1) What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your end device via the browser when you use our website. These text files contain information for the provision of user-friendly services and are read by web browsers. Cookies enable our website to recognize you so that our web server can present you with a more individual, better, faster and more tailored website.
Therefore, please bear in mind that you may not be able to access some web content if you block cookies.
- A basic distinction is made between the following types of cookies Session cookies: These are stored on your computer or end device while you are surfing our website and are then deleted.
- Persistent cookies: These cookies remain on your computer for a longer period of time.
- Third-party cookies: These cookies are created by partner websites and embedded in our website. They are used, for example, to deliver personalized advertising.
2) This is how we use cookies
In general, we only use Internet technologies (e.g. cookies, Java script) to make it easier for you to use our website and to optimize our offer and your communication with our content:
- We use so-called session-related cookies to keep the current session active.
- We use cookies for data analysis. This allows us to recognize, for example, how our forms are accepted, how many visitors use our pages or which are the most frequently visited web pages.
- We use third-party cookies to improve your experience of our content and advertisements.
This website also uses web analysis services from Google.
You can find more information on this and on the subject of data protection in general under Legal Notes.
3) third-party cookies
Some third-party providers place cookies on your computer, in particular to register visitor behaviour and to personalize offers (including advertising). Depending on the platform, several cookies are set by third-party providers. You can find out how the third-party provider handles cookies on the relevant pages of the network. The information on the networks can be found in the table below. We have no control over third-party cookies. We therefore recommend that you check the respective third-party websites to see which cookies are used and how they can be managed. For common third-party providers such as Facebook, Google, etc., the Digital Advertising Alliance offers the option to collectively opt out of all DAA companies. You can find further information on this in point 4.
4) management of cookies/revocation
You will find setting options for the use of cookies in your browser menu. A browser usually has the following setting options:
- View cookies,
- Allow cookies,
- Disable all or certain cookies,
- Disable all cookies when closing the browser,
- Block cookies,
- Notify me when a cookie is to be set and
- Objection to tracking web analysis.
If you block our cookies in your browser, you will not be able to use some areas of our website.