Privacy statement

The privacy of the personal data collected, processed and used in connection with your visit to our homepage is of the utmost concern to us. Your data are protected to the extent permitted by law. On this website, personal data are collected only to the extent that is technically necessary.

Information on the type of data recorded during your visit to our homepage and how this is used is provided below.

1. Collection and processing of data

Every access to our homepage and every retrieval (download) of a file stored on our homepage generates data that have to be logged in order to maintain the system and ensure its smooth operation. The log data are stored. These data are: name of the file downloaded, date and time of downloading, volume of data downloaded, confirmation of successful download, web browser and domain involved. The IP addresses of the computer receiving the data are also logged.

2. Use and disclosure of personal data

Any personal data you make available to us shall be used only for answering your enquiries, for fulfilling the terms of contracts concluded with you and for technical administration purposes.

Your personal data will be disclosed or otherwised transmitted to third parties only if this is necessary for the purposes of contract fulfilment - especially the disclosure of order data to suppliers - for billing purposes, if we are legally obliged to do so or you have given your prior consent. You are entitled to withdraw at any time consent you have once given for future effect.

Personal data that has been stored will be deleted if you withdraw your consent to such storage, if knowledge of such data is no longer required to fulfil the purpose pursued by storage or if storage of such data is inadmissible on other legal grounds.

3. Cookies

The web pages use cookies at several locations. They help to make the pages more user-friendly, more effective and more secure. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and recorded by your browser. Most of the cookies we use are referred to as "session cookies". These are deleted automatically when you leave our site. Cookies cause no damage to your computer and contain no viruses.

4.   Links to other web pages

We are not liable for the content of external, linked web sites.

5.   Newsletter

If you want to subscribe to our Newsletter, we are legally obliged to obtain your email address, as well as confirmations that you are the owner of the email address given and that you consent to receiving the newsletter. The data are collected only for the purpose of sending you the newsletter and documenting our authorisation to do so. The data will not be disclosed to third parties. You can unsubscribe to the Newsletter and withdraw your consent to your email address being stored at any time.

6. Right to information

We will be pleased to provide information regarding your personal data on receiving written request. You will receive this information from our data privacy officer.

Note on security:

We make every effort, by employing all technical and organizational procedures available, to save your personal data in such a way that they are inaccessible to third parties. We are unable to guarantee full data privacy when communicating via email. We therefore recommend that confidential information is transmitted by post.