Kilchenmann | Imprint, Terms & Conditions & Privacy

Disclaimer

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Liability claims regarding damage caused by the use of any information provided, including any kind of information which is incomplete or incorrect, will therefore be rejected.

All offers are non-binding. The author expressly reserves the right to change, supplement or delete parts of the pages or the entire offer without separate announcement or to cease publication temporarily or permanently.

Use of or access to this website is at the visitor's own risk. The publisher, its principals or partners are not responsible for any damages, such as direct, indirect, incidental, consequential or special damages, alleged to have been caused by the use of this website and consequently assume no liability for such damages.

Liability for links

References and links to third-party websites are outside our area of responsibility. We decline all responsibility for such websites. Access to and use of such websites is at the user's own risk. The operators of the linked sites are solely responsible for their content. We thus expressly distance ourselves from all third-party content that may be relevant under criminal or liability law or that may offend common decency.

Copyright

The copyright and all other rights to the content, images, photos or other files on the website belong exclusively to Kilchenmann AG or the specifically named rights holders. The written consent of the copyright holders must be obtained in advance for the reproduction of any elements.

Data protection

Data protection

Based on Article 13 of the Swiss Federal Constitution and the data protection provisions of the Confederation (Data Protection Act, DPA), every person has the right to protection of their privacy as well as protection against misuse of their personal data. We comply with these provisions. Personal data is treated as strictly confidential and is neither sold nor passed on to third parties.

In close cooperation with our hosting providers, we strive to protect the databases as well as possible from unauthorised access, loss, misuse or forgery.

We would like to point out that data transmission on the internet can have security gaps. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is therefore not possible. However, we make every effort to ensure that our website is always kept up to date with the latest security standards.

When you access our website, the following data is stored in log files: IP address, date, time, browser request and general information transmitted about the operating system or browser. This usage data forms the basis for statistical, anonymous evaluations so that trends can be identified, which we can use to improve our offers accordingly.

By using this website, you consent to the collection, processing and use of data as described below.

Privacy policy for contact form

When visitors post comments on the website, we collect the data displayed in the comment form, as well as the visitor's IP address and the user agent string (which identifies the browser) to assist in spam detection.

An anonymised string (also called a hash) can be created from your email address and passed to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. The privacy policy of the Gravatar service can be found here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After your comment has been approved, your profile picture will be publicly visible in the context of your comment.

By clicking "Submit" on the newsletter registration, you agree that Kilchenmann AG may store and process the personal data provided above in order to provide you with the requested content. Kilchenmann AG is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments can be examined by an automated service for spam detection.

Data protection declaration for right to information, deletion, blocking

You have the right to information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipient and the purpose of data processing, as well as the right to correct or delete this data. For questions on the subject of personal data, please contact the address given in the imprint.

Privacy policy for cookies

This website uses cookies. These are small text files that make it possible to store specific information related to the user on the user's terminal device while the user is using the website.

Cookies make it possible, in particular, to determine the frequency of use and number of users of the pages, to analyse behaviour patterns of page use, but also to make our offer more customer-friendly.

Cookies remain stored beyond the end of a browser session and can be accessed again when you visit the site again. If you do not wish this to happen, you should set your internet browser so that it refuses to accept cookies.

When you post a comment on our website, this may be consent to store your name, email address and website in cookies. This is a convenience feature so that when you post another comment you do not have to re-enter all this data. These cookies are stored for one year.

If you have an account and you log in to this website, we will set a temporary cookie to determine whether your browser accepts cookies. This cookie does not contain any personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you sign up, we will set up some cookies to store your login information and display options. Login cookies expire after two days and display options cookies expire after one year. If you select "Stay signed in" when you sign up, your sign-in will be maintained for a fortnight. When you log out of your account, the login cookies are deleted.

Privacy policy for SSL encryption

This website uses SSL encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as enquiries that you send to us as the site operator. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from "http://" to "https://" and by the lock symbol in your browser line.

If SSL encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Privacy policy for server log files

The website operator or page provider collects data about accesses to the page and stores these as "server log files". The following data is logged in this way:

Visited website
Time at the time of access
Amount of data sent in bytes
Source/reference from which you reached the page
Browser used
Operating system used
IP address used (if applicable: in anonymised form)

The data collected is only used for statistical evaluations and to improve the website. However, the website operator reserves the right to check the server log files retrospectively if there are concrete indications of illegal use.

Privacy policy for the use of Facebook plugins (Like button)

Plugins of the social network Facebook, 1601 South California Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA are integrated on our pages. You can recognise the Facebook plugins by the Facebook logo or the "Like" button on our site. You can find an overview of the Facebook plugins here: http://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/.

When you visit our pages, a direct connection is established between your browser and the Facebook server via the plugin. Facebook thereby receives the information that you have visited our site with your IP address. If you click the Facebook "Like" button while you are logged into your Facebook account, you can link the content of our pages on your Facebook profile. This allows Facebook to associate the visit to our pages with your user account. We would like to point out that we, as the provider of the pages, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Facebook. You can find further information on this in the Facebook data protection declaration at https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/.

If you do not want Facebook to be able to assign your visit to our pages to your Facebook user account, please log out of your Facebook user account.

Privacy policy for the use of Twitter

Functions of the Twitter service are integrated on our pages. These functions are offered by Twitter Inc., 795 Folsom St., Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA. By using Twitter and the "Re-Tweet" function, the websites you visit are linked to your Twitter account and made known to other users. In the process, data such as IP address, browser type, domains called up, pages visited, mobile phone provider, device and application IDs and search terms, among other things, are transmitted to Twitter.

We would like to point out that we, as the provider of the pages, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Twitter. Due to ongoing updates of Twitter's privacy policy, we refer to the latest version at (http://twitter.com/privacy).

You can change your Twitter privacy settings in your account settings at http://twitter.com/account/settings. If you have any questions, please contact privacy@twitter.com.

Privacy policy for YouTube

This website uses plugins from the YouTube site operated by Google. The operator of the pages is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave, San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. When you visit one of our pages equipped with a YouTube plugin, a connection to the YouTube servers is established. This tells the YouTube server which of our pages you have visited.

If you are logged into your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to assign your surfing behaviour directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

Further information on the handling of user data can be found in YouTube's privacy policy at: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy

Privacy policy for the use of Google Adsense

This website uses Google AdSense, an advertising integration service provided by Google Inc. 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google"). Google AdSense uses "cookies", which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyse how users use the site. Google AdSense also uses so-called web beacons (invisible graphics). Through these web beacons, information such as visitor traffic on these pages can be analysed.

The information generated by cookies and web beacons about the use of this website (including your IP address) and the delivery of advertising formats is transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. This information may be passed on by Google to contractual partners of Google. However, Google will not merge your IP address with other data stored by you.

You may refuse the use 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. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.

Privacy policy for the use of Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google"). To deactivate Google Analytics, Google provides a browser plug-in at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de provides a browser plug-in. Google Analytics uses "cookies", which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyse how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. In the event that IP anonymisation is activated on this website, however, your IP address will be truncated beforehand by Google within Member States of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.

Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data. Google observes the data protection provisions of the "Privacy Shield" agreement and is registered with the "Privacy Shiled" programme of the US Department of Commerce and uses the information collected to evaluate the use of our websites, to compile reports for us in this regard and to provide other related services to us. You can find out more at https://www.google.com/intl/de/analytics/privacyoverview.html.

Embedded content from other websites

Posts on this website may contain embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves exactly as if the visitor had visited the other website.

These websites may collect information about you, use cookies, embed additional third party tracking services and record your interaction with this embedded content, including your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged into this website.

Changes

We may amend this privacy policy at any time without prior notice. The current version published on our website shall apply at all times.

SOCIAL MEDIA NETIQUETTE

Our manners on social media

Kilchenmann is active on several social media channels. Our presence is about dialogue and information for all interested parties. Kilchenmann looks forward to a constructive and respectful exchange, exciting discussions and comments. You can also ask questions about the topics covered on our pages, which our staff will be happy to answer as quickly as possible. Critical opinions or questions are also welcome.

On our social media channels, we are on first name terms, as this is generally the case on these media. If someone expresses that he or she would like to be called by his or her first name, we will of course respect that.

Please inform yourself about your rights before uploading content related to Kilchenmann. Furthermore, it is not permitted to brand images and content with Kilchenmann branding without the written consent of Kilchenmann. However, sharing official Kilchenmann content is allowed and encouraged.

By interacting with Kilchenmann on SocialMedia you agree to this Netiquette. It supplements the terms of use that you have accepted on the respective social media platform.

Unwanted content and No-GO's

The following content will not be tolerated and will be removed immediately by Kilchenmann:

Off-limits or suggestive remarks and depictions
Defamatory posts and comments or those with racist, discriminatory, sexist, pornographic, violence-glorifying, misleading or unlawful content
Personal attacks, insults and abuse
Spam, advertising and other commercial content
falsify or delete correct source references belonging to the contributions
Content over which you do not have the necessary rights
Confidential information of Kilchenmann employees
Posts with repetitive and identical content