General Notice

Based on Article 13 of the Swiss Federal Constitution and the federal data protection regulations (Data Protection Act, DSG), every person has the right to protection of their privacy and protection against misuse of their personal data. The operators of these websites take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.

In cooperation with our hosting providers, we strive to protect the databases as best as possible from unauthorized access, loss, misuse, or falsification.

We would like to point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g., when communicating via email) may be subject to security gaps. Complete protection of data from access by third parties is not possible.

By using this website, you consent to the collection, processing, and use of data as described below. This website can generally be visited without registration. Data such as pages accessed, file names accessed, and the date and time are stored on the server for statistical purposes without being directly related to you. Personal data, in particular name, address, or email address, is collected on a voluntary basis wherever possible. Data will not be passed on to third parties without your consent.

Processing of personal data

Personal data is all information relating to an identified or identifiable individual. A data subject is a person whose personal data is processed. Processing encompasses any handling of personal data, regardless of the means and procedures used, in particular the storage, disclosure, acquisition, deletion, storage, alteration, destruction, and use of personal data.

We process personal data in accordance with Swiss data protection law. Furthermore, to the extent and insofar as the EU GDPR is applicable, we process personal data in accordance with the following legal bases in connection with Art. 6 (1) GDPR:

• Consent (Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR) – The data subject has given his or her consent to the processing of personal data concerning him or her for a specific purpose or for several specific purposes.
• Contractual performance and pre-contractual inquiries (Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR) – Processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party or in order to take steps at the request of the data subject prior to entering into a contract.
• Legal obligation (Art. 6 (1) (c) GDPR) – The processing is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation to which the controller is subject.
• Protection of vital interests (Article 6 (1) (s) 1 (d) GDPR) – Processing is necessary to protect the vital interests of the data subject or of another natural person.
• Legitimate interests (Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR) – Processing is necessary to protect the legitimate interests of the controller or a third party, unless the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject which require protection of personal data prevail.
• Application procedure as a pre-contractual or contractual relationship (Art. 9 (2) (b) GDPR) – If, as part of the application procedure, special categories of personal data within the meaning of Art. 9 (1) GDPR (e.g. health data, such as severe disability or ethnic origin) are requested from applicants so that the controller or the data subject can exercise the rights arising from employment law and social security and social protection law and fulfil their obligations in this regard, their processing takes place in accordance with Art. 9 (2) (b) GDPR, in the case of the protection of the vital interests of applicants or other persons in accordance with Art. 9 (2) (c) GDPR or for the purposes of preventive healthcare or occupational medicine, for the assessment of the employee’s ability to work, for medical diagnostics, care or treatment in the health or social sector or for the administration of systems and services in the health or social sector in accordance with Art. 9 (2) (h). GDPR. In the case of a voluntary disclosure of special categories of data, their processing will be based on Art. 9 (2) (a) GDPR.

We process personal data for the period necessary for the respective purpose(s). If longer retention periods are required due to legal or other obligations to which we are subject, we restrict processing accordingly.

Relevant legal bases

In accordance with Art. 13 GDPR, we inform you of the legal basis for our data processing. If the legal basis is not stated in the privacy policy, the following applies: The legal basis for obtaining consent is Art. 6 (1) (a) and Art. 7 GDPR; the legal basis for processing to fulfill our services and implement contractual measures as well as to respond to inquiries is Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR; the legal basis for processing to fulfill our legal obligations is Art. 6 (1) (c) GDPR; and the legal basis for processing to protect our legitimate interests is Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. In the event that the vital interests of the data subject or another natural person require the processing of personal data, Art. 6 (1) (d) GDPR serves as the legal basis.

Security measures

We take appropriate technical and organizational measures in accordance with legal requirements, taking into account the state of the art, implementation costs, and the nature, scope, circumstances, and purposes of processing, as well as the varying probabilities of occurrence and the extent of the threat to the rights and freedoms of natural persons, to ensure a level of protection appropriate to the risk.

These measures include, in particular, safeguarding the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data by controlling physical and electronic access to the data, as well as the access, input, and transfer of data, ensuring its availability, and segregation. Furthermore, we have established procedures that ensure the exercise of data subjects’ rights, the deletion of data, and responses to threats to data. Furthermore, we consider the protection of personal data right from the development and selection of hardware, software, and processes in accordance with the principle of data protection, through technology design, and through data protection-friendly default settings.

Transmission of personal data

As part of our processing of personal data, it may happen that the data is transmitted to or disclosed to other bodies, companies, legally independent organizational units, or individuals. Recipients of this data may include, for example, service providers commissioned with IT tasks or providers of services and content integrated into a website. In such cases, we comply with legal requirements and, in particular, conclude appropriate contracts or agreements with the recipients of your data that serve to protect your data.

Data processing in third countries

If we process data in a third country (i.e., outside the European Union (EU) or the European Economic Area (EEA)), or if the processing takes place as part of the use of third-party services or the disclosure or transmission of data to other persons, bodies, or companies, this will only be done in accordance with the legal requirements.

Subject to express consent or contractually or legally required transmission, we only process data in third countries with a recognized level of data protection, a contractual obligation through so-called standard protection clauses of the EU Commission, if certifications or binding internal data protection regulations are in place (Articles 44 to 49 GDPR, EU Commission information page: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection/international-dimension-data-protection_de).

Privacy Policy for Cookies

This website uses cookies. Cookies are text files that contain data from visited websites or domains and are stored by a browser on the user’s computer. A cookie is primarily used to store information about a user during or after their visit to an online service. The stored information can include, for example, the language settings on a website, the login status, a shopping cart, or the location where a video was watched. The term “cookies” also includes other technologies that perform the same functions as cookies (e.g., when user information is stored using pseudonymous online identifiers, also known as “user IDs”).

The following cookie types and functions are distinguished:

• Temporary cookies (also known as session cookies): Temporary cookies are deleted at the latest after a user has left an online offering and closed their browser.
• Persistent cookies: Persistent cookies remain stored even after the browser is closed. For example, the login status can be saved or preferred content can be displayed directly when the user visits a website again. Likewise, user interests, which are used for reach measurement or marketing purposes, can be stored in such a cookie.
• First-party cookies: First-party cookies are set by us ourselves.
• Third-party cookies: Third-party cookies are mainly used by advertisers (so-called third parties) to process user information.
• Necessary (also: essential or absolutely necessary) cookies: Cookies can be absolutely necessary for the operation of a website (e.g. to save logins or other user inputs or for security reasons).

• Statistical, marketing, and personalization cookies: Cookies are also generally used for reach measurement purposes, as well as when a user’s interests or behavior (e.g., viewing certain content, using functions, etc.) are stored in a user profile on individual websites. Such profiles are used, for example, to show users content that corresponds to their potential interests. This process is also referred to as “tracking,” i.e., tracking users’ potential interests. If we use cookies or tracking technologies, we will inform you separately in our privacy policy or when obtaining your consent.

  Notes on legal bases: The legal basis on which we process your personal data using cookies depends on whether we ask for your consent. If this applies and you consent to the use of cookies, the legal basis for processing your data is your declared consent. Otherwise, the data processed using cookies will be processed based on our legitimate interests (e.g., in the commercial operation and improvement of our online offering) or, if the use of cookies is necessary to fulfill our contractual obligations.

  Storage period: Unless we provide you with explicit information about the storage period of permanent cookies (e.g., as part of a so-called cookie opt-in), please assume that the storage period can be up to two years.

  General information on revocation and objection (opt-out): Depending on whether the processing is based on consent or legal permission, you have the option at any time to revoke your consent or to object to the processing of your data using cookie technologies (collectively referred to as “opt-out”). You can initially declare your objection using your browser settings, e.g., by deactivating the use of cookies (although this may also limit the functionality of our online offering). An objection to the use of cookies for online marketing purposes can also be declared using a variety of services, especially in the case of tracking, via the websites https://optout.aboutads.info and https://www.youronlinechoices.com/. You can also obtain further objection information in the information about the service providers and cookies used.

  Processing of cookie data based on consent: We use a cookie consent management process, within which users’ consent to the use of cookies, or to the processing activities and providers specified in the cookie consent management process, can be obtained, managed, and revoked by users. The declaration of consent is stored so that it does not have to be requested again and so that consent can be proven in accordance with legal requirements. The storage can be done on the server side and/or in a cookie (so-called opt-in cookie, or using comparable technologies) in order to be able to assign the consent to a user or their device. Subject to individual information about the providers of cookie management services, the following information applies: The consent can be stored for up to two years. A pseudonymous user identifier is created and stored along with the time of consent, information on the scope of the consent (e.g., which categories of cookies and/or service providers), as well as the browser, system, and device used.

• Types of data processed: Usage data (e.g. websites visited, interest in content, access times), meta/communication data (e.g. device information, IP addresses).
• Data subjects: Users (e.g. website visitors, users of online services).
• Legal basis: Consent (Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR), legitimate interests (Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR).

Privacy Policy for SSL/TLS Encryption

This website uses SSL/TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as the requests you send to us as the website operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the browser’s address bar changing from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser’s address bar.

If SSL or TLS encryption is enabled, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Privacy Policy for Server Log Files

The provider of this website automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. This includes:

• Browser type and version
• operating system used
• Referrer URL
• Hostname of the accessing computer
  Time of the server request

This data cannot be assigned to specific individuals. This data will not be merged with other data sources. We reserve the right to subsequently review this data if we become aware of concrete evidence of illegal use.

Third-party services

This website may use Google Maps to embed maps, Google Invisible reCAPTCHA to protect against bots and spam, and YouTube to embed videos.

These services, provided by the American company Google LLC, use cookies, among other things, and as a result, data is transferred to Google in the USA. We assume that no personal tracking occurs solely through the use of our website.

Google is committed to ensuring adequate data protection in accordance with the US-EU and US-Swiss Privacy Shield.

Further information can be found in Google’s privacy policy.

Weitere Informationen finden sich in der Datenschutzerklärung von Google.

Privacy Policy for Contact Form

If you send us inquiries via the contact form, your information from the form, including the contact details you provided there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing your inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We will not share this data without your consent.

Privacy policy for newsletter data

If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on this website, we require an email address from you as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the provided email address and that you consent to receive the newsletter. No further data is collected. We use this data exclusively to send the requested information and do not share it with third parties.

You can revoke your consent to the storage of your data, your email address, and their use for sending the newsletter at any time, for example, via the “unsubscribe” link in the newsletter.

Rights of data subjects

Right to confirmation

Jede betroffene Person hat das Recht, vom Betreiber der Website eine Bestätigung darüber zu verlangen, ob betroffene Personen betreffende, personenbezogene Daten verarbeitet werden. Möchten Sie dieses Bestätigungsrecht in Anspruch nehmen, können Sie sich hierzu jederzeit an den Datenschutzbeauftragten wenden.

Recht auf Auskunft

Any person whose personal data is being processed has the right to obtain from the operator of this website, free of charge, information about the personal data stored about him or her at any time, and a copy of this information. Furthermore, the following information may be provided, if applicable:

• The processing purposes
• The categories of personal data being processed
• The recipients to whom the personal data have been or will be disclosed
• Where possible, the envisaged period for which the personal data will be stored, or, where not possible, the criteria used to determine that period
• The existence of a right to rectification or erasure of personal data concerning him or her or to restriction of processing by the controller or a right to object to such processing
• The existence of a right of complaint to a supervisory authority
• If the personal data are not collected from the data subject: all available information about the origin of the data

Furthermore, the data subject has the right to information as to whether personal data has been transferred to a third country or to an international organization. If so, the data subject also has the right to receive information about the appropriate safeguards in connection with the transfer.

If you would like to exercise this right to information, you can contact our data protection officer at any time.

Recht auf Berichtigung

Any person affected by the processing of personal data has the right to request the immediate rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning him or her. Furthermore, the data subject has the right, taking into account the purposes of the processing, to request the completion of incomplete personal data – also by means of a supplementary statement.

If you wish to exercise this right to rectification, you can contact our data protection officer at any time.

Right to erasure (right to be forgotten)

Any person affected by the processing of personal data has the right to request the controller of this website to delete the personal data concerning him or her immediately, provided that one of the following reasons applies and the processing is not necessary:

• The personal data were collected or otherwise processed for purposes for which they are no longer necessary
• The data subject withdraws his or her consent on which the processing is based and there is no other legal ground for the processing
• The data subject objects to the processing for reasons related to his or her particular situation and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or the data subject objects to the processing in the case of direct marketing and related profiling
• The personal data were processed unlawfully
• The erasure of personal data is necessary to fulfil a legal obligation under Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject
• The personal data were collected in relation to information society services offered directly to a child

If one of the above reasons applies and you wish to request the deletion of personal data stored by the operator of this website, you can contact our data protection officer at any time. The data protection officer of this website will ensure that the deletion request is complied with immediately.

Right to restriction of processing

Any person affected by the processing of personal data has the right to request the controller of this website to restrict processing if one of the following conditions applies:

• The accuracy of the personal data is contested by the data subject, for a period enabling the controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data
• The processing is unlawful, the data subject opposes the erasure of the personal data and instead requests the restriction of the use of the personal data
• The controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but the data subject needs them to assert, exercise or defend legal claims
• The data subject has objected to processing for reasons related to his or her particular situation and it has not yet been verified whether the legitimate grounds of the controller override those of the data subject

If one of the above-mentioned conditions is met and you wish to request the restriction of personal data stored by the operator of this website, you can contact our data protection officer at any time. The data protection officer of this website will arrange for the restriction of processing.

Right to data portability

Any person affected by the processing of personal data has the right to receive the personal data concerning them in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format. They also have the right to have these data transmitted to another controller if the legal requirements are met.

Furthermore, the data subject has the right to have the personal data transmitted directly from one controller to another, where technically feasible and provided that this does not adversely affect the rights and freedoms of others.

To assert your right to data portability, you can contact the data protection officer appointed by the operator of this website at any time.

Right to object

Any person affected by the processing of personal data has the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning him or her for reasons related to his or her particular situation.

In the event of an objection, the operator of this website will no longer process the personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which outweigh the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or if the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

To exercise your right to object, you can contact the data protection officer of this website directly.

Right to revoke consent under data protection law

Any person affected by the processing of personal data has the right to withdraw consent to the processing of personal data at any time.

If you wish to exercise your right to withdraw your consent, you can contact our data protection officer at any time.

Paid services

To provide paid services, we request additional data, such as payment details, in order to process your order. We store this data in our systems until the statutory retention periods have expired.

Use of Google Maps

This website uses Google Maps. This enables us to show you interactive maps directly on the website and enables you to conveniently use the map function. When you visit the website, Google receives the information that you have accessed the corresponding subpage of our website. This happens regardless of whether Google provides a user account through which you are logged in or whether no user account exists. If you are logged in to Google, your data will be assigned directly to your account. If you do not wish to be assigned to your Google profile, you must log out before activating the button. Google stores your data as user profiles and uses them for the purposes of advertising, market research and/or the needs-based design of its website. Such an evaluation is carried out in particular (even for users who are not logged in) to provide needs-based advertising and to inform other users of the social network about your activities on our website. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles; to exercise this right you must contact Google. Further information on the purpose and scope of data collection and processing by Google, as well as further information on your rights and setting options for protecting your privacy, can be found at: www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.

Google Ads

This website uses Google Conversion Tracking. If you have accessed our website via an ad placed by Google, Google Ads will place a cookie on your computer. The conversion tracking cookie is placed when a user clicks on an ad placed by Google. These cookies expire after 30 days and are not used for personal identification. If the user visits certain pages of our website and the cookie has not yet expired, we and Google can recognize that the user clicked on the ad and was redirected to that page. Each Google Ads customer receives a different cookie. Cookies therefore cannot be tracked across the websites of Ads customers. The information collected using the conversion cookie is used to compile conversion statistics for Ads customers who have opted for conversion tracking. Customers learn the total number of users who clicked on their ad and were redirected to a page with a conversion tracking tag. However, they do not receive any information that can be used to personally identify users.

If you do not wish to participate in tracking, you can refuse the setting of a cookie required for this purpose – for example, by setting your browser to generally deactivate the automatic setting of cookies or by configuring your browser to block cookies from the domain “googleleadservices.com.”

Please note that you must not delete the opt-out cookies as long as you do not wish to record measurement data. If you have deleted all your cookies in your browser, you must set the respective opt-out cookie again.

Use of Google Remarketing

This website uses the remarketing function of Google Inc. This function is designed to present interest-based advertisements to website visitors within the Google advertising network. A so-called “cookie” is stored in the browser of the website visitor, which makes it possible to recognize the visitor when they visit websites that belong to the Google advertising network. On these pages, the visitor can be presented with advertisements that refer to content that the visitor has previously accessed on websites that use the Google remarketing function.

According to Google, no personal data is collected during this process. If you nevertheless do not wish to use the Google remarketing function, you can generally deactivate it by making the appropriate settings at http://www.google.com/settings/ads. Alternatively, you can deactivate the use of cookies for interest-based advertising via the advertising network initiative by following the instructions at

http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp follow.

Use of Google reCAPTCHA

We use “Google reCAPTCHA” (hereinafter “reCAPTCHA”) on our websites. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, hereinafter “Google.” reCAPTCHA is designed to verify whether the data entered on our websites (e.g., in a contact form) is entered by a human or by an automated program. To do this, reCAPTCHA analyzes the behavior of the website visitor based on various characteristics. This analysis begins automatically as soon as the website visitor enters the website. For the analysis, reCAPTCHA evaluates various information (e.g., IP address, time spent on the website, or mouse movements made by the user). The data collected during the analysis is forwarded to Google. The reCAPTCHA analyses run entirely in the background. Website visitors are not informed that an analysis is taking place.

Data processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in protecting its website from abusive automated spying and spam. Further information on Google reCAPTCHA and Google’s privacy policy can be found at the following links: https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/ und https://policies.google.com/terms?hl=de.

Privacy Policy for Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited. If the controller of data processing on this website is located outside the European Economic Area or Switzerland, Google Analytics data processing is carried out by Google LLC. Google LLC and Google Ireland Limited are hereinafter referred to as “Google.”

Using the statistics obtained, we can improve our offering and make it more interesting for you as a user. This website also uses Google Analytics for cross-device analysis of visitor flows, which is carried out using a user ID. If you have a Google user account, you can deactivate cross-device analysis of your usage in the settings there under “My Data,” “Personal Data.”

The legal basis for the use of Google Analytics is Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data. We would like to point out that Google Analytics is supplemented on this website by the code “_anonymizeIp();” has been expanded to ensure the anonymized collection of IP addresses. This means that IP addresses are processed in a shortened form, thus preventing any personal reference. If the data collected about you is personally identifiable, this is immediately excluded and the personal data is deleted immediately.

Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide the website operator with other services related to website activity and internet usage.

Google Analytics uses cookies. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. You can prevent cookies from being saved by setting your browser software accordingly; however, we would like to point out that if you do this, you may not be able to use all of the functions of this website to their full extent. You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link: Deactivate Google Analytics.

You can also prevent the use of Google Analytics by clicking on this link: Deactivate Google Analytics. This will store an opt-out cookie on your data storage device, which prevents Google Analytics from processing personal data. Please note that if you delete all cookies on your device, these opt-out cookies will also be deleted. This means that you must set the opt-out cookies again if you wish to continue to prevent this form of data collection. The opt-out cookies are set for each browser and computer/device and must therefore be activated separately for each browser, computer, or other device.

Privacy Policy for Google AdSense

We use Google AdSense on this website. This is an advertising program provided by Google Inc. In Europe, Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland) is responsible for all Google services. With Google AdSense, we can display advertisements on this website that are relevant to our topic.

Google AdSense uses cookies to display relevant ads for users, improve campaign performance reports, or to prevent a user from seeing the same ads multiple times. Google uses a cookie ID to record which ads are displayed in which browser and can thus prevent them from being displayed multiple times. Furthermore, Google AdSense can use cookie IDs to record conversions related to ad requests. This is the case, for example, when a user sees a Google Ads ad and later visits the advertiser’s website using the same browser and makes a purchase. According to Google, Google Ads cookies do not contain any personal information.

Due to the marketing tools used, your browser automatically establishes a direct connection to the Google server. By integrating Google Ads, Google receives the information that you have accessed the corresponding part of our website or clicked on one of our ads. If you are registered with a Google service, Google can assign the visit to your account. Even if you are not registered with Google or have not logged in, it is possible that Google will obtain and store your IP address.

You can prevent participation in this tracking process in various ways:

1. by setting your browser software accordingly, in particular by suppressing third-party cookies, you will not receive any advertisements from third parties;
2. by deactivating cookies for conversion tracking by setting your browser to block cookies from the domain “www.googleadservices.com”, https://adssettings.google.com, whereby this setting will be deleted if you delete your cookies;
3. by deactivating interest-based advertising from providers who are part of the “About Ads” self-regulatory campaign via the link https://www.aboutads.info/choices, this setting will be deleted if you delete your cookies;
4. by permanently deactivating it in your Firefox, Internet Explorer, or Google Chrome browsers at https://www.google.com/settings/ads/plugin. Please note that in this case, you may not be able to fully use all of the features of this website.

The legal basis for processing your data is a balancing of interests, according to which the processing of your personal data as described above does not conflict with any overriding interests on your part (Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR). Further information about Google Ads from Google can be found at https://ads.google.com/intl/de_DE/home/, as well as about data protection at Google in general: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy. Alternatively, you can visit the website of the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) at https://www.networkadvertising.org .

Privacy Policy for the use of Google Web Fonts

This website uses so-called web fonts provided by Google for the consistent display of fonts. When you visit a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache to display text and fonts correctly. If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font from your computer will be used.

For more information about Google Web Fonts, please visit https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and see Google’s privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/

Google Tag Manager

Google Tag Manager is a solution that allows us to manage website tags via a single interface, allowing us to integrate Google Analytics and other Google marketing services into our online offering. The Tag Manager itself, which implements the tags, does not process any personal user data. Regarding the processing of user personal data, please refer to the following information on Google services. Terms of Use: https://www.google.com/intl/de/tagmanager/use-policy.html.

Use of Adobe Fonts

We use Adobe Fonts for the visual design of our website. Adobe Fonts is a service provided by Adobe Systems Incorporated, 345 Park Avenue, San Jose, CA 95110-2704, USA (Adobe), which grants us access to a font library. To integrate the fonts we use, your browser must establish a connection to an Adobe server in the USA and download the font required for our website. This informs Adobe that our website was accessed from your IP address. For more information about Adobe Fonts, please see Adobe’s privacy policy, which you can access here: Adobe Fonts

Use of Fonts.com

This website uses Fonts.com, a font visualization service provided by Monotype Imaging Holdings Inc., which allows this website to incorporate content of this kind on its pages. Personal Data collected: Usage Data and various types of Data as specified in the service’s privacy policy. Place of processing: United States of America (USA); Datenschutzerklärung

Agency services

We process our customers’ data in accordance with the federal data protection regulations (Data Protection Act, DSG) and the EU GDPR within the scope of our contractual services.

We process inventory data (e.g., customer master data such as names or addresses), contact data (e.g., email, telephone numbers), content data (e.g., text entries, etc.), contract data (e.g., subject matter of the contract, term), payment data (e.g., bank details, payment history), usage and metadata (e.g., in the context of evaluating and measuring the success of marketing measures). Data subjects include our customers, prospective customers, their customers, users, website visitors, employees, and third parties. The purpose of the processing is the provision of contractual services, billing, and our customer service. The legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR (contractual services) and Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR (analysis, statistics, optimization, security measures). We process data that is necessary to establish and fulfill contractual services and indicate the necessity of providing it. Disclosure to external parties only occurs if it is required within the scope of an order. When processing data provided to us within the scope of an order, we act in accordance with the client’s instructions and the statutory requirements for contract processing pursuant to Art. 28 GDPR and do not process the data for any purposes other than those specified in the order.

We delete the data after statutory warranty and similar obligations have expired. The necessity of retaining the data is reviewed at irregular intervals. In the case of statutory archiving obligations, deletion occurs after their expiration. In the case of data disclosed to us by the client within the scope of an order, we delete the data in accordance with the specifications of the order, generally after the end of the order.

Contractual services

We process data from our contractual and business partners, e.g., customers and prospective customers (collectively referred to as “contractual partners”) within the framework of contractual and comparable legal relationships, as well as related measures and within the framework of communication with the contractual partners (or pre-contractually), e.g., to answer inquiries.

We process this data to fulfill our contractual obligations, to protect our rights, and for the purposes of the administrative tasks associated with this information, as well as for business organization. Within the framework of applicable law, we only pass on the data of our contractual partners to third parties to the extent necessary for the aforementioned purposes or to fulfill legal obligations, or with the consent of the data subjects (e.g., to participating telecommunications, transport, and other auxiliary services, as well as subcontractors, banks, tax and legal advisors, payment service providers, or tax authorities). The contractual partners will be informed about other forms of processing, e.g., for marketing purposes, in this privacy policy.

We inform our contractual partners which data is required for the aforementioned purposes before or during data collection, e.g., in online forms, by special markings (e.g., colors) or symbols (e.g., asterisks, etc.), or in person.

We delete the data after the expiration of statutory warranty and similar obligations, i.e., generally after four years, unless the data is stored in a customer account, e.g., for as long as it must be retained for legal archiving reasons (e.g., for tax purposes, usually for ten years). We delete data disclosed to us by the contractual partner as part of an order in accordance with the terms of the order, generally after the end of the order.

To the extent that we use third-party providers or platforms to provide our services, the terms and conditions and privacy policies of the respective third-party providers or platforms apply to the relationship between the users and the providers.

Customer Account: Contracting parties can create an account within our online offering (e.g., customer or user account, abbreviated to “customer account”). If registration of a customer account is required, contracting parties will be informed of this, as well as the information required for registration. Customer accounts are not public and cannot be indexed by search engines. During registration, as well as subsequent logins and use of the customer account, we store the customers’ IP addresses along with the access times in order to verify registration and prevent any misuse of the customer account.

If customers cancel their customer account, the data relating to the customer account will be deleted, unless retention is required for legal reasons. It is the customer’s responsibility to back up their data upon cancellation of the customer account.

Analyses and market research: For business reasons and in order to identify market trends and the wishes of our contractual partners and users, we analyse the data available to us on business transactions, contracts, inquiries, etc., whereby the group of data subjects may include contractual partners, interested parties, customers, visitors and users of our online offering.

The analyses are carried out for the purposes of business evaluations, marketing, and market research (e.g., to determine customer groups with different characteristics). We may, where available, consider the profiles of registered users, including their information, e.g., regarding services used. The analyses serve us solely and are not disclosed externally unless they are anonymous analyses with summarized, i.e., anonymized values. Furthermore, we respect the privacy of users and process the data for analysis purposes pseudonymously and, where possible, anonymously (e.g., as summarized data).

Shop and e-commerce: We process our customers’ data to enable them to select, purchase, or order the selected products, goods, and related services, as well as to pay for them and deliver or execute them. If necessary to execute an order, we use service providers, in particular postal, forwarding, and shipping companies, to carry out the delivery or execution for our customers. We utilize the services of banks and payment service providers to process payment transactions. The required information is marked as such during the order or similar purchase process and includes the information required for delivery, provision, and billing, as well as contact information for any follow-up questions.

Agency services: We process our clients’ data within the scope of our contractual services, which may include, for example, conceptual and strategic consulting, campaign planning, software and design development/consulting or maintenance, campaign and process implementation, handling, server administration, data analysis/consulting services, and training services.

Note on data transfer to the USA

Our website includes tools from companies based in the USA. When these tools are active, your personal data may be transferred to the US servers of the respective companies. We would like to point out that the USA is not a safe third country within the meaning of EU data protection law. US companies are obligated to disclose personal data to security authorities without you, as the data subject, being able to take legal action. It cannot therefore be ruled out that US authorities (e.g., intelligence agencies) may process, evaluate, and permanently store your data on US servers for surveillance purposes. We have no influence over these processing activities.

Copyrights

The copyright and all other rights to content, images, photos, or other files on the website belong exclusively to the operator of this website or the specifically named rights holders. For the reproduction of any files, written consent from the copyright holder must be obtained in advance.

Anyone who commits a copyright infringement without the consent of the respective rights holder may be liable for prosecution and, where appropriate, liability for damages.

General Disclaimer

All information on our website has been carefully reviewed. We strive to ensure that our information is up-to-date, accurate, and complete. Nevertheless, the occurrence of errors cannot be completely ruled out, and we therefore cannot guarantee the completeness, accuracy, or timeliness of information, including journalistic and editorial information. Liability claims for material or immaterial damages caused by the use of the information provided are excluded, unless there is proven intent or gross negligence.

The publisher may change or delete texts at its own discretion and without notice and is not obligated to update the content of this website. Use of or access to this website is at the visitor’s own risk. The publisher, its clients, or partners are not responsible for damages, such as direct, indirect, incidental, specifically determinable, or consequential damages, allegedly resulting from visiting this website and therefore assume no liability for them.

The publisher also assumes no responsibility or liability for the content and availability of third-party websites accessible via external links on this website. The operators of linked pages are solely responsible for their content. The publisher expressly distances itself from all third-party content that may be relevant to criminal or liability law, or that violates common decency.

Changes

We may amend this Privacy Policy at any time without prior notice. The most current version published on our website applies. If this Privacy Policy is part of an agreement with you, we will notify you of any changes by email or other appropriate means.

Questions for the Data Protection Officer

If you have any questions about data protection, please send us an email or contact the person responsible for data protection within our organization listed at the beginning of this privacy policy.

The responsible body within the meaning of data protection laws, in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is: