Cookie Policy
We want your online experience to be as pleasant as possible. To achieve this, we use cookies, web analytics services and social network plugins in accordance with data protection and electronic privacy requirements.
For this purpose, we use different cookies and services to ensure that our website works properly and is as informative and easy for you to use as possible. It is important to us that you feel comfortable browsing our website, so continuously improving it is a high priority. This includes, for example, pre-filled form fields so that you do not have to enter all the data again and can save your settings. It is also important to us that you see content that genuinely interests you and makes your online experience easier.
We handle your personal data carefully. The following information explains the cookies and services we use. You can configure cookies using the cookie settings link in the footer of the website.
The types of cookies used are described below.
1. Functional cookies
Cookies are small text files stored in your browsing history. They allow us to retrieve your most recent settings when you visit the website again.
Functional cookies ensure that our website works correctly. They are stored for a maximum of 12 months and are then automatically deleted. We use them, for example, to:
- Remember your preferences, such as language, location and the number of search results to display.
- Read your browser settings so that our website can be displayed optimally on your screen.
- Detect misuse of our website and services, for example by recording multiple failed login attempts.
You can easily adjust your preferences using the cookie settings option.
2. Statistical analysis services
We use statistical analysis services to find out how many people visit our website and which content is most popular. These services provide anonymous statistics that help us improve the website.
They allow us to:
- Record the number of visitors to our website.
- Record how long visitors spend on the website.
- Record the sequence in which visitors view different pages.
- Evaluate which parts of our website need to be adapted.
- Optimise the website.
We use the services listed below for statistical analysis. You can disable these cookies in the cookie settings.
3. Marketing services
We use marketing services to show you offers and advertising relevant to your interests. Retargeting uses temporary cookies to recognise visitors under a pseudonym and display products that may interest them.
These cookies do not store personal or confidential information. Nor is the information combined to identify individual visitors.
These services are used to:
- Measure the success of advertising.
- Record which advertisements you have already seen so that they are not shown repeatedly.
- Record page views.
- Record internal searches.
- Record product page views.
- Record login status.
4. Cookie summary
List of cookies
| # | Name | Provider | Type | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | _gat | Google Inc. | Performance | Set by Google Universal Analytics to throttle the request rate and limit data collection on high-traffic websites. | 1 minute |
| 2 | _gid | Google Inc. | Analytics | Installed by Google Analytics. Stores information about how visitors use a website and helps create an analytics report on its performance. The data collected include the number of visitors, their source and the pages visited, in an anonymous form. | 1 day |
| 3 | _ga | Google Inc. | Analytics | Installed by Google Analytics. Calculates visitor, session and campaign data and tracks website use for the website’s analytics report. Stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to identify unique visitors. | 2 years |
| 4 | cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics | First-party | Technical | Set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. Remembers the user’s consent for cookies in the “Analytics” category. | 1 year |
5. Procedure for objecting to the installation of cookies
You can decide which cookies to enable using the cookie manager.
If you want to disable cookies that you have previously accepted, you can do so through your browser preferences. Follow the instructions for the browser you use:
Last updated: 7 February 2023.