Privacy policy

What are cookies and how do they work?

When you visit a website, the website can place a cookie on the computer of the website visitor via the web browser. A cookie is a small text file that is used for storing information.
When the user visits the website again later, the website can read the data of the cookie stored earlier and therefore determine, for example, whether the user has visited the website before, and the areas of the website in which the user is particularly interested.

The legal bases for the use of cookies are the 1994 German Trade, Commerce and Industry Regulation Act [Gewerbeordnung/GewO], the 2003 German Telecommunications Act [Telekommunikationsgesetz/TKG] and the 2000 German Data Protection Act [Datenschutzgesetz/DSG].

Further information about cookies can be found on Wikipedia:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP-Cookie

Changing cookie settings

It is possible to specify in the web browser settings how to handle cookies, and which cookies to allow or deny. Where exactly these settings are depends on the web browser. Details can be accessed via the Help function of the web browser.
If the use of cookies is restricted, under certain circumstances not all functions of this website will remain fully available.

What kinds of cookies are used on this website?
Our website primarily uses the following types of cookies:
1. Strictly necessary cookies
These cookies are absolutely essential for the operation of our website. They are necessary in order to allow you to surf around the website and use its features. If you deactivate these cookies, the functionality of the website is limited.
2. Performance cookies
These cookies gather data on how visitors use the website and monitor the general performance of the website. Performance cookies, for instance, reveal to us which pages are most popular, they monitor the data traffic on our website and compile anonymous analytical information. Performance cookies can also be used to detect and remediate operating problems in order to improve the performance.
3. Functional cookies
These cookies enable the website to save information in order to support the automatic recognition of your preferences. Based on various data, such as your location, functional cookies can ensure that you are automatically connected with the version of our website that is especially intended for your town or region.

You will find further information in our data privacy statement.