Cookie Policy

Learn more about who we are, how you can contact us and how we process personal data in our Privacy Policy. This Cookie Policy forms an integral part.  

Cookies and similar technologies

We may from time -to- time use cookies on our website and when providing digital services. Cookies are small set of data that your web browser leaves on your hard drive to recognize you as a repeat user, track your use and target advertising. This allows for personalization of certain aspects of your visit. Information gathered from cookies in this way is only used on an aggregated basis. Unless a visitor specifically provides their identity to us, e.g., by registering, providing information through an online form or sending us correspondence, we are not interested in establishing the identity of individual visitors. 

We may use cookies to store preferences; record session information; develop information about visitors’ preferences and interests; record past activity at a website in order to provide better service when you return; or customize web page content based on information you voluntarily provide. 

This site uses different types of cookies. Some cookies are placed by third party services that appear on our pages. While we can store cookies strictly necessary for the operation of this site (using legitimate interest under the GDPR), we seek your consent before storing or dropping all other cookies, including advertising or marketing cookies.

You can at any time change or withdraw your consent via our consent management. 

Additionally, you can disable cookies using your Internet browser settings. Please consult your browser’s help function for information on how to disable cookies. Note that if you disable cookies, certain features may not function properly.

Google Analytics

With your consent, we use Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by the Google Ireland Ltd. (“Google”). We use Google Analytics to analyze and improve our website and services. Google will use this information to evaluate your usage of our website, to assemble reports (e.g., at what time our website is visited or which functions or contents are used most frequently) and to execute further related services. Based on this, we can improve our services for you. This includes the processing of personal data such as IP-address, device and browser-related data, usage-related information and so-called online identifiers. Within the EU/EEA we use Google Analytics with the extension „anonymizeIp()“. As a result, only shortened IP addresses are used, i.e. we do not know the actual identity of the users. Personalized data will be deleted immediately. Only in exceptional cases will your entire IP address be sent to the servers in the USA and will be shortened there. We have also deactivated cross-location and cross-device functions of Google Analytics. To prevent a link to a Google account, we have also deactivated Google Signals. 

For cases in which your data is also processed in the USA: Google is an commercial organization participating in the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (further information at https://commission.europa.eu/law/law-topic/data-protection/international-dimension-data-protection/eu-us-data-transfers_en). In addition, the EU approved standard contractual clause(s) are entered into with Google. 

The legal basis for data processing is your consent. As we have pointed out generally for cookies, you can withdraw your consent at any time for the future (see above). In addition, you may also use and install a plug-in that is provided by Google: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. If you withdraw your consent, your data will no longer be used for the aforementioned purposes and your personal data will be deleted. Personal data will be deleted after three months at the latest, even if you have not withdrawn your consent.

Information about the third-party provider: Google Dublin, Google Ireland Ltd., Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, Fax: +353 (1) 436 1001. Terms and Conditions: https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/analytics/terms/gb/  

Overview of data privacy at Google: https://privacy.google.com/businesses/compliance/#!?modal_active=none
Privacy Notice: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US.

YouTube

We have embedded YouTube videos on our website. This allows us to share videos directly on our website, to grow our network and to analyze how our content is used in order to be able to design and optimize it based on this analysis. YouTube is a video platform of Google, (“YouTube”). As soon as you visit one of our subpages which has a YouTube video embedded, a cookie is set. If you are logged-in to your YouTube account, YouTube can usually associate your interaction on our website with your profile. This includes the processing of personal data such as IP-address, device and browser-related data, usage-related information, data regarding the interaction with the content. If you are not logged-in to your YouTube account, YouTube collects data by using so-called online identifiers. In this case e.g., data regarding the interaction with the content is not stored. 

For cases in which your data is also processed in the USA: Google is an commercial organization participating in the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (further information at https://commission.europa.eu/law/law-topic/data-protection/international-dimension-data-protection/eu-us-data-transfers_en). In addition, the EU approved standard contractual clause(s) are entered into with Google. 

For cases in which your data is also processed in the USA: Google is an commercial organization participating in the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (further information at https://commission.europa.eu/law/law-topic/data-protection/international-dimension-data-protection/eu-us-data-transfers_en). In addition, we the EU approved standard contractual clause(s) are entered into with Google.

Cookies are only set if you consent. As we have pointed out generally for cookies, you can withdraw your consent at any time for the future (see above). In addition, you may also use and install a plug-in that is provided by Google: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. If you withdraw your consent, your data will no longer be used for the aforementioned purposes and your personal data will be deleted. Personal data will be deleted after three months at the latest, even if you have not withdrawn your consent.

Information about the third-party provider: Google Dublin, Google Ireland Ltd., Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, Fax: +353 (1) 436 1001. Terms and Conditions: https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/analytics/terms/gb/, 

Overview of data privacy at Google: https://privacy.google.com/businesses/compliance/#!?modal_active=none
Privacy Notice: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US.

Youtube’s terms of use can be found at https://www.youtube.com/t/terms. Overview of data privacy at Youtube: https://policies.google.com/privacy .

Cookie List

Cookie declaration last updated on 24/08/2023 by Cookiebot:

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