Privacy Policy
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Protecting your personal data is important to us. Below we inform you about the type, scope, and purpose of the collection and use of personal data on our website. If you have any questions regarding this privacy policy or any other questions related to data protection in connection with our website (such as information, modification, or deletion of data, etc.), please contact:
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AQ Communication & Design
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Bergmannstr. 68
10961 Berlin
Tel: +49 (0) 30 680 078 39
Email: info@aquack.de
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Data transmission and logging

Generally, you can visit our website without providing any personal information. When you access our website, your web browser sends certain information to our server. The following data is collected and stored in log files for each access:
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• IP address of the requesting computer
• Date and time of access
• Type and version of web browser
• Type and version of operating system
• URL of the previously visited website if a link was followed
• Accessed page/name of accessed file
• Duration of stay on accessed pages
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The data is collected solely for the purpose of statistical analysis and is deleted after three months. It does not allow conclusions to be drawn about your person, and merging this data with other data sources does not occur. There is no disclosure to third parties for commercial or non-commercial purposes.

Use of personal data
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We only collect, process, and store personal data if you voluntarily provide it to us. This is the case, for example, if you send us an email, request information material, or contact us in any other way. We use your personal data exclusively for administrative purposes, communication with you, and processing your request. Typically, we need your address, telephone number, and/or email address to be able to contact you.
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Cookies

Our website uses cookies. They serve to make our website more user-friendly, effective, and secure. Cookies are small files that are stored on your computer when you access our website and belong to the web browser you are using. After the session expires, the cookies are deleted on our server. When you revisit our website, your browser sends back previously stored text files. This information can be used to consider previously made settings again, for example. Cookies do not cause any damage and do not contain viruses. We do not combine the data stored in the cookies with other data sources that allow us to establish a connection to your person. You can configure your web browser to inform you about the transmission of cookies, or to reject cookies. You can find information on how to do this in your web browser's help function (e.g. Microsoft Internet Explorer, Edge, Firefox, or Safari). If you disable cookies in your browser, the functionality of our website may be restricted. Other services (e.g. Google Analytics, social media plugins, tracking, etc.) We do not use any other services, such as Google Analytics, Piwik, or tracking services. Likewise, we do not use any social media plugins, web fonts, or Typekit.
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Information and modification of your data

You can request information about your personal data processed by us. Upon written request, we will inform you about the data stored about you. If your information is incorrect, you can request a correction. If your data is incomplete, you can request completion. If we have disclosed your information to third parties, we will inform these third parties of your correction, if required by law.
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Right to object; deletion of personal data; complaint

You can object to the use and processing of your personal data at any time with future effect by informal communication to AQ Communication & Design, Bergmannstr. 68, 10961 Berlin. The storage of your personal data will be deleted if you object to the use of your data or if the purpose of data collection has been fulfilled, provided there are no legal, regulatory, or contractual retention obligations. If such obligations exist, your data will be blocked for further use and deleted after the retention periods have expired. You also have the right to file a complaint with the responsible data protection supervisory authority.
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Changes to our privacy policy

We reserve the right to change our security and data protection measures as necessary due to technical developments. In these cases, we will also adapt our privacy policy accordingly. Therefore, please note the current version of our privacy policy.

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google Inc. ("Google"), on this website. Google uses cookies. The information generated by the cookie about the use of the online offer by the users is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there.
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Google will use this information on our behalf to evaluate the use of our online offer by users, to compile reports on the activities within this online offer and to provide us with further services related to the use of this online offer and the internet. Pseudonymous usage profiles of the users can be created from the processed data.
We use Google Analytics only with activated IP anonymization. This means that the IP address of the users is shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases, the full IP address is transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. The IP address transmitted by the user's browser is not merged with other Google data.
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Users can prevent the storage of cookies by setting their browser software accordingly; users can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and related to their use of the online offer and from processing this data by downloading and installing the browser plugin available under the following link:
http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en. Further information on data usage for advertising purposes by Google, settings and objection options can be found on Google's websites: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/partners/ ("Data usage by Google when you use websites or apps of our partners"), http://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads ("Data usage for advertising purposes"), http://www.google.de/settings/ads ("Manage information Google uses to show you ads") and http://www.google.com/ads/preferences/ ("Determine which ads Google shows you").
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Facebook Plugin

You will find plugins of the social network Facebook on our website. Its provider is Facebook Inc., located at 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA. The Facebook logo or the "Like" button on our page identifies the Facebook plugins for you. Also note the overview of Facebook plugins at http://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/. When you visit our website, we establish a direct connection to the Facebook server via the plugin. You are then redirected there through your browser. Facebook receives information that you have visited our website with your IP address. By clicking the Facebook "Like" button, you link content from our website to your profile on Facebook. Your visit to our site can be assigned to your user account for Facebook. We have no knowledge of the type of content that is transmitted to Facebook and how Facebook uses it. You can find more information on data collection and data use in the Facebook privacy policy, which you can find at http://de-de.facebook.com/policy.php. You can prevent the assignment of your visit to our site with your Facebook profile by simply logging out of your Facebook account beforehand.