Cookies
This Cookie Statement describes which cookies we use on the website and what these cookies are used for.
Why do we use cookies?
- To ensure the website functions properly and to offer you an optimal user experience
- To gain insight into the number of visitors to our site and the pages they view
- To enable the integration of social media on the website
- To generate advertisements tailored to your interests
What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small, simple file that is sent along with pages of this website and stored by your browser on your computer’s hard drive. The information stored in it can be sent back to our servers during a future visit.
Use of permanent cookies
With the help of a permanent cookie, we can recognize you on a new visit to our website. The website can therefore be specially tailored to your preferences. Also, if you have given permission for the placement of cookies, we can remember this by means of a cookie. This means you don’t have to repeat your preferences each time, which saves you time and makes using our website more pleasant. You can delete permanent cookies via your browser settings.
Use of session cookies
With the help of a session cookie, we can see which parts of the website you have viewed during your visit. This allows us to adapt our services as much as possible to the surfing behavior of our visitors. These cookies are automatically deleted once you close your web browser.
Tracking cookies from our advertisers
With your consent, our advertisers place “tracking cookies” on your device. They use these cookies to track which pages you visit within their network, in order to build a profile of your online browsing behavior. This profile is also partly built using similar information from your visits to other websites in their network. This profile is not linked to your name, address, email address, or similar information known to us, but is only used to tailor advertisements to your profile so that they are as relevant to you as possible.
Google Analytics
Our website places a cookie from the company Google as part of the “Analytics” service. We use this service to track and receive reports on how visitors use the website. Google may share this information with third parties if legally required, or if third parties process the information on Google's behalf. We have no control over this. We have not given Google permission to use the obtained analytics information for other Google services.
The information Google collects is anonymized as much as possible. Your IP address is explicitly not shared. The information is transferred to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google states that it adheres to the Safe Harbor principles and is affiliated with the Safe Harbor program of the U.S. Department of Commerce. This means there is an adequate level of protection for the processing of any personal data.
Right to access, correct, or delete your data
You have the right to request access to and correction or deletion of your data. You can submit your request using the contact form below. To prevent misuse, we may ask you to properly identify yourself. If your request concerns access to personal data linked to a cookie, you must include a copy of the relevant cookie. You can find this in your browser settings.
Enabling and disabling cookies and deleting them
More information about enabling, disabling, and deleting cookies can be found in the instructions and/or with the help function of your browser.