Our web site contains links or references to other web sites that we do not control and to which our privacy and cookie notice does not apply. Please be sure that you read the privacy policy of every website you visit to ensure you are happy with all the way that your personal data is being processed.
Facebook & Instagram (Meta)
Our websites use social plugins (“plugins”) provided by the social networks facebook.com and Instagram.com, operated by Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd. 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour
Dublin 2 Ireland. The plugins are identifiable by either:
• a Facebook logo (white letter f on blue background or a thumb up icon) or the notice “Facebook Social Plugin”. For a full list of all social Plugins please see http://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins; or
• a Instagram logo (depicting a camera, but in the most minimal way and in multicolour, with just a square, a circle, and a dot on a white background). For a full list of all social Plugins please see Social Plugins - Instagram : EKM
When you visit a page of our website that contains a social plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to Facebook or Instagrams servers. Facebook and Instagram directly transfer the plugin content to your browser which embeds the latter into the website, enabling Facebook and Instagram to receive information about your having accessed the respective page of our website. Thus we have no influence on the data gathered by the plugin and inform you according to our state of knowledge:
The embedded plugins provide Facebook and Instagram with the information that you have accessed the corresponding page of our website. If you are logged into Facebook or Instagram, your visit can be assigned to your Facebook or instagram account. If you interact with the plugins, for example by clicking “Like”, or entering a comment, the corresponding information is transmitted from your browser directly to Facebook or Instagram and stored by it. Even if you are not logged into Facebook or Instagram, there is possibility that the pluginstransmits your IP-address to Facebook or Instagram.
For the information on the purpose and scope of data collection and processing by Facebook and Instagram, as well as your rights in this respect and settings options for protecting your privacy please visit either: Facebook’s privacy policy: http://www.facebook.com/policy.php or Instagram’s privacy policy https://privacycenter.instagram.com/policy .
If you are a Facebook or Instagram member and do not want Facebook or Instagram to connect the data concerning your visit to our website with your member data already stored by Facebook or Instagram, please log off Facebook or Instagram before entering our website. Further you can block Facebook and Instagram social Plugins by using add-ons for your browser, like the “Facebook Blocker” e.g. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/fb_ad_block/
Facebook Advertising
To make potential users aware of our Internet presence, we use the Facebook advertising network, which includes conversion tracking, an analysis service from Facebook (Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA). Facebook will set a cookie on your computer ("conversion cookie") if you have been directed to our website via a Facebook ad. The cookie loses its validity at the end of 30 days. If you visit within this period certain pages of us, Facebook and we can recognize that the ad was clicked. Information obtained using the conversion cookie is used to create conversion statistics. We receive information about the total number of users who clicked on a particular ad and were redirected to a website associated with the conversion tracking network. Personal identification is not possible for us. If you do not wish to participate in the tracking procedure, you can also reject the required setting of a cookie, for example via a browser setting, which generally deactivates the automatic setting of cookies.
X
Functions of X (formally known as Twitter) service are integrated in our site. These functions are being offered by X, Inc. (795 Folsom St., Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA). The use of X and the “Repost” (formerly “Retweet”) function links the websites you visit with your X account and makes this information available to other users. Data is transferred to X in the process.
We want to make you aware that we as a provider of the pages have no knowledge of the content of the transferred data or of its use by X. You can find more information about the data privacy declaration of X at twitter.com/privacy.
Please note, on this website, X is referred to by its former Twitter icon featuring a bird silhouette.
Youtube
Our website uses plugins from YouTube (YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA). When you visit one of our YouTube plug-in-enabled sites, you will be connected to the servers of YouTube. The Youtube server will be informed which of our pages you visited. If you're logged in to your YouTube account, YouTube allows you to associate your browsing behavior directly with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account. For more information on how to handle user data, please refer to the YouTube Privacy Policy at https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy
Our lawful basis for placing cookies is your consent. You can withdraw your consent at any time.
LinkedIn
Our website uses plugins from LinkedIn (LinkedIn, LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland). When you visit one of our LinkedIn plug-in-enabled sites, you will be connected to the servers of LinkedIn. The LinkedIn server will be informed which of our pages you visited. If you're logged in to your LinkedIn account, LinkedIn allows you to associate your browsing behavior directly with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your LinkedIn account. For more information on how to handle user data, please refer to the LinkedIn Privacy Policy at https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy
TikTok
Our website uses plugins from TikTok (TikTok Inc., Attn: Privacy Policy Inquiry, 5800 Bristol Parkway, Suite 100, Culver City, CA 90230). When you visit one of our TikTok plug-in-enabled sites, you will be connected to the servers of TikTok. The TikTok server will be informed which of our pages you visited. If you're logged in to your TikTok account, LinkedIn allows you to associate your browsing behavior directly with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your TikTok account. For more information on how TikTok handle user data, please refer to the TikTok Privacy Policy at https://www.tiktok.com/legal/page/global/partner-privacy-policy/en
Personal data collected by cookies is deleted after 30 days.