Cookie policy

Information about our use of cookies

Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site. By continuing to browse the site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.

A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer's hard drive.

We use the following cookies:

  • Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website, use a shopping cart or make use of e-billing services.
  • Analytical/performance cookies. They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
  • Functionality cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).

Targeting cookies. These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.

Please note that third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies.

You block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our site.

Usercentrics

To obtain and manage consent on this website, we use the Consent Management Platform Usercentrics.

Data processing purposes

This list sets out the purposes of data collection and processing. Consent is only valid for the stated purposes. The data collected cannot be used or stored for purposes other than those listed below.

  • Compliance with legal obligations
  • Storage of consent

Technologies used

  • Local storage
  • Enable cookies

Data collected

This list contains all (personal) data collected during or through the use of the Service.

  • Browser Information
  • Opt-in and opt-out data
  • Request URLs of the website
  • Page path of the web page
  • Geographic location
  • Date and time of the visit
  • Device Information

Legal basis

The following is the necessary legal basis for the processing of data
Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit.c DSGVO (GDPR)

Place of processing

European Union (consent database located in Belgium)

Retention period

The retention period is the period of time in which the collected data is stored for processing. The data must be deleted as soon as they are no longer needed for the specified processing purposes.

The consent data (consent and withdrawal of consent) are stored for three years. The data will then be deleted immediately or passed on to the responsible person on request in the form of a data export.

Data recipients

  • Usercentrics GmbH

Data protection officer of the processing company

Below you will find the e-mail address of the data protection officer of the processing company: datenschutz@usercentrics.com

Click here to read the Data Processor's Privacy Policy: usercentrics.com/privacy-policy/

Here you can adjust your privacy settings:

Google Tag Manager

Google Tag Manager is a solution with which so-called website tags can be managed via an interface (and thus integrate e.g. Piwik Pro into our online offer). The Tag Manager itself (which implements the tags) does not process any personal data of the users.

Data processing purposes

This list sets out the purposes of data collection and processing. Consent is only valid for the stated purposes. The data collected cannot be used or stored for purposes other than those listed below.

  • Functionality

Technologies used

  • Java Script

Data collected

  • None

Legal basis

The following is the necessary legal basis for the processing of data
Art. 6 para. 1 s. 1 lit. f DSGVO (GDPR)

Place of processing

  • Browser calculator

Retention period

The retention period is the period of time in which the collected data is stored for processing. The data must be deleted as soon as they are no longer needed for the specified processing purposes.

The data will be deleted as soon as it is no longer needed for the processing purposes.

Data recipients

  • no data will be passed on to third parties

Google Analytics

This is a web analytics and advertising service.

Manufacturing company

Google Ireland Limited

Google Building Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland

Data processing purposes

This list sets out the purposes of data collection and processing.

  • Advertising
  • Analysis
  • Marketing
  • Remarketing
  • Reports

Technologies used

  • Cookies

Data collected

This list contains all (personal) data collected during or through the use of the Service.

  • Viewed ads
  • Browser Information
  • Click path
  • Cookie ID
  • Date and time of the visit
  • Equipment operating system
  • Geographic location
  • IP address
  • Screen resolution
  • Keywords
  • Usage
  • User interaction data
  • Websites visited
  • Pages viewed

Legal basis

The following is the necessary legal basis for the processing of data.
Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a DSGVO (GDPR)

Place of processing

European Union

This is the primary place where the collected data is processed. If the data is also processed in other countries, you will be informed separately.

Retention period

The retention period is the period of time in which the collected data is stored for processing. The data must be deleted as soon as they are no longer needed for the specified processing purposes.

The data will be deleted as soon as it is no longer needed for the processing purposes.

Data recipients

  • Google LLC
  • Google Ireland Limited
  • Alphabet Inc.

Data protection officer of the processing company

Below you will find the contact details of the data protection officer of the processing company: support.google.com/policies/troubleshooter/7575787?hl=en

Transfer to third countries

This service may forward the collected data to another country. Please note that this service may transfer data outside the European Union and the European Economic Area and to a country that does not offer an adequate level of data protection. If the data is transferred to the USA, there is a risk that your data may be processed by US authorities for control and monitoring purposes without you possibly being entitled to legal remedies. Below is a list of countries to which the data will be transferred. This can be the case for various purposes, e.g. for storage or processing.

United States of America, Singapore, Chile, Taiwan.

Click here to read the Data Processor's Privacy Policy: policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

Click here to revoke on all domains of the processing company: safety.google/privacy/privacy-controls/

Click here to read the Data Processor's Cookie Policy: policies.google.com/technologies/cookies?hl=en

Storage Information

Below is the longest potential storage period on a device set when using the cookie storage method and when using other methods.

  • Maximum limit for the storage of cookies: 26 months

Hotjar

We use Hotjar to better understand the needs of our users and to optimize the offer on this website. With the help of Hotjar's technology, we get a better understanding of the user experience (e.g how much time users spend on which pages, which links they click, what they like and what they don't like, etc.). This helps us to align our offer with the feedback of our users.

Data processing purposes

This list sets out the purposes of data collection and processing. Consent is only valid for the stated purposes. The data collected cannot be used or stored for purposes other than those listed below.

  • Analysis
  • User Journey Analysis

Technologies used

  • Cookies

Data collected

This list contains all (personal) data collected during or through the use of the Service.

  • Browser Information
  • Browser language
  • Click path
  • Date and time of the visit
  • Equipment operating system
  • Geographic location
  • IP address
  • Screen resolution
  • Usage

Legal basis

The following is the necessary legal basis for the processing of data
Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a DSGVO (GDPR)

Place of processing

European Union

Retention period

The retention period is the period of time in which the collected data is stored for processing. The data must be deleted as soon as they are no longer needed for the specified processing purposes.

Data will be deleted as soon as it is no longer needed for processing.

Data recipients

Hotjar Ltd.

Data protection officer of the processing company

Below you will find the e-mail address of the data protection officer of the processing company: dpo@hotjar.com

Click here to read the Data Processor's Privacy Policy: www.hotjar.com/legal/policies/privacy/

Click here to revoke on all domains of the processing company: www.hotjar.com/policies/do-not-track/

Click here to read the Data Processor's Cookie Policy: www.hotjar.com/legal/policies/cookie-information

You can object to the storage of a user profile and information about your visit to our website by Hotjar as well as the setting of Hotjar tracking cookies on other websites by clicking on the following button.