Cookie policy

What is a cookie?

This website makes use of cookies. A cookie is a simple, small file sent along with the pages of this website [and/or Flash applications] and is stored on your computer’s hard drive by your browser. The information stored in this file can be sent back to our servers during a subsequent visit to our website.

Use of permanent cookies

Permanent cookies enable our website to recognize you when you revisit our website. This makes it possible for us to specifically adjust the website in accordance with your preferences. When you give permission to place cookies, we can also use a cookie to remember this. This way, you do not need to repeat your preferences each time, which saves you time and which makes the use of our website more pleasant for you. You can delete permanent cookies using your browser’s settings.

Use of session cookies

A session cookie enables us to see which parts of the website you viewed during your visit. We use this information as much as possible to adjust our services in line with the surfing behavior of our visitors. These cookies are automatically deleted as soon as you close your web browser.

Our tracking cookies

With your permission, we will place a cookie on your device, which we can retrieve as soon as you visit a website in our network. This enables us to determine whether, aside from our website, you have also accessed one or more websites in our network. The profile developed this way is not linked to your name, address, email address and the like, and only serves to align advertisements with your profile to maximize their relevance to you.

Google Analytics

A cookie from the American company Google is placed on your computer via our website as part of the Google Analytics service. We use this service to keep track of and obtain reports about how visitors use our website. Google may provide this information to third parties when Google is legally obliged to do so, or insofar as third parties process the information on behalf of Google. We do not have any influence over this. We have not permitted Google to use the acquired Analytics information for any other Google services.

The information collected by Google is as much as possible anonymized. Your IP address expressly is not passed on. The information is transferred to Google, which stores it on servers in the United States. Google abides by the Privacy Shield principles and is affiliated with the Privacy Shield program of the American Department of Commerce. This means that a suitable level of protection is in place for processing any personal information.

Social media

Our website incorporates buttons designed to promote (‘like’) or share (‘tweet’) web pages on social networks, such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter. These buttons activate pieces of code that originate from Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter itself. This code places cookies. We do not have any influence over this. Please read the privacy statement of Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter (which may change regularly) to find out what they do with your personal and other information that they process based on these cookies.

The information they collect is as much as possible anonymized. The information is transferred to Twitter, Facebook, Google+ or LinkedIn, respectively, which stores it on servers in the United States. Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and LinkedIn abide by the Privacy Shield principles and are affiliated with the Privacy Shield program of the American Department of Commerce. This means that a suitable level of protection is in place for processing any personal information.

The right to access and correct or delete your information

You have the right to view and correct or delete your information. See our contact page for this purpose. To prevent misuse, we may ask you to properly identify yourself. For any requests involving access to personal information linked to a cookie, you must submit a copy of the cookie in question. This cookie may be found in your browser’s settings.

Activating and deactivating, and deleting cookies

More information about activating and deactivating, and deleting cookies may be found in your browser’s instructions and/or with the help of its Help function.

Deleting tracking cookies placed by third parties

Tracking cookies may be placed by third parties that display advertisements and/or other information to you via our website. You can delete these cookies or permanently block them through means of your browser settings.