This website uses so-called social plugins (hereinafter “Plugins“ ) of the social networks Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn and Pinterest, as well as Plugins of the microblogging services Twitter and Instagram. These services are operated by Facebook Inc., Google Inc., LinkedIn Corporation, Twitter Inc., Instagram LLC and Pinterest Inc. (hereinafter individually “provider”, or jointly the “providers”).
The individual providers:
Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA (hereinafter “Facebook“).
The Plugins are identified by either a Facebook Logo or the words “Social Plugin by Facebook“ or “Facebook Social Plugin“. An overview of the Facebook Plugins can be found here:
www.developers.facebook.com.
Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google“).
An overview of the Google Plugins can be found here:
www.developers.google.com.
LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“LinkedIn“).
An overview of the LinkedIn Plugins can be found here:
www.developer.linkedin.com.
Twitter Inc., 1355 Market St, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA (“Twitter“).
An overview of the Twitter Plugins can be found here:
www.twitter.com.
Instagram LLC., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA (“Instagram“).
An overview of the Instagram Plugins can be found here:
www.blog.instagram.com.
Pinterest Inc., 808 Brannan St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA (“Pinterest”).
An overview of the Pinterest Plugins can be found here:
www.developers.pinterest.com.
When visiting one of our websites which contains such a Plugin your browser will create a direct link with the servers of the respective provider. The content of the Plugin is directly transmitted by the respective provider to your web browser which then incorporates it in the website.
By integrating a Plugin, the providers receive the information that your browser has accessed the relevant page of our website, even if you do not have a profile or account with the providers or if you are not logged in at the time of access. This information (including your IP address) will be sent directly from your browser to a server of the respective provider in the U.S. and stored there.