Terms of use

Version 1.0

The website located at valeo-siemens.com is a copyrighted work belonging to Valeo Siemens eAutomotive Germany GmbH. Certain features of the Site may be subject to additional guidelines, terms, or rules, which will be posted on the Site in connection with such features. All such additional terms, guidelines, and rules are incorporated by reference into these Terms.

Cookies and Web Beacons

Like any other website, uses ‘cookies’. These cookies are used to store information including visitors’ preferences, and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to optimize the users’ experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors’ browser type and/or other information.
These Terms of Use described the legally binding terms and conditions that oversee your use of the Site. BY LOGGING INTO THE SITE, YOU ARE BEING COMPLIANT THAT THESE TERMS and you represent that you have the authority and capacity to enter into these Terms. YOU SHOULD BE AT LEAST 18 YEARS OF AGE TO ACCESS THE SITE. IF YOU DISAGREE WITH ALL OF THE PROVISION OF THESE TERMS, DO NOT LOG INTO AND/OR USE THE SITE.
These terms require the use of arbitration Section 10.2 on an individual basis to resolve disputes and also limit the remedies available to you in the event of a dispute.

Accounts

Account Responsibilities. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your Account login information and are fully responsible for all activities that occur under your Account. You approve to immediately notify the Company of any unauthorized use, or suspected unauthorized use of your Account. Company cannot and will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with the above requirements.

Access to the Site

Subject to these Terms, Company grants you a non-transferable, non-exclusive, revocable, limited license to access the Site solely for your own personal, noncommercial use.
Certain Restrictions. The rights approved to you in these Terms are subject to the following restrictions: (a) you shall not sell, rent, lease, transfer, assign, distribute, host, or otherwise commercially exploit the Site; (b) you shall not change, make derivative works of, disassemble, reverse compile or reverse engineer any part of the Site; (c) you shall not access the Site in order to build a similar or competitive website; and (d) except as expressly stated herein, no part of the Site may be copied, reproduced, distributed, republished, downloaded, displayed, posted or transmitted in any form or by any means unless otherwise indicated, any future release, update, or other addition to functionality of the Site shall be subject to these Terms. All copyright and other proprietary notices on the Site must be retained on all copies thereof.
Company reserves the right to change, suspend, or cease the Site with or without notice to you. You approved that Company will not be held liable to you or any third-party for any change, interruption, or termination of the Site or any part.
No Support or Maintenance. You agree that Company will have no obligation to provide you with any support in connection with the Site.
Excluding any User Content that you may provide, you are aware that all the intellectual property rights, including copyrights, patents, trademarks, and trade secrets, in the Site and its content are owned by Company or Company’s suppliers. Note that these Terms and access to the Site do not give you any rights, title or interest in or to any intellectual property rights, except for the limited access rights expressed in Section 2.1. Company and its suppliers reserve all rights not granted in these Terms.

User Content

Acceptable Use Policy. The following terms constitute our “Acceptable Use Policy”:
You agree not to use the Site to collect, upload, transmit, display, or distribute any User Content (i) that violates any third-party right or any intellectual property or proprietary right; (ii) that is unlawful, harassing, abusive, tortious, threatening, harmful, invasive of another’s privacy, vulgar, defamatory, false, intentionally misleading, trade libelous, pornographic, obscene, patently offensive, promotes racism, bigotry, hatred, or physical harm of any kind against any group or individual; (iii) that is harmful to minors in any way; or (iv) that is in violation of any law, regulation, or obligations or restrictions imposed by any third party.
In addition, you agree not to: (i) upload, transmit, or distribute to or through the Site any software intended to damage or alter a computer system or data; (ii) send through the Site unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, junk mail, spam, chain letters, pyramid schemes, or any other form of duplicative or unsolicited messages; (iii) use the Site to harvest, collect, gather or assemble information or data regarding other users without their consent; (iv) interfere with, disrupt, or create an undue burden on servers or networks connected to the Site, or violate the regulations, policies or procedures of such networks; (v) attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Site, whether through password mining or any other means; (vi) harass or interfere with any other user’s use and enjoyment of the Site; or (vi) use software or automated agents or scripts to produce multiple accounts on the Site, or to generate automated searches, requests, or queries to the Site.
We reserve the right to review any User Content, and to investigate and/or take appropriate action against you in our sole discretion if you violate the Acceptable Use Policy or any other provision of these Terms or otherwise create liability for us or any other person. Such action may include removing or modifying your User Content, terminating your Account in accordance with Section 8, and/or reporting you to law enforcement authorities.
If you provide Company with any feedback or suggestions regarding the Site, you hereby assign to Company all rights in such Feedback and agree that Company shall have the right to use and fully exploit such Feedback and related information in any manner it believes appropriate. Company will treat any Feedback you provide to Company as non-confidential and non-proprietary.

You agree to indemnify and hold Company and its officers, employees, and agents harmless, including costs and attorneys’ fees, from any claim or demand made by any third-party due to or arising out of (a) your use of the Site, (b) your violation of these Terms, (c) your violation of applicable laws or regulations or (d) your User Content. Company reserves the right to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter for which you are required to indemnify us, and you agree to cooperate with our defense of these claims. You agree not to settle any matter without the prior written consent of Company. Company will use reasonable efforts to notify you of any such claim, action or proceeding upon becoming aware of it.

Third-Party Links & Ads; Other Users

Third-Party Links & Ads. The Site may contain links to third-party websites and services, and/or display advertisements for third-parties. Such Third-Party Links & Ads are not under the control of Company, and Company is not responsible for any Third-Party Links & Ads. Company provides access to these Third-Party Links & Ads only as a convenience to you, and does not review, approve, monitor, endorse, warrant, or make any representations with respect to Third-Party Links & Ads. You use all Third-Party Links & Ads at your own risk, and should apply a suitable level of caution and discretion in doing so. When you click on any of the Third-Party Links & Ads, the applicable third party’s terms and policies apply, including the third party’s privacy and data gathering practices.
Other Users. Each Site user is solely responsible for any and all of its own User Content. Because we do not control User Content, you acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible for any User Content, whether provided by you or by others. You agree that Company will not be responsible for any loss or damage incurred as the result of any such interactions. If there is a dispute between you and any Site user, we are under no obligation to become involved.
You hereby release and forever discharge the Company and our officers, employees, agents, successors, and assigns from, and hereby waive and relinquish, each and every past, present and future dispute, claim, controversy, demand, right, obligation, liability, action and cause of action of every kind and nature, that has arisen or arises directly or indirectly out of, or that relates directly or indirectly to, the Site. If you are a California resident, you hereby waive California civil code section 1542 in connection with the foregoing, which states: “a general release does not extend to claims which the creditor does not know or suspect to exist in his or her favor at the time of executing the release, which if known by him or her must have materially affected his or her settlement with the debtor.”

Disclaimers

The site is provided on an “as-is” and “as available” basis, and company and our suppliers expressly disclaim any and all warranties and conditions of any kind, whether express, implied, or statutory, including all warranties or conditions of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, quiet enjoyment, accuracy, or non-infringement. We and our suppliers make not guarantee that the site will meet your requirements, will be available on an uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error-free basis, or will be accurate, reliable, free of viruses or other harmful code, complete, legal, or safe. If applicable law requires any warranties with respect to the site, all such warranties are limited in duration to ninety (90) days from the date of first use.
Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, so the above exclusion may not apply to you. Some jurisdictions do not allow limitations on how long an implied warranty lasts, so the above limitation may not apply to you.

Limitation on Liabilitys

To the maximum extent permitted by law, in no event shall company or our suppliers be liable to you or any third-party for any lost profits, lost data, costs of procurement of substitute products, or any indirect, consequential, exemplary, incidental, special or punitive damages arising from or relating to these terms or your use of, or incapability to use the site even if company has been advised of the possibility of such damages. Access to and use of the site is at your own discretion and risk, and you will be solely responsible for any damage to your device or computer system, or loss of data resulting therefrom.
To the maximum extent permitted by law, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, our liability to you for any damages arising from or related to this agreement, will at all times be limited to a maximum of fifty U.S. dollars (u.s. $50). The existence of more than one claim will not enlarge this limit. You agree that our suppliers will have no liability of any kind arising from or relating to this agreement.
Some jurisdictions do not allow the limitation or exclusion of liability for incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you.

Term and Termination.

Subject to this Section, these Terms will remain in full force and effect while you use the Site. We may suspend or terminate your rights to use the Site at any time for any reason at our sole discretion, including for any use of the Site in violation of these Terms. Upon termination of your rights under these Terms, your Account and right to access and use the Site will terminate immediately. You understand that any termination of your Account may involve deletion of your User Content associated with your Account from our live databases. Company will not have any liability whatsoever to you for any termination of your rights under these Terms. Even after your rights under these Terms are terminated, the following provisions of these Terms will remain in effect: Sections 2 through 2.5, Section 3 and Sections 4 through 10.

Copyright Policy.

Company respects the intellectual property of others and asks that users of our Site do the same. In connection with our Site, we have adopted and implemented a policy respecting copyright law that provides for the removal of any infringing materials and for the termination of users of our online Site who are repeated infringers of intellectual property rights, including copyrights. If you believe that one of our users is, through the use of our Site, unlawfully infringing the copyright(s) in a work, and wish to have the allegedly infringing material removed, the following information in the form of a written notification (pursuant to 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)) must be provided to our designated Copyright Agent:

your physical or electronic signature;
identification of the copyrighted work(s) that you claim to have been infringed;
identification of the material on our services that you claim is infringing and that you request us to remove;
sufficient information to permit us to locate such material;
your address, telephone number, and e-mail address;
a statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the objectionable material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or under the law; and
a statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are either the owner of the copyright that has allegedly been infringed or that you are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.

Please note that, pursuant to 17 U.S.C. § 512(f), any misrepresentation of material fact in a written notification automatically subjects the complaining party to liability for any damages, costs and attorney’s fees incurred by us in connection with the written notification and allegation of copyright infringement.

General

- These Terms are subject to occasional revision, and if we make any substantial changes, we may notify you by sending you an e-mail to the last e-mail address you provided to us and/or by prominently posting notice of the changes on our Site. You are responsible for providing us with your most current e-mail address. In the event that the last e-mail address that you have provided us is not valid our dispatch of the e-mail containing such notice will nonetheless constitute effective notice of the changes described in the notice. Any changes to these Terms will be effective upon the earliest of thirty (30) calendar days following our dispatch of an e-mail notice to you or thirty (30) calendar days following our posting of notice of the changes on our Site. These changes will be effective immediately for new users of our Site. Continued use of our Site following notice of such changes shall indicate your acknowledgement of such changes and agreement to be bound by the terms and conditions of such changes.
- Dispute Resolution. Please read this Arbitration Agreement carefully. It is part of your contract with Company and affects your rights. It contains procedures for MANDATORY BINDING ARBITRATION AND A CLASS ACTION WAIVER.
- Applicability of Arbitration Agreement. All claims and disputes in connection with the Terms or the use of any product or service provided by the Company that cannot be resolved informally or in small claims court shall be resolved by binding arbitration on an individual basis under the terms of this Arbitration Agreement. Unless otherwise agreed to, all arbitration proceedings shall be held in English. This Arbitration Agreement applies to you and the Company, and to any subsidiaries, affiliates, agents, employees, predecessors in interest, successors, and assigns, as well as all authorized or unauthorized users or beneficiaries of services or goods provided under the Terms.
- Notice Requirement and Informal Dispute Resolution. Before either party may seek arbitration, the party must first send to the other party a written Notice of Dispute describing the nature and basis of the claim or dispute, and the requested relief. A Notice to the Company should be sent to: Frauenauracher Straße 85, 91056, Erlangen. After the Notice is received, you and the Company may attempt to resolve the claim or dispute informally. If you and the Company do not resolve the claim or dispute within thirty (30) days after the Notice is received, either party may begin an arbitration proceeding. The amount of any settlement offer made by any party may not be disclosed to the arbitrator until after the arbitrator has determined the amount of the award to which either party is entitled.
- Arbitration Rules.
- Arbitration shall be initiated through the American Arbitration Association, an established alternative dispute resolution provider that offers arbitration as set forth in this section. If AAA is not available to arbitrate, the parties shall agree to select an alternative ADR Provider. The rules of the ADR Provider shall govern all aspects of the arbitration except to the extent such rules are in conflict with the Terms. The AAA Consumer Arbitration Rules governing the arbitration are available online at adr.org or by calling the AAA at 1-800-778-7879. The arbitration shall be conducted by a single, neutral arbitrator. Any claims or disputes where the total amount of the award sought is less than Ten Thousand U.S. Dollars (US $10,000.00) may be resolved through binding non-appearance-based arbitration, at the option of the party seeking relief. For claims or disputes where the total amount of the award sought is Ten Thousand U.S. Dollars (US $10,000.00) or more, the right to a hearing will be determined by the Arbitration Rules. Any hearing will be held in a location within 100 miles of your residence, unless you reside outside of the United States, and unless the parties agree otherwise. If you reside outside of the U.S., the arbitrator shall give the parties reasonable notice of the date, time and place of any oral hearings. Any judgment on the award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction. If the arbitrator grants you an award that is greater than the last settlement offer that the Company made to you prior to the initiation of arbitration, the Company will pay you the greater of the award or $2,500.00. Each party shall bear its own costs and disbursements arising out of the arbitration and shall pay an equal share of the fees and costs of the ADR Provider.
- Additional Rules for Non-Appearance Based Arbitration. If non-appearance based arbitration is elected, the arbitration shall be conducted by telephone, online and/or based solely on written submissions; the specific manner shall be chosen by the party initiating the arbitration. The arbitration shall not involve any personal appearance by the parties or witnesses unless otherwise agreed by the parties.
- Time Limits. If you or the Company pursues arbitration, the arbitration action must be initiated and/or demanded within the statute of limitations and within any deadline imposed under the AAA Rules for the pertinent claim.
- Authority of Arbitrator.

If arbitration is initiated, the arbitrator will decide the rights and liabilities of you and the Company, and the dispute will not be consolidated with any other matters or joined with any other cases or parties. The arbitrator shall have the authority to grant motions dispositive of all or part of any claim. The arbitrator shall have the authority to award monetary damages, and to grant any non-monetary remedy or relief available to an individual under applicable law, the AAA Rules, and the Terms. The arbitrator shall issue a written award and statement of decision describing the essential findings and conclusions on which the award is based. The arbitrator has the same authority to award relief on an individual basis that a judge in a court of law would have. The award of the arbitrator is final and binding upon you and the Company.

Waiver of Jury Trial. THE PARTIES HEREBY WAIVE THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL AND STATUTORY RIGHTS TO GO TO COURT AND HAVE A TRIAL IN FRONT OF A JUDGE OR A JURY, instead electing that all claims and disputes shall be resolved by arbitration under this Arbitration Agreement. Arbitration procedures are typically more limited, more efficient and less expensive than rules applicable in a court and are subject to very limited review by a court. In the event any litigation should arise between you and the Company in any state or federal court in a suit to vacate or enforce an arbitration award or otherwise, YOU AND THE COMPANY WAIVE ALL RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL, instead electing that the dispute be resolved by a judge.
Waiver of Class or Consolidated Actions. All claims and disputes within the scope of this arbitration agreement must be arbitrated or litigated on an individual basis and not on a class basis, and claims of more than one customer or user cannot be arbitrated or litigated jointly or consolidated with those of any other customer or user.
Confidentiality.

All aspects of the arbitration proceeding shall be strictly confidential. The parties agree to maintain confidentiality unless otherwise required by law. This paragraph shall not prevent a party from submitting to a court of law any information necessary to enforce this Agreement, to enforce an arbitration award, or to seek injunctive or equitable relief.

Severability. If any part or parts of this Arbitration Agreement are found under the law to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, then such specific part or parts shall be of no force and effect and shall be severed and the remainder of the Agreement shall continue in full force and effect.
Right to Waive. Any or all of the rights and limitations set forth in this Arbitration Agreement may be waived by the party against whom the claim is asserted. Such waiver shall not waive or affect any other portion of this Arbitration Agreement.
Survival of Agreement. This Arbitration Agreement will survive the termination of your relationship with Company.
Small Claims Court. Nonetheless the foregoing, either you or the Company may bring an individual action in small claims court.
Emergency Equitable Relief. Anyhow the foregoing, either party may seek emergency equitable relief before a state or federal court in order to maintain the status quo pending arbitration. A request for interim measures shall not be deemed a waiver of any other rights or obligations under this Arbitration Agreement.
Claims Not Subject to Arbitration. Notwithstanding the foregoing, claims of defamation, violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, and infringement or misappropriation of the other party’s patent, copyright, trademark or trade secrets shall not be subject to this Arbitration Agreement.
In any circumstances where the foregoing Arbitration Agreement permits the parties to litigate in court, the parties hereby agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of the courts located within Netherlands County, California, for such purposes.
The Site may be subject to U.S. export control laws and may be subject to export or import regulations in other countries. You agree not to export, re-export, or transfer, directly or indirectly, any U.S. technical data acquired from Company, or any products utilizing such data, in violation of the United States export laws or regulations.
Company is located at the address in Section 10.8. If you are a California resident, you may report complaints to the Complaint Assistance Unit of the Division of Consumer Product of the California Department of Consumer Affairs by contacting them in writing at 400 R Street, Sacramento, CA 95814, or by telephone at (800) 952-5210.
Electronic Communications. The communications between you and Company use electronic means, whether you use the Site or send us emails, or whether Company posts notices on the Site or communicates with you via email. For contractual purposes, you (a) consent to receive communications from Company in an electronic form; and (b) agree that all terms and conditions, agreements, notices, disclosures, and other communications that Company provides to you electronically satisfy any legal obligation that such communications would satisfy if it were be in a hard copy writing.
Entire Terms. These Terms constitute the entire agreement between you and us regarding the use of the Site. Our failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms shall not operate as a waiver of such right or provision. The section titles in these Terms are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect. The word “including” means “including without limitation”. If any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid or unenforceable, the other provisions of these Terms will be unimpaired and the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed modified so that it is valid and enforceable to the maximum extent permitted by law. Your relationship to Company is that of an independent contractor, and neither party is an agent or partner of the other. These Terms, and your rights and obligations herein, may not be assigned, subcontracted, delegated, or otherwise transferred by you without Company’s prior written consent, and any attempted assignment, subcontract, delegation, or transfer in violation of the foregoing will be null and void. Company may freely assign these Terms. The terms and conditions set forth in these Terms shall be binding upon assignees.
Copyright/Trademark Information. Copyright © 2017. All rights reserved. All trademarks, logos and service marks displayed on the Site are our property or the property of other third-parties. You are not permitted to use these Marks without our prior written consent or the consent of such third party which may own the Marks.

Data protection

Data privacy statement

In this statement, we inform you about how we collect personal data when you use our website. Personal data is any information relating to you as an identifiable natural person, such as your name, address, e-mail address and user behavior. We have implemented extensive technical and operational precautionary measures to protect your data against accidental or intentional manipulation, loss, destruction or access by unauthorized persons. Our security procedures are regularly reviewed and adapted in line with technological progress.

1 Controller responsible for data processing

The controller in accordance with Article 4 paragraph 7 of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is Valeo Siemens eAutomotive Germany GmbH, Frauenauracher Straße 85, 91056 Erlangen, Germany. The company is represented by Managing Directors Didier Lexa, Peter Geilen and André Metzner. The contact e-mail address is vsjv.compliance.mailbox@valeo.com (see our legal notice).

2 Contacting the data protection officer

You can contact our data protection officer by e-mail at vsjv.compliance.mailbox@valeo.com, by telephone (+49 9131 9892-2349), or at our postal address, specifying “For the attention of the data protection officer”.

3 Your rights

You have the following rights in relation to us regarding the personal data that concerns you:

3.1 General rights

You have the right to request information about your personal data and to have your personal data corrected or deleted, to demand that its processing be restricted, to raise an objection to its processing, and the right to data portability. If your personal data is processed because you have given your consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent from us at any time with effect for the future.

3.2 Rights in relation to data processing based on a legitimate interest
According to Article 21 paragraph 1 GDPR, you have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you which is based on Article 6 paragraph 1 e GDPR (data processing in the public interest) or Article 6 paragraph 1 f GDPR (data processing for the purposes of pursuing legitimate interests); this also applies to profiling based on these provisions. If you raise an objection, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate mandatory, legitimate reasons for the processing that override your own interests, rights and freedoms, or where the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal entitlements.

3.3 Rights in relation to direct marketing
Insofar as we process your personal data for direct marketing purposes, you have the right according to Article 21 paragraph 2 GDPR to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you which is carried out for the purposes of such marketing; this also applies to profiling to the extent that it is related to such direct marketing.

If you object to processing for the purposes of direct marketing, we will no longer process your personal data for such purposes.

3.4 Right to raise a complaint with a regulatory authority
You also have the right to raise a complaint about our processing of your personal data with a competent data protection regulatory authority.

4 Collection of personal data when you visit our website

If you visit the website for information purposes only, without completing a registration procedure or transmitting any other information to us, we will collect only the personal data that your browser transmits to our server. If you wish to view our website, we will collect the following data that we require for technical purposes in order to display our website to you while ensuring stability and security. The legal basis for this is Article 6 paragraph 1 f GDPR:

IP address, date and time of the request, time zone difference in relation to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), contents of the request (specific page), access status/HTTP status code, website from which the request originates, browser, operating system and its user interface, language and version of the browser software.

5 Contacting us by e-mail or using the contact form

If you contact us by e-mail or using a contact form, we will store the data you provide (your e-mail address and, where relevant, your name and telephone number) in order to answer your questions. Where we ask you to enter details on our contact form that are not required for contact purposes, we always indicate that these are optional. These details allow us to gain a more specific idea of your request and to process it more effectively. You provide us with these details on an entirely voluntary basis and with your consent in accordance with Article 6 paragraph 1 a GDPR. Insofar as such details relate to communication channels (such as e-mail address or telephone number), you also consent to our contacting you as appropriate via these channels in order to respond to your request. You are of course entitled at any time to withdraw this consent for the future.

We will delete the data collected in this context if there is no further need to store it, or will limit its processing if we are required to retain it in accordance with statutory retention obligations.

6 Job applications

You can submit job applications to our company electronically, in particular by e-mail or using web forms. We will of course use your details exclusively for processing your application, and will not disclose them to third parties. Please note that e-mails sent without encryption are not protected against unauthorized access during transmission.

You can also apply for a job with our company via our online application portal. Your online application will be forwarded directly to the HR department via an encrypted link, and will of course be treated confidentially. We will of course use your details exclusively for processing your application, and will not disclose them to third parties. For further information on data processing during the job application procedure, please refer to the data privacy statement of our job application portal.

If you have applied for a specific position but this position has already been filled, or if we consider that you are an even better fit for an alternative position, we would be pleased to forward your application within the company. Please let us know if you do not consent to such forwarding.

Your personal data will be deleted as soon as the application procedure is complete, at the latest after 6 months, if you have not given us your explicit consent to store your data for a longer period or if a contract has been concluded. The legal basis is Article 6 paragraphs 1 a, b and f GDPR and Section 26 of the German Data Protection Act (BDSG).

7 Use of cookies

When you use our website, cookies are stored on your computer. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your hard disk with an assignment to the browser you use, and via which certain information is transmitted to the location that sets the cookie. Cookies cannot execute any programs or transfer viruses to your computer. Their purpose is to make the whole web experience more user-friendly and effective.

This website uses the following types of cookies, the scope and functionality of which are explained below:

7.1 Transient cookies
These cookies are deleted automatically when you close the browser. They include in particular session cookies. These store what is known as a session ID, with which different queries from your browser can be assigned to the general session. This enables your computer to be recognized if you visit our website again. Session cookies are deleted when you log out or close the browser.

7.2 Persistent cookies
These cookies are deleted automatically after a predefined period, which can differ from cookie to cookie. You can delete the cookies at any time in your browser’s security settings.

7.3 Preventing cookies
You can configure your browser settings as you wish; for example, you can decline to accept third-party cookies or all cookies. Please note, however, that you may not be able to use all the functions of this website if you do so.

7.4 Legal principles and storage duration
The legal principles governing the possible processing of personal data and the storage duration vary, and are set out in the following sections.

8 Website analysis

We use various services for the purposes of analyzing and optimizing our websites, and these are described below. They enable us to analyze, for example, how many users visit our site, what information is most in demand, or how users find the site. We collect data that shows us, for example, the web page from which a data subject navigated to another web page (“referrer”), which subpages of the web page were accessed, or how often a person viewed a subpage and for how long. This helps us to design our offerings in a user-friendly way and make improvements to it. The data collected in this way does not allow us to identify individual users personally. Only anonymous or at most pseudonymized data is collected. The legal basis for this is Article 6 paragraph 1 f GDPR.

8.1 Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA). This use includes the Universal Analytics operating mode. This enables data, sessions and interactions across multiple devices to be assigned to a pseudonymized user ID, allowing the activities of a user to be analyzed across different devices.

Google Analytics uses cookies, which permit your use of the website to be analyzed. The information generated by the cookies about your use of this website is usually transferred to and stored on a Google server in the USA. If IP anonymization has been activated on this website, Google will however first abbreviate your IP address (within EU member states or other European Economic Area countries). Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to and abbreviated on a Google server in the USA. Google will not combine the IP address transmitted from your browser in the context of Google Analytics with other data. Google will use this information on behalf of the operator of this website, in order to evaluate your use of the website, compile reports about activity on the website and provide additional services associated with use of the website and the Internet to the website operator. We have a legitimate interest in processing the data for these purposes. The legal basis for the use of Google Analytics is Section 15 paragraph 3 of the German Law on Telecommunications and Electronic Media (TMG) and Article 6 paragraph 1 f GDPR. The data sent by us and linked with cookies, user IDs or marketing IDs will be deleted automatically after 14 months. Data for which the end of the retention period has been reached is deleted automatically once a month. For more information on conditions of use and data protection, please refer to https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html and https://policies.google.com/?hl=de

You can stop your browser from storing cookies using its software settings; however, please note that you will not be able to use all the functions of this website in full if you do so. You can prevent Google from recording and processing the data generated by the cookie relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) by downloading and installing the browser plugin available via the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de. Opt-out cookies prevent your data from being collected when you visit this website in the future. To prevent your personal data from being collected by Universal Analytics across different devices, you must set the opt-out on all systems you use.

Click here to set the opt-out cookie and deactivate Google Analytics.

9 Data transmission

Your data will not generally be transmitted to third parties unless we are required to do so by law, the forwarding of the data is necessary for contract fulfillment purposes, or you have given explicit prior consent to the forwarding of your data.

Insofar as our service providers come into contact with your personal data, we will ensure – in accordance with the provisions governing processing to be carried out by a processor on behalf of the controller under Article 28 GDPR – that such service providers comply with the provisions of data protection law in the same way. Please also observe the respective data privacy statements of the service providers. The respective service provider is responsible for the contents of third-party services, although we will make all reasonable efforts to check the services for compliance with the legal requirements.

We place importance on processing your data within the EU/EEA. From time to time, however, we may use service providers that process data outside the EU/EEA. In these cases, we will ensure that the recipient has established a reasonable level of data protection before transmitting your personal data. This means that, by way of EU standard contracts or an adequacy resolution such as the EU Privacy Shield, a data protection level is achieved that is comparable with the standards within the EU.

10 Data security

We have implemented extensive technical and operational precautionary measures to protect your data against accidental or intentional manipulation, loss, destruction or access by unauthorized persons. Our security procedures are regularly reviewed and adapted in line with technological progress.

Status: May 25, 2018

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