Privacy Notice

As you use this website, personal data about you will be processed by us as the data controller and stored for as long as necessary to fulfill the specified purposes and legal obligations. Below, we inform you about the types of data involved, how they are processed, and what rights you have in this regard.

Personal data, as defined in Art. 4 No. 1 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), refers to any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.

Joseph-von-Fraunhofer-Straße 7

76327 Pfinztal

When you access our website and retrieve its content, temporary data is stored that may allow identification. The browser used on your device automatically sends the information to the server of our website. The following data is collected:

• Date and time of access
• IP address
• Hostname of the accessing server
• Website from which our website was accessed
• Visited page on our website
• Notification of whether the access was successful
• Volume of data transferred
• Information about the browser type and version used
• Operating system

The temporary storage of data is necessary for establishing the connection and the course of a website visit so that we can provide you with the content on our website.

Further storage in log files occurs to ensure the functionality of the website, the security of the information technology systems, and to enable the uninterrupted provision of our website as well as to track any unlawful attacks if necessary.

If technical data from your device is processed to enable access to our website, this is done because such data is required in accordance with § 25 para. 1 no. 2 TDDDG.

The processing of the IP address is for technical and administrative purposes, for connection establishment and stability, to ensure the security and functionality of our website, and to track any unlawful attacks if necessary. The legal basis is our legitimate interest according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

From the processing of the mentioned data in the log file, we cannot draw any direct conclusions about your identity. This is temporarily stored in a so-called log file and deleted after 30 Tage days .

Furthermore, when visiting our website, we may use cookies and analytics services. If this is the case, you will receive further explanations about this in the privacy notice below.

It is possible to publicly comment on articles and blog posts on our website. Your comment will be published with your specified name below the commented post.

In the context of using the comment function, we collect the following mandatory information:

• Name and
• Email address

Instead of your name, you can also provide a pseudonym. Your email address is required to submit the comment but will not be published with your comment. We use your email address only to inform you about a response to your comment.

Additionally, when you submit a comment, we store your IP address for 30 Tage, after which we will delete it. This storage is necessary so that we can defend ourselves against liability claims in the event of possible publication of unlawful content.

The data processing is carried out in response to your comment and is justified within the framework of the publication of online contributions with user reactions and our legitimate interest in an exchange of opinions and information according to Art. 6 Abs. 1 S. 1 lit. f GDPR.

The personal data will be processed for the duration of the publication of the online contribution and subsequently deleted.

If we pass on personal data collected through the website to processors, we will inform you about this in this privacy notice for each data processing procedure, naming the specific recipient.

Otherwise, we will only share your personal data if

• you have given your explicit consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR;
• this is necessary for the fulfillment of a contract with you in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b GDPR (for example, when passing on data to shipping companies for the purpose of delivering the goods you have ordered or when passing on payment data to payment service providers or credit institutions to carry out a payment transaction);
• there is a legal obligation for the transfer in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. c GDPR.

The data passed on may only be used by the recipients for the stated purposes.

You have the right to:

• According to Article 7(3) of the GDPR, withdraw your consent at any time. This means that we may no longer continue processing the data based on that consent in the future;
• According to Article 15 of the GDPR, request information about your personal data processed by us. In particular, you can request information about the purposes of processing, the category of personal data, the categories of recipients to whom your data has been disclosed or will be disclosed, the planned storage duration, the existence of the right to rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, or objection, the existence of a right to lodge a complaint, the origin of your data, if not collected by us, as well as the existence of automated decision-making including profiling and, if applicable, meaningful information about its details;
• According to Article 16 of the GDPR, request the immediate rectification of inaccurate or completion of your personal data stored with us;
• According to Article 17 of the GDPR, request the erasure of your personal data stored with us, unless processing is necessary for exercising the right to freedom of expression and information, for compliance with a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest, or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims;
• According to Article 18 of the GDPR, request the restriction of processing of your personal data, as long as you contest the accuracy of the data, processing is unlawful, but you oppose erasure, and we no longer need the data, but you need it for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims or you have objected to processing according to Article 21 of the GDPR;
• According to Article 20 of the GDPR, receive your personal data provided to us in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format or request the transfer to another controller;
• According to Article 77 of the GDPR, lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. In general, you can contact the supervisory authority of your usual residence or workplace or our association’s registered office for this purpose.

All your personal data are transmitted in encrypted format, using the widely used and secure TLS (Transport Layer Security) standard. TLS is a secure and proven standard that is also used, for instance, in online banking. You will recognize a secure TLS connection by the additional s after http (i.e., https://…) in the address bar of your browser or by the lock icon in the bottom part of your browser window.

In all other regards, we use suitable technical and organizational security measures to protect your data against accidental or intentional manipulations, partial or complete loss, destruction, or the unauthorized access of third parties. We continuously improve our security measures in accordance with the state of the art.

The further development of our website and the products and services offered or changed due to statutory or regulatory requirements, respectively, may make it necessary to amend this data protection information. You may access and print out the latest data protection information at any time from our website.