Data Privacy Notice

We only carry out certain data processing operations with your express permission. You can withdraw this permission at any time. An informal notification via e-mail is sufficient for the withdrawal. The legality of the data processing carried out until the withdrawal is not affected by the revocation.

In the event of a breach of the data protection legislation, you, as an affected data-subject, have the right to file a complaint to the competent supervising authority. North Rhine-Westphalia’s competent authority for data protection issues is the Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (contact: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/SharedDocs/Adressen/LfD/NordrheinWestfalen.html?nn=5217144 ).

You have the right to receive or have third parties receive the data that we process automatically based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract. The data will be provided in a machine-readable format. If you request a direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only be done as far as technically possible.

You have the right to receive free information about the personal data stored about you, the origin of this data, its recipients, the purpose of its processing and, if applicable, the right to rectification, restriction, or erasure of the data at any time within the scope of the current legal regulation. You can contact us at any time using the options listed in the website legal notice if you have any further questions about your personal data.

For security reasons and to protect the transmission of any confidential data that you, us an user, may send us, our website uses SSL or TLS encryption. This means that the data you transmit through this website cannot be read by third parties. You can check whether a connection is encrypted or not by looking for the "https://" and the lock symbol in your browser’s address bar.

Data transmitted using the contact form, including your contact details, will be stored to process your request or for follow-up questions. This data will not be forwarded without your consent.

The data you provide using the contact form will be processed exclusively with your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke your consent at any time. An informal notification via e-mail is sufficient for the withdrawal. The legality of the data processing carried out until the withdrawal remains unaffected by the revocation.

We will retain any data submitted to us using the contact form until you request its deletion, revoke your consent to its storage or until it is no longer needed. Mandatory legal provisions – in particular retention periods – are not affected by this.