Privacy policy
I. General information regarding cookies
Cookies are small text files with information that can be placed on a user’s end device through its browser when a website is visited. When the website is visited again with the same end device, the cookie and the information it contains can be retrieved.
I. General information regarding cookies
First-party and third-party-cookies
Depending on where a cookie comes from, a distinction is made between first-party cookies and third-party cookies:
First-party cookies
Cookies that are placed and accessed by the operator of a website as the controller or a processor engaged by it.
Third-party cookies
Cookies that are placed and accessed by a party other than the operator of the website on its part is not acting as a processor on behalf of the operator of the website.
Transient and persistent cookies
A distinction is made between transient and persistent cookies depending on how long they remain active:
Transient cookies
(session cookies)
Cookies that are automatically deleted when you close your browser.
Persistent cookies
Cookies that remain stored on your end device for a certain period of time after the browser is closed.
Consent-free cookies and cookies requiring consent
Your consent may be required for some cookies depending on their function and purpose of use:
Consent-free cookies
Cookies whose sole purpose is to transmit a message using an electronic communication network.
Cookies that are necessary so that the party offering a service that has been expressly requested by you can provide this service (“strictly necessary cookies”).
Cookies requiring consent
Cookies for all purposes of use other than the abovementioned.