1. What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device via your browser. They serve to make websites more user-friendly, effective, and secure, as well as to provide certain functions or analyze user behavior.
2. What types of cookies do we use?
a) Necessary (essential) cookies
These cookies are required for the website to function properly. Without them, certain features cannot be provided.
Examples:
• Session cookies
• Security cookies
• Cookies for storing your cookie settings
b) Functional cookies
These cookies enable advanced features and personalized settings, such as:
• Storing user settings
• Personalized content
c) Analysis and statistics cookies
These cookies help us understand how visitors use our website. For example, we analyze:
• Which pages are frequently visited
• How users navigate the site
The collected data is evaluated anonymously.
d) Marketing and tracking cookies
These cookies are used to display personalized advertising to users or to track user behavior across multiple websites.
If we use such services (e.g., Google Ads, Meta Pixel), we provide detailed information about this in our cookie banner and our privacy policy.
3. Legal basis for processing
• Necessary cookies: Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR (legitimate interest).
• All other cookies: are only set after you have given your consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR.
4. Consent and revocation
When you visit our website for the first time, a cookie banner will ask you which cookies may be set.
You can revoke or change your consent at any time.
To do so, you will find a link at the bottom of the website such as: “Change cookie settings.”
5. How can you disable cookies?
You can also manually prevent or delete cookies via your browser.
Here are the links to the instructions for common browsers:
• Chrome
• Firefox
• Safari
• Microsoft Edge
• Opera
6. Third-party cookies
When we use third-party services (e.g., Google Analytics, YouTube, Google Maps, social media plugins), these may set their own cookies.
For more information, please see our privacy policy.
7. Storage duration
The storage duration of cookies varies depending on their type and purpose:
• Session cookies are deleted when you close your browser.
• Persistent cookies remain on your device until they expire or you delete them manually.
8. Changes to this cookie policy
We reserve the right to amend this policy as necessary, for example if new technologies or legal requirements arise.
