Imprint & Privacy

Privacy Policy

Georg Albeck, master violin maker operates the albeck-violins.com (englisch version) and albeck-geigenbau.de (German version) website, which provides the “service”.
This page is used to inform website visitors regarding my policies with the collection, use, and disclosure of personal information if anyone decided to use my service.
The websites mentioned above do normally not collect and use personal information about their visitors. I will not use or share information with anyone except as described in this privacy policy.

 

Log Data
I want to inform you that whenever you visit my service, information that your browser sends to me is collected. These informations are called “log data”. These log data may include information such as your computer’s internet protocol (“IP”) address, browser version and the time and date of your visit. This happens only for security reasons in order to monitor intruding websites and servers and to be able to block these from future access to sensitive parts of this website, such as the editor’s backend and the software installation on my server.

Cookies
Cookies are files with small amount of data that is commonly used an anonymous unique identifier. These are sent to your browser from the website that you visit and are stored on your computer’s hard drive.
My website uses these “cookies” only in case you have special rights to enter the backend of this site as an administrator or contributor. No cookies are used to collect data regarding visitor behaviour and other analytic data, nor will they be transmitted to third party service provider. If this would be the case, you will be offered to decline cookies at the homepage of these sites. If you would do so, no part of this site is blocked or inaccessible to you.

Service providers
I don not employ third-party companies and individuals for any of the following reasons:

• To provide the service on our behalf;
• To perform service-related services; or
• To assist me in analyzing how my service is used.

I only employ an external service for hosting this service. This website runs on a SSL certifed hosting server provided by Strato AG which is located in the Federal Republic of Germany, thus operating under severe German and EU privacy laws and regulations.

Security
I am striving to use commercially acceptable means of protecting the information gathered during your use of my service. No method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure and reliable however and I cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Links to other sites
My service may now or in future contain links to other sites. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that site. Note that these external sites are not operated by me. Therefore, I strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of these websites. I have no control over, and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

Children’s privacy
My services do not address anyone under the age of 13. I do not knowingly collect personal identifiable information from children under 13. In the case I discover that a child under 13 has provided me with personal information, I immediately delete this from my servers. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided me with personal information, please contact me so that I will be able to do necessary actions.

Changes to this privacy policy
I may update my Privacy Policy from time to time. Thus, we advise you to review this page periodically for any changes. I will notify visitors of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. These changes are effective immediately, after they are posted on this page.

Contact me
If you have any questions or suggestions about my Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact me.