Cookies
What is a cookie?
We use cookies on our website. A cookie is a simple small file that is sent along with pages from this website [and/or Flash applications] and is stored by your browser on your computer’s hard drive. The information stored therein can be sent back to our servers on a subsequent visit.
Different types of cookies
We make a distinction between functional and non-functional cookies. We always place functional cookies. These are necessary for the website to work properly. For example, they ensure that you can remain logged in to the website whenever you wish. In addition to functional cookies, we also place standard analytical cookies. This is an example of a non-functional cookie. It is not necessary for the proper functioning of the website. This way we know which website parts are popular and in which places we can improve our website. Only when you agree to the placing of cookies, we also place a number of other non-functional cookies. These all have different purposes, but allow us to improve our services.
Use of permanent cookies
With the help of a permanent cookie we can recognize you when you visit our website again. The website can therefore be specially set to your preferences. Even if you have given permission for the placement of cookies, we can remember this by means of a cookie. As a result, you do not have to repeat your preferences every time, which saves you time and allows you to use our website more pleasantly. You can delete permanent cookies via the settings of your browser.
Use of session cookies
With the help of a session cookie we can see which parts of the website you have viewed during this visit. This allows us to adapt our service as much as possible to the surfing behavior of our visitors. These cookies are automatically deleted as soon as you close your web browser.
Tracking cookies from ourselves
With your permission, we place a cookie on your equipment, which can be requested as soon as you visit a website from our network. This allows us to find out that you have also visited the relevant other website(s) from our network in addition to our website. The profile built up as a result is not linked to your name, address, e-mail address and the like, but only serves to match advertisements to your profile, so that they are as relevant to you as possible.
Tracking cookies from our advertisers
With your permission, our advertisers place “tracking cookies” on your equipment. They use these cookies to keep track of which pages you visit from their network, in order to build a profile of your online surfing behaviour. This profile is partly built on the basis of comparable information that they receive from your visit to other websites in their network. This profile is not linked to your name, address, e-mail address and the like as known to us, but only serves to tailor advertisements to your profile so that they are as relevant to you as possible.
Google Analytics
A cookie is placed via our website from the American company Google, as part of the “Analytics” service. We use this service to keep track of and to get reports on how visitors use the website. Google may provide this information to third parties if Google is legally obliged to do so, or insofar as third parties process the information on behalf of Google. We have no influence on this. We have not allowed Google to use the obtained analytics information for other Google services.
The information that Google collects is anonymized as much as possible. Your IP address is emphatically not given. The information is transferred to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google claims to adhere to the Privacy Shield principles and is affiliated with the Privacy Shield program of the US Department of Commerce. This means that there is an appropriate level of protection for the processing of any personal data.”
Social media
Buttons are included on our website to promote (“like”) or share (“tweet”) web pages on social networks such as Facebook and Twitter. These buttons work by means of pieces of code that come from Facebook or Twitter itself. Cookies are placed through this code. We have no influence on that. Read the privacy statement of Facebook or Twitter (which can change regularly) to read what they do with your (personal) data that they process via these cookies.
The information they collect is anonymized as much as possible. The information is transferred to and stored by Twitter, Facebook, Google + and LinkedIn on servers in the United States. LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and Google + adhere to the Privacy Shield principles and are affiliated with the Privacy Shield program of the US Department of Commerce. This means that there is an appropriate level of protection for the processing of any personal data.
Right to inspect and correct or delete your data
You have the right to request access to and correction or deletion of your data. See our privacy policy that can be found on the website. To prevent misuse, we may ask you to identify yourself adequately. When it comes to accessing personal data linked to a cookie, you must send a copy of the cookie in question. You can find this in the settings of your browser.
Deletion of cookies
If you do not want to have cookies placed on our website, you can choose to do so in the cookie notification that you will see when you first visit our website. If you have previously accepted our cookies, you will no longer see this message and you must first delete our cookies. More information about enabling, disabling and deleting cookies can be found in the instructions below and/or using the Help function of your browser.
Deleting tracking cookies placed by third parties
Some tracking cookies are placed by third parties who, among other things, show you advertisements via our website. You can delete these cookies centrally via Your Online Choices, so that they are not placed back on a third party website. See below.
More information about cookies?
You can find more information about cookies on the following websites:
