Use of cookies
This website and its online services may use cookies to improve services.
The decision to allow the use of cookies on the Website is entirely yours. It should be noted that the Website only functions optimally if the use of cookies is enabled.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small files that your browser saves on your hard drive when you visit our website. This allows our website to recognize your computer the next time you visit us, in order to offer you a personalized experience when surfing. Cookies are not aimed at spying on users and do not track everything the user does, and are not malicious code or viruses. Cookies are also not associated with unwanted messages or spam, cannot save passwords and are not intended solely for advertising or promotion. Information such as your name or e-mail address will not be saved - websites cannot access your personal information and files on your computer.
In order to use cookies in accordance with the Electronic Communications Act, the Personal Data Protection Act, EU Directives 2002/58/EC and 95/46/EC, and the GDPR Directive, we need your consent.
Types of cookies
- Session Cookies and Persistent Cookies
- Session cookies are temporary cookies that expire after you leave the website. These cookies are required for the proper functioning of certain applications or functionalities on this Site.
- Persistent cookies are used to improve our users' experience (e.g. remembering login details so that you do not have to enter them every time you visit a website). These cookies remain in your browser's cookie file for a longer period of time. This period of time will depend on the settings you have chosen on your Internet browser. Persistent cookies allow data to be transferred to the web server each time you visit a website.
- First and third party cookies
- First-party cookies - are issued by this website. These cookies are often used to ensure the proper functioning of the website and to remember your preferences on the website.
- Third-party cookies are cookies that are set by another website or service, such as YouTube. We have no access to or control over these cookies. You should consult the relevant privacy policies of those third parties. If you are located in the European Union, you can learn more about how third parties use these types of cookies at the following link: http://www.youronlinechoices.eu/ .
- Necessary and other cookies
- Necessary cookies are essential for the operation of our website and the use of its features and/or services. For example, they allow you to navigate the website and log in to secure areas. By using this website, you automatically consent to the use of necessary cookies, without which the website cannot function.
- Performance cookies collect information about how visitors use our website, for example, which pages visitors go to most often and if they receive error messages from those pages. These cookies do not collect information that identifies the visitor. All information collected by these cookies is anonymous. They are only used to improve the functioning of this website.
- Functional cookies allow our website to remember the choices and customizations you make during your visit and provide enhanced personal features. For example, remembering changes to your language settings or currency preferences. They may also be used to enable third parties (such as AddThis) to provide social sharing tools and remember your preferred sharing services.
- Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across a website. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and interesting to the individual user, and thus more valuable to publishers and third-party advertisers.
Cookies used on this website:
- PHPSESSID
- Cookies with the name PHPSESSID contain only a reference to the session stored on the web server. No data is stored in the user's browser and this cookie can only be used on the current website.
- First-party cookies
- Session cookie
- _ga, _gid, _gat, AMP_TOKEN, _gac_
- This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. ("Google"). Google Analytics uses cookies to analyze your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website (including your IP address) is transmitted to and stored on a Google server in the United States. Google uses this information to evaluate your use of the website, providing reports on website activity for website operators. Google may transfer this information to third parties if required to do so by law or if third parties process the data on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with other data held by Google. Please see the Google Privacy Policy at the following link: http://www.google.com/analytics/learn/privacy.html . Google has developed a browser add-on with which you can prevent the use of your data by the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js, dc.js). You can download it here: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
- First-party cookies
- Persistent cookies
How to accept or reject cookies
You can always block the use of some or all cookies we use on our website, but this may affect its functionality.
The cookie settings box is located at the bottom of this page. After selecting your settings, you can reset your cookie settings at any time also at the bottom of this page.
Additionally, you can accept or reject some or all cookies by adjusting your browser settings. You can find information on how to change the settings for some of the most commonly used web browsers at the following links: Mozilla Firefox , Google Chrome , Microsoft Internet Explorer , Apple Safari , Opera . Some browsers allow you to surf in "anonymous" mode, limiting the amount of data placed on your computer and automatically deleting persistent cookies placed on your device when you end your browsing session. There are also many third-party applications that you can add to your browser to block or manage cookies. You can also delete cookies that have previously been placed in your browser by selecting the option to delete your browsing history and including the option to delete cookies. More detailed information about cookies and adjusting your browser settings can be found at www.allaboutcookies.org .