Data protection statement

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how you use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website will as a rule be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. If IP anonymization is activated on this website, Google will first truncate your IP address for Member States of the European Union or other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only under exceptional circumstances, the complete IP address is transmitted to a server of Google in the United States and truncated there. Under the authority of the owner of this website, Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and Internet usage for the website owner.

Google will not associate the IP address transmitted by your browser in connection with Google Analytics with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser software; however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. In addition, you can prevent the data generated by the cookie based on your usage of this website (including your IP address) being sent to and processed by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de

For further details please go to http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de or http://www.google.com/intl/de/analytics/privacyoverview.html (general information on Google Analytics and data protection). Please note that on this website Google Analytics is supplemented by the code “gat._anonymizeIp();” in order to ensure anonymised collection of IP addresses (so-called IP masking).