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Data protection declaration

We attach maximum importance to protecting your data and safeguarding your privacy. Therefore, we provide information below regarding collection and use of personal data while using our website.

Anonymous data collection
You can visit our websites without having to provide any personal details. We do not save any personal data in this connection. In order to improve our offer, we evaluate only the statistical data, which does not allow any inference of your personal details.

Collection and processing while using the contact form
When using the contact form, we collect personal data (particulars of personal or objective relationships of a particular or definable natural person) only within the scope provided by you. We use your email address only for processing your request. Your data is deleted subsequently if you do not approve of the further processing and use.

Collection, processing and use of personal data
We collect personal data (particulars of personal or objective relationships of a particular or definable natural person) only within the scope provided by you.
Your personal data is processed and used for completing and processing your order and also for processing your requests.
After the contract is processed completely, all the personal data is first saved taking into account the retention periods under fiscal and commercial law and then deleted after the expiry of the deadline, if you have not approved of the further processing and use.

Use of the email address for sending the newsletters
Irrespective of the contract execution, we are using your email address exclusively for advertising purposes for sending the newsletter, provided that you have given your consent.
Your consent declaration is given below:

" Subscribe to newsletter " .

You can use the corresponding link in the newsletter or send us a message to unsubscribe the newsletter anytime; the relevant contact details can be found in our Disclaimer.
Your email address will then be deleted from the mailing list.

Using an email address for sending a direct advertising
Provided that you have not disagreed, we shall use your email address, which we received as part of selling an item or service, for the electronic transmission of advertising for your own goods and services, which are similar to those that you have already purchased from us. You may object to the use of your email address at any time by sending us a message. You'll find the contact details for exercising your objection in our imprint. You can also use the link provided in the advertising email. This shall not result in any costs other than transmission costs in accordance with your basic rates.

Forwarding personal data
Your data is not forwarded to third parties without your explicit consent. Only our service partners, which we require for handling the contractual relationship, are excluded from this. In these cases, we strictly adhere to the specifications of the Federal Data Protection Act. The scope of the data transfer is restricted to a minimum.

Data collection and processing, identity and credit assessment while selecting Billpay payment methods
If you decide on one of the payment options of our partner Billpay GmbH http://www.billpay.de/endkunden/, you will be requested during the ordering process to agree to the transfer of the data to Billpay necessary for processing the payment and for an identity and credit assessment. If you give your approval, your data (first and last name, street, house number, postal code, place, date of birth, telephone number and, in case of a purchase by direct debit, the specific bank details) as well as the data in connection with your order will be transferred to Billpay.
 
For purposes of the specific identity and credit assessment, Billpay or a partner company commissioned by Billpay transfers data to credit reporting agencies (credit agencies) and receives information as well as credit information if necessary from them on the basis of the mathematical and statistical methods, the calculation of which includes the address data among other things. Detailed information in this regard and regarding the credit agencies used must be taken from the data protection regulations http://www.billpay.de/allgemein/datenschutz/ of Billpay GmbH.

In addition, Billpay uses resources of third parties, if necessary, for revealing and preventing fraud. The data obtained using these resources is saved in an encrypted form with third parties if necessary such that only Billpay can decipher it. This data is used only if you select a payment method of our co-operation partner Billpay, otherwise the data automatically lapses after 30 minutes.

Data collection and processing in case of the payment method purchase on account via BillSAFE
In case of a purchase on account transaction that is carried out via BillSAFE (a PayPal service), the seller irrevocably cedes his entire payment claim against you to PayPal (Europe) S.à r.l. et Cie, S.C.A. ,22-24 Boulevard Royal, L-2449 Luxembourg (“PayPal”).
In case of the payment method purchase on account via BillSAFE, PayPal conducts an identity and credit assessment. For purposes of processing the purchase on account, you are requested during the ordering process to specify your personal data such as first and last name, address, date of birth, email address and telephone number. PayPal uses the aforementioned data, together with additional data - such as shopping cart details, invoice amount, order history and payment records - to check whether the payment option to be allowed can be ensured with reference to the payment default and/or bad debt risks.
Within the scope of the legally permissible interests and considering your interests that are worth being protected, PayPal transfers your address data to credit reporting agencies for the identity and credit assessment if necessary. The institutes in Germany are given below:

  • SCHUFA Holding AG, Kormoranweg 5, D-65201 Wiesbaden, Tel.: +49 (0)611-9278-0, Fax: -109
  • Deltavista GmbH, Freisinger Landstraße 74, D-80939 Munich, Tel.: +49 (0)721-25511-777, Fax: -22
  • accumio finance services GmbH Customer Care Service Center, PO Box 110254, 30099 Hanover
  • infoscore Consumer Data GmbH (arvato), Rheinstraße 99, D-76532 Baden-Baden, Tel.: +49 (0)7221-5040-1000, Fax: -1001
  • CRIF Bürgel GmbH, Radlkoferstraße 2, 81373 München, Tel.: +49 (0)40-89803-0, Fax: -777
  • mediafinanz AG, Weiße Breite 5, 49084 Osnabrück Tel.: +49 (0)541- 2029-0, Fax: -101
  • CEG Creditreform Consumer GmbH, Hellersbergstraße 11, D-41460 Neuss, Tel.: +49 (0)2131-109-501, Fax: -557

For the purpose of its own credit check, PayPal retrieves credit information on the basis of mathematical and statistical methods (probability and/or score values) from the institutes mentioned above. The evaluation of these score values allows PayPal to take a decision about the substantiation, execution or termination of the contractual relationship. In addition to your address details, information regarding your current payment history as well as the probability values regarding your payment history in the future is included as well.
Your personal data is transferred to one of the abovementioned credit agencies for purposes of identity assessment as well.
Here, the credit agency compares the data specified by you with the data saved about you and notifies the degree of compliance in percentage values. In addition, a reference to an ID-based check carried out at the credit agency in the past can also be provided if necessary. PayPal can use the transferred compliance rates to identify whether a person is saved under the address specified by you in the database of the credit agency.
 
Paypal ensures in this regard that the mentioned institutes process and/or use the data on their part exclusively within the scope of the specific function. For additional information about the data protection regulations of PayPal’s BillSAFE, visit: http://www.billsafe.de/privacy-policy/merchant


Using the personal data while selecting Klarna as the payment method
If you decide on Klarna’s payment services, Klarna bill and/or Klarna instalment purchase, as payment options, you have consented to the fact that we collect the following personal data necessary for processing the purchase on account and an identity and credit assessment and transfer it to Klarna; this data includes first and last name, address, date of birth, sex, email address, IP address, telephone number as well as the data necessary for processing the purchase on account, which is in connection with the order, such as the number of items, item number, invoice amount and taxes in percent. This data is transferred so that Klarna can generate an invoice for processing your purchase with the invoice processing desired by you and conduct an identity and credit assessment. Klarna thus has an authorised interest in the transfer of the personal data of the buyer in accordance with the Federal Data Protection Act and requires it to obtain information from credit reporting agencies for purposes of the identity and credit assessment. The credit reporting agencies in Germany are listed below:

  •  Schufa Holding AG, Kormoranweg 5, 65203 Wiesbaden
  •  CRIF Bürgel GmbH, Radlkoferstraße 2, 81373 München
  •  Creditreform Bremen Seddig KG, Contrescarpe 17, 28203 Bremen
  •  infoscore Consumer Data GmbH, Rheinstraße 99, 76532 Baden-Baden

Within the scope of the decision about the substantiation, execution or termination of the contractual relationship, Klarna, apart from an address check, also collects and uses information regarding the current payment history of the buyer as well as probability values regarding this behaviour
in future. These score values are calculated by Klarna on the basis of a scientifically accepted mathematical and statistical method. Klarna will also use your address data among other things for this. If this calculation indicates that your credit-worthiness is not
ensured, Klarna shall inform you about this immediately.

Revocation of the use of personal data as against Klarna
1. You can always revoke your consent to the use of personal data as against Klarna. However, if necessary, Klarna continues to remain authorised to process, use and transfer the personal data insofar as this is necessary for the contractual payment processing by Klarna’s services, is stipulated legally, or demanded by a court or an authority.

2. You can of course receive information at all times about the personal data saved by Klarna. The Federal Data Protection Act guarantees this right. If you as a buyer want this or want to notify changes in the saved data to Klarna, you can write to datenschutz@klarna.de.

Data collection and processing while logging in to purchase on account via Paymorrow
For estimating the liability risk and for the credit assessment, Paymorrow or partner companies authorised by Paymorrow transfer your address data to credit reporting agencies if necessary for the credit assessment within the scope of the legally permissible interests and considering your respective interests that are worthy of being protected with the exclusion of the transfer or use while logging in to the purchase on account. We get information regarding your current payment history from the following credit reporting agencies,
which save data for giving information:

  • CRIF Bürgel GmbH, Radlkoferstraße 2, 81373 München, Tel.: +49 (0) 40 - 89 80 3 - 0, Fax: -777;
  • CEG, Creditreform Consumer GmbH, Hellersbergstr. 11, D-41460 Neuss, Tel.:+49(0)2131-109-501, Fax: -557;
  • Deltavista. Deltavista GmbH, Freisinger Landstr. 74, D-80939 Munich, Tel.: +49 (0)89 - 7244880, Fax: - 22.

For the purpose of its own credit check, Paymorrow or partner companies authorised by Paymorrow retrieve credit information if necessary on the basis of the mathematical and statistical methods of the institutes mentioned above. For such cases, you need to approve of the notification of your first and last name, street, house number, postal code, place as well as your date of birth and telephone number to the mentioned institutes. In this connection, Paymorrow ensures that the authorised partner companies as well as the mentioned institutes shall process and/or use the data on their part exclusively within the scope of the specific function. All the credit assessments are carried out to eliminate problems in the payment transactions. The data exchange between Paymorrow, partner companies authorised by Paymorrow and other business information services protects the online trade from damages, which have long-term effects on the sales prices. Thus, even you as an end customer, profit from an assessment of the customer data for this purpose.

Approval for identity assessment
While purchasing on account via Paymorrow GmbH, your personal data is transferred to SCHUFA (SCHUFA Holding AG, Kormoranweg 5, 65201 Wiesbaden) for purposes of the identity assessment and SCHUFA will thereupon transfer the degree of compliance of the particulars saved with it with the particulars specified by you in percentage values as well as, if necessary, a reference to an
ID-based identification check carried out in the past at SCHUFA or another contractual partner to Paymorrow GmbH. Paymorrow GmbH can thus use the transferred compliance rates to identify whether a person is saved under the address specified by you in the database of SCHUFA. A further data exchange or transfer of deviating addresses as well as storage of your data in the SCHUFA database does not take place. The details of the address check are saved with SCHUFA only for reasons of proof.

Approval for identity assessment in case of an instalment purchase via paymorrow
The “payment in instalments” payment procedure is processed by Paymorrow in collaboration with a correspondent bank, Commerz Finanz GmbH. Provided the customer’s request for “purchase on account” or “payment in instalments” has been accepted by Paymorrow, the customer has the option to apply for the “payment in instalments” payment method via the correspondent bank of Paymorrow. For this, the customer can call the “payment in instalments” offer on the Paymorrow customer portal after successful completion of his ordering in the online shop. In order to use the service, the customer must follow the instructions in the “payment in instalments” menu item. The “payment in instalments” service is provided by Commerz Finanz GmbH. While placing the request of the customer for the “payment in instalments” payment method via the Paymorrow customer portal, the customer notifies the following data to Commerz Finanz GmbH for purposes of the credit agreement conclusion and processing of the payment of his online purchases in Paymorrow partner shops: first and last name, street, house number, postal code, place and his date of birth as well as telephone number. Commerz Finanz GmbH requires this personal data for purposes of checking and notifying its credit enquiry for the “payment in instalments” payment method. In case of “payment in instalments”, the credit agreement is reached solely between the customer and Commerz Finanz GmbH. Only the terms and conditions and data protection principles of Commerz Finanz GmbH are applicable to the credit agreement and its processing.

Data collection and processing in the payment methods associated with credit cards, direct debit operations and invoices related to secupay AG
In case of payment by methods of “secupay direct debit”, “secupay credit card” and “secupay purchase on account”, the purchase price claim is ceded to secupay AG, Goethestraße 6, 01896 Pulsnitz. The debiting of your bank account or credit card account takes place upon completion of the order.
The data required for the payment transaction will be transmitted to secupay AG. In order to assess the default risk, secupay AG executes a credit rating query in some circumstances. Information regarding your previous payment history and credit rating that is based on mathematical and statistical procedures using address data (scoring) is obtained from info score Consumer Data GmbH, Rheinstraße 99, 76532 Baden-Baden and Creditreform Boniversum GmbH, Hellersbergstr. 11, 41460 Neuss. Further information regarding the storage and processing of your data can be obtained directly through secupay AG.

Credit and identity assessment in case of purchase on account via Novalnet
In case of the purchase on account payment method, Novalnet AG carries out an identity and credit assessment. For this purpose, Novalnet AG requires specific, among other things, personal information from the customer. This information is regarding the name, and address, account number and bank code or credit card number (including validity period), invoice amount and currency as well as the transaction number. Novalnet AG checks and evaluates the data provided by the customer. It also exchanges data with other companies and credit reporting agencies (credit assessment), if there is a justifiable reason for such a course of action. It is authorised to use this information for purposes of payment processing and forward it to the supplier.

Data acquisition and processing for the payolution modes of payment “Buy on account” (purchase on account) and/or “Payment by instalments”
In case of payment via the payolution modes of payment “Buy on account” (purchase on account) and/or “Payment by instalments”, the purchase price claim is assigned to the net-m privatbank 1891 AG, Odeonsplatz 18, 80539 Munich (hereinafter referred to as Bank). The data required for payment processing is transferred to payolution GmbH (hereinafter referred to as payolution). This data is transferred, so that payolution can carry out an identity check and credit assessment for the processing of your purchase with your desired mode of payment. In accordance with the Federal Data Protection Act, payolution has a legitimate interest in the transfer of the personal data of the buyer and requires and/or uses the same to carry out risk assessments. To verify the identity and for the credit assessment of the buyer, enquiries are made with and information is gathered from publically accessible databases as well as credit agencies. Click here to find payolution's Privacy Statement.

If you wish to obtain information about the use of your personal data, please contact datenschutz@payolution.com.

Cookies
Our websites use so-called cookies at several places. Cookies are small text files, which are stored on your computer and which your browser saves. They help to make our offer more user-friendly, effective and reliable. In addition, cookies allow our systems to identify your browser and offer you services. Cookies do no contain any personal data.

Use of Cookies with Klarna Checkout
The Checkout solution is provided by Klarna (Klarna AB, Sveavägen 46, 111 34 Stockholm, Sweden) and uses cookies in order to afford you an online experience tailored to your needs when using Klarna Checkout. A detailed list of cookies and an explanation of their specific purpose may be found here.

Using the Remarketing or “Similar target groups” function of Google Inc.
The supplier uses the Remarketing or “Similar target groups” function of Google Inc. (“Google”) on the website. The supplier can use this function to specifically approach the visitors of this website with advertisements by running personalised, interest-related advertisements for visitors of the supplier’s website if they visit other websites in the Google Display network. Google uses so-called cookies for analysing the website usage, which forms the basis for developing the interest-related advertisements. For this, Google saves a small file with a numerical sequence on the browsers of the website’s visitors. This number is used to record the visits to the website as well as anonymised data about the website usage. Personal data of the website’s visitors is not saved. If you subsequently visit another website in the Google Display network, pop-ups are displayed to you, which are likely to take into account previously accessed product and information fields.
You can permanently deactivate the use of cookies by Google by following the link given below and downloading and installing the plug-in provided there:
https://www.google.com/settings/ads/plugin?hl=de

Alternatively, you can deactivate the use of cookies by third=party suppliers by calling the deactivating site of the network advertising initiative on http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/ and implementing the additional information for Opt-Out mentioned there.
Additional information regarding Google Remarketing as well as the data protection declaration of Google can be viewed on:
http://www.google.com/privacy/ads/

Using the Remarketing function of ExactTarget
We use the Remarketing function of the email service provider ExactTarget, Inc. 20 North Meridian Street Suite 200 Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 USA (“ExactTarget”). Cookies are used if you have agreed to receiving our newsletter and visit our site via a newsletter. This allows us to understand the effectiveness of our newsletter, e.g. whether you have opened an email or which part of the newsletter was especially interesting.

In addition, ExactTarget uses so-called Web Beacons in the majority of the emails sent by ExactTarget. Web Beacons (also known as ClearGIFs or web bugs) are small graphics (approx. 1x1 GIF files), which are used on websites or in HTML emails, among other things, to grant the website users a better understanding of the interaction of the users with the website. Web beacons have the same function as the cookies, but the user cannot see them. Web Beacons can be used to particularly obtain information whether the email was obtained and whether the system of the user is capable of receiving HTML emails. No personal data is obtained using the Web Beacon.

If you do not wish to receive any email notifications with Web Beacons, you can also receive your emails in text format (not in the HTML format) optionally. Web Beacons are used together with cookies. You can thus prevent the use of Web Beacons by not installing the cookies through a corresponding setting of your browser software. However, we would like to bring to your attention that you may not be able to use all functions of our website entirely in this case.

You can use the following links to find out how you can manage the cookies in the most important browsers (also deactivate them among other things):
Chrome Browser: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416?hl=de
Internet Explorer: http://windows.microsoft.com/de-de/windows-vista/block-or-allow-cookies
Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/de/kb/cookies-erlauben-und-ablehnen
Safari: http://support.apple.com/kb/ph5042 http://www.apple.com/de/privacy/use-of-cookies/

Using Google Adwords conversion tracking
We use the online advertising service “Google AdWords” and conversion tracking within the scope of Google AdWords. Google Conversion Tracking is an analysis service of Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; “Google”).
If you click an advertisement run by Google, a cookie for the conversion tracking is saved on your computer. These cookies have a limited validity, do not contain any personal data and thus do not help in personal identification.
If you visit specific webpages of our website and the cookie has not yet expired, Google and we can identify that you have clicked on the advertisement and were forwarded to this page.
Every Google AdWords customer receives a different cookie. Thus, there is no option that cookies can be tracked via the websites of AdWords customers.
The information that is obtained with the help of the conversion cookie helps to generate conversion statistics for AdWords customers, who have decided on conversion tracking. Here, the customers find out about the total number of users who have clicked on their advertisement and were forwarded to a site provided with a conversion tracking tag. You however do not receive any information which can be used to identify users personally.
If you do not wish to take part in the tracking, you can disagree to this use by not installing the cookies through a corresponding setting of your browser software (deactivation option). You are then not included in the conversion tracking statistics.
For additional information as well as for the data protection declaration, please visit: http://www.google.de/policies/privacy/

Use of econda
Data for marketing and optimisation purposes is collected and saved on these webpages using the technologies of econda GmbH (www.econda.com). User profiles can be created from this data under a pseudonym. Cookies can be used here. Cookies involve small text files, which are locally saved in the cache of the Internet browser of the user visiting the webpages. Cookies allow the identification of the Internet browser. Without an explicit approval by the relevant person, the data collected with the econda technologies is not used to personally identify the visitors of this website and is not merged with the personal data of the carrier of the pseudonym. The data collection and saving can always be objected to with future effect.

Use of etracker
Data for marketing and optimisation purposes is collected and saved on these webpages using the technologies of etracker GmbH (www.etracker.com). User profiles can be created from this data under a pseudonym. Cookies can be used here. Cookies involve small text files, which are locally saved in the cache of the Internet browser of the user visiting the webpages. Cookies allow the identification of the Internet browser. Without an explicit approval by the relevant person, the data collected with the etracker technologies is not used to personally identify the visitors of this website and is not merged with the personal data of the carrier of the pseudonym. To guarantee this exclusion from data storage, you can set an opt out cookie in your browser from the following link: http://www.etracker.de/privacy?et=umbcr3

Use of Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service by Google Inc. („Google“). Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies”, text files, which are saved on your computer and which allow analysing the use of the website by you. The information generated by the cookie about your usage of this website is generally transferred to a Google server in USA and saved there. If IP anonymisation is activated on this website, your IP address is however abbreviated by Google in advance within the member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Treaty on the European Economic Area. The complete IP address is transferred to a Google server in USA and abbreviated there only in exceptional cases. Google shall use this information on behalf of the operator of this website to evaluate your website use, to compile reports about the website activities and to provide additional services associated with the website use and Internet use as against the website operator. The IP address transferred from your browser within the scope of Google Analytics is not consolidated with the other data by Google. You can prevent cookies from being saved through a corresponding setting of your browser software; however, we would like to bring to your attention that you may not be able to use all the functions of this website entirely in this case. In addition, you can prevent the recording of data (including your IP address) generated by the cookie and based on your website use in Google as well as the processing of this data by Google by downloading the browser plug-in available on the following link and installing it [http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de].

Use of LiveZilla
Data for marketing and optimisation purposes is collected and saved on these webpages using the technologies of LiveZilla GmbH (www.livezilla.net). User profiles can be created from this data under a pseudonym. Cookies can be used here. Cookies involve small text files, which are locally saved in the cache of the Internet browser of the user visiting the webpages. Cookies allow the identification of the Internet browser. Without an explicit approval by the relevant person, the data collected with the LiveZilla Technologies is not used to personally identify the visitors of this website and is not merged with the personal data of the carrier of the pseudonym. The data collection and saving can always be objected to with future effect.

Use of mouseflow
Data for marketing and optimisation purposes is collected and saved on these webpages using the technologies of Mouseflow ApS Flaesketorvet 68, 1711 Copenhagen Denmark (“mouseflow”). User profiles can be created from this data under a pseudonym.
 
Incidentally, selected individual visits (only with an anonymised IP address) are recorded with the webtracking tool, mouseflow. A log of the mouse movements and clicks is generated here, with the intention of randomly selecting individual website visits and deriving potential improvements for the website.
 
Without an explicit approval by the relevant person, the data collected with the mouseflow technologies is not used to personally identify the visitors of this website and is not merged with the personal data of the carrier of the pseudonym. If you do not wish your data recorded, you can globally deactivate the recording on all websites, which use mouseflow, for the browser currently in use at the following link: www.mouseflow.com/opt-out/

Use of Piwik
Data for marketing and optimisation purposes is collected and saved on these webpages using the Piwik software (www.piwik.org) . User profiles can be created from this data under a pseudonym. Cookies can be used here. Cookies involve small text files, which are locally saved in the cache of the Internet browser of the user visiting the webpages. Cookies allow the identification of the Internet browser. Without an explicit approval by the relevant person, the data collected with the Piwik Technologies is not used to personally identify the visitors of this website and is not merged with the personal data of the carrier of the pseudonym. The data collection and saving can always be objected to with future effect.

Use of PHP Web Stat
Data for marketing and optimisation purposes is collected and saved on these webpages using the PHP Web Stat software (http://www.php-web-statistik.de/). User profiles can be created from this data under a pseudonym. Cookies can be used here. Cookies involve small text files, which are locally saved in the cache of the Internet browser of the user visiting the webpages. Cookies allow the identification of the Internet browser. Without an explicit approval by the relevant person, the data collected with the PHP Web Stat Technologies is not used to personally identify the visitors of this website and is not merged with the personal data of the carrier of the pseudonym. The data collection and saving can always be objected to with future effect.

Clear GIFs
On our website, we use so-called ClearGIFs, to be able to measure the visitor behaviour, to improve the user experience and to simplify the management of website contents. ClearGIFs (also called web beacons or web bugs) are small graphics (approx. 1x1 GIF files), which are used on websites or in HTML emails, among other things, to grant the website users a better understanding of the interaction of the users with the website. Web beacons have the same function as the cookies, but the user cannot see them. Using ClearGIF allows the website in-charge to measure the action of the user, who opens the site with an enclosed web bug. When invoking a site with ClearGIF, your IP addresses in an anonymised form, the URL of the visited website on which the web beacon appears, the time at which the website containing the web beacon was viewed, your browser type as well as the previously set cookie information are transferred to a web server. Here, it exclusively concerns anonymised user data, which does not allow any conclusions on your identity as the user. Your IP address is converted to a new irreversible numerical code (IP obfuscation) with the help of an algorithm. On account of this anonymised IP address, it is no longer possible to determine the original visitor. The data is neither linked with the personal data on your computer nor with any database. The acquired user data exclusively serves to analyse the behaviour of all visitors on our website to be able to adapt our online offer to your requirements even better.

ClearGIFs are used together with cookies. You can thus prevent the use of Clear GiFs by not installing the cookies through a corresponding setting of your browser software. However, we would like to bring to your attention that you may not be able to use all functions of our website entirely in this case.

Web analysis service Omniture SiteCatalyst
We use Omniture Site Catalyst, a web analysis service by Adobe Systems Incorporated. Site Catalyst uses cookies and web bugs (so-called ClearGIFs), which are called up from your computer or saved there, and which allow analysing the use of the website by you. The information thus generated about the use of the website is transferred to an Omniture server in the USA, and saved there. The information collected by Omniture is used to prepare reports about the website activities of the visitor for us. Your IP address is obscured and anonymised through IP obfuscation. This process is irreversible. It is thus not possible to determine your personal data. The analyses are exclusively used to improve our online offer.

Deactivation using the Opt-out method
You always have an option to control the use of session information, which the cookies placed by Omniture SiteCatalyst Domänen 2o7.net and omtrdc.net use. 2o7.net and omtrdc.net involve domains that are used by Omniture SiteCatalyst to make parts of Omniture SiteCatalyst available.

If you do not wish that the session information of your visit is collected and analysed by Omniture SiteCatalyst, you can clarify your objection through the Opt-out method at the bottom.

Click http://www.d1.sc.omtrdc.net/optout.html?omniture=1&popup=1&locale=en_US&second=1&second_has_cookie=0, to refuse the tracking via 2o7.net and omtrdc.net cookie (opt-out).

To deactivate analysing your usage behaviour by Omniture, you can download and install the so-called deactivation add-on offered by Omniture. You can find more about this and other information about data protection with Adobe Omniture SiteCatalyst as well as the data protection declaration in the Omniture Privacy Center at
http://www.adobe.com/de/privacy/opt-out.html.

Use of social plugins with "Shariff"
So that you can maintain control of your data, the privacy protection "Shariff" button is used in order to integrate the social media sharing function. Without your express permission, no connection is made to the social network servers and therefore no data is submitted.
"Shariff" is a development from specialists of the computer technology magazine c't. It enables more personal privacy in the network and replaces the usual social network "share" buttons. You may find further information on the Shariff project here.
If you click on the buttons that appear in a popup window, you can log in with your data with the respective provider. First, after you actively login, a direct connection to the social network takes place.
By logging in, you give your permission to transfer your data to the respective social media provider. At this time, information such as your IP address and which websites you have visited is transmitted. Should you be connected simultaneously with one or more of your social network accounts, the information collected is also assigned to your corresponding profiles. Therefore, you can only prevent this assignment by logging yourself out before visiting our website and before activating the button for your social media accounts.

Information, correction, blocking and deletion of data
At all times, you have the right to free information about your saved data as well as the right to correction, deletion and blocking of the same. Please contact us if required. You will find the contact details in our Legal Notice.

last update: 03.12.2015