For notices concerning editorial content, images or links from or on our pages, please contact the editorial team.

We make every effort when creating web pages and links not to infringe rights, link to web pages that contain offensive or illegal content, or otherwise violate legal or ethical principles. However, if you have any reason to complain, please feel free to contact us. We will immediately review the pages in question and revise them if necessary.

Please do NOT use these or any other email addresses used in the IBENA homepages for unsolicited advertising. We contradict in this connection hereby each commercial use and passing on of our data (§ 28 Federal Law for Data Protection).

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 this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. In the event that IP anonymization is activated on this website, however, your IP address will be truncated beforehand by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. 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. 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 at the following link (http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de).

For more information, please visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de or http://www.google.com/intl/de/analytics/privacyoverview.html (general information on Google Analytics and data protection). We would like to point out that on this website Google Analytics has been extended by the code "gat._anonymizeIp();" to ensure anonymized collection of IP addresses (so-called IP masking).

Chat function

This website uses the chat functions of the provider tawk.to. Cookies are required to use this function. tawk.to is an external service provider that enables us to use the chat function and its administration. By using the chat, you automatically use the services of tawk.to. All data that you enter in the chat window will be transmitted to tawk.to and stored there. As long as you do not disclose any personal information in the chat (e.g. real name, email address, phone number, etc.), we cannot draw any conclusions about your person. The data that is stored by tawk.to includes: Chat history, given name, IP address at the time of the chat and country of origin. This data is not shared with third parties and is only used for protection and internal statistics. By using the chat, you agree to this storage and use of data. Here you can find more information from Tawk.to: Tawk.to Privacy Policy / Datenschutzerklärung (only available in English).