Data protection is a special concern of Mercurius Production GmbH. Our efforts to meet in particular the requirements of the European Data Protection Regulation (DS-GVO) and the Federal Data Protection Act in its new version are primarily geared to the goal of respecting your privacy and personal sphere.

For modern companies like Mercurius Production GmbH the use of electronic data processing systems (EDP) is indispensable nowadays. On our part, of course, a maximum is applied to observe the legal regulations.

The use of the Internet pages of the Mercurius Production GmbH is possible without any indication of personal data. However, if a data subject wants to use special services of our enterprise via our website, processing of personal data could become necessary. If processing of personal data is necessary and there is no legal basis for such processing, we will generally obtain the consent of the data subject.

We will never sell or rent your personal information to third parties for their marketing or other purposes. If you do not agree with the terms of the Privacy Policy, please do not send any personal information to us.

1. General / Definitions This privacy policy is based on terms of the DS-GVO and should be easy to read and understand for any person. Therefore, we would like to explain various terms in advance:

a) personal data Personal data is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter "data subject"). An identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.

b) Data subject / person concerned. Data subject means any identified or identifiable natural person whose personal data are processed by the controller.

c) Processing Processing means any operation or set of operations which is performed upon personal data, whether or not by automatic means, such as collection, recording, organization, filing, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction.

d) Restriction of processing Restriction of processing is the marking of stored personal data with the aim of limiting their future processing.

e) Profiling Profiling is any type of automated processing of personal data that consists of using such personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular to analyze or predict aspects relating to that natural person's job performance, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behavior, location or change of location.

f) Pseudonymization Pseudonymization is the processing of personal data in such a way that the personal data can no longer be attributed to a specific data subject without the use of additional information, provided that such additional information is kept separate and is subject to technical and organizational measures to ensure that the personal data is not attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person.

g) Person responsible The controller is the natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data. Where the purposes and means of such processing are determined by Union or Member State law, the controller or the specific criteria for its designation may be provided for under Union or Member State law.

h) Processor Processor means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes personal data on behalf of the Controller.

i) Recipient Recipient means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body to whom personal data are disclosed, whether or not a third party. However, public authorities that may receive personal data in the context of a specific investigative task under Union or Member State law shall not be considered as recipients.

j) Third Party Third party means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body other than the data subject, the controller, the processor and the persons authorized to process the personal data under the direct responsibility of the controller or the processor.

k) Consent Consent shall mean any indication of intention given voluntarily by the data subject for the specific case in an informed and unambiguous manner in the form of a statement or other unambiguous affirmative act by which the data subject indicates that he or she consents to the processing of personal data relating to him or her.

2. Information on the collection of personal data (1) In the following, we provide information about the collection of personal data when using our website. Personal data are all data that can be related to you personally, e.g. name, address, e-mail addresses, user behavior, etc. (2) The responsible party pursuant to Art. 4 (7) of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (DS-GVO) is the Mercurius Production GmbH Wildunger Street 8 60487 Frankfurt a. M. E-mail: info@mercurius-production.de (3) Our data protection officer is: Mr. Sascha Weller, Attorney at Law, IDR - Institute for Data Protection Law Ziegelbräustraße 7 85049 Ingolstadt Phone: +49 (0)841 - 885 167 15 E-mail: ra-weller@idr-datenschutz.de Web: www.idr-datenschutz.de (4) When you contact us by e-mail or via a contact form, the data you provide (your e-mail address, name and telephone number, if applicable) are automatically stored by us in order to answer your questions. Such personal data transmitted on a voluntary basis by a data subject to the controller will be stored solely for the purposes of processing or contacting the data subject. We delete the data accruing in this context after the storage is no longer necessary or restrict the processing if there are legal retention obligations. (5) If we use commissioned service providers for individual functions of our offer or would like to use your data for advertising purposes, we will inform you in detail about the respective processes below. In doing so, we will also state the defined criteria for the storage period. (6) As the controller, we have implemented numerous technical and organizational measures to ensure the most complete protection of personal data processed through this website. Nevertheless, Internet-based data transmissions can generally have security gaps, so that absolute protection cannot be guaranteed. For this reason, every data subject is free to transmit personal data to us by alternative means, for example by telephone. (7) As a responsible company, we do not use automatic decision-making or profiling.

3. your rights (1) You have the following rights vis-à-vis us with regard to the personal data concerning you: - Right to information: Every person affected by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the GDPR to receive free information from the controller at any time about the personal data stored about him or her and a copy of this information. Furthermore, the European Directive and Regulation legislator has granted the data subject access to the following information:

(a) the purposes of processing b) the categories of personal data processed (c) the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data have been or will be disclosed, in particular in the case of recipients in third countries or international organizations d) if possible, the planned duration for which the personal data will be stored or, if this is not possible, the criteria for determining this duration (e) the existence of a right to obtain the rectification or erasure of personal data concerning him or her, or to obtain the restriction of processing by the controller, or a right to object to such processing

f) the existence of a right of appeal to a supervisory authority. g) if the personal data is not collected from the data subject: Any available information on the origin of the data h) the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, pursuant to Article 22(1) and (4) of the GDPR and - at least in these cases - meaningful information about the logic involved and the scope and intended effects of such processing for the data subject. In addition, the data subject shall have the right to obtain information as to whether personal data have been transferred to a third country or to an international organization. If this is the case, the data subject also has the right to obtain information on the appropriate safeguards in connection with the transfer.

If a data subject wishes to exercise this right of access, he or she may, at any time, contact an employee of the controller.

- Right to withdraw consent under data protection law: Any data subject affected by a processing of personal data has the right to withdraw consent to the processing of personal data at any time.

If a data subject wishes to exercise this right to withdraw consent, he or she may, at any time and by any means of communication, contact any employee of the controller.

- Right to rectification: The data subject has the right to obtain from the controller the rectification without delay of inaccurate personal data concerning him or her. Taking into account the purposes of the processing, the data subject has the right to request that incomplete personal data be completed, including by means of a supplementary declaration.

If a data subject wishes to exercise this right of access, he or she may, at any time, contact any employee of the controller.

- Right to erasure / right to be forgotten: The data subject has the right to obtain from the controller the erasure without delay of personal data concerning him or her, and the controller is obliged to erase personal data without delay if one of the following reasons applies: (a) the personal data are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed. (b) the data subject withdraws the consent on which the processing was based pursuant to Article 6(1)(a) or Article 9(2)(a) and there is no other legal basis for the processing. (c) the data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Article 21(1) and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or the data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Article 21(2). d) the personal data have been processed unlawfully. (e) erasure of the personal data is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation under Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject. (f) the personal data have been collected in relation to information society services offered in accordance with Article 8(1). If a data subject wishes to exercise this right to erasure / the right to be forgotten, he or she may, at any time, contact any employee of the controller. If we have made the personal data public and we are obliged to erase it pursuant to Article 17(1) of the GDPR, we shall implement reasonable measures, including technical measures, taking into account the available technology and the cost of implementation, to inform data controllers which process the personal data that a data subject has requested that they erase all links to or copies or replications of such personal data. Our staff will arrange for the necessary measures to be taken.

- Right to restriction of processing: The data subject shall have the right to obtain from the controller the restriction of processing where one of the following conditions is met: (a) the accuracy of the personal data is contested by the data subject for a period enabling the controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data, b) the processing is unlawful and the data subject objects to the erasure of the personal data and instead requests the restriction of the use of the personal data; (c) the controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but the data subject needs it for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims; or (d) the data subject has objected to the processing pursuant to Article 21(1), as long as it is not yet established whether the legitimate grounds of the controller override those of the data subject. If a data subject wishes to exercise the right to restrict the processing, he or she may, at any time, contact any employee of the controller.

- Right to object to processing: Any person concerned by the processing of personal data has the right granted by the GDPR to object at any time, on grounds relating to his or her particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning him or her carried out on the basis of Article 6(1)(e) or (f) of the GDPR. This also applies to profiling based on these provisions.

We shall no longer process the personal data in the event of the objection, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims.

If we process personal data for the purposes of direct marketing, the data subject shall have the right to object at any time to processing of personal data for such marketing. This also applies to profiling insofar as it is related to such direct marketing. If the data subject objects to us to the processing for direct marketing purposes, we will no longer process the personal data for these purposes.

In addition, the data subject has the right, on grounds relating to his or her particular situation, to object to processing of personal data concerning him or her which is carried out by us for scientific or historical research purposes, or for statistical purposes pursuant to Article 89(1) of the DS-GVO, unless such processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest.

In order to exercise the right to object, the data subject may directly contact any employee. The data subject is also free, in connection with the use of information society services, notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC, to exercise his/her right to object by means of automated procedures using technical specifications.

- Right to data portability: The data subject shall have the right to receive the personal data concerning him or her that he or she has provided to a controller in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format, and shall have the right to transmit such data to another controller without hindrance from the controller to whom the personal data have been provided, provided that (a) the processing is based on consent pursuant to Article 6(1)(a) or Article 9(2)(a) or on a contract pursuant to Article 6(1)(b); and (b) the processing is carried out with the aid of automated procedures. When exercising his or her right to data portability pursuant to Article 20(1) of the GDPR, the data subject shall have the right to obtain that the personal data be transferred directly from one controller to another controller where technically feasible and without prejudice to the rights and freedoms of others. If a data subject wishes to exercise this right to data portability, he or she may, at any time, contact any employee of the controller.

- Automated decision in individual cases including profiling Any person concerned by the processing of personal data shall have the right, granted by the GDPR, not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning him or her or similarly significantly affects him or her, unless the decision is. (1) is not necessary for the conclusion or performance of a contract between the data subject and the controller; or (2) is permitted by Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject, and that law contains suitable measures to safeguard the rights and freedoms and legitimate interests of the data subject; or (3) is made with the express consent of the data subject.

If the decision is necessary for entering into, or the performance of, a contract between the data subject and the controller, or if it is made with the data subject's explicit consent, we shall implement suitable measures to safeguard the data subject's rights and freedoms and legitimate interests, which include at least the right to obtain the data subject's involvement on the part of the controller, to express his or her point of view and to contest the decision.

If the data subject wishes to exercise the rights concerning automated decisions, he or she may, at any time, contact any employee of the controller. (2) You also have the right to complain to a data protection supervisory authority about the processing of your personal data by us. The supervisory authority responsible for our company is as follows:

Hessian Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information P.O. Box 3163 65021 Wiesbaden Tel.: 0611 / 1408 - 0 Fax: 0611 / 1408 - 900 E-mail: poststelle@datenschutz.hessen.de

4. collection of personal data when visiting our website / cookies (1) In the case of merely informative use of our website, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise transmit information to us, we only collect the personal data that your browser transmits to our server. If you wish to view our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary for us to display our website to you and to ensure its stability and security (legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f DS-GVO): - IP address - Date and time of the request - Time zone difference to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) - Internet service provider of the accessing system - Content of the request (specific page) - Access status/HTTP status code - Amount of data transferred in each case - Website from which the request comes (referrer) - browser - Operating system and its interface - Language and version of the browser software. (2) In addition to the previously mentioned data, cookies are stored on your computer when you use our website. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your hard drive associated with the browser you are using and through which the body that sets the cookie (in this case by us) receives certain information. Cookies cannot execute programs or transfer viruses to your computer. They serve to make the Internet offer as a whole more user-friendly and effective. (3) Use of cookies: 1. In principle, a distinction is made between the following cookie types/functions: a) Transient cookies are automatically deleted when you close the browser. These include, in particular, session cookies. These store a so-called session ID, with which various requests of your browser can be assigned to the common session. This allows your computer to be recognized when you return to our website. The session cookies are deleted when you log out or close the browser. b) Persistent cookies are deleted automatically after a specified period of time, which may differ depending on the cookie. You can delete the cookies in the security settings of your browser at any time. c) Necessary cookies are those that are absolutely necessary for the operation of a homepage.

d) Statistical, marketing or personalization cookies are used, among other things, in the context of range measurement and also, for example, when a user's interests or behavior are to be stored in a user profile. This procedure is also referred to as "tracking". Insofar as we use cookies or "tracking" services, we will inform you separately in our data protection declaration or in the context of obtaining consent. e) You can configure your browser settings according to your preferences and, for example, refuse to accept third-party cookies or all cookies. Please note that you may not be able to use all functions of this website. f) We use cookies to identify you for subsequent visits if you have an account with us. Otherwise, you would have to log in again for each visit. 2 In principle, the data processed with the help of cookies is processed on the basis of our legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f)) or, if the use of cookies is necessary to fulfill our contractual obligations (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b)). If we ask you for consent, the legal basis for the processing of the data is the declared consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit a)). 3. you naturally have the option at any time to revoke any consent you have given or to object to the processing of your data by cookie technologies ("opt-out"). Your objection can first be declared using the settings of your browser. An objection to the use of cookies for online marketing purposes can also be declared by means of a variety of services, especially in the case of tracking, via the US site http://www.aboutads.info/choices/ or the EU site http://www.youronlinechoices.com/ or generally at http://optout.aboutads.info.

5. Further functions and offers of our website (1) In addition to the purely informational use of our website, we offer various services that you can use if you are interested. For this purpose, you will generally have to provide further personal data, which we use to provide the respective service and for which the aforementioned data processing principles apply. (2) In some cases, we use external service providers to process your data. These have been carefully selected and commissioned by us, are bound by our instructions and are regularly monitored. (3) The hosting services used by us serve to provide the following services: Infrastructure and platform services, computing capacity, storage space and database services, security services and technical maintenance services, which we use for the purpose of operating this online offer.

In doing so, we, or our hosting provider, process inventory data, contact data, content data, contract data, usage data, meta data and communication data of customers, interested parties and visitors of this online offer on the basis of our legitimate interests in an efficient and secure provision of this online offer pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO in conjunction with Art. 28 DSGVO. Art. 28 DSGVO. (4) Furthermore, we may pass on your personal data to third parties if we offer promotions, competitions, contract conclusions or similar services together with partners. You will receive more information about this when you provide your personal data or below in the description of the offer. (5) If our service providers or partners are based in a country outside the European Economic Area (EEA), we will inform you about the consequences of this circumstance in the description of the offer.

6. data protection for applications The controller collects and processes the personal data of applicants for the purpose of handling the application process. The processing may also take place electronically. This is particularly the case if an applicant sends relevant application documents to the controller by electronic means, for example by e-mail or via a contact form located on the website. If the controller concludes an employment contract with an applicant, the transmitted data will be stored for the purpose of processing the employment contract in compliance with the statutory provisions. If the controller does not conclude an employment contract with the applicant, the application documents will be deleted automatically, provided that no other legitimate interests of the controller are opposed to such deletion. Other legitimate interest in this sense is, for example, a duty to provide evidence in proceedings under the General Equal Treatment Act (AGG). The processing of applicant data is carried out in order to fulfill our (pre)contractual obligations in the context of the application procedure within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) lit. b. DSGVO Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f. DSGVO insofar as the data processing becomes necessary for us, e.g. within the scope of legal procedures (in Germany, § 26 BDSG also applies).

7. objection or revocation against the processing of your data (1) If you have given your consent to the processing of your data, you may revoke this consent at any time and by any means of communication. Such revocation will affect the permissibility of processing your personal data after you have expressed it to us. (2) Insofar as we base the processing of your personal data on the balance of interests, you may object to the processing. This is the case if the processing is not necessary, in particular, for the performance of a contract with you, which is shown by us in each case in the following description of the functions. When exercising such an objection, we ask you to explain the reasons why we should not process your personal data as we have done. In the event of your justified objection, we will review the situation and either discontinue or adjust the data processing or show you our compelling reasons worthy of protection on the basis of which we will continue the processing. (3) Of course, you can object to the processing of your personal data for advertising and data analysis purposes at any time. You can contact us about your advertising objection at the address given in section 2. (2).

8. Legal or contractual requirements for the provision of personal data/necessity for the conclusion of a contract/consequences of non-provision/deletion (1) We would like to inform you that the provision of personal data is sometimes required by law. However, it may also be possible that a data subject must provide us with personal data in order for a contract to be performed. Failure to provide such data would mean that the contract could not be concluded. Our staff will be happy to assist with questions relating to individual cases. (2) The data processed by us will be deleted or restricted in its processing in accordance with Articles 17 and 18 DSGVO. Unless expressly stated within the scope of this data protection declaration, the data stored by us will be deleted as soon as they are no longer required for their intended purpose and the deletion does not conflict with any statutory retention obligations. If the data is not deleted because it is required for other and legally permissible purposes, its processing will be restricted. I.e. the data is blocked and not processed for other purposes. This applies, for example, to data that must be retained for reasons of commercial or tax law.

According to legal requirements, data is stored in particular for 10 years in accordance with §§ 147 para. 1 AO, 257 para. 1 nos. 1 and 4, para. 4 HGB (books, records, management reports, accounting vouchers, commercial books, documents relevant for taxation, etc.) and 6 years in accordance with § 257 para. 1 nos. 2 and 3, para. 4 HGB (commercial letters).

9. web analytics 1. use of Google Analytics (1) 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. (2) The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other data from Google. (3) 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 plug-in available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de. (4) This website uses Google Analytics with the extension "_anonymizeIp()". This means that IP addresses are processed in abbreviated form, thus excluding the possibility of personal references. Insofar as the data collected about you is related to a person, this is therefore immediately excluded and the personal data is thus immediately deleted. The data sent by us and linked to cookies, user IDs (e.g. user ID) or advertising IDs are automatically deleted after 14 months. The deletion of data whose retention period has been reached takes place automatically once a month. (5) We use Google Analytics to analyze and regularly improve the use of our website. The statistics obtained allow us to improve our offer and make it more interesting for you as a user. Rechtsgrundlage für die Nutzung von Google Analytics ist Art. 6 Abs. 1 S. 1 lit. f DS-GVO. (6) Informationen des Drittanbieters: Google Dublin, Google Ireland Ltd., Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, Fax: +353 (1) 436 1001. Nutzerbedingungen: https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html, Übersicht zum Datenschutz: https://www.google.com/intl/de/analytics/learn/privacy.html, sowie die Datenschutzerklärung: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy. (7) Diese Website verwendet Google Analytics zudem für eine geräteübergreifende Analyse von Besucherströmen, die über eine User-ID durchgeführt wird. Sie können in Ihrem Kundenkonto unter „Meine Daten“, „persönliche Daten“ die geräteübergreifende Analyse Ihrer Nutzung deaktivieren. Opt-Out-Cookies verhindern die zukünftige Erfassung Ihrer Daten beim Besuch dieser Website. Um die Erfassung durch Universal Analytics über verschiedene Geräte hinweg zu verhindern, müssen Sie das Opt-Out auf allen genutzten Systemen durchführen. Wenn Sie hier klicken, wird das Opt-Out-Cookie gesetzt: <a href="javascript:gaOptout()"><strong>Google Analytics deaktivieren</strong></a></p>

10. YouTube 1. integration of YouTube videos (1) We have integrated YouTube videos into our online offer, which are stored on https://www.YouTube.com and can be played directly from our website. These are all integrated in "extended data protection mode", i.e. no data about you as a user is transmitted to YouTube if you do not play the videos. Only when you play the videos, the data mentioned in paragraph 2 are transmitted. We have no influence on this data transmission. (2) By visiting the website, YouTube receives the information that you have accessed the corresponding sub-page of our website. In addition, the data mentioned in paragraph 4 of this declaration are transmitted. This occurs regardless of whether YouTube provides a user account via which you are logged in or whether no user account exists. If you are logged in to Google, your data will be directly assigned to your account. If you do not want the assignment with your profile at YouTube, you must log out before activating the button. YouTube stores your data as usage profiles and uses them for the purposes of advertising, market research and/or demand-oriented design of its website. Such an evaluation is carried out in particular (even for users who are not logged in) to provide needs-based advertising and to inform other users of the social network about your activities on our website. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles, whereby you must contact YouTube to exercise this right. (3) The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f) DSGVO (legitimate interests) and Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a) DSGVO (consent). (4) For more information on the purpose and scope of data collection and its processing by YouTube, please refer to the privacy policy. There you will also find further information on your rights and setting options to protect your privacy: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.

11. Plugins und Tools (1) We use the consent management tool “clickskeks” (Papoo Software & Media GmbH, Auguststr. 4, 53229 Bonn) on our website. (2) The tool enables you to give your consent to data processing via the website, in particular the setting of cookies, and to exercise your right to withdraw consent you have already given. The purpose of data processing is to obtain and document the necessary consent for data processing and thus to comply with legal obligations. (3) Cookies may be used for this purpose. Among other things, the following information is collected and transmitted to “clickskeks”: Date and time of the page view, a random ID, consent status. The data is not processed by Mercurius Production itself; the data is stored as a log file. Access to the log files of our customers only takes place with the prior agreement and consent of the customer. (4) This data is not passed on to other third parties. (5) Data processing is carried out to fulfil a legal obligation based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c) GDPR.

12. Data processing by Formspree

(1) In order to provide you with the functionality of the contact form, we use the service provider Formspree Inc, 26 Broadway Floor 8, New York, NY 10004, USA.

(2) The data entered in the contact form will be processed and stored by Formspree and forwarded to us by email. In addition, Formspree collects, among other things, further data such as your IP address, your type of browser, the domain of the website, the date and time of access in order to provide the desired functionality of the contact form.

(3) The legal basis for the use of Formspree is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. b DS-GVO.

(4) In the present case, personal data will be transferred to the USA. Further information on data processing at Formspree is available here: https://formspree.io/legal/privacy-policy/, https://formspree.io/security/.

Instead of using the contact form, you can of course also contact us directly by email.