Our Website uses cookies. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer by your browser. They do not cause any sort of damage. We use cookies to make our offers more user friendly. Some cookies remain stored on your computer until you delete them. They allow us to recognize your browser at the next visit. On this website, three types of cookies are used. They differ in function and durability:

• "Session” cookies have a limited lifespan and get deleted by closing your browser
• “Persistant” cookies stay until they are either deleted or after a certain amount of time
• “Web beacons” are graphics, pixel images, etc. which make recording or analysis possible

If you wish, you can deactivate the cookies listed below. Or you can alternatively set up your browser to inform you about the placement of cookies and only allow them case by case. For information on how to set this up, go to the “help” function of your browser. Alternatively you can find detailed instructions on https://www.aboutcookies.org/how-to-control-cookies.

We inform you that by deactivating some of these cookies, the functionality of our website may suffer.

In the following section you will find information on the used cookies, sorted after their function.

Cookie notice

At your first visit on our website an information about cookies is shown. This information describes the use of cookies and web beacons. By accepting it, you agree to the use of the listed cookies and web-beacons.

Opt-Out

In the following section, you can disable the use of cookies of a certain area of use by setting up opt-out cookies and by that, removing the approvement of data collection at any time. For this, simply click on the “off” button next the respective area of use. Please note you will have to set these opt-out cookies again, if you delete the cookies in your browser.

Cookies for the functionality of of the website
 

This website also uses cookies for fundamental functions of the website, like saving search settings or saving your log-in data if necessary.

The following cookies are used:

• PHPSESSID
  Purpose: Stores the user's current session, usually deleted after the browser is closed.
  Type: Session
  Lifetime: Session
   
• acccc
  Purpose: Stores which cookies the visitor has accepted or rejected.
  Type: Session
  Lifetime: 1 month

Analytical web cookies

Analytical web  cookies

We use the Piwik PRO Analytics Suite as our website / app-analytics software and also manage approvals with it. We collect data about website visitors with cookies (https://help.piwik.pro/support/privacy/cookies-created-by-piwik-pro/). The collected information include the visitor's IP-address, the operating system, the browser-ID, the browsing activity and other information. View the full extent of the data collected by Piwik PRO here.

We calculate metrics like the bounce rate, page views, sessions and similar to understand how our website / app is used. We can also create user profiles based on the browser history and analyse the the behaviour of the user, show personalised contains and execute online-campaigns.

Piwik PRO data is stored on Microsoft Azure servers in the European Union and kept there between 14 and 25 months.

Purpose of the data processing: Analytics and conversion based on your agreement. Legal base: Art. 6 (1)(a) GDPR

Piwik PRO doesnt share data about you to any other sub processors or third parties and doesn't use them for  use. More information is on the privacy policy of Piwik PRO

Used Cookies:

• Used _pk_ses.<appID>.<domainHash>
  Purpose: Indicates an active session of the visitor. If the cookie is not present, the session ended over 30 minutes ago and it was counted in a pk_id cookie.
  Type: First-party cookie
  Lifetime: 30 minutes
  Extension: Automatic
   
• _pk_id.<appID>.<domainHash
  Purpose: Used to recognize visitors and store their various properties.
  Type: First-party cookie
  Lifetime: 13 months
  Renewal: No
   
• app_i
  Purpose: Used to pass a site or app ID between Piwik PRO modules: Analytics, Tag Manager, Audience Manager, Consent Manager, Administration.
  Type: First-party cookie
  Lifetime: 365 days
  Renewal: Automatic
   
• ppms_privacy_<appID>
  Purpose: Stores visitor's consent to data collection and use.
  Type: First-party cookie
  Lifetime: 365 days
  Renewal: Automatic
   
• stg_traffic_source_priority
  Purpose: Stores the type of traffic source that explains how the visitor reached our website.
  Type: First-party cookie
  Lifetime: 30 minutes
  Extension: Automatic
   
• csrftoken
  Purpose: This cookie is set only for users of Piwik PRO. It stores a CSRF token for securing Piwik PRO forms.
  Type: First-party cookie
  Lifetime: 8 hours
  Renewal: Automatic
   
• sessionid
  Purpose: This cookie is set only for users of Piwik PRO. It stores the session ID of the currently logged in user.
  Type: First-party cookie
  Lifetime: 8 hours
  Extension: Automatic
   
• stg_last_interaction
  Purpose: Determines whether the last visitor's session is still running or a new session has started
  Type: First-party cookie
  Lifetime: 365 days
  Extension: Automatic
   
• stg_externalReferrer
  Purpose: Stores the URL of a website that referred a visitor to your website.
  Type: First-party cookie
  Lifetime: Session
  Renewal: No
   
• stg_returning_visitor
  Purpose: Determines whether the visitor has visited your site before - these are returning visitors.
  Type: First-party cookie
  Lifetime: 365 days
  Renewal: Automatic