Cookie Policy

Google Analytics

This website uses the "Google Analytics" service, which is offered by Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA), to analyze website usage by users. The service uses "cookies" - text files that are stored on your device. The information collected by the cookies is usually sent to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

IP anonymization is used on this website. The IP address of users is shortened within the member states of the EU and the European Economic Area. This shortening means that your IP address is no longer personally identifiable. As part of the data processing agreement that the website operators have concluded with Google Inc., Google uses the information collected to evaluate website usage and website activity and to provide services related to internet usage.


You have the option of preventing cookies from being saved on your device by selecting the appropriate settings in your browser. There is no guarantee that you will be able to access all functions of this website without restrictions if your browser does not accept cookies.

Furthermore, you can use a browser plug-in to prevent the information collected by cookies (including your IP address) from being sent to and used by Google Inc. The following link will take you to the corresponding plug-in: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de


Here you can find further information on data usage by Google Inc.: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de


Google Tag Manager

We use the service called Google Tag Manager from Google. "Google" is a group of companies and consists of the companies Google Ireland Ltd. (provider of the service), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland and Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA and other affiliated companies of Google LLC. We have concluded a data processing agreement with Google. The Google Tag Manager is an auxiliary service and only processes personal data for technically necessary purposes. The Google Tag Manager loads other components that may themselves collect data. The Google Tag Manager does not access this data. You can find more information about the Google Tag Manager in Google's privacy policy. Please note that American authorities, such as secret services, may be granted access to personal data due to American laws such as the Cloud Act that are inevitably exchanged with Google due to the Internet Protocol (TCP) when this service is integrated.

Cookies

Like most other websites, our website also uses so-called cookies. These are used to continually improve the user experience of our site visitors and to adapt our website to their personal needs. Below you will find out what cookies are, which cookies we use and how you can manage or delete them.

WHAT ARE COOKIES? Cookies are small units of information that your browser (Mozilla, Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, etc.) automatically stores in your computer's memory. Cookies have different functions and are particularly designed to make websites more user-friendly. For example, a cookie can "remember" the settings you have made so that you do not have to "re-enter" them every time you visit the website. The cookies used by us or our external service providers are mainly used for analysis in order to evaluate user behavior on our website and thus enable us to continually improve our websites.

Cookies are set either directly by our websites (so-called first-party cookies) or by other websites whose content appears on our website (so-called third-party cookies). Depending on their function and purpose, cookies can be divided into four categories:

Strictly necessary cookies: Strictly necessary cookies are required so that you can move around a website and use its functions. Without these cookies, the full functionality of the website cannot be guaranteed.

Performance cookies: Performance cookies collect information about how a website is used, e.g. which pages a visitor visits most often or whether they receive error messages. They are used exclusively to improve the website and thus the user experience. Performance cookies do not store any information that allows conclusions to be drawn about the identity of the user - the site visitor remains anonymous.

Functional cookies: Functional cookies allow a website to save information that has already been entered (e.g. user name, language selection, font size). This allows the visitor to be offered more personal and improved functions. These cookies only collect anonymized information.

Cookies for marketing purposes: Cookies for marketing purposes are used to record the interests of the visitor and to adapt advertisements to their personal needs. They are also used to measure the effectiveness of advertisements. The information collected may be shared with third parties, e.g. advertisers, for this purpose.

WHICH COOKIES DO WE USE?

This cookie table was created and updated by the CookieFirst consent management platform .
  • CAN I MANAGE AND DELETE COOKIES MYSELF? You can block or delete cookies as you wish and also manage them. Most browsers allow you to accept or reject all cookies. There is also the option to only accept certain types of cookies. You can usually find instructions in the help function integrated into the browser or on the respective provider's website:
  • Mozilla Firefox: support.mozilla.org/de/kb/cookies-loeschen-daten-von-websites-entfernen
  • Google Chrome: support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647 Microsoft Internet Explorer: support.microsoft.com/de-de/help/17442/windows-internetexplorer-delete-manage-cookies
  • Apple Safari: support.apple.com/kb/PH19214 Opera: help.opera.com/Windows/12.10/de/cookies.html
  • 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 have to manually configure some settings each time you visit the site. For more information, visit: www.aboutcookies.org.