More general information about visiting our website

We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this data protection declaration.

Our website can usually be used without providing any personal data. Insofar as personal data (e.g. name, address or e-mail addresses) is collected on our website, this is always done on a voluntary basis as far as possible. 
We would like to point out that data transmission on the Internet (e.g. when communicating by e-mail) can have security gaps. A complete protection of the data against access by third parties is not possible. 
 

Cookies

Some of the websites use so-called cookies. Cookies do not damage your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies serve to make our offer more user-friendly, effective and secure. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser.
Most of the cookies we use are so-called “session cookies”. They are automatically deleted after your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your end device until you delete them. These cookies enable us to recognize your browser on your next visit.
You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and only allow cookies in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when the browser is closed. If cookies are deactivated, the functionality of this website may be restricted. 
 

Contact form and email contact

There is a contact form on our website which can be used to contact us electronically. If you take this opportunity, the data entered in the input mask will be transmitted to us and saved.
Alternatively, you can contact us via the email address provided. In this case, the user's personal data transmitted with the e-mail will be stored.
In this context, the data will not be passed on to third parties. The data will only be used to process the conversation. You have the option at any time to revoke your consent to the storage of your data for this purpose. If you make use of this, your contact details will be deleted. 
 

Use of Google reCAPTCHA

We use “Google reCAPTCHA” (hereinafter “reCAPTCHA”) on our websites. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google").
The purpose of reCAPTCHA is to check whether data is entered on our website (e.g. in a contact form) by a human or by an automated program. To do this, reCAPTCHA analyzes the behavior of the website visitor based on various characteristics. This analysis starts automatically as soon as the website visitor enters the website. For the analysis, reCAPTCHA evaluates various information (e.g. IP address, how long the website visitor spends on the website or mouse movements made by the user). The data collected during the analysis is forwarded to Google.
The reCAPTCHA analyzes run completely in the background. Website visitors are not informed that an analysis is taking place.
The data is processed on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in protecting its web offerings from abusive automated spying and from SPAM.
For more information about Google reCAPTCHA and Google's privacy policy, see the following links: www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/ and www.google.com/recaptcha/intro/android. html. 
 

Privacy disclaimer

In particular, information about the name, company name, address, marital status, professional activity and financial circumstances, any liabilities and information on payment behavior is stored in our database. 
Some of the data comes from publicly accessible sources such as public registers, the Internet, the press and other media, as well as from the transmission of data on outstanding receivables. 
The purpose of processing the data collected is to provide information about the creditworthiness of the person/company requested, including other information relevant to creditworthiness, and to use it for direct advertising/marketing. The legal basis for processing is Art. 6 Para. 1f) EU GDPR. If Creditreform, as a collection agency, processes a claim against you as the debtor, the data required for this will also be processed in the Creditreform collection area. 
 

Encryption

In order to ensure the security of your data during transmission, we use state-of-the-art encryption methods (e.g. TSL) via HTTPS.