What is a cookie?
We use cookies on our website. A cookie is a simple, small file that is sent along with pages of this website and stored by your browser on your computer’s hard drive. The information stored in it can be sent back to our servers on a subsequent visit.
Functional cookies
With the help of a functional cookie, we can recognize you during a return visit to our website. This allows the website to be tailored specifically to your preferences. We can also remember your consent to the placement of cookies using a cookie. In this way, you do not have to repeatedly state your preferences, saving you time and making your use of our website more pleasant. Functional cookies can be removed via your browser settings.
Google Analytics
We use the “Analytics” service of the American company Google. A Google cookie is placed via our website. In this way, we can track and receive reports on how visitors use the website. Google may provide this information to third parties if Google is legally required to do so, or insofar as third parties process the information on behalf of Google. We have no influence on this. We have not allowed Google to use the obtained analytics information for other Google services.
Google Maps
We (may) use the Google Maps service. This allows a geographical map to be displayed on websites. It can also be used to generate directions. When using Google Maps, various cookies are set, for example to remember the zoom level. We have no control over these cookies.
Google anonymizes the collected information as much as possible. Your IP address is explicitly not included. The information is transferred to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google states that it adheres to the Privacy Shield principles and is a member of the Privacy Shield program of the U.S. Department of Commerce. In this way, an appropriate level of protection is ensured for the processing of any personal data.
YouTube and other video services
We may also use the YouTube service. This allows you to watch videos that we place (embed) on the website. YouTube and the other video services may place one or more cookies on your computer to record your browsing behavior and to show you relevant videos after watching the video, based on your past browsing behavior. We have no control over these cookies.
Promotional buttons
Our website may include buttons to promote (“like”) or share (“tweet”) web pages on social networks such as Facebook and Twitter. These buttons work using snippets of code originating from Facebook and Twitter themselves. Cookies are placed by means of this code. We have no control over this.
Right to access, correction, or deletion of your data
You have the right to request access to, correction of, or deletion of your data. You can find our contact details on our contact page. We may ask you to identify yourself. We do this to prevent misuse. If you wish to access personal data linked to a cookie, we ask you to send a copy of the cookie in question. You can find this in your browser settings.
Enabling and disabling cookies and deleting them
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