Social Media Plugins
General Information
Social media plugins normally lead to the IP address of each visitor to a page being collected by these services immediately and the users having their subsequent browsing history recorded. This may even happen if you do not click on the button.
To prevent this, we use the Shariff method. Thus, our social media buttons only establish the direct contact between the social network and you only once you click on the respective share button. If you are already registered with a social network, Facebook and Google+ do not require a new window for this. Twitter will show a pop-up window, in which you can still edit the text of the tweet.
Thus, you can publish our content in social networks without them being able to put together complete browsing profiles. The Shariff method is already being used by many websites in order to protect their users.
But, at the latest, when you follow the link to the social media site, your data will be broadcasted to that site. The social media site will normally store a cookie in your browser and to your account information there, especially, if you are logged into your social media account on the site. The social media site can analyse your use of the platform and your browsing habits and will use these for targeting advertisements based on your interests. That can lead to ads being shown to you when browsing in- and outside of the social media site. Please inform yourself about the use of your data on these sites and use them only, when you agree to that use of your data, that happens on that social media site, in particular, when you are not using that social media site for the first time. We have added links to all the privacy policies of the social media site for your information.
Facebook
Based on our legitimate interest in a technologically perfect online offering and its design and optimisation in an economically efficient manner pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 (f) GDPR, we use plugins of the social network of Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA. Due to the Shariff method, Facebook will only learn your IP address and your visit to our website, once you will have clicked on the button. If you confirm the plugin while being logged in at Facebook, Facebook may attribute your use to your user account.
That way, your data will be transferred to the USA, Facebook is registered with Privacy Shield and must adhere to the EU data protection rules. You will find more information about your rights thereunder at
The collection and use of your data which is then possibly carried out by Facebook is beyond our knowledge or control. You will find further information in Facebook’s privacy policy at
Regarding the general approach to cookies and their deactivation, we refer you to our general information in this Privacy Policy.
Social Media Links
General Information
We refer with links to our social media presences. When you follow any such link to the social media site, your data will be broadcasted to that site. The social media site will normally store a cookie in your browser and to your account information there, especially, if you are logged into your social media account on the site. The social media site can analyse your use of the platform and your browsing habits and will use these for targeting advertisements based on your interests. That can lead to ads being shown to you when browsing in- and outside of the social media site. Please inform yourself about the use of your data on these sites and use them only, when you agree to that use of your data, that happens on that social media site, in particular, when you are not using that social media site for the first time. We have added links to all the privacy policies of the social media site for your information.
Social Media Link to Facebook
Our website uses links to our presence in the social network of Facebook by Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA. It is just a normal link. Thus, when you open our site, Facebook will not learn of your visit to our website. But once you click on the link, you will be led to Facebook, allowing Facebook to learn that you have visited out site.
That way, your data will be transferred to the USA, but Facebook is registered with Privacy Shield and must adhere to the EU data protection rules. You will find more information about your rights thereunder at
The collection and use of your data which is possibly carried out by Facebook after clicking on the link is beyond our knowledge or control. You may find further information in Facebook’s privacy policy at
Social Media Link to Instagram
Our website uses links to our presence in the social network of Instagram by Instagram LLC, represented by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, 1601 Willow Rd, Menlo Park CA 94025, USA. It is just a normal link. Thus, when you open our site, Instagram will not learn of your visit to our website. But once you click on the link, you will be led to Instagram, allowing Instagram to learn that you have visited out site.
That way, your data will be transferred to the USA, but Instagram is registered with Privacy Shield and must adhere to the EU data protection rules. You will find more information about your rights thereunder at
The collection and use of your data which is possibly carried out by Instagram after clicking on the link is beyond our knowledge or control. You may find further information in Instagram’s privacy policy at
YouTube (embed)
Based on our legitimate interest in a technologically perfect online offering and its design and optimisation in an economically efficient manner pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 (f) GDPR, we use the provider YouTube LLC , 901 Cherry Avenue, San Bruno, CA 94066, USA, represented by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA, for embedding videos. Normally, your IP address will already be sent to YouTube and cookies will be installed on your computer as soon as you open a page with an embedded video. But we have embedded our YouTube videos with the extended data-protection mode (in which case YouTube will still establish contact with Google’s Double, but according to Google’s privacy policy, the personal data will not be analysed). Thus, YouTube will no longer store information about the visitors, unless you view the video. When you click on the video, your IP address will be transferred to YouTube and YouTube will learn that you have watched the video. If you are logged in with YouTube, that information will also be attributed to your user account (you can prevent this by logging out of YouTube before watching the video).
That way, your data will be transferred to the USA, but YouTube is registered with Privacy Shield and must adhere to the EU data protection rules. You will find more information about your rights thereunder at
The collection and use of your data which is then possibly carried out by YouTube is beyond our knowledge or control. You will find further information in YouTube’s privacy policy at
Regarding the general approach to cookies and their deactivation, we refer you to our general information in this Privacy Policy.