Privacy Policy
If any personal data is being collected, this is done according to Art. 6 (1) lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in improving the functionality of our website.
Cookies
This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are and how we use them. You should read this policy to understand what cookies are, how we use them, the types of cookies we use i.e, the information we collect using cookies and how that information is used and how to control the cookie preferences.
You can at any time change or withdraw your consent here.
Cookies are small text files that are used to store small pieces of information. The cookies are stored on your device when the website is loaded on your browser. These cookies help us make the website function properly, make the website more secure, provide better user experience, and understand how the website performs and to analyse what works and where it needs improvement.
As most of the online services, our website uses cookies first-party and third-party cookies for a number of purposes. The first-party cookies are mostly necessary for the website to function the right way, and they do not collect any of your personally identifiable data. We use cookies to make our website more user-friendly, effective and secure. The legal basis for processing this information is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in improving the functionality of our website.
The third-party cookies used on our websites are used mainly for understanding how the website performs, how you interact with our website, keeping our services secure, providing advertisements that are relevant to you, and all in all providing you with a better and improved user experience and help speed up your future interactions with our website.
Essential: Some cookies are essential for you to be able to experience the full functionality of our site. They allow us to maintain user sessions and prevent any security threats. They do not collect or store any personal information.
Used to store your cookie consent:
- cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary: This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The purpose of this cookie is to check whether or not the user has given the consent to the usage of cookies under the category ‘Necessary’. Expires after 1 hour.
- viewed_cookie_policy: The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data. Expires after 1 year.
Statistics: These cookies store information like the number of visitors to the website, the number of unique visitors, which pages of the website have been visited, the source of the visit, etc. This data helps us understand and analyse how well the website performs and where it needs improvement.
Functional: These are the cookies that help certain non-essential functionalities on our website. These functionalities include embedding content like videos or sharing contents on the website on social media platforms.
YouTube video embedding:
- GPS: this YouTube cookie stores location data for Marketing/Tracking purposes. The cookie expires when you close your browser.
- VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE: a cookie that YouTube sets to measure your bandwidth and determine whether you get the new player interface or the old. This cookie expires after 8 months.
- YSC: This cookie is set by the YouTube video service on pages with embedded YouTube video. This cookie expires when you close your browser.
Preferences: These cookies help us store your settings and browsing preferences like language preferences so that you have a better and efficient experience on future visits to the website.
Used to store your cookie preferences:
- cookielawinfo-checkbox-non-necessary: This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The purpose of this cookie is to check whether or not the user has given the consent to the usage of cookies under the category ‘Non-Necessary’. Expires after 1 hour.
- CookieLawInfoConsent: The cookie is used to store the summary of the consent given for cookie usage. It does not store any personal data. Expires after 1 year.
General analysis with Google Analytics and supplementary services: To comprehensively optimise our website, we use the web analysis service Google Analytics, which uses cookies to scan usage both in real time and over the long term. You can reject the above-mentioned data capture and processing in web browsers here by installing a browser plug-in; in apps you can deactivate it in settings (for iOS in iOS Settings > App > Google Analytics, for Android directly in the app menu under Data protection > Google Analytics). Learn more about the use of Google Analytics, data collection and processing by clicking here.
- _ga: Used to distinguish users. Expires after 2 years.
- _gid: Used to distinguish users. Expires after 24 hours.
- _gat or dc_gtm: Used to throttle request rate. Expires after 1 minute.
Should you decide to change your preferences later through your browsing session, you can click on the “Privacy Policy” tab that is located in the footer of this website. This will display the consent notice again enabling you to change your preferences or withdraw your consent entirely.
In addition to this, different browsers provide different methods to block and delete cookies used by websites. You can change the settings of your browser to block/delete the cookies. To find out more out more on how to manage and delete cookies, visit wikipedia.org, www.allaboutcookies.org.
MailChimp (Mailing List)
We use MailChimp as our marketing automation platform. By joining our mailing list via this website, you acknowledge that the information you provide will be transferred to MailChimp for processing in accordance with their Privacy Policy and Standard Terms of Use.
Disclaimer
The content of this website has been compiled with utmost care and to the best of our knowledge. However, we cannot assume any liability for the up-to-dateness, completeness or accuracy of any of the pages and contents.
External Links
The website contains links to websites of third parties („external links“). As the content of these websites is not under our control, we cannot assume any liability for such external content. In all cases, the provider of information of the linked websites is liable for the content and accuracy of the information provided. At the point in time when the links were placed, no infringements of the law were recognisable to us. As soon as an infringement of the law becomes known to us, we will immediately remove the link in question.