the processing of personal data for the purposes of direct advertising, you have a general right of objection without the need to state a particular situation.

If you would like to exercise your right of withdrawal or objection, simply send an email to info@mgs-autozentrum.de

DURATION OF STORAGE OF YOUR DATA

We process and store your data for the duration of our business relationship. This also includes the initiation of a contract (pre-contractual legal relationship) and the execution of a contract. In addition, we are subject to various retention and documentation obligations, which arise from the German Commercial Code (HGB) and the German Tax Code (AO), among others. The retention and documentation periods specified there are up to ten years after the end of the business relationship or the pre-contractual legal relationship. Furthermore, special legal regulations may require a longer retention period, such as the preservation of evidence within the framework of the statutory limitation periods. According to Sections 195 ff. of the German Civil Code (BGB), the regular limitation period is three years; however, limitation periods of up to 30 years may also apply. If the data is no longer required to fulfil contractual or legal obligations and rights, it will be regularly deleted, unless its - limited - further processing is necessary to fulfil the purposes listed under section 2.2 for reasons of an overriding legitimate interest. Such an overriding legitimate interest also exists, for example, if deletion is not possible or only possible with disproportionate effort due to the special type of storage and processing for other purposes is excluded by suitable technical and organisational measures.

COOKIES

We use cookies on our website. These small text files are stored on your PC by our server. They support the display of our website and help you to move around our website. Cookies collect data about your IP address, your browser, your operating system and your internet connection. We do not link this information to personal data and do not pass it on to third parties. Under no circumstances will we use cookies to bring malware or spy programs onto your computer. You can also use our website without the use of cookies, which may mean that some of the displays and functions of our offer only work to a limited extent. If you want to deactivate cookies, you can do this via special settings in your browser. Please use its help function to make the appropriate changes. You can manage online advertising cookies using the following links:https://optout.aboutads.infofor the USAhttps://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/your-ad-choicesfor Europe.

TRANSFER TO A THIRD COUNTRY OR TO AN INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION

Your data will only be transferred to third countries (countries outside the European Economic Area - EEA) if this is crucial for the execution of your orders (e.g. payment orders), is required by law or if you have given us your permission. We will inform you separately of the details if required by law. In addition, the company MGS Motor Gruppe Sticht GmbH & Co. KG does not transfer any personal data to third countries or international organizations. However, for certain tasks, the company MGS Motor Gruppe Sticht GmbH & Co. KG uses service providers who mostly also use service providers who may have their headquarters, main group or data centers in a third country. A transfer is justifiable if the European Commission has decided at its own discretion that an adequate level of protection exists in a third country (Art. 45 GDPR). If the Commission has not made such a decision, the company MGS Motor Gruppe Sticht GmbH & Co. KG or the service provider may only transfer personal data to a third country or an international organization if appropriate safeguards are provided (e.g. standard data protection clauses adopted by the Commission or the supervisory authority in a specific procedure) and enforceable rights and effective legal remedies are available. In addition, it is contractually agreed with these service providers that basic data protection agreements are always concluded with their contractual partners in compliance with the European data protection level.

DATA TRANSFER AND RECIPIENTS

Your personal data will not be transferred to third parties, unless

• if we have explicitly pointed this out in the description of the respective data processing.
• if you have given your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 Paragraph 1 Clause 1 Letter a of GDPR,
• the disclosure is necessary to assert, exercise or defend legal claims pursuant to Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f GDPR and there is no reason to assume that you have an overriding legitimate interest in not disclosing your data,
• in the event that there is a legal obligation to pass on the data in accordance with Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. c GDPR and - insofar as this is necessary for the processing of contractual relationships with you in accordance with Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. b GDPR.

We also use external service providers to carry out our services, whom we have carefully selected and commissioned in writing. They are bound by our instructions and are regularly monitored by us. If necessary, we have concluded order processing agreements with them in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR. These are service providers for web hosting, sending emails, maintenance and servicing of our IT systems, etc. The service providers will not pass this data on to third parties.

SERVER LOG FILES

The server log files are anonymized data that is recorded when you access our website. This information does not allow any conclusions to be drawn about you personally, but is essential for technical reasons for the delivery and presentation of our content. It is also used for our statistics and the constant optimization of our content. Typical log files are the date and time of access, the amount of data, the browser used for access and its version, the operating system used, the domain name of the provider you have commissioned, the page from which you came to our offer (referrer URL) and your IP address. Log files also enable a detailed check if there is suspicion of illegal use of our website.

SSL ENCRYPTION

Our website uses SSL encryption when it comes to transmitting confidential or personal content from our users. This encryption is activated, for example, when processing payment transactions and when you send us enquiries via our website. Please ensure that SSL encryption is activated on your side when you carry out such activities. The use of encryption is easy to recognize: the display in your browser line changes from "http://" to "https://". Data encrypted via SSL cannot be read by third parties. Only transmit your confidential information when SSL encryption is activated and contact us if in doubt.

OBJECTION TO PROMOTIONAL EMAILS

As part of the legal obligation to publish our imprint, we must publish our contact details. These are sometimes used by third parties to send unwanted advertising and information. We hereby object to any sending of advertising material of any kind that has not been expressly authorized by us. We also expressly reserve the right to take legal action against the unwanted and unsolicited sending of advertising material. This applies in particular to so-called spam e-mails, spam letters and spam faxes. We would like to point out that the unauthorized transmission of advertising material can affect competition law, civil law and criminal law. Spam e-mails and spam faxes in particular can lead to high claims for damages if they disrupt business operations by overfilling mailboxes or fax machines.

NEWSLETTER

You can sign up to receive our newsletter on our website. We need your email address for this. We also need to check, in compliance with the relevant legal regulations, whether you are actually the owner of the email address provided and whether you would like to receive the newsletter. We therefore collect information that makes such a check possible. The data collected in this context is used to send and receive the newsletter. It has no other purpose and will not be passed on to third parties. No other data is collected by us other than the information necessary to send the newsletter. Since sending and receiving the newsletter is dependent on your consent, you can revoke this consent to the collection and storage of your data at any time without giving reasons. To do this, use the "unsubscribe link" provided in the newsletter.

PUBLICATION OF JOB ADVERTISEMENTS / ONLINE JOB APPLICATIONS

Your application data will be collected and processed electronically by us for the purpose of processing the application process. If your application is followed by the conclusion of an employment contract, we may store the data you have submitted in your personnel file for the purposes of the usual organizational and administrative process in compliance with the relevant legal regulations. If your job application is rejected, the data you have submitted will be automatically deleted two months after notification of the rejection. This does not apply if longer storage is necessary due to legal requirements (for example the burden of proof under the General Equal Treatment Act) or if you have expressly consented to longer storage in our database of prospective customers.

FACEBOOK PLUG-IN

You will find plugins from the social network Facebook on our website. Its provider is Facebook Inc., based in the USA, California 94025, 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park. The Facebook logo or the "Like button" on our site identifies the Facebook plugins for you. Please also note the overview of Facebook plugins onhttp://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/When you visit our website, we establish a direct connection to the Facebook server via the plug-in. You are then redirected to the server via your browser. Facebook receives the information that you have visited our website using your IP address. By clicking on the Facebook "Like" button, you link content from our website to your profile on Facebook. Facebook can associate your visit to our site with your user account. We have no knowledge of the type of content that is sent to Facebook and how Facebook uses it. You can find more information about data collection and data usage in the Facebook privacy policy, which you can find athttp://de-de.facebook.com/policy.phpYou can prevent your visit to our site from being associated with your Facebook profile by simply logging out of your Facebook account beforehand.

Facebook

The social network facebook.com is operated by Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA (“Facebook”). The plug-ins can be recognized by one of the Facebook logos (white “f” on a blue tile or a “thumbs up” sign) or are marked with the addition “Facebook Social Plugin”. The list and appearance of the Facebook Social Plugins can be seen here: developers.facebook.com/plugins. When you visit a page on our website that contains such a plug-in, your browser establishes a direct connection to the Facebook servers. The content of the plug-in is transmitted directly from Facebook to your browser, which integrates it into the website. We therefore have no influence on the extent of the data that Facebook collects using this plug-in and therefore inform you according to our level of knowledge. By integrating the plug-in, Facebook receives the information that you have accessed the corresponding page on our website. If you interact with the plugins, for example by clicking the Like button or leaving a comment, the corresponding information is sent directly from your browser to Facebook and saved there. Even if you do not use the aforementioned plugins but are already logged in to Facebook while you are reading our Facebook pages, there is a possibility that Facebook will collect data associated with you and link it to your Facebook account. If you are not a member of Facebook, there is still a possibility that Facebook will find out and save your IP address. The purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Facebook as well as your rights and setting options to protect your privacy can be found in Facebook's privacy policy: www.facebook.com/policy.php. If you are a Facebook member and do not want Facebook to collect data about you via our website and link it to your data stored on Facebook, you must log out of Facebook before visiting our website. You can also prevent Facebook plugins from loading using the "Facebook Blocker" browser extension.

Firefox:https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/facebook_blocker/
Chrome:https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ad-blocker-for-facebook/kinpgphmiekapnpbmobneleaiemkefag
Opera:https://addons.opera.com/de/extensions/details/adblock-for-facebooktm/

FACEBOOK REMARKETING / RETARGETING

Our web pages contain remarketing tags from the social network Facebook, 1601 South California Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA. When you visit our web pages, a direct connection is established between your browser and the Facebook server via the remarketing tags. Facebook therefore receives the information that you have visited our page using your IP address. This enables Facebook to associate your visit to our pages with your user account. We can use the information obtained in this way to display Facebook Ads. We would like to point out that as the provider of the pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the data transmitted or how it is used by Facebook. You can find more information about this in Facebook's privacy policy athttps://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/If you do not want data to be collected via Custom Audiences, you can deactivate Custom Audiences here.

With your consent, we use the “visitor action pixel” of Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA (“Facebook”) on our website. This allows us to track the actions of users after they have seen or clicked on a Facebook ad. This allows us to record the effectiveness of Facebook ads for statistical and market research purposes. The data collected in this way is anonymous to us, which means that we do not see the personal data of individual users. However, this data is stored and processed by Facebook, about which we will inform you according to our level of knowledge. Facebook can link this data to your Facebook account and also use it for its own advertising purposes, in accordance with Facebook's data usage policy.

GOOGLE ADWORDS

We use Google AdWords, an online advertising program from Google Inc., on our website. Conversion tracking is also used. With this tool, Google AdWords places a cookie on your PC when you come to our website via a Google ad. The cookie is no longer valid after 30 days. It is not used for personal traceability. If you visit our website as a user and the cookie is still working, we and Google can see that you clicked on the corresponding ad and were redirected to our site. Each Google AdWords customer is assigned a different cookie. Cookies cannot be tracked across the AdWords customers' websites. The data collected through conversion cookies is used to create conversion statistics for AdWords customers. We as customers thus find out the total number of users who responded to our ad and were then redirected to a website that has been provided with a conversion tracking tag. During this process, we do not receive any information with which we could personally identify you as a user. If you reject the tracking process, the Google Conversion Tracking cookie can be deactivated via your Internet browser. If necessary, use the browser's help function for further information. You can find out more about Google's privacy policy at

GOOGLE TAG MANAGER

This website uses Google Tag Manager. The Tag Manager does not collect any personal data. The tool triggers other tags, which in turn may collect data. Google Tag Manager does not access this data. If deactivation has been carried out at domain or cookie level, this remains in place for all tracking tags that are implemented with Google Tag Manager. Google's privacy policy for this tool can be found here:

USE OF GOOGLE ANALYTICS

We use the web analysis service Google Analytics from Google Inc. on our website. This uses cookies. These are text files which, when stored on your PC, allow an analysis of your user behavior in relation to our website. The cookies generate information which is transferred to a Google server. These servers are usually located in the USA, but follow agreements on the use of the European Economic Area and shorten your IP address before being sent to the United States. Only in exceptional cases is the IP address shortened after being sent to the USA. Google evaluates the information transmitted and provides further services for us website operators in this context. The IP address determined is not merged with other Google services. You can prevent cookies from being stored on your computer by changing your browser settings. However, this may result in display and functional restrictions when using our website. A browser plug-in also prevents the collection and use of the data generated by the cookies. You can download it from the following link:

GOOGLE ANALYTICS REMARKETING

We use the remarketing function of Google Inc. on our website. With this function, we and Google present our visitors with customized and interest-based advertisements. Cookies are placed on your computer. These are text files that recognize users when they visit pages and thus enable interest-based advertising across the entire Google network. Google denies collecting personal data in this context and, according to its own statements, does not establish any connections to other Google services. You can prevent Google's remarketing function by making the appropriate settings under

GOOGLE REMARKETING

This website uses the remarketing function of Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; "Google"). This function is designed to present interest-based advertisements to website visitors within the Google advertising network. This technology enables us to display automatically generated, target group-oriented advertisements after you visit our website. The advertisements are based on the products and services you clicked on when you last visited our website. For this purpose, a so-called "cookie" is stored in the browser of the website visitor, which makes it possible to recognize the visitor when he or she visits websites that belong to the Google advertising network. Cookies are small text files that are stored in your browser when you visit our website. Google normally stores information such as your web request, IP address, browser type, browser language, and the date and time of your request. This information is used to assign the web browser to a specific computer. On the pages of the Google advertising network, visitors can then be shown advertisements that relate to content that the visitor has previously accessed on websites that use the Google remarketing function. If you

GOOGLE MAPS PLUGIN

We use a plug-in from the Internet service Google Maps on our website. The operator of Google Maps is Google Inc., based in the USA, CA 94043, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View. When you use Google Maps on our website, information about the use of this website and your IP address is transmitted to a Google server in the USA and also stored on this server. We have no knowledge of the exact content of the data transmitted, nor of its use by Google. In this context, the company denies linking the data with information from other Google services and the collection of personal data. However, Google can transmit the information to third parties. If you deactivate Javascript in your browser, you prevent Google Maps from running. However, you will then also not be able to use map displays on our website. By using our website, you consent to the described collection and processing of information by Google Inc. You can find out more about the privacy policy and terms of use for Google Maps here:

GOOGLE PLUG-IN

We use Google functions on our website. The social network is offered by Google Inc., which is based in the USA, CA 94043, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View. Google enables you to publish content globally via its button. You are also offered personalized content from Google and partner providers. Google saves your rating ( 1) for content and information from websites that you clicked on when giving 1. Your 1 rating can be displayed with your profile name and photo in other Google services. Google records your 1 activities in total. This recording serves to optimize and personalize the Google offering for you. To use the Google platform, you create a globally visible profile under a name of your choice. The chosen name is also used for the other Google services. Anyone who knows your email address can access your Google profile this way. Google uses the data collected in accordance with its data protection provisions, among other things, to create statistics that are passed on to partner companies in aggregate or used for other purposes. Details on the use of data and the privacy policy can be found at

YouTube

YouTube is a social network operated by Google, Inc. 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA94066, USA ("Google"). The plug-in can be recognized by the YouTube logo (white-black-red logo). When you visit a web page on our website that contains such a plug-in, your browser establishes a direct connection to the YouTube or Google servers. We therefore have no influence on the amount of data that Google collects using this plug-in and therefore inform you according to our current level of knowledge: Google will use the information received to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity for website operators and to provide other services related to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties if this is required by law or if third parties process this data on Google's behalf. The purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of data by Google as well as your rights and setting options to protect your privacy can be found in Google's privacy policy:

MICROSOFT BING ADS

On our website we use conversion tracking from Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052-6399, USA. Microsoft Bing Ads stores a cookie on your computer if you have accessed our website via a Microsoft Bing ad. In this way, Microsoft Bing and we can recognize that someone has clicked on an ad, been redirected to our website and reached a previously determined landing page (conversion page). We only learn the total number of users who have clicked on a Bing ad and were then redirected to the conversion page. No personal information about the identity of the user is disclosed. If you do not want information about your behavior to be used by Microsoft as explained above, you can refuse the setting of a cookie required for this purpose - for example by using a browser setting that generally deactivates the automatic setting of cookies. You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website as well as the processing of this data by Microsoft by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link:

BING UNIVERSAL EVENT TRACKING (UET)

Our website uses Bing Ads technology to collect and store data from which usage profiles are created using pseudonyms. This is a service provided by Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052-6399, USA. This service enables us to track the activities of users on our website if they have accessed our website via Bing Ads ads. If you access our website via such an ad, a cookie will be placed on your computer. A Bing UET tag is integrated into our website. This is a code which, in conjunction with the cookie, stores some non-personal data about the use of the website. This includes, among other things, the length of time spent on the website, which areas of the website were accessed and which ad users accessed the website via. Information about your identity is not recorded. The information collected is transferred to Microsoft servers in the USA and stored there for a maximum of 180 days. You can prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website as well as the processing of this data by deactivating the setting of cookies. This may limit the functionality of the website. In addition, Microsoft may be able to track your usage behavior across several of your electronic devices through so-called cross-device tracking and is thus able to display personalized advertising on or in Microsoft websites and apps. You can prevent this behavior at

Twitter

The short message network Twitter is operated by Twitter Inc., 795 Folsom St., Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA ("Twitter"). You can recognise the Twitter plug-ins ("tweet button") by the Twitter logo on our site. When you visit our site, a direct connection is established between your browser and the Twitter servers via the plug-in. Twitter therefore receives the information that you have visited our site using your IP address. If you click the Twitter "tweet button" while you are logged into your Twitter account, you can link the contents of our pages to your Twitter profile. This enables Twitter to associate your 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 data transmitted or how it is used by Twitter. You can find more information about this in Twitter's privacy policy at rwww.twitter.com/privacy. If you do not want Twitter to be able to associate your visit to our website with your Twitter user account, please log out of your Twitter user account. You can also prevent Twitter plugins from loading using the browser extension “NoScript” (

USE OF HOTJAR

Our website uses Hotjar. This name refers to an analysis software from Hotjar Ltd. You can access the website via

CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY

We reserve the right to occasionally adapt this privacy policy so that it always complies with current legal requirements or to implement changes to our services in the privacy policy, e.g. when introducing new services. The new privacy policy will then apply to your next visit.

COPYRIGHT - PROTECTED WEBSITE CONTENT

The author endeavors to respect the copyrights of the images, graphics, audio documents, video sequences and texts used in all publications, to use images, graphics, audio documents, video sequences and texts created by himself or to use license-free graphics, audio documents, video sequences and texts. All brands and trademarks mentioned within the website and possibly protected by third parties are subject without restriction to the provisions of the applicable trademark law and the ownership rights of the respective registered owners. The mere mention of a trademark does not imply that it is not protected by third-party rights! The copyright for published objects created by the author himself remains solely with the author of the pages. Duplication or use of such graphics, audio documents, video sequences and texts in other electronic or printed publications is not permitted without the express consent of the author.

DISCLAIMER

In the case of direct or indirect references to external websites (“hyperlinks”) that lie outside the author’s area of responsibility, liability would only come into force if the author had knowledge of the content and it would be technically possible and reasonable for him to prevent use in the event of illegal content. The author hereby expressly declares that at the time the links were set, no illegal content was apparent on the linked pages. The author has no influence whatsoever on the current and future design, content or authorship of the linked/connected pages. He therefore hereby expressly distances himself from all content on all linked/connected pages that were changed after the links were set. This statement applies to all links and references set within the author’s own website as well as to third-party entries in guest books, discussion forums, link directories, mailing lists and in all other forms of databases to whose content external write access is possible. For illegal, incorrect or incomplete contents and in particular for damages resulting from the use or non-use of such information, the provider of the page to which reference was made is solely liable, not the person who merely refers to the respective publication via links.

COMPANY CONTACT DETAILS:

Alois Mössbauer GmbH

Managing Director: Nicolai Mössbauer LL.M.

CONTACT DETAILS OF THE DATA PROTECTION OFFICER:

Alois Mössbauer GmbH