Cookies

Our website uses cookies. These are small text files that are stored on the end device by your browser. They do no harm. We use cookies to make our offer user-friendly. Some cookies remain stored on your end device until you delete them. They enable us to recognize your browser on your next visit. Three types of cookies are used on this website, which differ in their function and lifespan:

  • “Session” Cookies: these have a limited lifetime and are deleted when the browser is closed.
  • “Persistent” Cookies: these remain in place until they expire after a certain period of time or are manually deleted.
  • “Web Beacons”: These are graphics, bitmaps that enable recording or analysis.


If you do not want this, you can deactivate the cookies listed below. Or alternatively set up your browser so that it informs you about the setting of cookies and you only allow this in individual cases. To find out how this works for your browser, go to your browser’s help function. Alternatively, you can find instructions on how to do this at https://www.aboutcookies.org/how-to-control-cookies.

We would like to point out that deactivating cookies may limit the functionality of our website.

In the following section you will find information about the cookies we use, classified according to their purpose.

COOKIES INFORMATION MESSAGE

A cookie information message is displayed when you first visit our website.

This informs you about the use of cookies and web beacons.

By accepting the cookie information message, you consent to the use of the cookies and web beacons described above.

OPT-OUT

In the following you can prevent the use of cookies for individual areas of application by setting an opt-out cookie and thus revoke the consent you have given at any time. To do this, click on the “Off” button next to the respective area of use. Please note that you must set these opt-out cookies again if you have deleted your browser cookies yourself.

COOKIES FOR THE FUNCTIONALITY OF THE WEBSITE

This website uses cookies for basic website functions, such as saving search preferences or for saving your login status and login details when necessary.

The following cookies are used:

accc
Purpose: saves which cookies a visitor has accepted or rejected.
Type: Session
Lifespan: 1 month

WEB ANALYSIS COOKIES

Google Analytics is Google’s analysis tool that makes the interaction of your users with the offered resources transparent for website and app owners. Google Analytics may use certain cookies to collect data and report website usage statistics, but without collecting information that makes individual users personally identifiable to Google. more information on data protection (link to data protection page)

The following cookies are used:

__ga
Purpose: Google Analytics records the anonymized IP address per domain visit here,
and in this way recognizes repeat visitors to the website.
Type: Web Beacon
Lifespan: 24 months

__gid
Purpose: Used to distinguish users.
Type: Persistent
Liefespan: 24 hours

_gat
Purpose: Used to throttle the request rate.
Type: Session
Lifespan: session