Cookie Policy
Cookie Information
On this website, we use cookies that serve to comply with legal obligations, as well as for storing and managing your consent.
When you visit our website, the following data is processed:
- Consent(s) or the withdrawal of your consent(s),
- Technical information about your browser and the devices you use, e.g., language settings, screen resolution,
- Anonymized IP address,
- Date and time of the visit,
- Request URL of the webpage,
- Page path of the website.
The legal basis for the associated storage of information on your device and its subsequent retrieval is § 25 Abs. 2 Nr. 2 TDDDG (Telecommunications and Digital Services Privacy and Data Protection Act). The subsequent processing of your personal data is based on our legal obligation to obtain and store your cookie settings under Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. c DSGVO.
The retention period for the data is set to a maximum of two years. The cookies set have a lifespan of up to two years.
When you close the browser, session cookies are automatically deleted after 24 minutes, while other cookies related to your person are automatically deleted after one year. Cookies from partners, such as Google, have a maximum duration of 2 years.
Required Features
We use our own technically necessary cookies to ensure the functionality of this website. These collect data such as:
| Cookie | Purpose | Expiry |
|---|---|---|
| PrivacyConsent | Stores the user's consent to the chosen data protection settings | 1 year |
The legal basis for the associated storage of information on your device and its subsequent retrieval is § 25 Abs. 2 Nr. 2 TDDDG (Telecommunications and Digital Services Privacy and Data Protection Act). The subsequent processing of your personal data is based on our legitimate interest under Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. f DSGVO.
When you close the browser, session cookies are automatically deleted after 24 minutes, while other cookies related to your person are automatically deleted after one year. Cookies from partners, such as Google, have a maximum duration of 2 years.
Evaluation with Matomo
We use the privacy-friendly open-source solution "Matomo" (150 Willis, Wellington, Wellington 6011, NZ) to better understand the usage of our website. Matomo uses cookies, i.e., text files stored on your computer. The usage data collected in the cookie (including your shortened IP address) is transferred to our server and stored for analysis purposes. No data is transmitted to third parties. Without your consent, this evaluation will not be performed.
The legal basis for the use of Matomo for the associated storage of information on your device and its subsequent retrieval is your explicit consent under § 25 Abs. 1 S. 1 TDDDG (Telecommunications and Digital Services Privacy and Data Protection Act). The subsequent processing of your personal data is based on your explicit consent under Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. a DSGVO. You can revoke these consents at any time by deactivating the cookies in your browser settings or in the privacy settings at the end of this page.
The cookies set have a validity of 30 days. The data collected via the cookies is stored for 13 months. The personal data collected using the cookie will be deleted once it is no longer necessary for the described purposes or if a user requests deletion. Further storage may occur if required by law.
| Cookie | Purpose | Expiry |
|---|---|---|
| _pk_id | Used to store details about the user, e.g., the unique visitor ID | 13 months |
| _pk_ref | Stores attribution information, the referrer originally used to visit the website | 6 months |
| _pk_ses, _pk_cvar, _pk_hsr | Short-lived cookies for temporarily storing data for the visit | 30-90 minutes |
| PIWIK_SESSID | Session ID | Session end |
| piwik_ignore | Stores that the user does not wish to be tracked by Piwik / Matomo | 2 years |
| test | Test cookie for checking cookie support |
External Content
We use the "YouTube" platform from Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street Dublin 4) to upload and publicly display videos. We directly embed YouTube videos stored on their platform. This embedding displays content from the YouTube website in part of a browser window. However, the YouTube videos are only retrieved when clicked separately. This technique is also called "Framing." When you visit one of our webpages with embedded YouTube videos, a connection is made to the YouTube servers, and the content is displayed by informing your browser.
As part of the use of YouTube, personal data may be transmitted to countries outside the EU/EEA, especially to the USA. Google LLC and Google Ireland Ltd. are certified under the Data Privacy Framework Program, so an adequacy decision exists for this transfer of data to third countries in accordance with Art. 45 DSGVO.
Once you start playing an embedded video by clicking it, YouTube stores only cookies on your device in extended privacy mode, which do not contain personally identifiable data unless you are currently logged into a Google service.
The legal basis for the use of the YouTube cookie for the associated storage of information on your device and its subsequent retrieval is your explicit consent under § 25 Abs. 1 S. 1 TDDDG (Telecommunications and Digital Services Privacy and Data Protection Act). The subsequent processing of your personal data is based on your explicit consent under Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. a DSGVO. You can revoke these consents at any time by deactivating the cookies in your browser settings or in the privacy settings at the end of this page.
The cookies set have a validity of 30 days. The data collected via the cookies is stored for 13 months. The personal data collected using the cookie will be deleted once it is no longer necessary for the described purposes or if a user requests deletion. Further storage may occur if required by law.
Further information on how your data is handled by Google can be found in Google's privacy policy at the following link: https://policies.google.com/privacy.