This notice incorporates all terms, conditions and disclosures detailed in our Privacy Policy.

To improve the experience for users visiting our Websites and to enable certain functions (including the display of suitable products and market research), we use cookies on various pages of our Websites. Cookies are small pieces of data (text files) that are automatically stored on your end device. Some of the cookies we use are deleted again after the end of the browser session (session cookies). Other cookies remain on your device and enable us to recognize your browser the next time you visit our Websites (persistent cookies). You can see the duration of storage in the cookie settings of your web browser. You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and decide individually whether to accept them or to exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general. Each browser differs in the way it manages the cookie settings. This is described in the help menu of each browser, which explains how you can change your cookie settings. If cookies are not accepted, the functionality of our website may be limited.

What Data is Processed?

The details of which data is processed and for what purposes depends on what cookie is being used. You can find detailed information about how the cookie functions and what data is processed in the privacy policies or cookie guidelines of the respective cookie providers. 

Generally, the following personal data may be affected by cookies:

• IP address (usually anonymous);
• the Websites accessed;
• the website from which the user navigated to our Websites; 
• the Websites subpages accessed by the user;
• time and duration of the visit to the Websites; and
• frequency of the Websites visits.

Legal Basis for Processing

The use of strictly necessary cookies (i.e. those without which our website would not function properly) serves to safeguard our legitimate interests, which predominate in the context of a balancing of interests, in a functional and optimized presentation of Websites, including its security and stability. 

Insofar as we wish to use cookies that are not strictly necessary for the operation of this website, we require your prior consent to use these cookies.

We obtain this consent via a cookie banner when you visit our site for the first time. Here you have the possibility to allow us to use the cookies listed below or to forbid them. You may not be able to use all the functions of our website if you do not give your cookie consent for all cookies that are not necessary. The presentation of the website may also suffer from this. 

You can opt-out of each cookie category (except strictly necessary cookies) by clicking on “cookie settings” in the banner pop-up.

Cookie List

We use cookies and other tracking technologies for the following purposes (details identified from https://www.CookiePro.com):

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not then work. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.

Performance Cookies

These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources, so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies, we will not know when you have visited our site.

Functionality Cookies

These cookies enable the Websites to provide enhanced functionality and personalization. They may be set by us or by third party providers whose services we have added to our pages. If you do not allow these cookies, then some or all these services may not function properly.

Targeting Cookies

These cookies may be set through the Websites by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant advertisements on other sites. They do not store directly personal information but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.