PRO-4-PRO Data Protection Declaration

PRO-4-PRO ("the website") is run by GIT VERLAG GmbH & Co. KG, Darmstadt/Germany, ("we").

We acknowledge the need to extensively protect your personal data and shall, pursuant to the Federal Data Protection Act [Bundesdatenschutzgesetz], take all steps necessary for ensuring the security of all personal data that we receive from users of PRO-4-PRO. By communicating to us your personal data, including any confidential information, you shall consent to the procedures described below.

All information that we receive from you as users of PRO-4-PRO shall help us to further adapt PRO-4-PRO to your needs and make it a useful tool for you. You can communicate information to us either on the registration form when registering or via various feedback options within the website. We do not collect information automatically, by using "cookies" for example. However, you can specifically use cookies to store your password locally on your computer, so that you do not have to re-enter it every time.

PRO-4-PRO offers additional services, for example an email newsletter. By registering for these services, you shall consent to the use of your data to the extent necessary for providing the services.

Use of User Information

We shall pass on personal data to third parties only in the cases described below:

• to the extent that we are legally obliged to do so, or to the extent necessary for enforcing the terms and conditions of use of PRO-4-PRO;
• where this is necessary to enable third parties to render services for PRO-4-PRO; in this case, we shall place these third parties under an obligation to equally comply with this Data Protection Declaration;
• in aggregative and anonymised form for evaluating navigation information and user statistics.

Security of User Information

The information that we collect is intended for operating and further developing PRO-4-PRO and shall serve this purpose in terms of its type and scope. We shall update the collected data on the basis of new information. However, we shall delete the data again when the data are no longer needed. All data shall be stored in a database and be protected against unauthorised access.

At present, the data protection rules of different websites vary significantly. Please understand that we have no influence over the contents and data protection policy of websites linked to PRO-4-PRO. Therefore, we cannot accept any responsibility for contents on linked sites, nor for the security of your data left there.

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, 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.

For details please visit http://www.google.com/intl/en/privacy.html