Privacy policy

Personal data and cookies

Our website collects very little non-personalized browsing data and we use it in ways which will not infringe upon your individual rights. 

When you visit our website, we use cookies to collect the request made by your browser to the server hosting the website, including the date and time of connection, and the page requested. We use this information to ensure the smooth operation of our website and to improve your browsing experience. In order to learn more about your interaction with our website and improve it's function, we are using Matomo Analytics.

Cookie policy


What are cookies?

This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are and how we use them, the types of cookies we use i.e, the information we collect using cookies and how that information is used, and how to manage the cookie settings.

Cookies are small text files that are used to store small pieces of information. They are stored on your device when the website is loaded on your browser. These cookies help us make the website function properly, make it more secure, provide better user experience, and understand how the website performs and to analyze what works and where it needs improvement.

How do we use cookies?

As most of the online services, our website uses first-party and third-party cookies for several purposes. First-party cookies are mostly necessary for the website to function the right way, and they do not collect any of your personally identifiable data.

The third-party cookies used on our website are mainly for understanding how the website performs, how you interact with our website, keeping our services secure, providing advertisements that are relevant to you, and all in all providing you with a better and improved user experience and help speed up your future interactions with our website.

Manage cookie preferences

Cookie settings

You can change your cookie preferences any time by clicking the above button. This will let you revisit the cookie consent banner and change your preferences or withdraw your consent right away.

In addition to this, different browsers provide different methods to block and delete cookies used by websites. You can change the settings of your browser to block/delete the cookies. Listed below are the links to the support documents on how to manage and delete cookies from the major web browsers:

Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Internet Explorer

If you are using any other web browser, please visit your browser’s official support documents.

(Cookie policy generated by CookieYes - Cookie Policy Generator)

Copyright and use of contact data

All content on this website has been published in accordance with the copyright laws of Germany unless specified otherwise. Any processing, duplication, distribution or any form of utilisation beyond the scope of copyright law shall require the prior written consent of the author(s) in question.

The use of any of the published contact details by third parties for the purpose of advertising is prohibited. We reserve the right to take legal action against the unsolicited sending of advertising information (e.g., spam mail).

Google web fonts

This website uses web fonts provided by Google. In order to display texts and fonts correctly, your browser loads the required fonts into your browser cache when you open a page. To do so, your browser has to establish a direct connection to Google servers. We use Google web fonts to ensure a uniform and attractive presentation of our website. This is a justified interest pursuant to section 6 (1), DSGVO (General Data Protection Regulation).

If your browser does not support any web fonts, your computer will automatically use a standard font.
Further information about web fonts and user data can be found in Google’s FAQ.

Limitation of liability  

The content of our website has been compiled with great care and to the best of our knowledge. However, we cannot assume any liability for the completeness, timeliness or accuracy of any of the pages. 

Our project website contains links to the websites of third parties ("external links"). As the content of these websites is not under our control, we cannot assume any liability for the external content. Under the German Telemedia Act (Telemedien­gesetz, or TMG), we are not obliged to monitor any external information. The content provider of each linked website is liable for the content and accuracy of the information provided on that website.

Once we become aware of a specific infringement of the law, we will immediately remove the content or links in question.