Защита данных
1. Overview
The protection of personal data is of great importance for many Internet users and an important basis for pleasant and satisfactory use of the Internet. EHG GmbH always pays great attention to the queries and considerations of customers and other visitors of our website regarding data protection and complies to domestic and international data protection law as well as to the relevant EU guidelines. We assure you as buyer of our products and services as well as visitor of our website that we do not collect your personal data unless it is made available to us by yourself.
Please note that our websites contain links to other websites. EHG GmbH does not accept any responsibility for compliance with data protection, data protection declarations or the content of such other websites.
EHG GmbH as content provider is only responsible for its own content made available for use pursuant to general law. Cross- references ("Links") to content made available by other providers shall be differentiated from own content. EHG GmbH only makes such "external content" available for use by cross-reference. EHG GmbH is only responsible for such content, if positive knowledge has been received from them (i.e. if the content is unlawful or criminal) and if it is technically possible and reasonable to prevent its use (Section 5 para 2 TDG/German Act on the Utilization of Teleservices).
"Links" are "living" (dynamic) referrals. Although EHG GmbH checked the external content at the initial connection for its potential cause of responsibility according to civil or criminal law, pursuant to the TDG (Teledienstegesetz, German Act on the Utilization of Teleservices) the content provider is not obligated to continuously check the contents he refers to in his offer for changes that may newly substantiate responsibility. Only if he finds out that a particular offer he provided a link to, substantiates responsibility pursuant to civil or criminal law, or if this is indicated to him by others shall he cancel the referral to this offer as far as this is technically possible and reasonable for him. The technical possibility and reasonabless is not influenced if after prevention of access via the EHG GmbH website it is possible to access the unlawful or criminal offer from other servers.
2. Data, collected from you
2.1 Personal Data
We do not collect personal data from visitors to our website unless the visitor provides them explicitly and wilfully. Under no circumstances shall we collect personal data providing information on racial and ethnic origin, political opinion, religious or philosophical ideology, trade union membership, health or sexual life. If you just visit our website, we do not collect any personal data about you.
There are two cases in which you explicitly and wilfully provide us with certain personal data and give consent to its collection:
Inquiries by email regarding information or registration for guides or seminars On our website we provide links through which you can send us messages if you have any queries, if you wish to request information or order materials, if you wish to register or enrol for guides or seminars or if you have comments or recommendations for us. You also have the opportunity to receive information about our products and services personally by one of our staff. In order to process you inquiry, we may possibly request additional personal data such as your name and your telephone number.
Registration
If you order one of our products or services, we require certain data from you. According to the product or service, we will collect different personal data from you. For certain products and services, we require your name, age, address, telephone number, email address, credit card number, bank details, IP-address or similar information. If ordering other products and services, other or additional details may possibly be required. On the order page for the particular product or service you will find a detailed list of the nature of personal data required when ordering various products.
2.2 Statistical Data about your Visit
If you visit our website, our computers automatically collect statistical data of your visit. Such data do not contain details about you personally, they just give information regarding your visit to our website. We maintain statistics, for example on the number of visitors to our website, the user's IP-address, date and time of the visit, the pages visited, the domains from which visitors access our websites and on the browsers they use. Such statistical data will not be matched with the personal data you transmitted to us. Such information is analyzed exclusively anonymously and deleted at regular intervals. These statistics help us to improve our website's performance.
2.3 Utilization of Cookies
We use "cookies" only in the manner described in this paragraph. A "cookie" contains information which is sent from our website to your browser; the browser stores the information exclusively on your system. If cookies are used, our website is able to "remember" information about you and your settings, either until you close the current browser window (in case of temporary cookies) or until you deactivate or delete the cookie. Many visitors use cookies to help them navigate a website. Please be assured that cookies only contain the amount of data you allow and that they are unable to reach out to your hard-disk or to transmit personal or other data from your computer to the sender of the cookie.
We only employ "cookies" in situations as described below. The first situation relates to temporary cookies. Temporary cookies are employed in two cases. If you access our services via one of our online applications, our webserver automatically sends a temporary cookie to your browser, making navigation of our website easier for you. Such temporary cookies only contain a so-called "direction value" just as information for our software to establish which page is to be shown when you click on the "Return" button of your browser. The cookie is deleted as soon as you close the current browser window. If you access our website via one of our business partners, our webserver also sends a temporary cookie to your browser containing an "origin code" related to this business partner. We utilize such data for statistical and marketing purposes.
If you are a EHG GmbH licensee and access a website area containing access control, we will set a temporary cookie for the connection to indicate that you are authentificated. Such cookies contain random data used by the server for authentification of browser inquiries to the server during this session. The cookies do not contain any data identifying you personally. The cookie is deleted as soon as you close the current browser window.
The second situation in which we employ cookies is if you order documentation, services or if you make other inquiries during your visit to our website. If you fill out a form you can choose whether our website sends a cookie to your local harddisk. This is not a temporary cookie, however, you can deactivate it via your browser settings at any time. If you do not accept this type of cookie, you are still able to use our website. If you accept this type of cookie, you will save time as it is no longer necessary to fill out forms and/or to visit our website again. Even if you accepted this type of cookie, you can set your browser at any time in such way that you are acknowledged if a cookie is sent to you. This way you always have the opportunity to decide if you accept or reject a cookie. 3. How we handle personal data collected and who we pass them on to Personal data collected from you is exclusively used for the purposes as described below: