Cookies
What are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or smartphone by websites you visit. These files are stored by your browser. Cookies are commonly used to enable website functionality, improve user experience, and provide website operators with certain information. In our cookies, we may store information about your online preferences, allowing us to personalize our websites to better suit your interests.
Use of Cookies
During your use of our website, cookies will be stored on your computer. These “cookies” record information about your computer’s navigation on our website (e.g., pages visited, date, time, and duration of use). We use this information to adapt the website to your needs and optimize load times. This usage is in line with our legitimate interest. Cookies are typically deleted at the end of a session, but in some cases, they may be stored for up to two years. More information can be found as you scroll down.
You have the option to refuse individual cookies or to control and potentially block all cookies by adjusting your browser settings as specified on the websites of the respective browser providers:
- Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences
- Internet Explorer: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-vista/block-or-allow-cookies
- Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en
- Safari: http://support.apple.com/kb/PH5042
- Opera: https://help.opera.com/en/latest/web-preferences/
Cookies do not interfere with your operating system. You can block the use of cookies, but some functions of our website may not work properly. Please refer to your browser’s instructions for how to block cookies.
Types of Cookies We Use
We use various types of cookies on our website:
a) Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC (USA). Google Analytics uses cookies to analyze your use of the website. The information generated by the cookies is typically transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, we have activated the IP anonymization feature, so your IP address will be truncated within the European Union or other member states of the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transferred to a Google server in the USA and truncated there.
More information about IP anonymization can be found here: IP Anonymization.
You can prevent the collection and processing of data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: Google Analytics Opt-Out.
b) Website Setting Cookies
These cookies store information regarding website settings, such as your preferred language or region. They also allow you to personalize fonts, sizes, and other display preferences. If these setting cookies are lost, the website usage might become less convenient but will not result in complete failure.
c) Advertising Cookies
We use advertising cookies to make ads more relevant to users and more valuable to publishers and advertisers. These cookies help us select user-relevant ads and prevent users from seeing the same ads repeatedly. We also use these cookies to determine how many people who click on ads eventually submit an inquiry. Advertisers may also set their own cookies to personalize ads. You can prevent the use of these cookies by adjusting your browser settings or clicking on the relevant opt-out links.
d) Session Status Cookies
These cookies capture information about how users interact with our website to optimize our services. Blocking or deleting these cookies does not affect your use of the website. These cookies are typically stored only for the duration of your session.
e) Technically Necessary Cookies
Some cookies are technically necessary for our website to function correctly. These functional cookies cannot be refused and store information, such as whether you have consented to the use of cookies.
f) Session and Preference Cookies
We may use session cookies to allow our websites to function, such as enabling navigation between pages. These cookies expire at the end of your session (e.g., when you close your browser window). We may also use cookies that remain for a longer period to store your preferences and selections on our websites. These cookies generally have a lifespan of up to two years.
Right to Withdraw Consent
You can withdraw your consent for the use of cookies at any time without affecting your use of our website. To change your preferences or disable cookies, you can adjust your browser settings.
Updated on 26.12.2024
