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SOMMER+SOMMER GMBH

Information required under § 5 Paragraph 1 of the German Telemedia Act (Telemediengesetz – TMG)
Sommer+Sommer GmbH
Tübinger Strasse 15
70178 Stuttgart

Represented by
Gordon Sommer
Leonard Sommer

Register entry
Listed in German Commercial Register.
Court of registration: Stuttgart
Registration number: HRB 23054

VAT identification number
as required by §27 of the German Value Added Tax Act (Umsatzsteuergesetz – UStG):
DE 222630898

Responsible for website content under § 55 Paragraph 2 of German Interstate Broadcasting Agreement (Rundfunkstaatsvertrag – RStV)
Leonard Sommer

Privacy Policy

The operators of this website take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and according to the legal data protection regulations as well this privacy policy.

The use of our website is generally possible without providing personal information. If our website does use personal data (e.g. name, address or e-mail addresses) it is done on a voluntary basis, if possible. This data will not be disclosed to third parties without your consent. Please note that data transmission over the internet (e.g. when communicating by e-mail) may result in security lacks. A complete protection of data from third parties is not possible.

Cookies

The website partly uses so called cookies. Cookies do not damage your computer and do not contain any viruses. Cookies help us to create a more user-friendly, effective and safer service. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and are memorized by your browser.

Most of the cookies we use are so called “session-cookies”. They will be deleted automatically after your visit. Other cookies may remain stored on your computer until you delete them. These cookies enable us to recognize your browser during your next visit.

You can adjust your browser settings so that you will be notified about the use of cookies. This way you can permit cookies in individual cases, refuse the use of cookies in certain cases or in general, as well as activate automatic deletion of cookies after closing your browser. Deactivating cookies can restrict the functionality of the website.

Contact form

When sending requests via the contact form your information from the contact form (including the provided contact information provided by you) will be stored for processing your request and in case of follow-up-questions.

Google Analytics

This website uses features of the web analytics service Google Analytics. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

Google Analytics uses so called “cookies”. These are small text files that are being stored on your computer and which provide an analysis of your use of the website. The information provided by the cookie about your use of the website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. You can deactivate Google Analytics by clicking here: deactivate Google Analytics

IP-anonymization

We have activated the IP-anonymization feature on this website. As a result, your Google IP-address is altered within member states of the European Union or other contracting states of the agreement on the European Economic Area prior to its transfer to the United States. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP-address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and altered there. On behalf of the website provider Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to collect reports about website activities and to offer other services connected to the use of the website and the internet. The IP-address transmitted by Google Analytics will not be merged with other data from Google.

Browser plugin

You can prevent the storing of cookies with a respective setting in your browser software, please note that you might not be able to use all features on the website in this case. Furthermore, you can prevent the transmission of your website use data that has been collected by the cookie (incl. your IP-address) to Google as well as the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the following browser plugin: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de

Objection to privacy policy

You can prevent the recording of your data through Google Analytics by clicking on the following link. An opt-out-cookie is being used to prevent the recording of your data for future visits on this website: Deactivate Google Analytics

You can find more information about the use of user data with Google Analytics in Google’s privacy policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de

Demographic characteristics of Google Analytics

This website uses the feature “demographic characteristics” by Google Analytics. This way reports are created which give information about age, sex and interests of website users. This data is collected from interest-related Google advertising as well as visitor data of third parties. This data cannot be assigned to a specific person. You can deactivate this feature any time in the display settings of your Google account or refuse the recording of your data through Google Analytics as described in section “Objection to privacy policy”.

Facebook plugins (Like button)

We use plugins of the social network Facebook, provider Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA, on our sites. You can recognize these plugins by the Facebook logo or the “Like button” on our site. For an overview of all Facebook plugins please visit: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/.

The plugin creates a direct link between your browser and the Facebook server when you visit our site. As a result Facebook gets notified that you visited our site with your IP-address. When clicking the “Like button” while being logged into your Facebook account you can link the contents of our sites with your Facebook profile. This way Facebook can assign your visit to our website to your user account. Please note that we, as website host, do not receive any information from Facebook about the content of the transmitted data or about their use. For more information please visit Facebook’s privacy policy under https://de-de.facebook.com/policy.php.

If you do not wish for Facebook to assign the visit to our sites to your Facebook user account please log out of your Facebook user account.

Twitter

We use features of the service Twitter on our sites. These features are provided by Twitter Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. By using Twitter and the feature “Re-tweet” websites visited by you will be linked with your twitter account and disclosed to other users. During this process data is also transmitted to Twitter. Please note that we, as website host, do not receive any information from Twitter about the content of the transmitted data or about their use. For more information please visit Twitter’s privacy policy under https://twitter.com/privacy.

You can edit your privacy settings on Twitter in your account settings: https://twitter.com/account/settings.

SSL encryption

This website uses SSL encryption for reasons of safety and to prevent the transmission of confidential content, e.g. when you send requests to us as website host. You can recognize encrypted connections when the title bar in your browser changes from http:// to https:// and when the lock symbols appears.

When the SSL encryption is activated the data you share with us cannot be seen by third parties.

Right for disclosure, deletion, blocking

You have the right for disclosure free of charge about your stored personal data, their origin and recipients and the purpose of data processing. Furthermore, you have the right for correction, blocking and deletion of this data. If you have any questions about this topic or any other questions about personal data feel free to contact the address listed under “Impressum”.

Privacy officer

Gordon Sommer | gordon@sommer-sommer.com