(1) If you merely use the website for information purposes, i.e. without registering or otherwise transmitting information to ourselves, we will collect only the personal data transmitted to our server by your browser. Where you wish to view our website, we collect the following data, which is required by ourselves in technical terms to display our website to you and to ensure its stability and security (legal basis: Art. 6 para. 1 s. 1 point (f) GDPR):
- IP address
- Date and time of request
- Time zone difference from Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
- Content of request (specific page)
- Access status/HTTP status code
- Volume of data transferred in each case
- Website from which the request came
- Browser
- Operating system and its user interface
- Language and version of browser software
(2) In addition to the data specified above, we also store cookies on your computer whenever you use our website. Cookies are small text files which are stored on your computer's hard disk in association with the browser you use. They transmit specific information to the party placing the cookie (in this case, ourselves). Cookies cannot execute programs or place viruses on your computer. Their purpose is to make our Internet site overall more user-friendly and effective.
(3) Use of cookies:
a) This website uses the following types of cookies, whose scope and functioning is explained below:
- Transient cookies (see b)
- Persistent cookies (see c)
b) Transient cookies are deleted automatically when you close your browser. They in particular include session cookies. They store what is known as a session ID, which allows different requests from your browser to be grouped into a joint session. This means your computer will be recognised if you return to our website. Session cookies are deleted when you log out or close the browser.
c) Persistent cookies are deleted automatically after a specified period of time, which may vary depending on the cookie. You can delete cookies in the security settings of your browser at any time.
d) You can configure your browser settings as you wish, for instance, refuse to accept third-party or all cookies. We must point out here that you may then possibly be unable to use all functions of this website.