WHAT IS A COOKIE?
Cookies are small data or text files that are placed by websites on your local computer. Such cookies can have different purposes: for example, there are technical cookies (for example with language settings), session cookies (temporary cookies) and tracking cookies (cookies that monitor and track your behaviour on the website, in order to provide you with an optimized user experience).
A cookie contains a unique code that allows you to recognize your browser during a visit to the website or to improve your user experience on repeated visits.
Cookies can be placed by the server of the website you are visiting or by a partner with whom this website cooperates. The server of the website can only read the cookies that it has placed itself. It has no access to other information that is on your computer or mobile device.
The content of a cookie usually consists of the name of the server that placed the cookie, an expiry date and a unique numeric code.
Cookies generally make the interaction between visitors and the website easier and faster and help visitors navigate between different sections of the website. Cookies can also be used to personalize the content of the website as a function of the user.
More information about the types of cookies can be found at www.allaboutcookies.org.
We use different types of cookies on this website.
1. Necessary cookies
These cookies are indispensable to visit our website and to use some of its sections. For instance, these cookies allow you navigate between the various parts of the website or, for example, to fill out forms. If you refuse these cookies, certain sections of the website may not work or will not work optimally. These cookies are deleted shortly after your visit to the website has ended.
2. Functional cookies
The functional cookies are the cookies that facilitate the functioning of our website, make it more pleasant for visitors and ensure that you get a more personalized browsing experience. They are part of the security of the website. Functional cookies are used as part of the security of the website. These cookies will be deleted shortly after your visit to our website has ended.
3. Third party cookies
In certain cases, we use cookies from reliable third parties. This website uses Google Analytics, which is one of the most widely-used and reliable analytics software on the internet and helps us to analyse the preferences of the users, so that we can optimize the user experience on our website. These analytical cookies are kept for an indefinite period so that we can separate new users from returning users and display user statistics over longer periods. In addition, we use marketing cookies from Google Adwords that monitor the surfing behaviour of website visitors and, on that basis, create a user profile that is then used to make marketing more personal. These are kept for 90 days. For more information, see privacy.google.com
COOKIE MANAGEMENT
On your first visit to our website, you will be asked to accept our different types of cookies via a pop-up screen.
You can refuse the installation of cookies via your browser settings. By disabling cookies you may not be able to use certain features on the website. On the following website you will find the method for refusing cookies for the most frequently-used browsers: http://www.aboutcookies.org/.
You can also delete the cookies already installed from your computer or mobile device at any time.
If you want to fully experience the website without restrictions, make sure cookies are enabled in your browser.