Data protection

Privacy policy for the websites of the IFB Institut für Bahntechnik GmbH.

Scope

This data privacy policy serves to inform the users of this website, in accordance with the Federal Data Protection Act and the Telemedia Act, about the manner, extent and purpose for collecting and processing personal data by the site operator the IFB Institut für Bahntechnik GmbH.

We would like to remind you that any data transmission via the Internet may be prone to security vulnerabilities. Complete protection against unauthorised access is not feasible.

Logging

Every time a user accesses one of the websites of the IFB Institut für Bahntechnik GmbH, and every time a file is downloaded, data relating to these events is temporarily stored in a log file. This data is not personal data. Therefore, we cannot identify which users have requested which data.

Specifically, each data record comprises:

IP address of the site from which the file was requested
date and time of the request
name of the requested file
access status (whether data was transferred, not found, etc.)
data volume transferred
description of the type of web browser used

Stored data is neither evaluated nor passed on to third parties, even partially.

Cookies

We do not use cookies. Nor do we use other techniques for tracking the user’s access behaviour.

Active components

JavaScript is used to a small extent for the purpose of page display in the websites of the IFB Institut für Bahntechnik GmbH. Other active components, such as Java applets or Active X controls, are not used.

Email security

If you send us an email, your email address will be used only for correspondence with you.

If you want to send us an email containing confidential content, we strongly recommend that you encrypt it to prevent it from being seen by unauthorised persons and falsified en route.

You will need a suitable encryption tool to encrypt your message.

Disclaimer

The websites of the IFB Institut für Bahntechnik GmbH contain cross-references (“links”), which are indicated as follows:

Liability note:

With a judgement dated 12th May 1998, reference no. 312 O 85/98 “Liability for links”, the district court (LG) of Hamburg decided, that if a site includes a link, then this can result in co-responsibility for the contents of the linked site. According to the district court, such liability can be prevented only by explicit dissociation from the content. For this reason, we hereby expressly dissociate ourselves from all contents of all external links.

Contact

If you have a privacy related query about our websites, you can contact us here: datenschutz@bahntechnik.de