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The use of contact data published within the scope of the imprint obligation by third parties for the sending of unsolicited advertising and information material is hereby expressly prohibited. The operators of the pages expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of the unsolicited sending of advertising information, for example by spam mails.

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GOOGLE ANALYTICS
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GOOGLE WILL USE THIS INFORMATION TO EVALUATE YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE, TO COMPILE REPORTS ON WEBSITE ACTIVITY FOR WEBSITE OPERATORS AND TO PROVIDE OTHER SERVICES RELATED TO WEBSITE ACTIVITY AND INTERNET USAGE. GOOGLE MAY ALSO TRANSFER THIS INFORMATION TO THIRD PARTIES IF THIS IS REQUIRED BY LAW OR IF THIRD PARTIES PROCESS THIS DATA ON GOOGLE’S BEHALF.

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL GOOGLE ASSOCIATE YOUR IP ADDRESS WITH OTHER DATA HELD BY GOOGLE INC. YOU CAN PREVENT THE INSTALLATION OF COOKIES BY SETTING YOUR BROWSER SOFTWARE ACCORDINGLY; HOWEVER, WE WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT IN THIS CASE YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO USE ALL THE FUNCTIONS OF THIS WEBSITE TO THEIR FULL EXTENT.

BY USING THIS WEBSITE, YOU CONSENT TO THE PROCESSING OF THE DATA COLLECTED ABOUT YOU BY GOOGLE IN THE MANNER AND FOR THE PURPOSE DESCRIBED ABOVE.

USE OF FACEBOOK SOCIAL PLUGINS
Our website uses social plugins (“plugins”) of the social network facebook.com, which is operated by Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA (“Facebook”). The plugins are recognizable by one of the Facebook logos (white “f” on a blue tile or a “thumbs up” sign) or are marked with the addition “Facebook Social Plugin”. The list and appearance of Facebook social plugins can be viewed here: http://developers.facebook.com/plugins. When you call up a website on our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection with Facebook’s servers. The content of the plugin is transmitted by Facebook directly to your browser and integrated into the website by it. We therefore have no influence on the scope of the data that Facebook collects with the help of this plugin and therefore inform you according to our level of knowledge: Through the integration of the plugins, Facebook receives the information that you have called up the corresponding page of our website. If you are logged in to Facebook, Facebook can assign the visit to your Facebook account. If you interact with the plugins, for example by pressing the Like button or making a comment, the corresponding information is transmitted directly from your browser to Facebook and stored there. If you are not a member of Facebook, there is still a possibility that Facebook will learn and store your IP address. For the purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Facebook, as well as your rights in this regard and setting options to protect your privacy, please refer to Facebook’s privacy policy: http://www.facebook.com/policy.php. If you are a Facebook member and do not want Facebook to collect data about you via our website and link it to your member data stored by Facebook, you must log out of Facebook before visiting our website. It is also possible to block Facebook social plugins with add-ons for your browser, for example with the “Facebook Blocker”.

HOW TO USE TWITTER’S
TWEET BUTTONOur website uses the “Tweet” button of the social network Twitter, which is operated by Twitter Inc., 750 Folsom Street, Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94107, United States (“Twitter”). The button is recognizable by the dark blue bird and the word “Tweet” on a light blue background. When you call up a website on our website that contains such a button, your browser establishes a direct connection with Twitter’s servers. The content of the “Tweet” button is transmitted by Twitter directly to your browser and integrated into your Twitter message. We therefore have no influence on the scope of the data that Twitter collects with the button, but we assume that your IP address is also recorded. For the purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Twitter, as well as your rights in this regard and setting options to protect your privacy, please refer to Twitter’s privacy policy: http://twitter.com/privacy

If you are a Twitter member and do not want Twitter to collect data about you via our website and link it to your member data stored by Twitter, you must log out of Twitter before visiting our website.

HOW TO USE GOOGLE +1 BUTTON
This website uses the “+1” button of the social network Google Plus, which is operated by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States (“Google”). The button is recognizable by the “+1” sign on a white or colored background. When you call up a website on our website that contains such a button, your browser establishes a direct connection with Google’s servers. The content of the “+1” button is transmitted by Google directly to your browser and integrated into the website by it. We therefore have no influence on the scope of the data that Google collects with the button, but we assume that your IP address is also recorded. For the purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Google, as well as your rights in this regard and setting options to protect your privacy, please refer to Google’s privacy policy in the privacy policy for the “+1” button:https://developers.google.com/+/plugins/buttons-policy If you are a Google Plus member and do not want Google to collect data about you via our website and to use it with your member data stored by Google , you must log out of Google Plus before your visit.

Google Privacy Policy: http://www.google.at/intl/de/policies/privacy/
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Cookies

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Information on online dispute resolution
In the first quarter of 2016, the EU Commission will provide an internet platform for the online resolution of disputes (so-called “ODR platform”). The ODR platform is intended to serve as a point of contact for the out-of-court settlement of disputes regarding contractual obligations arising from online sales contracts. The ODR platform will be accessible at the following link: http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr/