Privacy Policy


General information

Details of the responsible body
Company: Bitstream GmbH
Address: Jakob-Endl-Str. 17, 94032 Passau


General data processing information
Personal data is only collected if you provide it to us voluntarily. No other personal data is collected. Any processing of your personal data that goes beyond the scope of legal authorisation will only take place on the basis of your express consent.

Purpose of processing: (usually) contract initiation or execution.

Categories of recipients: Public authorities in the event of overriding legal provisions. External service providers or other contractors. Other external bodies if the data subject has given their consent or transmission is permitted due to overriding interests.

Third country transfers: Processors outside the European Union may also be used in the context of contract fulfilment.duration of data storage: The duration of data storage depends on the statutory retention obligations and is generally 10 years.


Specific information about the website

Usage data
When you visit our website, you transmit data to our web server via your Internet browser (for technical reasons).
The following data is recorded during an ongoing connection for communication between your internet browser and our web server:

  • Date and time of the request
  • Name of the requested data
  • Page from which the file was requested
  • Web browser and operating system used
  • Complete IP address of the requesting computer Amount of data transferred
  • Access status (file transferred, file not found, etc.)


For reasons of technical security, in particular to defend against attempted attacks on our web server, this data is stored by us for a short time. It is not possible for us to identify individual persons from this data. After 30 days at the latest, the data is anonymised by shortening the IP address at domain level so that it is no longer possible to establish a link to the individual user. The data is also processed in anonymised form for statistical purposes; it is not compared with other databases or passed on to third parties, even in excerpts.

Use of various tools:

Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited ("Google"), based on the consent of website visitors. Google Analytics uses "cookies", which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyse how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually also transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. Google will use this information on behalf of the operator of this website to analyse your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services relating to website activity and internet usage to the website operator.


Further information and contacts
In addition, you can assert your rights to information, correction or deletion or to restriction of processing or the exercise of your right to object to processing as well as the right to data portability at any time. You can contact us by email here. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the data protection supervisory authority.