Cookie Policy

We use so-called cookies on our website. These are text files of small memory size which are stored by your browser on the device used (computer, smartphone, tablet). The files contain information (usually identifiers, identification numbers) that our website can retrieve from your device and assign to a database stored by us or our partners. This enables us and our partners to recognise that our website has already been accessed from your device.

In addition, we partly use the so-called fingerprinting method. Fingerprinting is the process of recognising your device based on your computer hardware, software, add-ons and browser settings. For simplicity, we always refer to “cookies” in this policy.

What are the different types of cookies? On what legal basis are cookies used?

Essential cookies

Without essential cookies, our website will not function properly. They are required to save your privacy settings, log in or use a shopping cart. We do not require consent for strictly necessary cookies. You can set your browser to block cookies that are absolutely necessary. However, this will affect the functions of this website. The legal basis for the use of strictly necessary cookies is usually our legitimate interest. These cookies cannot be deactivated via the privacy settings. However, you can delete these cookies via your browser settings, see below.

Performance cookies (statistics, analysis)

Performance cookies are used to collect information about the use of the website. Visitors, access sources and visit durations can be counted and analysed. The purpose of this is to detect errors, identify popular or undiscovered offers and improve the user-friendliness of the website based on these findings. In addition to the pages visited, information may be collected about the type of browser you use, your operating system, times, domain names of the previously visited website and the time of visit.

Data collected via performance cookies is anonymised immediately. An evaluation is only carried out on the basis of aggregated data. The legal basis is your consent given via the privacy settings, which you can revoke at any time with effect for the future. The revocation of consent shall not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until revocation.

Functional cookies

With the help of functional cookies, it is possible, for example, to enable social media content or embedded videos.

The legal basis is your consent given via the privacy settings, which you can revoke at any time with effect for the future. The revocation of consent shall not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until revocation.

Marketing cookies (targeting, advertising)

Marketing cookies are used to display relevant and interesting online advertisements for you on our website and on third-party websites. They are also used to regulate the frequency with which an advertisement appears and to measure the effectiveness of advertising measures.

Marketing cookies may also come from our advertising partners and be stored on your device through our website. Our advertising partners may use the data to create profiles about your interests in order to display relevant advertising on other partner sites of our advertising partner.

If you do not consent to the use of marketing cookies, you will not be presented with interest-based advertisements.

How long do cookies last?

A difference must be made between session cookies and persistent cookies.

Session cookies are deleted when you close your browser.

Persistent cookies remain on your computer until you delete them or the time limit set by the publisher has expired. The function durations of the individual cookies can be found in the table in the privacy settings. You can find out how to delete cookies via your browser settings below.

From whom do the cookies used originate? Who receives the data? Is data transferred to third countries?

We use our own cookies as well as cookies from partners.

If the cookies come from us, they are so-called “first party cookies”.

If cookies originate from third parties whose services we use, these are referred to as “third party cookies”. Third party cookies are cookies placed on your device by third parties through our website. The third party cookie issuer may be able to track your user behaviour online across multiple websites.

Some of the publishers of the third-party cookies come from so-called third countries (countries outside the EU/EEA), in which an appropriate level of data protection is not guaranteed. In third countries, especially the USA, there is a risk that your data will not be processed according to EU standards. In particular, effective legal protection against state access to your personal data is not guaranteed. If the cookies originate from publishers in third countries, the legal basis is your consent pursuant to Art. 49 lit. a DS-GVO.

For more information on this and whether the publisher processes personal data exclusively on our instructions or also processes your data for its own purposes, please refer to the privacy policy. You can also find further information in the publishers’ data protection notices.

For what purposes are cookies used?

We use cookies to provide you with a variety of services and features to improve our web experience and give you the best possible experience when visiting our website. The specific purposes can be found in the table below or in the information from the privacy settings. Supplementary information can be found in the privacy policy.

With the help of cookies, the website can, for example, be personalised according to the settings you have made (e.g. language setting, font size, etc.). With the help of this technology, it is also possible to offer a shopping cart or a login area and to obtain information about user behaviour and presumed interests. This way we can present you with content that is relevant to you.

How to avoid and delete cookies

You can use the privacy settings to revoke consent with effect for the future. The revocation of consent shall not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until revocation.

In addition, you can select in your browser settings whether cookies may be stored. It is possible to also block “absolutely necessary cookies” around the settings. Please note that the website may then no longer function properly.

You can delete cookies already stored on your device in the browser settings. If all cookies are deleted, this website may no longer function as usual. It may be necessary for you to log in again, for example.

You can find more information on how to delete cookies in the browser here:

Cookie Policy (EU)