Cookie Policy

1. What is a cookie and what cookies do we use?

Cookies are small files that enable this website to save specific, user-related information on the visitor's computer. Cookies help us to establish the frequency of use and the number of visitors on our website, as well as to make our offers convenient and efficient for you. Cookies are basically categorized as follows:

Session cookies: These are cookies that are only stored temporarily for the duration of your use of our website. Most of the cookies on this website are session cookies.

Permanent cookies: These are cookies that record information about visitors who repeatedly access our website. The purpose of using these cookies is to be able to offer optimal user guidance as well as to recognize visitors and to be able to present an attractive website with interesting content to them.

First-party and third-party cookies: When you next visit this website using the same terminal device, the cookie with the information stored in it is either sent back to the website that generated it (first-party cookie) or to another website to which it belongs (third-party cookie).

2. About the cookies used on this website

Google Analytics: This website uses Google Analytics, a service of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA and Google Ireland Ltd, Gordon House, Barrow Street, D04 E5W5, Dublin, Ireland (“Google”). Google uses cookies, text files that are stored on your computer for the purpose of analysing your use of the website.

The information about your use of this website generated by the cookie is transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. We do not store any of your data that is collected in connection with Google Analytics.

This website uses the IP anonymisation option offered by Google Analytics. This means that the IP address of the user is shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be sent to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. On our behalf, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide us with other services related to website activity and internet usage. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other data by Google.

You can prevent the storage of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly. However, we would like to point out that in this case you might not be able to use all functions of this website to their full extent. You can also prevent Google Analytics from collecting your data on this website by clicking the link below. An opt-out cookie will be set, preventing the future collection of data when you visit this website:

Deactivate Google Analytics

You can find more information regarding Google's terms of use and Google's privacy policy at http://www.google.com/

3. Managing and deleting cookies

If you want to control cookies on your computer, you can adjust your browser settings so that you receive a notification whenever a website tries to store cookies. You can also block and delete cookies if they have already been stored on your computer. Even though every browser has different parameters, cookies are usually configured in the “Settings” or “Tools” menu. Further details regarding the configuration of cookies in your browser can be found in the “Help”.

However, please note that in this case you will have to expect a limited display of the page and limited user guidance.

4. Your data collected by us

When you visit our website, the following data may be collected:

• the date and time of access to a page on our website,
• the IP address (of the computer and/or the mobile device),
• a unique identifier of the mobile device,
• the name and version of your web browser,
• the browser type and setting data (screen resolution, colour depth, time zone settings, browser extensions, fonts) and
• the operating system.

5. Purpose of data processing

We will process your personal data for the following purposes:

• to make this website available to you and to further improve and develop this website,
• to be able to create usage statistics and
• to detect, prevent and investigate attacks on our website.

6. Legal basis for setting cookies and for data processing

The legal basis for storing cookies that are not strictly necessary and for accessing information stored on your device is your consent in accordance with Section 25 (1) TDDDG in conjunction with Article 6 (1) (a) of the EU General Data Protection Regulation. The legal basis for the subsequent processing of the personal data collected in this way is Article 6 (1) (a) of the EU General Data Protection Regulation. Insofar as only strictly necessary data is processed, we base this on our legitimate interest in accordance with Article 6 (1) (f) of the EU General Data Protection Regulation, which consists in achieving the purposes set out in point 5.

7. Data transfer to third countries

We only allow your data to be processed in a third country if the special requirements of Art. 44 et seq. GDPR are met. The legal basis is your consent in accordance with Art. 49 EU General Data Protection Regulation.

8. Your Rights

In accordance with applicable law you are entitled, among other things, to

• check which of your personal data we have stored and to receive copies of such data,
• request the correction, integration or deletion of your personal data that is incorrect or not in accordance with the law,
• ask us to restrict the processing of your personal data,
• object to the processing of your personal data under certain circumstances or to revoke the consent previously given to data processing,
• request data portability,
• know the identity of third parties to whom your personal data is to be transmitted and
• lodge a complaint with the competent authority.