Cookie Policy

With this Cookie Policy, the website operator informs the user of the website about the use of cookies or similar storage technologies (hereinafter “cookies”) on this website.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are stored by the web browser on the user’s terminal device to store certain information. The next time our website is called up with the same terminal device, the information stored in cookies is sent back to our website (“first party cookie”) or another website to which the cookie belongs (“third party cookie”).

Through the information stored and returned in the cookie, the respective website recognises that the user has already called up and visited this website with the web browser of his end device. We use this information to optimally display the website to the user according to his or her preferences.

However, only the cookie itself is identified on the end device. Any further storage of personal data only takes place if the user gives us his or her express consent or if this storage is absolutely necessary in order to be able to use the service offered and requested.

Consent to the use of cookies

Cookies that are not strictly necessary to provide the services on this website will only be used after consent has been given. By giving consent to the use of cookies on the basis of a notice given by us on the website (“cookie banner”), the user consents to the use of cookies.

How the user can generally deactivate or delete cookies (including the absolutely necessary cookies) in his browser is described under the item “Deactivation or deletion of all cookies”.

Legal basis

If the user has given consent to the use of cookies on the basis of a notice issued by us on the website (“cookie banner”), the lawfulness of the data processing is based on Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. a DSGVO. If no consent is requested, our legitimate interest (meaning interest in the analysis, optimisation and economic operation of this website and services) within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f DSGVO constitutes the legal basis for the use of the cookies.

Categories of the cookies used

Depending on the purpose and function, we divide the cookies used by the website into the following categories:

• Essential cookies;
• Functional cookies;
• Performance cookies;
• Marketing / Third Party / Consent-required cookies

Essential cookies

Essential cookies ensure that this website or service functions properly. This means that without these cookies, this website or service cannot be used as intended. This type of cookie is only used by the operator of the website (first party cookies) and all information stored in the cookies is only sent to this website.

The following essential cookies are used on our website:

Name	Purpose	Duration
lduser	This cookie is necessary to deliver the appropriate features.	30 days

Essential cookies cannot be deactivated or activated individually. The user has the option at any time to adjust his cookie settings or to generally deactivate cookies in his browser (see item “Deactivation or deletion of all cookies”).

Functional cookies

Functional cookies enable this website to store information provided, such as the user name or language selection, and to offer the user improved and personalised functions based on this information. These cookies only collect and store anonymised information.

No functional cookies are used on our website.

Performance cookies

Performance cookies collect information about how our websites are used in order to improve their attractiveness, content and functionality. These cookies help us to determine, for example, whether and which sub-pages of our website are visited and which content users are particularly interested in. We record the number of times a page is accessed, the number of sub-pages accessed, the time spent on our website, the order of the pages visited, which search terms led our users to us, the country, region and, if applicable, the city from which access is made, as well as the proportion of mobile devices accessing our websites. The IP address of a computer transmitted for technical reasons is automatically anonymised and does not allow us to draw any conclusions about the individual user.

The following performance cookies are used on our website:

Name	Purpose	Duration
_ga	This cookie collects anonymised information about how users use this website for analysis purposes.	2 years
_gat	This cookie restricts data collection when too many requests are received on a page. Some requests are blocked and the results are extrapolated.	10 minutes

Marketing- / Third Party-cookies

Marketing / third party / consent-required cookies originate, among others, from external advertising companies and are used to collect information about the websites visited by the user, e.g. to create targeted advertising for the user.

No marketing / third party / consent-required cookies are used on our website.

Deactivation or deletion of all cookies

The user can set his web browser in such a way that the storage of cookies on his end device is generally prevented or he is asked each time whether he agrees to the setting of cookies. Once cookies have been set, the user can delete them at any time. How this works is described in the help function of the respective web browser.

A general deactivation of cookies may lead to functional restrictions of this website.