		Google Maps
1		This website uses Google Maps for the visual representation of geographic information. Google Maps is an offer from Google Ireland Limited, a company incorporated and operating under Irish law with its registered office at Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (www.google.com).

2		This serves to protect our overriding legitimate interests in an optimized presentation of our offer and easy accessibility of our locations in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 lit. f) GDPR.

3		When using Google Maps, Google transmits or processes data about the use of the Maps functions by website visitors, which may include in particular the IP address and location data. We have no influence on this data processing. Insofar as information is transferred to Google servers in the USA and stored there, the American company Google LLC is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield. A current certificate can be viewed here. Based on this agreement between the USA and the European Commission, the latter has established an adequate level of data protection for companies certified under the Privacy Shield.

4		In order to deactivate the Google Maps service and thus prevent data transmission to Google, you must deactivate the Java Script function in your browser. In this case, Google Maps cannot be used or can only be used to a limited extent.

5		Further information about data processing by Google can be found in the data protection information from Google. The terms of use for Google Maps contain detailed information about the map service.

6		Data processing takes place on the basis of an agreement between joint responsible operators in accordance with Art. 26 GDPR, which you can view here .

		Google reCAPTCHA
7		For the purpose of protecting our web forms from misuse and spam, we use the Google reCAPTCHA service for some forms on this website. Google reCAPTCHA is an offer from Google Ireland Limited, a company incorporated and operated under Irish law with its registered office at Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. (www.google.com). By checking a manual entry, this service prevents automated software (so-called bots) from carrying out abusive activities on the website.

8		In accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1 Letter f GDPR, this serves to safeguard our legitimate interests in protecting our website from misuse and in ensuring that our online presence is presented free of disruptions.

9		Google reCAPTCHA uses a code embedded in the website, a so-called JavaScript, as part of the verification process that enables an analysis of your use of the website, such as cookies. The automatically collected information about your use of this website, including your IP address, is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. In addition, other cookies stored in your browser by Google services are evaluated by Google reCAPTCHA.

10		A reading or saving of personal data from the input fields of the respective form does not take place. Insofar as information is transferred to Google servers in the USA and stored there, the American company Google LLC is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield. A current certificate can be viewed here. Based on this agreement between the USA and the European Commission, the latter has established an adequate level of data protection for companies certified under the Privacy Shield.

11		You can prevent the data generated by the JavaScript or the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) being sent to Google and the processing of this data by Google by deactivating the execution in your browser settings prevent JavaScript or the setting of cookies. Please note that this may limit the functionality of our website for your use. You can find more information about Google's privacy policy here.

		Google Fonts
12		The script code "Google Fonts" is integrated on this website. Google Fonts is an offer from Google Ireland Limited, a company incorporated and operating under Irish law with its registered office at Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. (www.google.de).

13		This serves to protect our overriding legitimate interests in a uniform presentation of the content on our website in accordance with Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR.

14		In this context, a connection is established between the browser you are using and the Google servers. This gives Google knowledge that our website was accessed via your IP address

15		Insofar as information is transferred to Google servers in the USA and stored there, the American company Google LLC is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield. A current certificate can be viewed here. Based on this agreement between the USA and the European Commission, the latter has established an adequate level of data protection for companies certified under the Privacy Shield. Further information about data processing by Google can be found in Google's Privacy Policy.