Privacy Policy

The operators of this website take the protection of your personal data very seriously.
Your personal data will be treated confidentially and in accordance with the legal data protection regulations and this privacy policy.
Normally, you can use our website without providing personal data. As far as personal data (for example your name, address or e-mail address) are collected on our site this will – as far as possible – only happen on a voluntary basis.
There will be no disclosure of this personal data to third parties without your written permission.

We want to point out that security gaps can always be an issue when data are transferred over the Internet (for example, when communicating by e-mail). It is impossible to completely shield your data from access by third parties.


Hosting

This blog is created using the Google product Blogspot and is hosted by Google. Google’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. For details visit https://policies.google.com and https://policies.google.com/technologies/product-privacy

Log files

As the operator of the Blogspot / Blogger service this website is hosted on, Google collects data about all page views on this website.
These log files include the name of the retrieved web page, date and time of retrieval, amount of data transferred, notification of successful retrieval, information on the type of browser and browser version used, on the user's operating system, the referrer URL (the previously visited page), the accessing IP Address and the requesting provider.
The information you provide will be used in accordance with the applicable Google privacy policy.
Internally, Google uses this log data for statistical analysis to operate, maintain and optimize their services.
If, on the basis of concrete evidence, there is a legitimate suspicion of unlawful use, Google may retrospectively review the log data.
The data provided to us by Google in statistical evaluations do not enable me to draw any conclusions about the individual user. For more information on how Google uses your data see Google’s Privacy Policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy

Cookies

This website uses cookies.
These are small text files that make it possible to store specific user-related information on the user's device.
Cookies do not harm your computer and do not contain viruses.
They just help to make the website more user-friendly, effective, and secure, and allow the web pages to recognize your browser when you visit the website next time.
Most of the cookies used on these pages are so-called "session cookies", which means they are automatically deleted after your visit.
Other cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them.
You can set your browser so that you are notified before you receive a cookie.
You may also determine in your browser settings that cookies are only allowed in specific cases or even that they are excluded for certain domaines or in general.
Moreover, you can enable the automatic deletion of cookies when the browser is closed. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website.

Google+

This website make use of services provided by Google+, which is operated by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
When visiting pages using Google plugins, a connection is established between your browser and Google's servers and data is being transferred to Google.
We want point out that as a provider of these pages, we are not aware of the content of the transmitted data and their use by Google. If you are logged into the Google+ account while visiting our website the collected data may be linked to your account.
If you do not wish this information to become associated with your Google+ account, please log out of Google+ before visiting our website. Interactions, in particular the use of a comment function or clicking on a "+1" or "share" button will also be passed on to Google.
Learn more at https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/ .

Google Web Fonts

For consistent presentation of fonts, this site uses web fonts provided by Google. When you visit a web page, your browser loads the required fonts into your browser cache to correctly display the text on the page.
To do so, your browser must connect to Google’s servers. This also tells Google that you have visited our site with your IP address.
We want point out that as a provider of these pages, we are not aware of the exact content of the transmitted data and their use by Google. If your browser does not support web fonts, a default font will be used by your computer.
For more information about Google Web Fonts, visit https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and Google's Privacy Policy at https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

Comment function

When using the comment function on this website, additional data might be saved. The data transmitted will also include information about when the comment was created and - if you are not posting anonymously - the username you selected and possibly your profile photo.
In addition, the IP address assigned by your Internet service provider (ISP) is logged as well. Your IP address is solely stored for security reasons and in the event that a commenting user violates the rights of third parties or posts illegal content in a comment.
There is no disclosure of such personal data to third parties, unless such disclosure is required by law or the legal defense of the person in charge of this website.

Comment subscriptions

You can subscribe to follow-up comments in the comment section via e-mail by checking the box "Notify me". Your email address will be stored to send you follow up comment information. To unsubscribe you can either uncheck the box or click the corresponding link in the notification e-mail.

Your right to access, rectificate, erase and block your data

You are, at any time, entitled to request information on stored personal data, the origin, recipient and purpose of the data processed as well as the right to correct, block or delete this data.
On this matter as well as for further questions on personal data you can contact us any time at the address given in the imprint.