Privacy

Privacy Policy

Please note: This English translation is for information purposes only. The wording of the German text is authoritative. It can be accessed by switching to the German version of this website.

PIKOBYTES takes the protection of personal data very seriously. We want you to know when we store which data and how we use it. PIKOBYTES is a company under private law and is subject to the provisions of the German Federal Data Protection Act (Bundesdatenschutzgesetz, BDSG), the German Telemedia Act (Telemediengesetz, TMG) and the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). We have taken the necessary technical and organizational measures to ensure that the regulations on data protection are observed by us and our external service providers.

Data collection on our website

Personal data can be used to find out your identity. This includes, for example, your real name and postal address and your IP address. In principle, you can use our online offer without disclosing your identity. In connection with your access to our pages, data is stored on our servers for security purposes, which may allow identification (for example, IP address, Internet browser used, error messages, date, time and information about the functions and content used). However, no personal use is made of this data. We collect this data to ensure error-free provision of the website. Part of the data is also used in anonymized form to analyze user behavior. If you have provided us with personal data, you can delete it at any time, unless we are required by law to store this data for a certain period of time. In this case, we will delete the data immediately after the storage period has expired. Furthermore, you can of course have incorrectly recorded data corrected at any time. You can exercise your right of withdrawal and correction to the following address:

PIKOBYTES GmbH
Zittauer Straße 16
01099 Dresden
Germany
info@pikobytes.de

Third party services

By visiting our website, you are using third-party services. If you do not agree with this, you can prevent this by configuring your internet browser accordingly. In some cases, it is also possible to object (opt-out) for certain services.

Google Analytics

This website uses the web analytics service Google Analytics. With the use of Google Analytics, we optimize the design and findability of our website. The provider of Google Analytics is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Google Analytics collects data about your use of this website in the form of cookies. These cookies are usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. We have activated the IP anonymization function on this website. This means that your IP address is shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area before being transmitted to the USA. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other data from Google. We have concluded an order data processing contract with Google and fully implement the strict requirements of the German data protection authorities when using Google Analytics.

Deactivation of Google Analytics

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. You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) to Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available under the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en. You can prevent the collection of your data by Google Analytics by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie will be set that prevents the collection of your data during future visits to this website: Disable Google Analytics. You can find more information on the handling of user data at Google Analytics in the Google privacy policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en.

Mapbox

This site uses the Mapbox Search service for address queries. This is necessary in order to search for place names. The provider of the service is Mapbox Inc, 740 15th St NW, 5th Floor, Washington, DC 20005.


By using Mapbox Search, information about the use of this website, including your IP address, may be transmitted to Mapbox in the USA. When you perform a place name search or start the map application, your browser establishes a direct connection with the Mapbox servers. Information about the place names is transmitted by Mapbox directly to your browser, which integrates it into the website. We therefore have no influence on the scope of the data collected by Mapbox in this way.


For more information about the purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Mapbox, your rights in this regard and setting options to protect your privacy, please refer to Mapbox's privacy policy at https://www.mapbox.com/privacy/. Among other things, Mapbox stores and analyzes your IP address, the date and time of use and the address of the page visited. Mapbox reserves the right to track certain users in individual cases. Mapbox states that it uses this information exclusively to improve the service provided for diagnostic and analytical purposes. Mapbox does not pass on personal data to third parties.


Mapbox is certified under the terms of the "EU - U.S. Privacy Shield Framework" and is subject to the "U.S. - Swiss Privacy Framework".


Deactivation of Mapbox services

If you do not want Mapbox to collect, process or use data about you via our website, you can deactivate JavaScript in your browser settings. However, we would like to point out that in this case you will no longer be able to use many functions on this page.

MapTiler

This site uses the services of MapTiler to display interactive maps. The use of MapTiler services is necessary to display maps on this website. The provider of the map services is MapTiler AG, Höfnerstrasse 98, Unteräeri, Zug 6314, Switzerland.


By using MapTiler Maps, information about the use of this website, including your IP address, may be transmitted to MapTiler in Switzerland. When you open one of the map views, your browser establishes a direct connection with the MapTiler servers. The map content is transmitted by MapTiler directly to your browser, which integrates it into the website. We therefore have no influence on the scope of the data collected by MapTiler in this way.


For more information about the purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of the data by MapTiler, your rights in this regard and setting options to protect your privacy, please refer to MapTiler's privacy policy at https://www.maptiler.com/privacy-policy/. Among other things, MapTiler stores and analyzes your IP address, the date and time of use and the address of the page visited. MapTiler states that it uses this information exclusively to improve the service provided for diagnostic and analytical purposes. MapTiler does not pass on personal data to third parties.


Deactivation of MapTiler services

If you do not want MapTiler to collect, process or use data about you via our website, you can deactivate JavaScript in your browser settings. However, we would like to point out that in this case you will no longer be able to use many of the functions on this site.