What personal data we collect and why we collect it

a) Automatically generated data If you only visit our website to obtain information, data will automatically be collected in non-personal form. This relates to the following data: date and time of opening one of our web pages country of origin, language setting the type of your browser and your operating system the page you last visited access status (file transferred, file not found etc. the time spent on our web pages as well as your IP address.

These data are collected and processed to make it at all possible for you to use the web pages you have opened, for statistical purposes as well as to improve the content and functionalities of our web pages. Data are processed anonymously, i.e. data is never matched up to your person.

b) Personal data and consent Personal data, such as your name, e-mail address or postal address will only be collected if you make these available to us, e.g. as part of registering, ordering products or services or on requesting images from our image database. The data you provide will only be used for completing the activities you request, e.g. for processing orders or for providing the images you have requested from our image database.

Social Media

We do not use any automatically activated plug-ins from social media platforms (“social media plug-ins”) on our website. The buttons for our social media pages, such as Facebook, Twitter, Xing or Instagram, are merely links that direct users to the corresponding provider's page. Furthermore, our website contains elements known as news boxes, which link to our pages on social media platforms. These news boxes – which are marked with the logo for the corresponding social media site – are also only links. The integration of these buttons and news boxes in our website does not mean that any personal data is sent to the provider of these social media platforms when you open our website. You will be directed to the corresponding social media page when you click on these buttons or news boxes.

Cookies

We use cookies for our website. Cookies are small text files that are sent from our web server to your browser when you visit one of our web pages and saved by your browser on your computer. We use "permanent cookies" as well as "session cookies".

The data stored in permanent cookies (stored for a maximum of 12 months) have the purpose of automatically recognising your computer the next time you open one of our web pages and of displaying information geared specifically to your interests.

The data filed in session cookies have the purpose of providing you with unrestricted usage of our services as well as making our web pages as convenient as possible to use while you are visiting our website. Session cookies are deleted as soon as you close your browser.

No personal data are stored in the cookies we use. We do not use any technologies either that associate information accruing through cookies with your personal data.

Settings in your browser let you yourself determine whether cookies are set and retrieved. In your browser, for example, you can completely deactivate cookies being stored, restrict such to specific web pages or configure your browser so that it automatically notifies you as soon as a cookie is to be set and you request feedback. If you deactivate session cookies you may not be able to use all of the functions provided by our web pages.

Links to third-party websites

This website contains links to websites of third parties (e.g. our sales partners or social media providers). Once you have clicked on the link, we no longer have any influence over the way any personal data sent as a result of clicking on the third party's link (e.g. your IP address) is collected, processed and used as we have no control over the third party's conduct. We bear no responsibility for the processing of such personal data by third parties.

Google Tag Manager

The website uses the Google Tag Manager. Through this service, website tags can be managed through an interface. The Google Tag Manager only implements tags. No cookies are set and no personal data is collected. The Google Tag Manager triggers other tags that may collect data. The Google Tag Manager does not access this data. If a deactivation has been made at domain or cookie level, it remains in place for all tracking tags, insofar as these are implemented with the Google Tag Manager. More information on the Google Tag Manager can be found at the following link: https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/analytics/tag-manager/use-policy/