1. What are cookies?

Cookies are the smallest text files that are stored on your end device via the browser when you use our website. These text files contain information on the provision of user-friendly services and are read out by web browsers. Cookies enable our website to recognize it so that our web server can present you more individual, better, faster and more tailored website.

Therefore, please keep in mind that you may not get any access to some web content if you block cookies.

Basically, a distinction is made between cookies in the following species:

• Session -related cookies: These are saved on our website, on your computer or device while surfing and then deleted.
• Permanent cookies: These cookies remain on your computer for a long time.
• Third-party cookies: These cookies are created by partner websites and embedded in our site. For example, they serve to deliver personalized advertising.

2. So we use cookies

In general, we only use Internet technologies (e.g. cookies, Java script) to make it easier for you to operate our website and to optimize our offer and your communication with our content:

• We use so -called session -related cookies to keep the current session actively.
• We use cookies for data analysis. This allows us to recognize how our forms are accepted, for example, how many visitors use our pages or which the most frequently visited websites are.
• We use third -party cookies that serve to improve their experiences with our content and advertisements.

This website also uses Google web analysis services. 
Further information on this and generally on the subject of data protection can be found under “Data protection note“.

3. Cookies from third -party providers

Some third -party providers set cookies on their computer in order to register visitor behavior in particular and personalize offers (including advertising). Depending on the platform, several cookies are set by third -party providers. You can read how the third -party provider deals with cookies on the corresponding pages of the network. You can find the information about the networks below in the table. We have no control over the cookies of third -party providers. We therefore recommend that you check the respective third -party websites to see which cookies are used and how they can be managed. For common third -party providers such as Facebook, Google and much more. offers "Digital Advertising Alliance "a possibility, a collected opt-out of all DAA companies. You can find further information on this in point 4 and 5.

4. Management of cookies / contradiction

In your browser menu you will find settings options for using cookies. Usually a browser has the following setting options:

• View cookies,
• Allow cookies,
• Deactivate all or certain cookies,
• Deactivate all cookies when closing the browser,
• Cookies block,
• Notify if a cookie is to be set and
• Contradiction to the tracking web analysis

For the following browsers you will find the instructions for deactivating cookies on the manufacturer's pages. If you block our cookies in your browser, you cannot use some areas of our website.

• Firefox
• Internet Explorer
• Chrome (Windows) / Chrome (Mac) / Chrome for iOS / Chrome for Android
• safari
• Safari (iOS)