Data protection statement

Data Protection Declaration of the Nassauische Heimstätte/Wohnstadt Consortium

We appreciate your visit to our website and thank you for your interest in our company and our products.

We understand the importance of personal data we are entrusted with. The protection of your privacy when we handle your information is of great concern to us; it is an aspect we take into consideration in all of our business operations. The manner in which we process data remains in compliance with privacy guidelines at all times.

This document will provide you with an overview of the various personal details we obtain from you, how we handle it and how you can change and update this information.

Collection and Processing of Personal Data
Every web server registers access to websites automatically.

When you visit our website, our web server records the IP address of the computer for the purposes of system security. This information is then stored anonymously. It is not possible to draw any conclusions on your person or your individual behaviour using this information.

Other personal information, for instance your name, address, telephone number or email address, is not collected without your prior consent. It is completely up to you to decide whether or not you would like to share this information when registering an account, making an enquiry or similar.

In general we use your personal data when responding to your enquiries, processing orders or to provide you with access to specific information or services.

Use and disclosure of personal data
We will use the personal data you share with us (e.g. name, address, telephone number or email address) only for correspondence or for the specific purpose you provided it for. Your information will not be shared with third parties for commercial or non-commercial purposes.

Personal data is transmitted to government bodies and offices only in the context of compulsory legal regulations or when our network is attacked and the information is required for legal action or criminal prosecution.

The stored data will be evaluated using analytical software for statistical purposes only, i.e. we use the information to help us identify the appeal of or our website and to optimise its content.

Cookies
We use so-called session cookies. They contain no personal data and are discarded following your visit. We do not evaluate the information.

In their default settings, most browsers are configured to automatically accept cookies. However, it is possible to disable the storage of cookies or to change the settings on your browser so that you are notified immediately when cookies are sent.

Data security
The Nassauische Heimstätte/Wohnstadt Group employs technical and organisational security measures in order to protect your data from manipulation, loss and deletion or from being viewed by unauthorised persons. These security measures are improved on an ongoing basis as technology advances.

Consent
By using our website you consent to the storage and use of your data as described above. By entering your personal information you express your consent to the processing of your data and its use as described above.

The use of specific services on our website, such as forums, requires prior registration and further processing of your personal data, for example extended storage of email addresses, user IDs and passwords. Such data will only be used if you have provided us with the information and have given us your prior consent to its use.

In order to register for a forum on our website, we require at least one user ID, a password and your email address. In the interests of your protection, your subscription to such a service can only be completed by clicking on a confirmation link in an email we send to your email address.

You can suspend the named services at any time by sending us an email via the relevant web page of the service.

Strictly speaking, the content of our forums is not subject to internal supervision by our staff. However, we do reserve the right to delete posts and to disqualify users from further participation, particularly in cases where the posts supply grounds for criminal prosecution or are not in keeping with the objectives of our enterprise. 

Your rights
You have a right to access the stored information about you as well as a right to correct inaccurate data, block it or delete it. You can object to the use of personal data for commercial purposes at any time.

Links
Our websites may contain links to the websites of other enterprises. We have included these links on our website because we believe that these sites could be of interest to you. We have no control over the content of these websites and we have no control over how the providers of the linked websites handle your information, and therefore our privacy policy and our responsibility do not extend to these other web sites. If you have any question, please contact the operator of the relevant website directly.

Further information
All of our employees are bound to protect your privacy according to the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG). If you have any questions or comments regarding the privacy policy of the Nassauische Heimstätte/Wohnstadt Group, please contact:

Gerald Lotz
Data Protection Officer (udisZert)
Schaumainkai 47
60596 Frankfurt

or send an email to: datenschutz(at)naheimst(dot)de

Update of this privacy policy
When the Nassauische Heimstätte/Wohnstadt Group introduces new products or services, Internet protocol changes or Internet and information technology develops, the updated privacy policy will be published on this page and is valid from the date of publication.

This privacy policy statement is currently valid and dated 04.06.2012.