We use so-called cookies on our website. Cookies are small text files that are stored by the web browser on your computer or mobile device. Cookies do not cause any damage to your computer, do not contain viruses, and are automatically deleted after they expire. Some cookies expire when you end your Internet session; others are stored for a maximum of 100 days.

Some of the cookies we use on our website come from third parties that help us analyse the impact of our website content and our visitors’ interests, measure the performance of our website or serve to place ads and other content on our website or other websites. Within the framework of our website, we use both first-party cookies (only visible in the domain you are visiting) and third-party cookies (visible across domains and regularly placed by third parties).

You can, of course, also view our website without cookies. You can use your browser settings to prevent cookies from being stored on your computer. Existing cookies can also be deleted via the browser settings. In this event, however, the functionality of our website may be limited.

The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR for third-party cookies, which we set mainly for marketing purposes and thereby process personal data that are not required for normal website operation. Another legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR for cookies that we place to protect our legitimate interests (technical provision, optimisation, user-friendliness, security).

This website uses Google Analytics and Google Remarketing based on your consent given to us. These are services provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer to help the website analyse how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google in the United States. In the event that IP anonymisation is activated, Google will truncate/anonymise the last octet of the IP address for Member States of the European Union as well as for other contracting parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transferred to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. On behalf of the website provider, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, compile reports on website activity for website operators and provide other services relating to website activity and Internet usage to the website provider. Google will never associate your IP address with other Google data. You can refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings in your browser. Please note, however, that if you do this, you may not be able to use all the features of this website. Furthermore, you can prevent the collection and use of data (cookies and IP address) by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.

For more information on the terms of use and data protection, please visit https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en or https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en or https://support.google.com/adwordspolicy/answer/143465?hl=en. Please note that on this website, the code of Google Analytics and Google Remarketing is supplemented by “gat._anonymizeIp ()” to ensure the anonymised collection of IP addresses (so-called IP masking).

The legal basis for data processing is Art. 49 para. (1) sentence 1 lit. a GDPR. Standard contractual clauses to ensure an adequate level of data protection have also been concluded.