Privacy Policy

The use of our website is generally possible without providing personal data. Insofar as personal data (such as name, address, or email addresses) is collected on our pages, this is always done on a voluntary basis where possible. This data will not be passed on to third parties without your explicit consent.

We would like to point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g., when communicating via email) can have security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data from access by third parties is not possible.

We hereby explicitly object to the use of contact data published in the context of the legal notice obligation by third parties for the purpose of sending unsolicited advertising and information materials. The operators of these pages expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of the unsolicited sending of advertising information, such as spam emails.

Your Rights as a Data Subject

You can exercise the following rights at any time by contacting our data protection officer at the provided contact details:

• Information about your stored data and its processing,
• Correction of incorrect personal data,
• Deletion of your stored data,
• Restriction of data processing if we are not yet allowed to delete your data due to legal obligations,
• Objection to the processing of your data with us, and
• Data portability if you have consented to data processing or have entered into a contract with us.

If you have given us your consent, you can revoke it at any time with effect for the future.

You can always contact the supervisory authority responsible for your area with a complaint. Your responsible supervisory authority depends on the federal state of your residence, work, or the alleged violation. A list of supervisory authorities (for the non-public sector) with addresses can be found at: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.

Purposes of Data Processing by the Controller and Third Parties

We process your personal data only for the purposes stated in this privacy policy. Your personal data will not be transferred to third parties for purposes other than those mentioned. We will only share your personal data with third parties if:

• You have given your express consent,
• The processing is necessary to complete a contract with you,
• The processing is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation,
• The processing is necessary to protect legitimate interests, and there is no reason to believe that you have an overriding legitimate interest in not disclosing your data.

Deletion or Blocking of Data

We adhere to the principles of data avoidance and data minimization. We therefore only store your personal data for as long as it is necessary to achieve the purposes stated here or as provided for by the statutory retention periods. After the respective purpose no longer exists or the retention periods have expired, the corresponding data will be routinely blocked or deleted in accordance with the statutory provisions.

Collection of General Information When You Visit Our Website

When you access our website, information of a general nature is automatically collected via a cookie. This information (server log files) includes, for example, the type of web browser, the operating system used, the domain name of your internet service provider, and similar. This is exclusively information that does not allow conclusions about your person.

This information is technically necessary to correctly deliver the requested content of websites and is mandatory when using the Internet. In particular, it is processed for the following purposes:

• Ensuring a problem-free connection to the website,
• Ensuring smooth use of our website,
• Evaluation of system security and stability, and
• For further administrative purposes.

The processing of your personal data is based on our legitimate interest in the aforementioned purposes of data collection. We do not use your data to draw any conclusions about your person. The recipients of the data are only the responsible body and, if applicable, processors.

Anonymous information of this kind may be statistically evaluated by us to optimize our website and the underlying technology.

Cookies

Like many other websites, we also use „cookies.“ Cookies are small text files that are transferred from a website server to your hard drive. This automatically provides us with certain data, such as IP address, browser used, operating system, and your internet connection.

Cookies cannot be used to start programs or deliver viruses to a computer. Based on the information contained in cookies, we can make navigation easier for you and enable the correct display of our websites.

In no case will the data we collect be passed on to third parties or linked to personal data without your consent.

Of course, you can also view our website without cookies. Internet browsers are regularly set to accept cookies. In general, you can disable the use of cookies at any time through your browser settings. Please use the help features of your internet browser to find out how to change these settings. Please note that some functions of our website may not work if you have disabled the use of cookies.

Privacy Policy for the Use of Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. („Google“). Google Analytics uses „cookies,“ text files stored on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. However, if IP anonymization is activated on this website, your IP address will be shortened by Google within European Union member states or other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area before transmission.

Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be sent to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, compile reports on website activity, and provide other services related to website and internet usage to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other data from Google.

You can prevent the storage of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser. However, please note that if you do this, you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) by Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.

SSL Encryption

To protect the security of your data during transmission, we use state-of-the-art encryption methods (such as SSL) via HTTPS.

Changes to Our Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to adjust this privacy policy to always comply with the current legal requirements or to implement changes to our services in the privacy policy, such as the introduction of new services. The new privacy policy will apply to your next visit.

Data protection regulations

Questions for the data protection officer If you have any questions about data protection, please send us an e-mail to: kontakt@kortbus.de

The data protection declaration was created with the data protection declaration generator of activeMind AG.

Exclusion of liability (disclaimer)

Liability for content

As a service provider, we are responsible for our own content on these pages in accordance with § 7 (1) TMG (German Telemedia Act) and general laws. According to §§ 8 to 10 TMG, however, we are not obliged as a service provider to monitor transmitted or stored third-party information or to investigate circumstances that indicate illegal activity. Obligations to remove or block the use of information in accordance with general legislation remain unaffected by this. However, liability in this respect is only possible from the time of knowledge of a specific infringement. As soon as we become aware of such infringements, we will remove this content immediately.

Liability for links

Our website contains links to external third-party websites over whose content we have no influence. Therefore, we cannot accept any liability for this third-party content. The respective provider or operator of the pages is always responsible for the content of the linked pages. The linked pages were checked for possible legal violations at the time of linking. Illegal contents were not recognisable at the time of linking. However, permanent monitoring of the content of the linked pages is not reasonable without concrete evidence of an infringement. If we become aware of any legal infringements, we will remove such links immediately.

Copyright

The content and works created by the site operators on these pages are subject to German copyright law. Duplication, processing, distribution and any kind of utilisation outside the limits of copyright law require the written consent of the respective author or creator. Downloads and copies of this site are only permitted for private, non-commercial use. Insofar as the content on this site was not created by the operator, the copyrights of third parties are respected. In particular, third-party content is labelled as such. Should you nevertheless become aware of a copyright infringement, please inform us accordingly. If we become aware of any infringements, we will remove such content immediately.