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Cookie policy

In order to make our services as user-friendly as possible, we use cookies during our Internet Service. Cookies are small text files which are stored in the internet browser used by you after accessing our Website and may be allocated to your computer.

A Cookie contains a characteristic order of signs which allows for a clear identification of your browser during the repeated use of our Internet Service. Since cookies are stored on your computer or, as applicable, on your device, you are in control of their use. You may set your browser in a way that it informs you about the setting up of cookies. This way, the use of cookies is transparent to you. You may delete the stored cookies at any time (also in an automated manner). Further, you may deny the storage of cookies through your browser settings altogether.

Further information on the cookies used by us, their purpose, and legal basis have been compiled by us for you below.

Please also note that some cookies are necessary for the functioning of our website and therefore cannot be disabled (‘Essential Cookies’). Other cookies are used by us for analytics and marketing purposes and these may be disabled from our cookie banner when you first log into our website.

  1. Analytics and range measurement, (re-)marketing: If you visit our Internet Service or interact with it, we or our authorized service-providers may use cookies, pixel or other similar technologies to offer you a better, faster, and more secure user experience, or in order to show you advertising as explained below.
    1. Advertising Networks: We may in particular use third party providers such as advertising networks and advertising exchange programs which enable us to include advertising for you on the sites of third parties. The operators of these external advertising networks and advertising exchange programs may, in the case of you consenting, use third party cookies, pixel or similar technologies in order to collect data (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). In some cases, we will place cookies or a pixel on our own site in order to identify cases where a user gets to our Website through advertising placed on another website and completes certain activities (e.g. registration, or application for a quote or conclusion of a contract), for the purpose of remuneration of the advertising partner, in which we have a justified interest (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR).
    2. Google Analytics: We make use of the Google Analytics web analysis services from the company “Google Inc.”, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, 94043 CA, USA, (“Google”). Google Analytics stores information on your use of these Websites (incl. your IP address) in cookies. (Information on cookies can be found above in this Privacy Policy). The information stored in cookies by Google Analytics will be transmitted to a Google server in the US, stored there, and evaluated. We would like to inform you of the fact that for our internet presence Google Analytics was extended to anonymize capturing of IP addresses (IP-masking) is ensured. The IP-addresses will normally be shortened/abbreviated prior to the storage or, as applicable, the transmittal into the US on servers of Google in member states of the European Union or, as applicable, treaty countries of the European Economic Area. A transmittal of the unshortened/full IP-address onto servers of Google in the US will be effected only in exceptional cases, whereby also in this case a shortening of the IP-address will be affected prior to the storage.

On our instruction, Google uses the transmitted data to evaluate your use of our internet presence, compile a report on the activities on the Website, as well as to render further services for us regarding the use of our Websites. (Therefore, there is a commissioned data processing agreement in place between us and Google). The use of Google Analytics therefore serves the purpose of continuously improving our internet presence and to optimise your user experience. These activities are in our justified interest regarding the data processing (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR). Further, by clicking a button on our cookie banner on our Internet Service, you expressly agree to the processing of the collected data by Google in the manner, and for the purposes as described above (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR).

If you wish to deactivate or change Google Analytics only in respect of the presentation of content tailored to your interests, including advertising, this can be adjusted under “Google adverts on the web” in the settings for Google Adverts.

Further information regarding the purpose and scope of the data collection as well as regarding the further processing and use by Google, including information on your rights or, as applicable, options for configuration for the protection of your personal data can be found under the following links: http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html as well as under https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US.

  1. Google Tag Manager: We also use Google Tag Manager. With this service, website tags can be administered via an interface. Google Tag Manager solely implements tags. This means that Google Tag Manager does not place any cookies and no personal data is collected. Google Tag Manager triggers other tags that potentially collect data, but Google Tag Manager does not access this data. If, at domain or browser level, a deactivation of certain websites is affected (see details on the deactivation of cookies given above), this remains in place for all tracking tags to the extent that these are implemented with Google Tag Manager.
  2. Google AdWords / conversion tracking: On our Internet Service we also use, having gained your consent, (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR) the online advertising program „Google AdWords,” and within the scope of this, its conversion tracking. With this, Google AdWords inserts a cookie or a pixel on your computer or, as applicable, on the storage of your mobile device, if you were directed to our Internet Service via a Google advert. These cookies are no longer applicable after 30 days. They do not serve for any personal identification. If the user visits certain pages of our Internet Service and the cookie is still active, both we as well as Google are able to see that you clicked on the advert and were forwarded to our site. We, as well as all other clients of Google-AdWords, receive different cookies. The cookies affected by our Google adverts can therefore not be followed beyond our Internet Service.

The information obtained from the conversion tracking serves to compile statistics on the conversion for us. With this, we learn about the total number of users who clicked on an advert and were forwarded to a site provided with a conversion tracking tag. However, we do not receive any information that would allow your potential identification.

If you do not wish to take part in conversion tracking, you may deactivate the conversion cookie in the settings of your browser. More information on this can be obtained from the Google Data Protection Statement.

You may also adjust your settings for Google Advertising in the Google settings for advertising.

  1. Facebook Pixel: After gaining your consent, our Website has a re-marketing pixel from Facebook. Via this pixel, a direct connection to the servers of Facebook is provided during your visit to our Website. Through this, it is transmitted to the Facebook server that you have visited this Website and Facebook will assign this information to your personal Facebook user account. To protect your privacy, we do not use the so-called „extended alignment“ function, in which this information could be enriched with further personal data (e.g. email address).

Further information on the collection and use of the data by Facebook as well as your corresponding rights and options to protect your privacy can be found in the privacy policy of Facebook. Alternatively, you may deactivate or adjust these functionalities here. The legal basis for this data processing is in each case Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR.

  1. Twitter: On the Website, we use a marketing tool from Twitter in case of your consent (legal basis Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR) to present you with interest-related advertisements („Twitter Ads„) as part of your visit to the social network Twitter. For this purpose, a Twitter pixel was implemented on the Website. This pixel establishes a direct connection to the Twitter servers when you visit the Website. The Twitter server is informed that you have visited our Website and Twitter assigns this information to your personal Twitter user account. In order to protect your privacy, we do not use the so-called „tailor-made target group“ function, in which this information could be enriched with further personal data (e.g. email address). More information about Twitter Pixel can be found here. For the collection and use of data by Twitter as well as your related rights and options for protecting your privacy, please refer to Twitter’s privacy policy. Alternatively, you can deactivate this in the settings of your Twitter account. To do this, you must be logged in to Twitter.