It is important to us to protect your privacy when using our websites, so we would like to ask you to please note the following information:

As a matter of principle, you can visit the EconBiz website without informing us who you are. We only get to know the name of your internet service provider, the website from which you came to our website and which of our websites you visit. This information will be evaluated for statistical purposes. You as an individual user remain anonymous.

If there is an option to enter personal or business data (e-mail addresses, names, addresses) on the website, the user will disclose such information on a voluntary basis only. Personal data are only collected if you submit them voluntarily.

The personal data collected through the EconBiz websites will only be used without your consent for the execution of contracts and in order to process your enquiries. If you have previously provided your consent, your data shall also be used for the purposes of providing information on our products and services, conducting market research, and tailoring our electronic services to meet your requirements. Equally, your data shall only be used for tailoring information to your personal requirements if you have granted your consent. Your data will not be circulated to third parties. You can of course revoke your consent at any time, effective from the time of revocation.

We do not transfer any of these data into states outside the EEA. This excludes personal data you provide in the webforms sent to EconDesk. This data transfer is performed on the basis of the "standard contractual clauses for the transfer of personal data to third countries" of the European Union. Please be aware that the level of data protection in third countries might differ from German and EU standards.

In order to provide better functionality we use so-called "cookies". These "cookies" allow files to be saved on your computer when you access our website. You can disallow the saving of cookies on your PC by changing the settings of your internet browser. However, this will reduce the range of services available to you.

Cookies as part of web analytics:

On this website technologies of etracker GmbH (www.etracker.com) are used to collect and save data for marketing and optimization purposes. From these data user profiles under pseudonyms can be generated. For this purpose, cookies may be used.

The data collected with etracker technologies will not be used to personally identify the visitor without her or his explicit agreement. They will not be aggregated with any personal data of the visitor. You can object to this data collection and storage at any time with future effect.

In EconBiz you will find links to third parties’ websites. The ZBW and USB Cologne cannot control the contents and design of these third parties’ websites. Therefore, the guarantees given by this data protection statement do of course not apply to these websites.