Privacy Policy

schule-ratgeber.de takes your privacy seriously and is always ready to collect any personal data in accordance with the applicable data protection law and use.
schule-ratgeber.de you would like to explain the basis of this Privacy Policy, which data is absolutely needed and how you can obtain an indication of additional, voluntary information added.

What kind of information do we collect?

We collect information from you when you register on the site, write a comment or message, such as e-mail reply, or interact with another feature of the site.

When you register we ask for your e-mail address as well as topics about which you would like to receive a newsletter, and we ask that you create a username and password. With this data, a personal profile of you is designed. This profile can be viewed by other registered users. This profile contains only your username. If there is an active participation, your created articles, forum posts and comments will be shown on your personal profile.
After registering, you can add the following information to your profile that is accessible by any registered visitors:
First name, last name, profile picture, gender, birth date, ZIP code, city, state, canton, country, profession, position, institution, name of institution, post code of institution, school subjects, languages spoken, other languages (free entry) and interests (free entry).
Like many other websites we use "cookies" to enhance interaction and to collect information about visitors of our website.
Please refer to "Do we use cookies", "Google Analytics" and "Google Adsense" according to inquire about what cookies are and how we and Google Inc. use it.

We also receive and store data on click sequences and other information about your visits to schule-ratgeber.de, which we combine with any personal data disclosed by you. This information is used in order to analyze the experience on our website and to improve your visits to schule-ratgeber.de for a better understanding of your preferences.

How we use your information?

We can use the information that we receive from you when you register, surf on the website or use other features on the page, as follows:

In order to learn something about the visitors to our website and to offer specific features or other communications to your exact needs.

If you have registered for one of the schule-ratgeber.de e-mail distributors, we may send you e-mails that are dependent on your chosen subject area in certain time intervals. If you do not want to receive e-mails from schule-ratgeber.de, please follow the instructions in one of the e-mails or read "How to remove information that you have given us, to remove or modify?".

If you have not signed up for one of the schule-ratgeber.de e-mail list, you do not receive this e-mail.

How do we protect the information of our visitors?

We use a series of security measures to ensure the security of your personal information. Your personal information is stored in secure networks and is only accessible to a limited number of persons who have special access rights to such systems and are required to treat the information confidentially. All your data is stored in databases, so that only the persons mentioned above have access to them. Your password will be immediately converted to the application as a hash code, which makes the view of your password or the decryption of your password impossible. For this reason, the schule-ratgeber.de team cannot tell you the password in case of forgetting it. It is only possible to get a new password after successful legitimizing.

Do we use "cookies"?

Yes. Cookies are pieces of information that a website sends to your computer while you are looking at them. Cookies work in combination with the contents of the page itself, to gather information and to save them. Thus, cookies are used for example to stay logged in on schule-ratgeber.de. They are also used to track your activities and to understand your previous or current activities on the side because of your preferences. This gives us the opportunity to improve the usefulness of schule-ratgeber.de. We also use cookies to collect general data about the traffic and on the interactions on the site schule-ratgeber.de so that we can improve the surfing experience and the tools in the future. We can conclude contracts with third party sites service providers who assist us in delivering cookies. For more information, please see also the points, "Google Analytics" and "Google Adsense".

You can choose whether your computer will warn you whenever a cookie is sent. You have also the possibility of eliminating all cookies. You can use the settings of your browser (like Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or Chrome, etc.) to do e.g. activate or disable the cookies. Each browser is a little different, please inform yourself in the help file of your special browser to learn how you can configure your setting. If you turn off cookies, there may be restrictions on individual functions. However, you still have access to most functions on schule-ratgeber.de.

Will the information we collect be transfered to outside parties?

We do not sell your personally identifiable information, we do not trade with them and we do not transfer them to outsiders, unless we notify you in advance, and except as described below. Your data may be transferred to website hosting partners and other parties who assist us in operating our website that we do not see as "outsiders" consider conducting schule-ratgeber.de business or are caring for as long as those parties agree that this information confidential. Please read in this context, "Google Analytics" and "Google Adsense". We can put your information openly, if this is required by law.

How you can remove the information you have given us, to remove or modify?

If you want to modify your email subscriptions or unsubscribe completely from receiving schule-ratgeber.de emails, please let us know by modifying your preferences in "Profil -> Profil aktualisiern". Please note that you can receive e-mails because of e-mail production schedules even though you have already unsubscribed.
To delete all of your online-information from our database, please contact the following email address with the email address of your registration on schule-ratgeber.de and your username: Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist gegen Spambots geschützt! Du musst JavaScript aktivieren, damit Du sie sehen kannst. . Alternatively, you can send a short PN (Private Message goes to school-ratgeber.de) to "admin" with the request for deletion.

Links to Third Party Sites

To provide you with additional information, we can add the third party links on our site. These linked Websites have separate and independent privacy policies. Therefore we are not liable to the content and the activities of these linked pages. Nevertheless, we strive to protect the integrity of schule-ratgeber.de and we welcome any feedback about these linked sites (including if a link does not work).

Changes of our policy

If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will enter the changes on this page. Changes to the Privacy Policy applies only to information collected after the date of the change. This Policy was last modified on 21 November 2009.
Questions and feedback
We are really looking forward to answer your questions, comments or concerns about privacy. Please send us any feedback about privacy or other issues.

Google Analytics

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 and permits an analysis of the use of the site by you. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website (including your IP address) is transmitted to a Google server in the U.S. and stored there. Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other use of this website and internet related services. Even Google is able to transmit this information to third parties unless required by law or if third parties process this data 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, we would point out however that you maybe cannot use the full functionality of this website. By using this site you agree to the processing of your data by Google in the manner described and for the aforementioned purpose.

Google Adsense

We rely on third parties to serve ads when you visit our site. These companies may use information about your visits to this and other websites but not your name, address, e-mail address or phone number, to serve advertisements on products and services that might interest you. If you would like more information about this method or want to know what options you have to prevent the use of such information by the company, click here.