Like most websites, our websites also use cookies. These are used to constantly improve the experi-ence of the visitors of our website and to adjust our website to their individual needs. Hereinafter, you will find out what cookies are, which cookies we use and how you can manage and delete them.
1. What are cookies?
Cookies are small units of information which your browser automatically stores in your computer’s memory. Cookies serve different functionalities, in particular the user-friendliness of the website. This allows a cookie to "remember" the settings you have made so you do not have to re-enter them each time.
Cookies are either downloaded directly from the servers (so-called first party cookies) or from other websites whose contents appear on our website (so-called third party cookies).
2. For which purposes do we use cookies?
We use cookies to provide functionalities and specific features on our website for your convenience. We cannot personally identify you from this information. Your name, email address or similar data will not be stored in addition to the data of cookies.
3. Types of cookies used on our website
We use both session and persistent cookies. Session cookies are temporary cookies that remain on your device until you close your browser. A permanent cookie remains on your device for much longer or until you delete it manually. The duration of a permanent cookie stored on your device depends on the duration or expiry date of the cookie and your browser settings. We use the following session cookie to be able to provide you the website pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR:
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Functionality cookies: These cookies are used provide specific functionalities on our websites in order to personalise our content for you, such as remembering your preferences. With the following cookie, we store your preferences regarding the use of cookies based on your consent pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR:
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In addition, we use the following statistical cookies based on your consent pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR in order to carry out statistical surveys of visitors to our site:
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The information collected by these cookies may contain personally identifiable information that you have disclosed. If you do not accept these cookies, this may affect the performance and functionality of the website and limit access to content on the website.
4. Management and deletion of cookies
In our consent tool which is accessible on each website in the bottom left corner you can revoke or change your consent at any time and, therefore, control and/or delete cookies as you wish. In addition to that, most browsers allow you to accept or reject all cookies. Alongside there is also the option to accept only certain types of cookies. An instruction can usually be found in the help function integrated in the browser or under:
a) Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/delete-cookies-remove-info-websites-stored
b) Google Chrome: https://support.1d5920f4b44b27a802bd77c4f0536f5a-gdprlock/chrome/answer/95647?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl=en
c) Microsoft Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
d) Apple Safari: https://support.apple.com/kb/PH19214?locale=de_DE&viewlocale=en_US
e) Opera: http://blogs.opera.com/news/2015/08/how-to-manage-cookies-in-opera/
Please note that if you deactivate the use of cookies in your browser settings, not all functions of our website may be fully available. You may need to make some settings manually each time you visit the site. More information can be found at: http://www.aboutcookies.org.