Cookie Policy

With this cookie guideline, the website operator informs the user of the website about the use of cookies or similar storage technologies (hereinafter "cookies") on this website.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are stored by the web browser on the user's end device to store certain information. The next time you visit our website with the same end device, the information stored in cookies is sent to our website (“First Party Cookie”) or another website to which the cookie belongs (”Third Party Cookie”), returned.

Through the information stored in the cookie and sent back, the respective website recognizes that the user has already accessed and visited it with the web browser of his end device. We use this information to offer the user the website in accordance with to optimally display his preferences.

However, only the cookie itself is identified on the end device. Any further storage of personal data will only take place if the user gives us his express consent or if this storage is absolutely necessary in order to be able to use the service offered and called up.

Consent to the use of cookies

Cookies that are not strictly necessary to provide the services on this website are only used after consent. By giving consent to the use of cookies on the basis of a notice („cookie banner”) provided by us on the website, the user agrees to the use of cookies.

The user can adjust his cookie settings at any time, for example by activating or deactivating individual cookie categories.

How the user can deactivate or delete cookies in general (including the absolutely necessary cookies) in his browser is explained under the point "Deactivation or deletion of all cookies". described.

Legal Basis

If the user has given his consent to the use of cookies on the basis of a notice („cookie banner”) provided by us on the website, the legality of the data processing is based on Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. a GDPR. If no consent is requested, our legitimate interest (i.e. interest in the analysis, optimization and economic operation of this website and services) within the meaning of Article 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f GDPR provides the legal basis for use of cookies.

Categories of cookies used

Depending on their purpose and function, we divide the cookies used by the website into the following categories:

Strictly Necessary Cookies

Functional cookies

Performance Cookies

Marketing / third party / consent cookies

Strictly Necessary Cookies

Strictly necessary cookies ensure that this website or the service works properly. is working. This means that without these cookies, this website or the service cannot be used as intended. This type of cookies is used exclusively by the operator of the website (first party cookies) and any information stored in the cookies is only sent to this website.

The following absolutely necessary cookies are used on our website:

Strictly necessary cookies cannot be individually disabled or enabled. The user has the option at any time to adjust his cookie settings or to generally allow cookies in his browser deactivate (see point “Deactivation or deletion of all cookies").

Functional cookies

Functional cookies enable this website to collect information such as B. the user name or the language choice, and to offer the user improved and personalized functions based on this. These cookies only collect and store anonymous information.

No functional cookies are used on our website.

The user can object to the use of functional cookies at any time by adjusting their cookie settings accordingly.

Performance Cookies

Performance cookies collect information about how our websites are used in order to improve their attractiveness, content and functionality. These cookies help us, for example, to determine whether and which sub-pages of our website are visited and what content users are particularly interested in. We record the number of hits on a page, the number of sub-pages viewed, the time spent on our website, the order of the pages visited, which search terms led our users to us, the country, region and city, if applicable which the access takes place, as well as the proportion of mobile devices that access our websites. The IP address of a computer transmitted for technical reasons is automatically anonymized and does not allow us to draw any conclusions about the individual user.

The following performance cookies are used on our website:

The user of the website can object to the use of performance cookies at any time by adjusting their cookie settings accordingly.

Marketing / Third Party Cookies

Marketing / third party / consent cookies come from external advertising companies, among others, and are used to collect information about the websites visited by the user, e.g. B. to create target group-oriented advertising for the user.

No marketing / third party / consent cookies are used on our website.

The user can object to the use of marketing cookies at any time by adjusting their cookie settings accordingly.

Disable or delete all cookies

The user can set his web browser so that the storage of cookies on his end device is generally prevented or he is asked each time whether he agrees to the setting of cookies. Once cookies have been set, the user can delete them at any time. How it all works is described in the help function of the respective web browser.

A general deactivation of cookies may lead to functional restrictions on this website.