Cookie Policy

What is a cookie?

We use cookies on this website. A cookie is a simple small file that is sent along with pages of this website [and/or Flash applications] and is stored by your browser on the hard drive of your computer. The information stored therein can be sent back to our servers on a subsequent visit.

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. We can adjust our service as much as possible to the surfing behavior of our visitors. These cookies are automatically deleted as soon as 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 behavior. This profile is also built based on similar information they receive about your visit to other websites in their network. This profile is not linked to your name, address, email address, and the like as known to us, but is only used to match advertisements to your profile so that they are as relevant as possible to you.

Google Analytics

Through our website, a cookie is placed by the American company Google as part of the 'Analytics' service. We use this service to keep track of and receive reports on how visitors use the website. Google may provide this information to third parties if Google is legally obliged to do so, or if third parties process the information on behalf of Google. We have no influence on this. We have allowed Google  yes/no to use the obtained analytics information for other Google services.

The information collected by Google is anonymized as much as possible. Your IP address is expressly not provided. The information is transferred to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google adheres 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. Please refer to our contact page for this purpose. To prevent abuse, we may ask you to adequately identify yourself. When it comes to 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's settings.

Deleting cookies:

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

Deleting tracking cookies placed by third parties:

Some tracking cookies are placed by third parties who display advertisements to you, among other things, via our website. You can centrally delete these cookies via Your Online Choices so that they are not placed again on a website of a third party.

More information about cookies:

On the following websites, you can find more information about cookies:  www.allaboutcookies.org
Your Online Choices: “ A guide to online behavioral advertising”