Legal Disclosure

Use of Google Analytics

Google Analytics is a service provided by Google Inc. that is used for analyzing websites. We make use of Google Analytics in order to analyze how our website is used. The information that Google Analytics generates about your use of this website (including your IP address) will be transferred to one of Google Inc.'s servers in the USA and will be saved. Google will only use this information to analyze how the website is used. This is done by creating anonymous evaluations and graphics relating to the number of visits, the number of pages viewed per user, etc. We only use this information for our own market research and above all for making improvements to our website. For further information about the technology that Google uses, refer to www.google.com/analytics.

Use of Facebook Social Plugins

This website uses so-called Social Plugins ("Plugins") from the social network, Facebook, which is operated by Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA ("Facebook"). The plugins are designated with a Facebook logo or the words "Facebook Social Plugin". You can see an overview of the Facebook plugins and what they look like here: http://developers.facebook.com/plugins

If you access a page of our website that contains such a plugin, then your browser will create a direct connection to the Facebook servers. Facebook will directly transfer the content of the plugin to your browser and embed the content into the website.

In the process of embedding the plugin, Facebook will be informed that your browser accessed the corresponding page of our website. This is true even if you don't have a Facebook account or if you are not currently logged into Facebook. This information (including your IP address) will be transferred to one of Facebook's servers in the USA and will be saved.

If you are logged into Facebook, then Facebook can automatically match the website that you visit with your Facebook account. If you interact with the plugins, for example by clicking on the "like" button or leaving a comment, then the corresponding information will also be transferred to one of Facebook's servers and saved there. Furthermore, the information will be published on Facebook and made visible to your Facebook friends.

Facebook can use this information for the purposes of advertising, market research and for making improvements to Facebook pages. To this end, Facebook will create profiles based on usage and interests, e.g. in order to analyze how you use our website in regards to the advertisements that you see on Facebook, to inform other Facebook users about your activities on our website and in order to encourage others to use additional applications and services provided by Facebook.

If you do not want Facebook to match the information that it collects from our website with your Facebook account, then be sure to log out of Facebook before accessing our website.

For further information about the purpose and scope of data collection, about how Facebook processes and uses data as well as about your rights and privacy settings, please refer to Facebook's data use policy: http://www.facebook.com/policy.php