This Cookie Statement describes which cookies we use on the website and what these cookies are used for.

Why do we use cookies?

• To ensure that the website works properly and you have an optimal user experience
• To understand the number of visitors visiting our site and the pages they view
• To make it possible to integrate social media on the website
• To generate advertisements tailored to your needs

What is a cookie?
A cookie is a simple small file sent with pages of this website and stored by the browser on your computer’s hard drive. The information stored therein can be sent back to our servers on your next visit.

Use of persistent cookies
A permanent cookie allows us to recognize you when you visit our website again. This allows the website to be set specifically to your preferences. Even if you have consented to the placement of cookies, we may remember this through a cookie. This saves you having to repeat your preferences over and over again, thus saving you time and allowing for a more enjoyable use of our website. Permanent cookies can be deleted through your browser settings.”

Use of session cookies
A session cookie allows us to see which parts of the website you viewed with this visit. This allows us to tailor our service as much as possible to the browsing habits 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 track which pages you visit from their network in order to build a profile of your online browsing habits. This profile is built in part based on similar information they receive from 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 serves only to tailor advertisements to your profile so that they are as relevant to you as possible.

Google Analytics
Through our website, a cookie is set by the company Google, as part of the “Analytics” service. We use this service to track and get reports on how visitors use the website. Google may provide this information to third parties if Google is legally required to do so, or to the extent that third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. This is beyond our control. We have not given Google permission to use the analytics information obtained for other Google services.

The information Google collects is anonymized as much as possible. Your IP address is expressly not included. The information is transferred to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google claims to adhere to Safe Harbor principles and is affiliated with the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Safe Harbor program. This includes an adequate 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. You can send your question using the contact form below. To prevent misuse, we may ask you to provide adequate identification when doing so. When it comes to accessing personal data linked to a cookie, you should send a copy of the cookie in question. You can find it in your browser settings.

Enabling, disabling and deleting cookies
More information regarding enabling, disabling and deleting cookies can be found in the instructions and/or using your browser’s Help function.”

More information about cookies?
You can find more information about cookies on the following websites: Cookierecht.co.uk
Consumers Union: “What are cookies?“
Consumers Union: “Delete cookies“