Cookies

This Cookie Statement describes the cookies we use on our website and the purposes for which these cookies are used.

Why do we use cookies?

To ensure the website functions properly and provides you with an optimal user experience
To gain insight into the number of visitors to our website 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 simple, small 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. This allows the website to be specifically tailored to your preferences. If you have given consent for the placement of cookies, we can remember this through a cookie. This saves you from having to repeat your preferences, which saves time and makes the use of our website more pleasant. You can delete permanent cookies via your browser settings.

Use of session cookies

With your permission, our advertisers place “tracking cookies” on your device. These cookies are used to track which pages you visit within their network, in order to build a profile of your online browsing behavior. This profile is 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 other personal data known to us, but is only used to match advertisements to your profile so that they are as relevant to you as possible.

Tracking cookies from our advertisers

Google Analytics

A cookie from the company Google is placed via our website as part of the “Analytics” service. We use this service to track and receive reports on how visitors use the website. Google may provide this information to third parties if legally required to do so, or if third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. We have no influence over this. We have not given Google permission to use the analytics information for other Google services.

The information collected by Google 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 appropriate 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 via the contact form below. To prevent misuse, we may ask you to adequately identify yourself. If your request concerns access to personal data linked to a cookie, you must include a copy of the cookie in question. You can find this in your browser settings.

Enabling, disabling and deleting cookies

More information about enabling, disabling, and deleting cookies can be found in the instructions and/or with the Help function of your browser.