Information about cookies

Information about cookies

What is a cookie?
When you visit our website, we place cookies on your device for various reasons. A cookie is a small text-based file that is downloaded and stored on your computer, mobile, or similar device, and which contains information about your navigation on the website. Cookies can, for example, be used to keep track of which pages you visit on the website, save the information you have provided, or remember your settings, such as language settings.

Why do we use cookies?
We use cookies to give you access to all features on the website, customize your user experience, perform analyses, and improve our services. Cookies are also used to deliver personalized ads on our websites, in our apps, and in newsletters on the internet and via social media platforms, to gain insights into, for example, how many people click on our ads in social media to navigate to a page on our website. This information is used to measure and optimize our advertising on social media.

Who is responsible for placing cookies on our website?
Every cookie has a publisher, which shows who it belongs to. Some cookies are placed on the websites by us – these are called "first-party cookies". Other cookies are placed on the websites by another organization, with our permission. Such cookies are called "third-party cookies".

How long are cookies saved?
Cookies can be saved in your browser or on your device for different lengths of time. Temporary cookies, so-called session cookies, are saved on your device until you close the browser. Permanent cookies have an expiration date, and once this date has passed, the cookie is deleted when you return to the website that created it.

Which types of cookies do we use?
We use four categories of cookies: strictly necessary cookies, analysis and statistics cookies, functional cookies as well as marketing cookies. Only the latter three categories require the user's consent. For strictly necessary cookies the user's consent is not required because these cookies allow the content on the website to be displayed fully and continuously, so that you can access the website and have an appropriate digital experience while browsing online.

How can you accept or withdraw your consent to cookies in the cookie settings?
You can manage your consents for cookies under Cookie Settings You can accept all three categories of cookies, or only one of them if you wish. By accepting a specific category of cookies, you consent to all cookies in this category. You can change your settings and reject cookies at any time under Cookie Settings.

If you prefer not to use cookies on your device, you can manage your cookie settings by selecting different options in the list of cookie categories under Cookie Settings. Please note that your changes and choices may affect the website's functionality and that you may not receive access to personalized offers and ads.

In addition to withdrawing your consent, you can easily prevent your browser from receiving cookies by changing your browser's cookie settings. All commercial browsers have features for managing cookies. Check your browser to find out how to delete or turn off cookies, etc.

By selecting Allow all cookies, you accept all categories of cookies and consent to us sharing this information with third parties, such as our advertising partners. In some cases, this may mean that your data is processed outside the EU/EEA. If you select Only necessary cookies, no cookies other than those included in the "strictly necessary" category will be placed on your device. You can at any time disable cookies that are not categorized as strictly necessary for the website to function by withdrawing your consent.