Cookie policy
Our website uses cookies for statistical analysis, to improve our website and serve you optimally.
Cookies
We use cookies for statistical analysis to improve our websites and to provide you with the best possible user experience.
A cookie is a small text file that we place on your computer, and which is stored by your browser. Cookies are harmless tools that do not cause damage or viruses to your computer. The purpose of cookies is to tell us how you use the website so we can give you the best possible user experience, make our website as user-friendly, efficient and secure as possible, and support the marketing of our services. E.g., a cookie makes it possible to recognize your computer and collect information about what happens during your visit to our website.
In order for our website to function, we place technically necessary cookies on your computer. These technically necessary cookies can be placed without your consent, but we do not place any other types of cookies without your explicit consent. It is up to your sole decision, whether you wish to accept our further use of cookies, however, we encourage you to accept all cookies for the best user experience and functionality.
Cookies on our website
We use both session cookies (cookies that are only stored on your computer until you close your browser) and persistent cookies (cookies that are placed and stored on your computer, even after you have closed your browser). The exact duration and further specific information about each cookie can be found under the headline: “Purpose, duration and type of cookies”. The duration or lifetime of a cookie is calculated according to your last visit to the website. When a cookie expires, it is automatically deleted.
We use both tracking cookies (cookies that monitor visitor activity on our website, including how users navigate through the sites and how users they access it (via search engines, links, etc.).) and functionality cookies (cookies that enhance the user experience of the website's functionality by ensuring a consistent experience across the site and a faster display of the pages).
In addition, we use the following types of cookies:
- Necessary cookies are used to ensure our website functions properly, enable essential features like navigation and content access. Without these cookies, the website cannot operate correctly.
- Preference cookies help our website remember your settings and choices, enhancing your experience by optimizing usability and personalization, e.g. by remembering your preferred language.
- Statistics cookies help us analyse how you interact with our website, allowing us to optimize the design, usability and efficiency.
- Marketing cookies are used to see what you are interested in across websites so that we can deliver content that is relevant and tailored to you and your interests.
Please feel free to contact us for further information in this matter.
Purpose, duration and type of cookies
Our cookie banner can be accessed at all times by clicking on the cookie button marked with a cookie and three arrows in the left corner of our website. The cookie banner contains all information about the cookies, we use; (i) cookie name, (ii) purpose with each cookie, (iii) operator, and (iv) duration of the cookies.
Recipients
We may entrust your personal data, collected via cookies, to our partners, who process the personal data to generate statistics, support our website’s technical functions, perform targeted advertising, analyse user behaviour. For example, we use the partners Cookie Information, Sitecore etc. An updated list of the third party recipients can be accessed in our cookie banner.
You can manually remove cookies in your browser
It is possible to manually remove all cookies in your browser if you wish. You can do this by changing your browser settings. If you need additional guidance to delete or manually block cookies, you can either use the "help" function in your browser or read further in the following instructions depending on which browser you are using:
- Clear the history, cache, and cookies from Safari on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support
- Clear cookies and site data in Firefox | Firefox Help (mozilla.org)
- Delete, allow and manage cookies in Chrome - Computer - Google Chrome Help
- Web preferences - Opera Help
- Adobe - Flash Player : Settings Manager - Website Storage Settings panel (macromedia.com)
- Manage cookies in Microsoft Edge: View, allow, block, delete and use - Microsoft Support
You can withdraw your consent at any time
You can choose to withdraw or change your consent to the placement of cookies at any time by clicking on the cookie button marked with a cookie and three arrows in the left corner of our website. If you choose to withdraw your consent, the cookies that require consent will be automatically blocked by your browser.
If you choose to withdraw your consent, please note that the withdrawal only concerns future processing. The revocation therefore does not affect the lawfulness of the processing we have carried out prior to receipt of your revocation.