This website uses social plugins (“plugins”) from the social network facebook.com which is operated by Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA (“Facebook”). The plugins are identified by one of the Facebook logos (white “f” on blue tile or a “thumbs-up” sign) or the description “Facebook Social Plugin”. The list and the look of the Facebook social plugins can be viewed here: http://developers.facebook.com/plugins.
If you visit a page of our website that features a plugin of this kind, your browser sets up a direct link to the Facebook servers. Facebook sends the content of the plugin directly to your browser which integrates it into the website. This means that we have no influence on the extent of the data that Facebook obtains with the help of this plugin and therefore, we inform you according to our information status:
Through integration of the plugin, Facebook obtains the information that you have visited the respective page of our website. If you are logged into Facebook, Facebook can allocate the visit to your Facebook account. If you interact with the plugin by using the “Like” button, for example, or by posting a comment, the information will be sent directly to Facebook by your browser and stored there. If you are not a Facebook member, there is still the possibility that Facebook finds out and stores your IP address.
For information on the purpose and extent of data collection and the further processing and use of data by Facebook as well your rights in this regard and turn-off options for the protection of your personal privacy, please refer to the Facebook data protection information: http://www.facebook.com/policy.php.
If you are a Facebook member and do not want Facebook to collect data about you via our internet website and link it to your data stored on Facebook, you need to log out from Facebook before visiting our website.
In addition, it is possible to block Facebook social plugins from your browser by using add-ons, such as "Facebook Blocker".