Privacy Policy

• Data protection

• Automatic data storage

• Cookies

• Storage of personal data

• Rights under the General Data Protection Regulation

• Analysis of visitor behavior

• TLS encryption with https

• Google Maps Privacy Policy

• Google Fonts Privacy Policy

• Google Fonts Local Privacy Policy

• Embedded social media elements Privacy policy

• Facebook Privacy Policy

• Instagram Privacy Policy

• Twitter Privacy Policy

• LinkedIn Privacy Policy

• YouTube Privacy Policy

• Vimeo Privacy Policy

We have prepared this privacy policy (version 30.01.2021-111632256) to explain to you, in accordance with the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 , what information we collect, how we use data and what choices you have as a visitor to this website.

Unfortunately, it is inherent in the nature of things that these explanations sound very technical; however, we have made every effort to describe the most important things as simply and clearly as possible.

When you visit websites these days, certain information is automatically generated and stored, including on this website.

When you visit our website, as you are doing now, our web server (the computer on which this website is stored) automatically saves data such as…

• the address (URL) of the accessed website

• Browser and browser version

• the operating system used

• the address (URL) of the previously visited page (referrer URL)

• the hostname and IP address of the device from which access is made

• Date and time

in files (web server log files).

Web server log files are typically stored for two weeks and then automatically deleted. We do not share this data, but we cannot rule out the possibility that it may be accessed in the event of unlawful activity.

Our website uses HTTP cookies to store user-specific data.

Below, we explain what cookies are and why they are used, so you can better understand the following privacy policy.

What exactly are cookies?

Whenever you browse the internet, you use a browser. Well-known browsers include Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Microsoft Edge. Most websites store small text files in your browser. These files are called cookies.

One thing is undeniable: cookies are really useful tools. Almost all websites use cookies. More precisely, they are HTTP cookies, as there are other types of cookies for other applications. HTTP cookies are small files that our website stores on your computer. These cookie files are automatically placed in the cookie folder, essentially the "brain" of your browser. A cookie consists of a name and a value. When defining a cookie, one or more attributes must also be specified.

Cookies store certain user data, such as your language or personal website settings. When you revisit our site, your browser sends user-related information back to us. Thanks to cookies, our website recognizes you and provides your preferred settings. In some browsers, each cookie has its own file, while in others, such as Firefox, all cookies are stored in a single file.

There are both first-party and third-party cookies. First-party cookies are created directly by our website, while third-party cookies are created by partner websites (e.g., Google Analytics). Each cookie should be evaluated individually, as each one stores different data. The expiration time of a cookie also varies from a few minutes to several years. Cookies are not software programs and do not contain viruses, Trojans, or other malware. Cookies cannot access information on your computer.

This is what cookie data might look like, for example:

Name: _ga

Value: GA1.2.1326744211.152111632256-9

Purpose: Differentiating website visitors

Expiration date: After 2 years

These are the minimum sizes a browser should be able to support:

At least 4096 bytes per cookie

At least 50 cookies per domain

At least 3000 cookies in total

What types of cookies are there?

The specific cookies we use depend on the services used and are explained in the following sections of the privacy policy. Here, we would like to briefly discuss the different types of HTTP cookies.

There are four types of cookies:

Essential cookies

These cookies are necessary to ensure the basic functionality of the website. For example, these cookies are needed when a user adds a product to their shopping cart, then continues browsing other pages, and only later proceeds to checkout. These cookies prevent the shopping cart from being emptied, even if the user closes their browser window.

Functional Cookies

These cookies collect information about user behavior and whether the user receives any error messages. They also measure loading times and the website's performance across different browsers.

Performance Cookies

These cookies improve user experience. For example, they save entered locations, font sizes, or form data.

Advertising Cookies

These cookies are also called targeting cookies. They are used to deliver personalized advertising to the user. This can be very convenient, but also very annoying.

Typically, you will be asked which of these cookie types you want to allow when you first visit a website. This decision is then stored in a cookie.

How can I delete cookies?

You decide how and whether you want to use cookies. Regardless of the service or website the cookies originate from, you always have the option to delete, disable, or partially allow cookies. For example, you can block third-party cookies but allow all others.

If you want to see which cookies have been stored in your browser, or if you want to change or delete cookie settings, you can find this information in your browser settings:

Chrome: Delete, enable, and manage cookies in Chrome
Safari: Manage cookies and website data with Safari
Firefox: Clear cookies to remove data that websites have stored on your computer
Internet Explorer: Delete and manage cookies
Microsoft Edge: Delete and manage cookies

If you generally don't want to allow cookies, you can configure your browser to always notify you when a cookie is about to be set. This allows you to decide whether to allow each individual cookie. The procedure varies depending on the browser. The best way to find instructions is to search on Google using the keywords "delete cookies Chrome" or "disable cookies Chrome" if you are using the Chrome browser.

What about my data privacy?

Since 2009, there have been so-called "cookie guidelines." These stipulate that storing cookies requires your consent. However, reactions to these guidelines vary considerably within the EU. In Austria, this directive was implemented in Section 96 Paragraph 3 of the Telecommunications Act (TKG).

If you would like to learn more about cookies and are comfortable with technical documentation, we recommend https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6265, the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Request for Comments entitled "HTTP State Management Mechanism."

Personal data that you submit to us electronically on this website, such as name, email address, address or other personal information when submitting a form or comments on the blog, will be used by us together with the date and time and IP address only for the stated purpose, stored securely and not passed on to third parties.

We therefore only use your personal data to communicate with visitors who expressly request contact and to process the services and products offered on this website. We will not share your personal data without your consent, but we cannot rule out the possibility that this data may be accessed in the event of unlawful activity.

If you send us personal data via email – that is, outside of this website – we cannot guarantee secure transmission and the protection of your data. We recommend that you never send confidential data unencrypted via email.

According to the provisions of the GDPR and the Austrian Data Protection Act (DSG), you are generally entitled to the following rights:

• Right to rectification (Article 16 GDPR)

• Right to erasure (“right to be forgotten”) (Article 17 GDPR)

• Right to restriction of processing (Article 18 GDPR)

• Right to notification – obligation to notify in connection with the rectification or erasure of personal data or the restriction of processing (Article 19 GDPR)

• Right to data portability (Article 20 GDPR)

• Right to object (Article 21 GDPR)

• Right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling (Article 22 GDPR)

If you believe that the processing of your data violates data protection law or that your data protection rights have otherwise been infringed, you can lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority, which in Austria is the Data Protection Authority, whose website can be found at https://www.dsb.gv.at/ .

In the following privacy policy, we inform you whether and how we analyze data from your visit to this website. The analysis of the collected data is generally anonymous, and we cannot infer your identity from your behavior on this website.

You can find out more about how to object to this analysis of visitor data in the following privacy policy.

We use HTTPS to transmit data securely over the internet (data protection by design, Article 25 Paragraph 1 GDPR ). By using TLS (Transport Layer Security), an encryption protocol for secure data transmission on the internet, we can ensure the protection of confidential data. You can recognize this secure data transmission by the small padlock icon in the top left corner of your browser and the use of the HTTPS protocol (instead of HTTP) as part of our web address.

We use Google Maps from Google Inc. on our website. For the European region, Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland) is responsible for all Google services. Google Maps allows us to show you locations more effectively and thus tailor our service to your needs. By using Google Maps, data is transferred to Google and stored on Google's servers. Here, we would like to explain in more detail what Google Maps is, why we use this Google service, what data is stored, and how you can prevent this.

What is Google Maps?

Google Maps is an online mapping service from Google. With Google Maps, you can search for the exact locations of cities, landmarks, accommodations, or businesses online using a PC, tablet, or app. If businesses are listed on Google My Business, additional information about the company is displayed alongside the location. To show directions, map snippets of a location can be embedded into a website using HTML code. Google Maps displays the Earth's surface as a road map or as an aerial or satellite image. Thanks to Street View images and high-quality satellite imagery, very precise representations are possible.

Why do we use Google Maps on our website?

All our efforts on this site aim to provide you with a useful and meaningful experience. By integrating Google Maps, we can provide you with essential information about various locations. You can see at a glance where our company headquarters are located. The directions always show you the best and fastest way to reach us. You can access directions for routes by car, public transport, on foot, or by bicycle. For us, providing Google Maps is part of our customer service.

What data does Google Maps store?

In order for Google Maps to fully offer its service, the company needs to collect and store data from you. This includes, among other things, the search terms you enter, your IP address, and your latitude and longitude coordinates. If you use the route planner function, the starting address you enter will also be saved. However, this data storage takes place on Google Maps' websites. We can only inform you about this, but we have no control over it. Because we have integrated Google Maps into our website, Google places at least one cookie (name: NID) in your browser. This cookie stores data about your user behavior. Google primarily uses this data to optimize its own services and to provide you with individual, personalized advertising.

The following cookie is set in your browser due to the integration of Google Maps:

Name: NID
Value: 188=h26c1Ktha7fCQTx8rXgLyATyITJ111632256-5
Purpose: NID is used by Google to tailor advertisements to your Google searches. With the help of this cookie, Google "remembers" your most frequently entered search queries or your previous interactions with ads. This ensures you always receive customized advertisements. The cookie contains a unique ID that Google uses to collect your personal preferences for advertising purposes.

Expiration date: after 6 months

Note: We cannot guarantee the completeness of the information regarding the stored data. Changes are always possible, especially when using cookies. To identify the NID cookie, a separate test page was created that only included Google Maps.

How long and where is the data stored?

Google servers are located in data centers around the world. However, most servers are located in the United States. For this reason, your data is also primarily stored in the USA. You can find detailed information about the locations of Google's data centers here: https://www.google.com/about/datacenters/inside/locations/?hl=de

Google distributes the data across various storage devices. This makes the data faster to access and better protected against potential manipulation attempts. Each data center also has specific emergency programs. For example, if there are problems with Google hardware or a natural disaster disables the servers, the data remains quite secure.

Google stores some data for a fixed period. For other data, Google only offers the option to delete it manually. Furthermore, the company also anonymizes information (such as advertising data) in server logs by deleting part of the IP address and cookie information after 9 or 18 months.

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With the automatic deletion feature for location and activity data introduced in 2019, information about your location and web/app activity is stored for either 3 or 18 months, depending on your choice, and then deleted. You can also manually delete this data from your history at any time via your Google account. If you want to completely prevent location tracking, you need to pause the "Web & App Activity" section in your Google account. Click on "Data & Personalization" and then on the "Activity controls" option. Here you can turn activity tracking on or off.

You can also disable, delete, or manage individual cookies in your browser. The process varies slightly depending on which browser you are using. The following instructions show you how to manage cookies in your browser:

Chrome: Delete, enable, and manage cookies in Chrome

Safari: Manage cookies and website data with Safari

Firefox: Clear cookies to remove data that websites have stored on your computer

Internet Explorer: Delete and manage cookies

Microsoft Edge: Delete and manage cookies

If you generally do not want to allow cookies, you can configure your browser to always notify you when a cookie is about to be set. This allows you to decide whether to allow each individual cookie.

Google is an active participant in the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework, which regulates the correct and secure transfer of personal data. More information can be found at https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI. If you would like to learn more about Google's data processing, we recommend that you consult the company's own privacy policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

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We use Google Fonts on our website. These are the "Google fonts" from Google Inc. For the European Economic Area, Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland) is responsible for all Google services.

You do not need to register or provide a password to use Google Fonts. Furthermore, no cookies are stored in your browser. The files (CSS, fonts) are requested via the Google domains fonts.googleapis.com and fonts.gstatic.com. According to Google, requests for CSS and fonts are completely separate from all other Google services. If you have a Google account, you don't need to worry that your Google account data will be transmitted to Google while using Google Fonts. Google collects data on the use of CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) and the fonts used and stores this data securely. We will examine the specifics of this data storage in more detail later.

What are Google Fonts?

Google Fonts (formerly Google Web Fonts) is a directory of over 800 fonts that Google provides to its users free of charge.

Many of these fonts are released under the SIL Open Font License, while others are released under the Apache License. Both are free software licenses.

Why do we use Google Fonts on our website?

With Google Fonts, we can use fonts on our own website without having to upload them to our own server. Google Fonts is an important component for maintaining the high quality of our website. All Google fonts are automatically optimized for the web, which saves data volume and is a significant advantage, especially for use on mobile devices. When you visit our site, the small file size ensures fast loading times. Furthermore, Google Fonts are secure web fonts. Different rendering systems in various browsers, operating systems, and mobile devices can lead to errors. Such errors can sometimes distort text or even entire web pages. Thanks to the fast Content Delivery Network (CDN), there are no cross-platform issues with Google Fonts. Google Fonts supports all common browsers (Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Opera) and works reliably on most modern mobile operating systems, including Android 2.2+ and iOS 4.2+ (iPhone, iPad, iPod). We use Google Fonts to ensure our entire online service is displayed as beautifully and consistently as possible.

What data does Google store?

When you visit our website, the fonts are loaded from a Google server. This external request transmits data to Google's servers. This allows Google to recognize that you, or rather your IP address, have visited our website. The Google Fonts API was developed to minimize the use, storage, and collection of end-user data to only what is necessary for the proper delivery of fonts. API stands for "Application Programming Interface" and serves, among other things, as a data transmitter in the software field.

Google Fonts securely stores CSS and font requests with Google, thus protecting them. The collected usage statistics allow Google to determine the popularity of individual fonts. Google publishes these results on internal analytics pages, such as Google Analytics. Google also uses data from its own web crawler to identify which websites use Google Fonts. This data is published in the Google Fonts BigQuery database. Businesses and developers use the Google web service BigQuery to analyze and manipulate large datasets.

However, it's important to note that every Google Font request also automatically transmits information such as language settings, IP address, browser version, browser screen resolution, and browser name to Google servers. Whether this data is also stored is unclear and not explicitly communicated by Google.

How long and where is the data stored? Google stores requests for CSS assets for one day on its servers, which are primarily located outside the EU. This allows us to use fonts with a Google stylesheet. A stylesheet is a formatting template that makes it easy and quick to change, for example, the design or font of a website.

The font files are stored by Google for one year. Google's goal is to improve website loading times in general. When millions of websites reference the same fonts, they are cached after the first visit and appear instantly on all subsequent visits.

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The font files are stored by Google for one year. Google's goal is to improve website loading times. When millions of websites reference the same fonts, they are cached after the first visit and appear instantly on all subsequent visits. Google sometimes updates font files to reduce file size, increase language coverage, and improve design.

How can I delete my data or prevent data storage?

The data that Google stores for one day or one year cannot simply be deleted. The data is automatically transmitted to Google when you visit our website. To delete this data prematurely, you must contact Google Support at https://support.google.com/?hl=de&tid=111632256. In this case, you can only prevent data storage by not visiting our website.

Unlike other web fonts, Google grants us unrestricted access to all fonts. This allows us unlimited access to a vast array of fonts, enabling us to achieve the best possible design for our website. For more information about Google Fonts and other questions, please visit https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq?tid=111632256. While Google addresses data privacy issues there, truly detailed information about data storage is not included. It is relatively difficult to obtain precise information from Google about the data they store.

You can also read about what data Google collects and how it is used at https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/.

Our website uses Google Fonts from Google Inc. For the European region, Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland) is responsible. We have integrated the Google fonts locally, i.e., on our web server – not on Google's servers. Therefore, there is no connection to Google servers and consequently no data transfer or storage.

What are Google Fonts?

Google Fonts, formerly known as Google Web Fonts, is an interactive directory of over 800 fonts provided free of charge by Google . Google Fonts allows users to utilize fonts without uploading them to their own servers. However, to prevent any data transfer to Google servers, we have downloaded the fonts to our own server. This ensures our compliance with data protection regulations and prevents us from sending any data to Google Fonts.

Unlike other web fonts, Google Fonts grants us unrestricted access to all its fonts. This means we can access a vast array of fonts and choose the perfect one for our website. For more information about Google Fonts and answers to frequently asked questions, please visit https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq?tid=111632256 .

We integrate elements from social media services into our website to display images, videos and text.
By visiting pages that display these elements, data is transferred from your browser to the respective social media service and stored there. We have no access to this data.

The following links will take you to the pages of the respective social media services where it is explained how they handle your data:

• Instagram Privacy Policy: https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875

• The Google privacy policy applies to YouTube: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de

• Facebook Data Policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy

• Twitter Privacy Policy: https://twitter.com/de/privacy

• LinkedIn Privacy Policy: https://linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy

We use selected Facebook tools on our website. Facebook is a social media network operated by Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland. These tools allow us to provide you and others interested in our products and services with the best possible experience. Below, we provide an overview of the various Facebook tools, the data that is sent to Facebook, and how you can delete this data.

What are Facebook tools?

In addition to many other products, Facebook also offers what it calls "Facebook Business Tools." This is Facebook's official name. However, since this term is not widely known, we have chosen to refer to them simply as Facebook tools. These include, among other things:

Facebook Pixel
social plugins (such as the "Like" or "Share" button)
Facebook Login
Account Kit
APIs (Application Programming Interfaces)
SDKs (Software Development Kits)
platform integrations
plugins
code
specifications
documentation
technologies and services

Through these tools, Facebook expands its services and has the ability to obtain information about user activity outside of Facebook.

Why do we use Facebook tools on our website?

We only want to show our services and products to people who are genuinely interested in them. With the help of advertisements (Facebook Ads), we can reach precisely these people. However, in order to show users relevant advertising, Facebook needs information about people's wishes and needs. Therefore, information about user behavior (and contact details) on our website is provided to the company. This allows Facebook to collect better user data and show interested people relevant advertising about our products and services. These tools enable tailored advertising campaigns on Facebook.

Facebook refers to data about your behavior on our website as "event data." This data is also used for measurement and analysis services. Facebook can thus create "campaign reports" on our behalf about the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns. Furthermore, analyses give us a better understanding of how you use our services, website, or products. With some of these tools, we optimize your user experience on our website. For example, you can use social plugins to share content from our site directly on Facebook.

What data is stored by Facebook tools?

By using certain Facebook tools, personal data (customer data) can be sent to Facebook. Depending on the tools used, customer data such as name, address, telephone number, and IP address may be sent.

Facebook uses this information to match the data with the data it already holds about you (if you are a Facebook member). Before customer data is transmitted to Facebook, it undergoes a process called "hashing." This means that any data set of any size is transformed into a string of characters. This also serves to encrypt data.

In addition to contact information, "event data" is also transmitted. "Event data" refers to the information we receive about you on our website. For example, which subpages you visit or which products you purchase from us. Facebook does not share the information it receives with third parties (such as advertisers) unless it has explicit permission or is legally obligated to do so. "Event data" can also be linked to contact information. This allows Facebook to offer better personalized advertising. After the aforementioned matching process, Facebook deletes the contact information.

To deliver optimized ads, Facebook only uses event data when it has been combined with other data (collected by Facebook in other ways). Facebook also uses this event data for security, protection, development, and research purposes. Much of this data is transmitted to Facebook via cookies. Cookies are small text files used to store data or information in browsers. Depending on the tools used and whether you are a Facebook member, a varying number of cookies will be placed in your browser. We provide more detailed information about individual Facebook cookies in the descriptions of the respective Facebook tools. General information about the use of Facebook cookies can also be found at https://www.facebook.com/policies/cookies.

How long and where is the data stored?

Grundsätzlich speichert Facebook Daten bis sie nicht mehr für die eigenen Dienste und Facebook-Produkte benötigt werden. Facebook hat auf der ganzen Welt Server verteilt, wo seine Daten gespeichert werden. Kundendaten werden allerdings, nachdem sie mit den eigenen Userdaten abgeglichen wurden, innerhalb von 48 Stunden gelöscht.

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Wie kann ich meine Daten löschen bzw. die Datenspeicherung verhindern?

Entsprechend der Datenschutz Grundverordnung haben Sie das Recht auf Auskunft, Berichtigung, Übertragbarkeit und Löschung Ihrer Daten.

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Eine komplette Löschung der Daten erfolgt nur, wenn Sie Ihr Facebook-Konto vollständig löschen. Und so funktioniert das Löschen Ihres Facebook-Kontos:

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1. Klicken Sie rechts bei Facebook auf Einstellungen.

2. Anschließend klicken Sie in der linken Spalte auf „Deine Facebook-Informationen“.

3. Nun klicken Sie “Deaktivierung und Löschung”.

4. Wählen Sie jetzt „Konto löschen“ und klicken Sie dann auf „Weiter und Konto löschen“

5. Geben Sie nun Ihr Passwort ein, klicken Sie auf „Weiter“ und dann auf „Konto löschen“

Die Speicherung der Daten, die Facebook über unsere Seite erhält, erfolgt unter anderem über Cookies (z.B. bei sozialen Plugins). In Ihrem Browser können Sie einzelne oder alle Cookies deaktivieren, löschen oder verwalten. Je nach dem welchen Browser Sie verwenden, funktioniert dies auf unterschiedliche Art und Weise. Die folgenden Anleitungen zeigen, wie Sie Cookies in Ihrem Browser verwalten:

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Chrome: Cookies in Chrome löschen, aktivieren und verwalten

Safari: Verwalten von Cookies und Websitedaten mit Safari

Firefox: Cookies löschen, um Daten zu entfernen, die Websites auf Ihrem Computer abgelegt haben

Internet Explorer: Löschen und Verwalten von Cookies

Microsoft Edge: Löschen und Verwalten von Cookies

Falls Sie grundsätzlich keine Cookies haben wollen, können Sie Ihren Browser so einrichten, dass er Sie immer informiert, wenn ein Cookie gesetzt werden soll. So können Sie bei jedem einzelnen Cookie entscheiden, ob Sie es erlauben oder nicht.

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Facebook ist aktiver Teilnehmer beim EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework, wodurch der korrekte und sichere Datentransfer persönlicher Daten geregelt wird. Mehr Informationen dazu finden Sie auf https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000GnywAAC. Wir hoffen wir haben Ihnen die wichtigsten Informationen über die Nutzung und Datenverarbeitung durch die Facebook-Tools nähergebracht. Wenn Sie mehr darüber erfahren wollen, wie Facebook Ihre Daten verwendet, empfehlen wir Ihnen die Datenrichtlinien auf https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/update.

Our website uses social plugins from Facebook Inc. You can recognize these buttons by the classic Facebook logo, such as the "Like" button (the hand with a raised thumb), or by a clear "Facebook Plugin" label. A social plugin is a small part of Facebook that is integrated into our site. Each plugin has its own function. The most frequently used functions are the familiar "Like" and "Share" buttons.

The following social plugins are offered by Facebook:

"Save" button

"Like," Share, Send, and Quote buttons

Page plugin

Comments
Messenger plugin

Embedded posts and video players

Group plugin

You can find more information on how to use the individual plugins at https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins We use social plugins to offer you a better user experience on our website and because Facebook can use them to optimize our advertising.

If you have a Facebook account or have previously visited facebook.com, Facebook has already placed at least one cookie in your browser. In this case, your browser sends information to Facebook via this cookie as soon as you visit our website or interact with social plugins (e.g., the "Like" button).

The information received is deleted or anonymized within 90 days. According to Facebook, this data includes your IP address, the website you visited, the date, the time, and other information relating to your browser.

To prevent Facebook from collecting a lot of data during your visit to our website and linking it to your Facebook data, you must log out of Facebook before visiting our website.

If you are not logged in to Facebook or do not have a Facebook account, your browser will send less information to Facebook because you have fewer Facebook cookies. Nevertheless, data such as your IP address or which website you visit can be transferred to Facebook. We would like to explicitly point out that we do not have precise knowledge of the exact content of this data. However, we are trying to inform you about data processing as best as possible to the best of our current knowledge. You can also read about how Facebook uses the data in the company's data policy at https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/update.

The following cookies are set in your browser at a minimum when you visit a website with Facebook social plugins:

Name: dpr
Value: not specified
Purpose: This cookie is used to enable the social plugins on our website to function.

Expiration date: at the end of the session

Name: fr
Value: 0jieyh4111632256c2GnlufEJ9..Bde09j…1.0.Bde09j
Purpose: This cookie is also necessary for the plugins to function correctly.

Expiration date: after 3 months

Note: These cookies were set after a test, even if you are not a Facebook member.

If you are logged into Facebook, you can change your ad preferences at https://www.facebook.com/ads/preferences/?entry_product=ad_settings_screen. If you are not a Facebook user, you can manage your online behavioral advertising at http://www.youronlinechoices.com/de/praferenzmanagement. There you have the option to deactivate or activate providers.

If you would like to learn more about Facebook's privacy practices, we recommend reviewing the company's own data policy at https://www.facebook.com/policy.php.

We've integrated the convenient Facebook Login into our website. This allows you to easily log in with your Facebook account without having to create a separate user account. If you choose to register via Facebook Login, you will be redirected to the Facebook social media network. There, you will be logged in using your Facebook user credentials. This login process involves the storage and transmission of data about you and your user behavior to Facebook.

To store data, Facebook uses various cookies. Below, we show you the most important cookies that are set in your browser or already exist when you log in to our site via Facebook:

Name: fr
Value: 0jieyh4c2GnlufEJ9..Bde09j…1.0.Bde09j
Purpose: This cookie is used to ensure that the social plugin on our website functions optimally.
Expiry date: after 3 months

Name: datr
Value: 4Jh7XUA2111632256SEmPsSfzCOO4JFFl
Purpose: Facebook sets the “datr” cookie when a web browser accesses facebook.com, and the cookie helps to identify login activity and protect users.
Expiry date: after 2 years

Name: _js_datr
Value: deleted
Purpose: This session cookie is set by Facebook for tracking purposes, even if you do not have a Facebook account or are logged out.
Expiry date: after the end of the session

Note: The cookies listed are only a small selection of the cookies available to Facebook. Other cookies include, for example, _fbp, sb, and wd. A complete list is not possible because Facebook has a large number of cookies and uses them variably.

Facebook Login offers you a quick and easy registration process, while also allowing us to share data with Facebook. This enables us to better tailor our offers and promotions to your interests and needs. The data we receive from Facebook in this way is public data such as...

• Your Facebook name

• Your profile picture

• a registered email address

• Friend lists

• Button information (e.g., "Like" button)

• Date of birth

• Language

• Place of residence

In return, we provide Facebook with information about your activity on our website. This includes information about your device, which subpages you visit, and which products you have purchased from us.

By using Facebook Login, you consent to data processing. You can revoke this consent at any time. If you would like more information about data processing by Facebook, we recommend that you read the Facebook Data Policy at https://de-de.facebook.com/policy.php .

If you are logged into Facebook, you can change your ad settings yourself at https://www.facebook.com/ads/preferences/?entry_product=ad_settings_screen .

We have integrated Instagram features into our website. Instagram is a social media platform operated by Instagram LLC, 1601 Willow Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA. Since 2012, Instagram has been a subsidiary of Facebook Inc. and is part of the Facebook family of products. Embedding Instagram content on our website allows us to show you content such as buttons, photos, or videos from Instagram directly on our site. When you visit pages on our website that have an integrated Instagram feature, data is transmitted to, stored by, and processed by Instagram. Instagram uses the same systems and technologies as Facebook. Therefore, your data is processed across all Facebook companies.

Below, we would like to give you a more detailed insight into why Instagram collects data, what data is collected, and how you can largely control this data processing. Since Instagram belongs to Facebook Inc., we obtain our information from both Instagram's policies and Facebook's own data policy.

What is Instagram?

Instagram is one of the most well-known social media networks worldwide. Instagram combines the advantages of a blog with those of audiovisual platforms like YouTube or Vimeo. On "Insta" (as many users casually call the platform), you can upload photos and short videos, edit them with various filters, and share them on other social networks. And if you don't want to be active yourself, you can simply follow other interesting users.

Why do we use Instagram on our website?

Instagram is the social media platform that has truly exploded in popularity in recent years. And of course, we've responded to this boom. We want you to feel as comfortable as possible on our website. That's why a diverse presentation of our content is a given for us. The embedded Instagram features allow us to enrich our content with helpful, funny, or exciting content from the Instagram world. Since Instagram is a subsidiary of Facebook, the data collected can also be used for personalized advertising on Facebook. This way, our ads only reach people who are genuinely interested in our products or services.

Instagram is the parent company of Facebook.
Instagram also uses the collected data for measurement and analysis purposes. We receive aggregated statistics, giving us more insight into your preferences and interests. It's important to note that these reports do not personally identify you.

What data does Instagram store?

When you visit one of our pages that has integrated Instagram features (such as Instagram images or plugins), your browser automatically connects to Instagram's servers. Data is then sent to Instagram, stored, and processed, regardless of whether you have an Instagram account or not. This includes information about our website, your computer, purchases you've made, advertisements you see, and how you use our services. The date and time of your interaction with Instagram are also stored. If you have an Instagram account or are logged in, Instagram stores significantly more data about you.

Facebook distinguishes between customer data and event data. We assume that Instagram does the same. Customer data includes, for example, name, address, phone number, and IP address. This customer data will only be transmitted to Instagram after it has been "hashed." Hashing means that a data record is transformed into a string of characters. This allows the contact details to be encrypted. The "event data" mentioned above will also be transmitted. Facebook—and consequently Instagram—uses "event data" to refer to data about your user behavior. It is also possible that contact details will be combined with event data. The collected contact details will be compared with the data Instagram already holds about you.

The collected data is transmitted to Facebook via small text files (cookies), which are usually placed in your browser. The amount of data stored varies depending on the Instagram features you use and whether you have an Instagram account.

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Small text files (cookies), usually placed in your browser, transmit the collected data to Facebook. The amount of data stored varies depending on the Instagram features you use and whether you have an Instagram account.

We assume that Instagram's data processing works the same way as Facebook's. This means that if you have an Instagram account or have visited www.instagram.com, Instagram has set at least one cookie. If this is the case, your browser sends information to Instagram via the cookie as soon as you interact with an Instagram feature. This data is deleted or anonymized after a maximum of 90 days (after reconciliation). Although we have thoroughly examined Instagram's data processing practices, we cannot say exactly which data Instagram collects and stores.

Below, we show you the minimum number of cookies that are set in your browser when you click on an Instagram feature (such as a button or an Instagram image). For our test, we assume that you do not have an Instagram account. When you are logged into Instagram, significantly more cookies are placed in your browser.

These cookies were used in our test:

Name: csrftoken
Value: ""
Purpose: This cookie is most likely set for security reasons to prevent request forgery. However, we were unable to determine this more precisely.

Expiration date: after one year

Name: mid
Value: ""
Purpose: Instagram sets this cookie to optimize its services and offers both on and off Instagram. The cookie establishes a unique user ID.

Expiration date: at the end of the session

Name: fbsr_111632256124024
Value: not specified
Purpose: This cookie stores the login request for users of the Instagram app.

Expiration date: at the end of the session

Name: rur
Value: ATN
Purpose: This is an Instagram cookie that ensures functionality on Instagram.

Expiration date: at the end of the session

Name: urlgen
Value: “{”194.96.75.33”: 1901}:1iEtYv:Y833k2_UjKvXgYe111632256”
Purpose: This cookie is used for Instagram's marketing purposes.

Expiration date: at the end of the session

Note: This list is not exhaustive. Which cookies are set in each individual case depends on the embedded functions and your use of Instagram.

How long and where is the data stored?

Instagram shares the information it receives between Facebook companies, external partners, and with people you connect with worldwide. Data processing is carried out in accordance with its own data policy. Your data is distributed across Facebook servers worldwide, partly for security reasons. Most of these servers are located in the USA.

How can I delete my data or prevent data storage?

Thanks to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you have the right to access, transfer, rectify, and erase your data. You can manage your data in your Instagram settings. If you want to completely delete your data on Instagram, you must permanently delete your Instagram account.

Here's how to delete your Instagram account:

First, open the Instagram app. On your profile page, scroll down and tap "Help Center." This will take you to the company's website. On the website, tap "Manage your account" and then "Delete your account."

When you delete your account completely, Instagram will delete posts such as your photos and status updates. Information that other people have shared about you is not part of your account and will therefore not be deleted.

As mentioned above, Instagram primarily stores your data using cookies. You can manage, disable, or delete these cookies in your browser. The process varies slightly depending on your browser. Here are the instructions for the most common browsers.

Chrome: Delete, enable, and manage cookies in Chrome

Safari: Manage cookies and website data with Safari

Firefox: Clear cookies to remove data that websites have stored on your computer

Internet Explorer: Delete and manage cookies

Microsoft Edge: Delete and manage cookies

You can also configure your browser to always notify you when a cookie is about to be set. This allows you to decide individually whether or not to allow the cookie.

Instagram is a subsidiary of Facebook Inc., and Facebook actively participates in the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework. This framework ensures the proper transfer of data between the U.S. and the European Union.

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You can find out more at https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000GnywAAC. We have tried to provide you with the most important information about data processing by Instagram. You can find more detailed information about Instagram's data policy at https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875

We have integrated Twitter features into our website. These include, for example, embedded tweets, timelines, buttons, and hashtags. Twitter is a microblogging service and social media platform operated by Twitter Inc., One Cumberland Place, Fenian Street, Dublin 2 D02 AX07, Ireland.

To our knowledge, simply embedding Twitter features does not transfer any personal data or data about your web activity to Twitter within the European Economic Area and Switzerland. Data is only sent to Twitter, stored, and processed when you interact with the Twitter features, such as by clicking a button. We have no control over this data processing and assume no responsibility for it. This privacy policy aims to provide you with an overview of what data Twitter stores, what Twitter does with this data, and how you can largely protect yourself from data transfer.

What is Twitter?
For some, Twitter is a news service, for others a social media platform, and still others a microblogging service. All these terms are valid and mean more or less the same thing.

Both individuals and companies use Twitter to communicate with interested people via short messages. Twitter only allows 280 characters per message. These messages are called "tweets." Unlike Facebook, for example, the service doesn't focus on building a network of "friends" but aims to be understood as a global and open news platform. On Twitter, you can also have an anonymous account, and tweets can be deleted by both the company and the users themselves.

Why do we use Twitter on our website?

Like many other websites and companies, we try to offer our services and communicate with our customers through various channels. Twitter, in particular, has become a useful "little" news service for us. We regularly tweet or retweet exciting, funny, or interesting content. We understand that you can't follow every channel individually. After all, you have other things to do. That's why we've integrated Twitter features into our website. You can follow our Twitter activity "on-site" or access our Twitter page via a direct link. By integrating Twitter, we aim to enhance our service and the user-friendliness of our website.

What data does Twitter store?

On some of our subpages, you'll find embedded Twitter features. When you interact with Twitter content, such as by clicking a button, Twitter can collect and store data, even if you don't have a Twitter account. Twitter refers to this data as "log data." This includes demographic data, browser cookie IDs, your smartphone's ID, hashed email addresses, and information about which pages you visited on Twitter and what actions you performed. Twitter naturally stores more data if you have a Twitter account and are logged in. This storage usually occurs via cookies. Cookies are small text files, typically placed in your browser, that transmit various pieces of information to Twitter.

We'll now show you which cookies are set when you visit a website with embedded Twitter features but are not logged in to Twitter. Please consider this list as an example. We cannot guarantee its completeness, as the choice of cookies is constantly changing and depends on your individual interactions with Twitter content.

These cookies were used in our test:

Name: personalization_id
Value: “v1_cSJIsogU51SeE111632256”
Purpose: This cookie stores information about how you use the website and which advertisements may have led you to Twitter.

Expiration date: after 2 years

Name: lang
Value: de
Purpose: This cookie stores your default or preferred language.

Expiration date: at the end of the session

Name: guest_id
Value: 111632256v1%3A157132626
Purpose: This cookie is set to identify you as a guest.

Expiration date: after 2 years

Name: fm
Value: 0
Purpose: Unfortunately, we were unable to determine the purpose of this cookie.

Expiration date: at the end of the session

Name: external_referer

Value: 1116322562beTA0sf5lkMrlGt
Purpose: This cookie collects anonymous data, such as how often and for how long you visit Twitter.

Expiration date: After 6 days

Name: eu_cn
Value: 1
Purpose: This cookie stores user activity and is used for various advertising purposes by Twitter.

Expiration date: After one year

Name: ct0
Value: c1179f07163a365d2ed7aad84c99d966
Purpose: Unfortunately, we could not find any information about this cookie.

Expiration date: After 6 hours

Name: _twitter_sess
Value: 53D%253D–dd0248111632256-
Purpose: This cookie allows you to use certain functions within the Twitter website.

Expiration date: after session ends

Note: Twitter also works with third-party providers. Therefore, we also detected the three Google Analytics cookies _ga, _gat, and _gid in our test.

Twitter uses the collected data to better understand user behavior and thus improve its own services and advertising. The data also serves internal security measures.

How long and where is the data stored?

When Twitter collects data from other websites, it is deleted, aggregated, or otherwise anonymized after a maximum of 30 days. Twitter's servers are located in various data centers in the United States. Therefore, it can be assumed that the collected data is gathered and stored in America. Our research did not definitively determine whether Twitter also has its own servers in Europe. In principle, Twitter can store the collected data until it is no longer useful to the company, you delete the data, or a legal retention period applies.

How can I delete my data or prevent data storage?

Twitter repeatedly emphasizes in its privacy policy that it does not store any data from external website visits if you or your browser are located in the European Economic Area or Switzerland. However, if you interact directly with Twitter, Twitter will, of course, also store your data.

If you have a Twitter account, you can manage your data by clicking "More" under your profile. Then click "Settings & Privacy." Here you can manage your data processing individually.

If you do not have a Twitter account, you can go to twitter.com and then click "Personalization." Under "Personalization & Data," you can manage the data collected about you.

As mentioned above, most data is stored via cookies, which you can manage, disable, or delete in your browser. Please note that you can only "edit" cookies in the browser you are currently using. This means that if you use a different browser in the future, you will need to manage your cookies again according to your preferences.

``` Here are instructions for managing cookies in the most popular browsers:

Chrome: Delete, enable, and manage cookies in Chrome

Safari: Manage cookies and website data with Safari

Firefox: Clear cookies to remove data that websites have stored on your computer

Internet Explorer: Delete and manage cookies

Microsoft Edge: Delete and manage cookies

You can also configure your browser to notify you about each individual cookie. This allows you to decide whether or not to accept a cookie on a case-by-case basis.

Twitter also uses this data for personalized advertising both on and off Twitter. You can disable personalized advertising in your settings under "Personalization and Data." If you use Twitter in a browser, you can disable personalized advertising at http://optout.aboutads.info/?c=2&lang=EN.

Twitter actively participates in the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework. This framework ensures the lawful transfer of data between the U.S. and the European Union. You can find out more at https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000TORzAAO.

We hope we have given you a basic overview of how Twitter processes your data. We do not receive any data from Twitter and are not responsible for what Twitter does with your data. If you have any further questions on this topic, we recommend that you read Twitter's privacy policy at https://twitter.com/de/privacy.

We use social plugins from the social media network LinkedIn, operated by LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA, on our website. These social plugins may include feeds, content sharing, or links to our LinkedIn page. The social plugins are clearly marked with the familiar LinkedIn logo and allow you, for example, to share interesting content directly from our website. For the European Economic Area and Switzerland, LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin, is responsible for data processing.

By embedding such plugins, data may be sent to, stored by, and processed by LinkedIn. In this privacy policy, we would like to inform you about the data involved, how the network uses this data, and how you can manage or prevent data storage.

What is LinkedIn?

LinkedIn is the largest social network for business contacts. Unlike Facebook, for example, the company focuses exclusively on building business relationships. Companies can use the platform to present their services and products and establish business relationships. Many people also use LinkedIn for job searches or to find suitable employees for their own companies. In Germany alone, the network has over 11 million members. In Austria, there are approximately 1.3 million.

Why do we use LinkedIn on our website?

We know how busy you are. It's impossible to monitor every social media channel individually, even though, as in our case, it would be worthwhile. We regularly post interesting news and reports that are worth sharing. That's why we've created the option on our website to share interesting content directly on LinkedIn or to link directly to our LinkedIn page. We consider integrated social plugins an enhanced service on our website. The data that LinkedIn collects also helps us to show potential advertising only to people who are interested in our offerings.

What data does LinkedIn store?
Only the integration of social plugins does not result in LinkedIn storing any personal data. LinkedIn refers to this data, generated by plugins, as passive impressions. However, when you click on a social plugin, for example, to share our content, the platform stores personal data as so-called "active impressions." This occurs regardless of whether you have a LinkedIn account or not. If you are logged in, the collected data will be associated with your account.

Your browser establishes a direct connection to LinkedIn's servers when you interact with our plugins. This allows the company to log various usage data. In addition to your IP address, this can include login data, device information, or information about your internet or mobile provider. If you access LinkedIn services via your smartphone, your location can also be determined (after you have granted permission). LinkedIn may also share this data in hashed form with third-party advertisers. Hashing means that a data set is transformed into a string of characters. This allows the data to be encrypted in such a way that individuals can no longer be identified.

Most of the data about your user behavior is stored in cookies. These are small text files that are usually placed in your browser. LinkedIn may also use web beacons, pixel tags, ad tags, and other device identifiers.

Various tests also show which cookies are set when a user interacts with a social plugin. The data found is not exhaustive and serves only as an example.

The following cookies were set without being logged into LinkedIn:

Name: bcookie
Value: =2&34aab2aa-2ae1-4d2a-8baf-c2e2d7235c16111632256-
Purpose: This cookie is a so-called "browser ID cookie" and therefore stores your identification number (ID).

Expiration date: After 2 years

Name: lang
Value: v=2&lang=de-de
Purpose: This cookie stores your default or preferred language.

Expiration date: at the end of the session

Name: lidc
Value: 1818367:t=1571904767:s=AQF6KNnJ0G111632256…
Purpose: This cookie is used for routing. Routing records the paths you took to LinkedIn and how you navigate the website.

Expiration date: after 24 hours

Name: rtc
Value: kt0lrv3NF3x3t6xvDgGrZGDKkX
Purpose: No further information could be obtained for this cookie.

Expiration date: after 2 minutes

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Name: JSESSIONID
Value: ajax:1116322562900777718326218137
Purpose: This is a session cookie used by LinkedIn to maintain anonymous user sessions on the server.

``` Expiration date: after session ends

Name: bscookie
Value: “v=1&201910230812…
Purpose: This cookie is a security cookie. LinkedIn describes it as a Secure Browser ID cookie.

Expiration date: after 2 years

Name: fid
Value: AQHj7Ii23ZBcqAAAA…
Purpose: No further information could be found for this cookie.
Expiration date: after 7 days

Note: LinkedIn also works with third-party providers. Therefore, we also detected the two Google Analytics cookies _ga and _gat in our test.

How long and where is the data stored? Generally, LinkedIn retains your personal data for as long as the company deems necessary to provide its services. However, LinkedIn deletes your personal data when you delete your account. In some exceptional cases, LinkedIn retains some data in aggregated form even after your account has been deleted. in anonymized form. Once you delete your account, other people will no longer be able to see your data within one day. LinkedIn generally deletes data within 30 days. However, LinkedIn retains data if legally required to do so. Data that can no longer be associated with an individual remains stored even after account closure. The data is stored on various servers in America and presumably also in Europe.

How can I delete my data or prevent data storage?

You have the right to access and delete your personal data at any time. In your LinkedIn account, you can manage, change, and delete your data. You can also request a copy of your personal data from LinkedIn.

Here's how to access your account data in your LinkedIn profile:

Click on your profile icon in LinkedIn and select "Settings & Privacy." Then click on "Privacy" and then, in the "How LinkedIn uses your data" section, click "Change." You can then download selected data about your web activity and account history in just a short time.

You can also prevent LinkedIn from processing your data in your browser. As mentioned above, LinkedIn stores most of its data via cookies placed in your browser. You can manage, disable, or delete these cookies. The process varies slightly depending on your browser.

Instructions for the most common browsers can be found here:

Chrome: Delete, enable, and manage cookies in Chrome

Safari: Manage cookies and website data with Safari

Firefox: Clear cookies to remove data that websites have stored on your computer

Internet Explorer: Delete and manage cookies

Microsoft Edge: Delete and manage cookies

You can also configure your browser to always notify you when a cookie is about to be set. This allows you to decide individually whether or not to allow the cookie.

LinkedIn is an active participant in the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework. This framework ensures the proper transfer of data between the USA and the European Union. You can find out more at https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000L0UZAA0. We have tried to provide you with the most important information about data processing by LinkedIn. You can find even more information about the data processing practices of the social media network LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.

We have embedded YouTube videos on our website. This allows us to present interesting videos directly on our site. YouTube is a video portal that has been a subsidiary of Google since 2006. The video portal is operated by YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. When you visit a page on our website that has an embedded YouTube video, your browser automatically connects to YouTube's or Google's servers. Depending on your settings, various data is transmitted in the process. Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland) is responsible for all data processing within the European Economic Area.

Below, we would like to explain in more detail which data is processed, why we have embedded YouTube videos, and how you can manage or delete your data.

What is YouTube?
On YouTube, users can watch, rate, comment on, and upload videos free of charge. Over the past few years, YouTube has become one of the most important social media channels worldwide. To enable us to display videos on our website, YouTube provides a code snippet that we have embedded on our site.

Why do we use YouTube videos on our website?

YouTube is the video platform with the most visitors and the best content. We strive to offer you the best possible user experience on our website. And of course, interesting videos are an essential part of that. With our embedded videos, we provide you with additional helpful content alongside our text and images. Furthermore, the embedded videos make our website easier to find on Google search. Even when we run advertisements via Google Ads, Google—thanks to the collected data—can only show these ads to people who are genuinely interested in our offerings.

What data does YouTube store?

As soon as you visit one of our pages that has an embedded YouTube video, YouTube sets at least one cookie that stores your IP address and our URL. If you are logged into your YouTube account, YouTube can usually associate your interactions on our website with your profile using cookies. This includes data such as session duration, bounce rate, approximate location, and technical information like browser type, screen resolution, and your internet service provider. Other data may include contact information, ratings, sharing content via social media, or adding videos to your favorites on YouTube.

If you are not signed in to a Google or YouTube account, Google stores data with a unique identifier linked to your device, browser, or app. This allows, for example, your preferred language setting to be retained. However, much interaction data cannot be stored because fewer cookies are set.

The following list shows cookies that were set in a browser test. We show cookies set both when you are not logged into a YouTube account and when you are logged in. This list is not exhaustive, as user data always depends on interactions on YouTube.

Name: YSC
Value: b9-CV6ojI5Y111632256-1
Purpose: This cookie registers a unique ID to store statistics about the viewed video.

Expiration date: at the end of the session

Name: PREF
Value: f1=50000000
Purpose: This cookie also registers your unique ID. Google receives statistics via PREF about how you use YouTube videos on our website.

Expiration date: after 8 months

Name: GPS
Value: 1
Purpose: This cookie registers your unique ID on mobile devices to track the GPS location.

Expiration date: after 30 minutes

Name: VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE
Value: 95Chz8bagyU
Purpose: This cookie attempts to estimate the user's bandwidth on our websites (with embedded YouTube videos).

Expiration date: after 8 months

Other cookies that are set when you are logged in with your YouTube account:

Name: APISID
Value: zILlvClZSkqGsSwI/AU1aZI6HY7111632256-
Purpose: This cookie is used to create a profile of your interests. The data is used for personalized advertising.

Expiration date: after 2 years

Name: CONSENT
Value: YES+AT.de+20150628-20-0
Purpose: This cookie stores the status of a user's consent to the use of various Google services. CONSENT also serves a security purpose, verifying users and protecting user data from unauthorized access.

Expiration date: after 19 years

Name: HSID
Value: AcRwpgUik9Dveht0I
Purpose: This cookie is used to create a profile of your interests. This data helps to display personalized advertising.

Expiry date: after 2 years

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Name: LOGIN_INFO Wert: AFmmF2swRQIhALl6aL… Verwendungszweck: In diesem Cookie werden Informationen über Ihre Login-Daten gespeichert. Ablaufdatum: nach 2 Jahren

Name: SAPISID Wert: 7oaPxoG-pZsJuuF5/AnUdDUIsJ9iJz2vdM Verwendungszweck: Dieses Cookie funktioniert, indem es Ihren Browser und Ihr Gerät eindeutig identifiziert. Es wird verwendet, um ein Profil über Ihre Interessen zu erstellen. Ablaufdatum: nach 2 Jahren

Name: SID Wert: oQfNKjAsI111632256- Verwendungszweck: Dieses Cookie speichert Ihre Google-Konto-ID und Ihren letzten Anmeldezeitpunkt in digital signierter und verschlüsselter Form. Ablaufdatum: nach 2 Jahren

Name: SIDCC Wert: AN0-TYuqub2JOcDTyL Verwendungszweck: Dieses Cookie speichert Informationen, wie Sie die Webseite nutzen und welche Werbung Sie vor dem Besuch auf unserer Seite möglicherweise gesehen haben. Ablaufdatum: nach 3 Monaten

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Wie lange und wo werden die Daten gespeichert?

Die Daten, die YouTube von Ihnen erhält und verarbeitet werden auf den Google-Servern gespeichert. Die meisten dieser Server befinden sich in Amerika. Unter https://www.google.com/about/datacenters/inside/locations/?hl=de sehen Sie genau wo sich die Google-Rechenzentren befinden. Ihre Daten sind auf den Servern verteilt. So sind die Daten schneller abrufbar und vor Manipulation besser geschützt.

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Die erhobenen Daten speichert Google unterschiedlich lang. Manche Daten können Sie jederzeit löschen, andere werden automatisch nach einer begrenzten Zeit gelöscht und wieder andere werden von Google über längere Zeit gespeichert. Einige Daten (wie Elemente aus „Meine Aktivität“, Fotos oder Dokumente, Produkte), die in Ihrem Google-Konto gespeichert sind, bleiben so lange gespeichert, bis Sie sie löschen. Auch wenn Sie nicht in einem Google-Konto angemeldet sind, können Sie einige Daten, die mit Ihrem Gerät, Browser oder App verknüpft sind, löschen.

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Wie kann ich meine Daten löschen bzw. die Datenspeicherung verhindern?

Grundsätzlich können Sie Daten im Google Konto /manuell löschen. Mit der 2019 eingeführten automatischen Löschfunktion von Standort- und Aktivitätsdaten werden Informationen abhängig von Ihrer Entscheidung – entweder 3 oder 18 Monate gespeichert und dann gelöscht.

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Unabhängig, ob Sie ein Google-Konto haben oder nicht, können Sie Ihren Browser so konfigurieren, dass Cookies von Google gelöscht bzw. deaktiviert werden. Je nachdem welchen Browser Sie verwenden, funktioniert dies auf unterschiedliche Art und Weise.

Die folgenden Anleitungen zeigen, wie Sie Cookies in Ihrem Browser verwalten:

Chrome: Cookies in Chrome löschen, aktivieren und verwalten

Safari: Verwalten von Cookies und Websitedaten mit Safari

Firefox: Cookies löschen, um Daten zu entfernen, die Websites auf Ihrem Computer abgelegt haben

Internet Explorer: Löschen und Verwalten von Cookies

Microsoft Edge: Löschen und Verwalten von Cookies

Falls Sie grundsätzlich keine Cookies haben wollen, können Sie Ihren Browser so einrichten, dass er Sie immer informiert, wenn ein Cookie gesetzt werden soll. So können Sie bei jedem einzelnen Cookie entscheiden, ob Sie es erlauben oder nicht. Da YouTube ein Tochterunternehmen von Google ist, gibt es eine gemeinsame Datenschutzerklärung. Wenn Sie mehr über den Umgang mit Ihren Daten erfahren wollen, empfehlen wir Ihnen die Datenschutzerklärung unter https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

We have integrated the YouTube subscribe button into our website. You can usually recognize the button by the classic YouTube logo. The logo shows the words "Subscribe" or "YouTube" in white lettering against a red background, with the white play symbol to the left. However, the button may also be displayed in a different design.

Our YouTube channel regularly offers you funny, interesting, or exciting videos. With the built-in "Subscribe" button, you can subscribe to our channel directly from our website without having to visit the YouTube website separately. We want to make accessing our extensive content as easy as possible for you. Please note that YouTube may store and process your data as a result.

If you see a built-in subscribe button on our site, YouTube – according to Google – sets at least one cookie. This cookie stores your IP address and our URL. YouTube can also learn information about your browser, your approximate location, and your preferred language. In our test, the following four cookies were set without us being logged into YouTube:

Name: YSC
Value: b9-CV6ojI5111632256Y
Purpose: This cookie registers a unique ID to store statistics about the video viewed.
Expiry date: after the end of the session

Name: PREF
Value: f1=50000000
Purpose: This cookie also registers your unique ID. Google receives statistics via PREF about how you use YouTube videos on our website.
Expiry date: after 8 months

Name: GPS
Value: 1
Purpose: This cookie registers your unique ID on mobile devices to track your GPS location.
Expiry date: after 30 minutes

Name: VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE
Value: 11163225695Chz8bagyU
Purpose: This cookie attempts to estimate the user's bandwidth on our websites (with embedded YouTube video).
Expiry date: after 8 months

Note: These cookies were set after a test and cannot claim to be exhaustive.

If you are logged into your YouTube account, YouTube can use cookies to store many of your actions/interactions on our website and associate them with your YouTube account. This allows YouTube to obtain information such as how long you browse our site, which browser type you use, your preferred screen resolution, and other actions you perform.

YouTube uses this data firstly to improve its own services and offers, and secondly to provide analyses and statistics for advertisers (who use Google Ads).

We also use videos from Vimeo on our website. The video portal is operated by Vimeo LLC, 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011, USA. Using a plugin, we can display interesting video material directly on our website. In doing so, certain data may be transferred from you to Vimeo. In this privacy policy, we explain what data is involved, why we use Vimeo, and how you can manage or prevent your data transfer.

What is Vimeo?

Vimeo is a video platform founded in 2004 that has enabled video streaming in HD quality since 2007. Since 2015, it has also been possible to stream in 4K Ultra HD. Using the portal is free, but paid content can also be published. Compared to the market leader YouTube, Vimeo prioritizes high-quality content. The portal offers a wide range of artistic content, such as music videos and short films, as well as informative documentaries on diverse topics.

Why do we use Vimeo on our website?

The goal of our website is to provide you with the best possible content, made as easily accessible as possible. We are only satisfied with our service when we have achieved this. The video service Vimeo helps us reach this goal. Vimeo allows us to present high-quality content directly on our website. Instead of simply providing a link to an interesting video, you can watch the video right here. This enhances our service and makes it easier for you to access interesting content. Therefore, in addition to our text and images, we also offer video content.

What data is stored on Vimeo?

When you visit a page on our website that has an embedded Vimeo video, your browser connects to Vimeo's servers. This results in data being transferred. This data is collected, stored, and processed on Vimeo's servers. Regardless of whether you have a Vimeo account or not, Vimeo collects data about you. This includes your IP address, technical information about your browser type, your operating system, and basic device information. Vimeo also stores information about which website you use the Vimeo service on and what actions (web activities) you perform on our website. These web activities include, for example, session duration, bounce rate, and which button you clicked on our website with the integrated Vimeo function. Vimeo can track and store these actions using cookies and similar technologies.

If you are logged into Vimeo as a registered member, more data can usually be collected, as more cookies may already be set in your browser. Furthermore, your actions on our website are directly linked to your Vimeo account. To prevent this, you must log out of Vimeo while browsing our website.

Below, we show you cookies that Vimeo sets when you are on a website with integrated Vimeo functionality. This list is not exhaustive and assumes that you do not have a Vimeo account.

Name: player
Value: ""
Purpose: This cookie saves your settings before you play an embedded Vimeo video. This ensures that your preferred settings are applied the next time you watch a Vimeo video.

Expiration date: after one year

Name: vuid
Value: pl1046149876.614422590111632256-4
Purpose: This cookie collects information about your actions on websites that have embedded a Vimeo video.

Expiration date: after two years

Note: These two cookies are always set as soon as you are on a website with an embedded Vimeo video. When you watch the video and click the button to, for example, "share" or "like" the video, additional cookies are set. These include third-party cookies such as _ga or _gat_UA-76641-8 from Google Analytics or _fbp from Facebook. The specific cookies set depend on your interaction with the video.

The following list shows a selection of possible cookies that may be set when you interact with the Vimeo video:

Name: _abexps

Value: %5B%5D
Purpose: This Vimeo cookie helps Vimeo remember your preferences. These could include, for example, a preferred language, region, or username. Generally, the cookie stores data about how you use Vimeo.

Expiration date: after one year

Name: continuous_play_v3

Value: 1
Purpose: This cookie is a first-party cookie from Vimeo. It collects information about how you use the Vimeo service. For example, it remembers when you pause or resume a video.

Expiration date: After one year

Name: _ga
Value: GA1.2.1522249635.1578401280111632256-7
Purpose: This cookie is a third-party cookie from Google. By default, analytics.js uses the _ga cookie to store the user ID. It is primarily used to distinguish website visitors.

Name: _ga
Value: GA1.2.1522249635.1578401280111632256-7

Purpose: This cookie is a third-party cookie from Google. By default, analytics.js uses the _ga cookie to store the user ID. It is primarily used to distinguish website visitors.

``` Expiration date: after 2 years

Name: _gcl_au
Value: 1.1.770887836.1578401279111632256-3
Purpose: This third-party cookie from Google AdSense is used to improve the effectiveness of advertisements on websites.

Expiration date: after 3 months

Name: _fbp
Value: fb.1.1578401280585.310434968
Purpose: This is a Facebook cookie. This cookie is used to display advertisements or advertising products from Facebook or other advertisers.

Expiration date: after 3 months

Vimeo uses this data, among other things, to improve its own service, to communicate with you, and to implement its own targeted advertising measures. Vimeo emphasizes on its website that embedded videos only use first-party cookies (i.e., cookies from Vimeo itself) as long as you do not interact with the video.

How long and where is the data stored?

Vimeo is headquartered in White Plains, New York (USA). However, its services are offered worldwide. The company uses computer systems, databases, and servers in the USA and other countries. Therefore, your data may also be stored and processed on servers in the USA. Vimeo retains the data until the company no longer has a business reason for storing it. At that point, the data is deleted or anonymized. Vimeo complies with the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework and is therefore permitted to collect, use, and transfer data from users in the EU to the USA.

How can I delete my data or prevent data storage?

You always have the option to manage cookies in your browser according to your preferences. For example, if you don't want Vimeo to set cookies and collect information about you, you can delete or disable cookies at any time in your browser settings. The process varies slightly depending on the browser. Please note that after disabling/deleting cookies, some features may no longer be fully available. The following instructions show you how to manage or delete cookies in your browser.

Chrome: Delete, enable, and manage cookies in Chrome

Safari: Manage cookies and website data with Safari

Firefox: Clear cookies to remove data that websites have stored on your computer

Internet Explorer: Delete and manage cookies

Microsoft Edge: Delete and manage cookies

If you are a registered Vimeo member, you can also manage the cookies used in your Vimeo settings.

Vimeo actively participates in the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework, which regulates the correct and secure transfer of personal data. You can find more information at https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt00000008V77AAE&status=Active. For more information about Vimeo's use of cookies, please visit https://vimeo.com/cookie_policy, and for information about Vimeo's privacy policy, please visit https://vimeo.com/privacy.