Imprint

MEISTERPLAN^®
A product of itdesign GmbH

Friedrichstr. 12
72072 Tuebingen
Germany

MEISTERPLAN INC.

800 5th Avenue, Suite 101-800
Seattle, WA 98104
USA

Phone: +1-888-908-5834
Fax: +49 7071 3667-89
mail@meisterplan.com

Management

Christoph Adamczyk
Christoph Hirnle, PhD
Johannes Koppenhoefer
Joerg Leute, PhD

Responsible for Content

Joerg Leute, PhD

Commercial Register

District Court Stuttgart

Register of Companies No.

HRB 382021

VAT No.

DE203913579

Personal data

The term ‘personal data’ refers to items of information that indicate the identity or private matters of an individual. It includes: the person’s name, address, telephone number and e-mail address. Based on the above definition, this does not include information that does not indicate the identity or private matters of an individual, such as the number of visitors to a website.

itdesign GmbH aims to respect and protect your privacy. We have designed www.itdesign.de so that you can visit the website without being personally identifiable and without any personal information about you being disclosed. If you decide to disclose personal information to us, we respect and undertake to handle it with great care.

Gathering and use of personal data

The information provided by itdesign GmbH is normally freely accessible. Personal registration is not required. Personal information is gathered where necessary in order to perform relevant services. This is the case if you request information material or obtain test software. We only use your personal data to enable us to provide you with the services you request.

Disclosure of data

itdesign GmbH will treat your personal data in strict confidence, and as a matter of principle will not disclose it to third parties.

Consent

When you disclose your personal data to us, you thereby give your consent for us to store and use it within the constraints of the German Federal Data Protection Act (Bundesdatenschutzgesetz). The personal information you provide is accessible only to itdesign GmbH and to its partners where appropriate. You can cancel your subscription to our e-mail newsletter, or withdraw your consent for us to store and use your personal data at any time.

Changes to this statement

itdesign GmbH reserves the right to change this Data Protection Statement at any time within the constraints of the applicable law.

Usage statistics

In order to improve our website we collect statistical data on its use. For this we use the services of Google Analytics. In addition, cookies and/or Javascript may be used. A usage profile is created from this data under a pseudonym. The data are only collected and stored in pseudonym form. The data are not used to identify visitors to the website personally and are not collated with data on the holder of the pseudonym. This ensures that there is no link to the above protocol or user profile.

Google requires us to publish the following statement

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses ”cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. 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. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. 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. If you wish to prevent your access to the itdesign GmbH website being evaluated by one of these services, you can stop cookies being deposited and/or JavaScript operating by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser.

Legal notices

All information given on www.itdesign.de is provided without guarantee. We cannot guarantee that data is complete and up to date at all times. Be advised that the Web site may contain technical inaccuracies or typographical errors. We reserve the right to change or update the information given on the Web site at any time without prior notification. itdesign GmbH can under no circumstances be made liable to you or to third parties for any direct, indirect, specific or other loss that results from using this Web site, or any linked to it. Any liability for loss of profit, loss of production or loss of computer programs or other data held in your information systems is likewise excluded. This also then applies when we are expressly advised of the possibility of such loss.

itdesign’s websites contains links to other websites that may be of interest to you. itdesign GmbH can under no circumstances be made liable to you or to third parties for any direct, indirect, specific or other loss that results from using of this website, or any linked to it.

Contact

If you have any questions or suggestions in relation to data protection, please email us at: mail@meisterplan.com. Please note that only the German version of this document is legally binding.

Cookies and their Use

Cookies are small text files that are stored on the hard disk of your computer and enable recognition, while not permitting access to personal identification. They serve to facilitate navigation on a website or the control of advertising. This is done, for example, by limiting the contact of a user with the same advertisement and also through the insertion of especially important/useful advertising campaigns on the portal. For this purpose, information about your activities on our website, such as clicked banners and visited sub-pages, will be used under a pseudonym, where appropriate, in connection with anonymous data from online questionnaires. From a technical basis the IP Address of your computer is fully anonymized by an independent third party and is not used for the controlled insertion of advertisements. You can prevent cookies from being stored on your hard drive by selecting “Do not allow Cookies” [LF1] in your browser settings. You can also set your browser so that it will ask you before setting cookies if you agree to them. Finally, you can also delete any cookies at any time. To understand how this works in detail, please refer to the instructions of your browser’s manufacturer. If you reject cookies this may lead, in certain cases, to functional limitations with websites. Even without intentional deletion of the cookies, they are, nevertheless, deleted automatically after a period of twelve months.

Platform for Online Dispute Resolution

Online Dispute Resolution Platform from the European Commission: ec.europa.eu