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 that the website works properly and that you have an optimal user experience
  • To understand the number of visitors who visit our site and the pages they view
  • To make it possible to integrate social media on the website
  • To generate ads tailored to your needs

What is a cookie?

A cookie is a simple small file that is sent along with pages from this website and stored by the browser on your computer's hard drive. The information stored therein can be sent back to our servers on a subsequent visit.

Use of permanent cookies

With the help of a permanent cookie we can recognize you when you visit our website again. The website can therefore be specially set to your preferences. Even if you have given permission for the placement of cookies, we can remember this by means of a cookie. This means that you do not have to repeat your preferences every time, which saves you time and allows you to use our website more pleasantly. You can delete permanent cookies via the settings of your browser.

Use of session cookies

With the help of a session cookie we can see which parts of the website you have viewed during this visit. This allows us to adapt our service as much as possible to the surfing behavior of our visitors. These cookies are automatically deleted when you close your web browser.

Tracking cookies from our advertisers

With your permission, our advertisers place “tracking cookies” on your equipment. They use these cookies to keep track of which pages you visit from their network, in order to build a profile of your online surfing behaviour. This profile is partly built on the basis of comparable information that they receive from your visit to other websites in their network. This profile is not linked to your name, address, e-mail address and the like as known to us, but only serves to match advertisements to your profile so that they are as relevant to you as possible.

Google Analytics

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

The information that Google collects is anonymized as much as possible. Your IP address is emphatically not given. The information is transferred to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google claims to adhere to the Safe Harbor principles and is affiliated with the Safe Harbor program of the US Department of Commerce. This means that there is an appropriate level of protection for the processing of any personal data.

Right to access and correct or delete your data

You have the right to request access to and correction or deletion of your data. You can send your question using the contact form below. To prevent misuse, we may ask you to identify yourself adequately. When it comes to accessing personal data linked to a cookie, you must send a copy of the cookie in question. You can find these in the settings of your browser.

Enabling and disabling cookies and their removal

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