This Policy is intended to inform you about why we use “cookies”, what they do, and what choices you have regarding their use.
Cookies are small text files generated when your browser sends a request to our web server and are stored on your device. Their primary purpose is to enable us to identify your device and its behavior when you visit our websites.
There are two types of cookies – persistent cookies and temporary (session) cookies.
Except for the cookies that are necessary for the functioning of our Site, we store cookies on your device only with your consent. If you do not wish to accept cookies, you can adjust your browser settings – further information on this is provided at the end of this document.
If you prefer not to receive cookies while browsing our website, you can refuse them by setting your browser to warn you before accepting a cookie or by rejecting cookies when your browser alerts you to their presence. You can also refuse all cookies by disabling them in your browser settings. Please note that blocking cookies will affect the functionality of this and many other websites you visit. Disabling cookies usually also leads to the deactivation of certain features on our Site.
You are informed by your browser when it receives cookies, typically upon your first visit. This allows you the opportunity to accept or decline a cookie.
Your browser can be configured to reject all cookies. For guidance on how to do this, please visit All About Cookies or the Microsoft Cookies Guide.
Please note that changes to your browser that disable cookies may prevent the Site from functioning properly.
You can choose which cookies to allow or block by visiting the appropriate settings pages for your browser:
Certain cookies are essential for us to securely provide our services through the website. This category includes, for example:
We use analytical cookies to record user behavior (e.g., clicks on advertisement banners, search queries entered) and to statistically evaluate these actions.
We also use cookies for advertising purposes. Behavioral profiles created using these cookies (e.g., based on clicks on advertising banners, visited subpages, search queries) are used by us to display advertisements or offers that match your interests (“interest-based advertising”).
We also allow other companies to evaluate our users’ data via advertising cookies. This enables both us and third parties to display interest-based advertisements to the users of our website, based on an analysis of your browsing behavior (e.g., clicks on advertising banners, visited subpages, search queries), and is not limited solely to our online offers.
Our referral tracking partners set cookies on your computer (“referral cookies”) if you reach our website through an advertisement from the respective partner. These cookies usually expire after 30 days. If you visit certain pages that we host and the cookie has not yet expired, we and the respective conversion tracking partner may see that a particular user has clicked on the advertisement and was referred to our page. The information collected via the referral cookie is used to create statistical data regarding referrals and to determine the overall number of users who have clicked on the respective advertisement and been referred to a page marked for referral tracking.
We require statistical information about the use of our website to make it more accessible, to measure its reach, and to conduct market research. For this purpose, we use the web analytics tools described in this section.
User profiles created by these tools using analytical cookies or log file analysis do not contain personal data. The tools either do not use users’ IP addresses at all or anonymize them immediately after collection.
The providers of these tools process the data solely as data processors on our behalf and not for their own purposes.
Below you will find information about each tool provider and how you can object to the collection and processing of your personal data via these tools.
Please note that for tools offering a cookie opt-out function, the opt-out is tied to the device or browser and is therefore only valid for the current device or browser. If you use multiple devices or browsers, you must set the opt-out function on each device and in each browser.
In general, you can also prevent the creation of user profiles by disabling the use of cookies.
Google Analytics is offered by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”). We use Google Analytics with the additional feature provided by Google for anonymizing IP addresses. Google truncates the IP address within the EU and, in exceptional cases, in the USA, in both cases storing only the truncated IP addresses.
You can object to the collection and processing of your data by downloading and installing a browser add-on available at: Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.