Cookie Policy & Settings

Cookies

Our websites and pages use what the industry refers to as “cookies”. Cookies are small text files that do not cause any damage to your device. They are either: (i) stored temporarily for the duration of a session (session cookies); or (ii) permanently archived on your device (permanent cookies). Session cookies are automatically deleted once you terminate your visit. Permanent cookies remain archived on your device until you actively delete them, or they are automatically deleted by your web browser.

Cookies can be issued by us (first-party cookies) or by third-party companies (so-called third-party cookies). Third-party cookies enable the integration of certain services of third-party companies into websites (e.g., cookies for handling payment services).

Cookies have a variety of functions. Many cookies are technically essential since certain website functions would not work in the absence of these cookies (e.g., the shopping cart function or the display of videos). Other cookies may be used to analyze user behavior or for promotional purposes.

Cookies which are required for the performance of electronic communication transactions, for the provision of certain functions you want to use (e.g., for the shopping cart function) or those that are necessary for the optimization (required cookies) of the website (e.g., cookies that provide measurable insights into the web audience), shall be stored on the basis of Art. 6(1) lit. f General Data Protection Regulation 679/2016 (“GDPR”), unless a different legal basis is cited. The operator of the website has a legitimate interest in the storage of required cookies to ensure the technically error-free and optimized provision of the operator’s services. If your consent to the storage of the cookies and similar recognition technologies has been requested, the processing occurs exclusively on the basis of the consent obtained in accordance with Art. 6(1) lit. a GDPR; this consent may be revoked at any time.

You have the option to set up your browser in such a manner that you will be notified any time cookies are placed and to permit the acceptance of cookies only in specific cases. You may also exclude the acceptance of cookies in certain cases or in general; or activate the delete-function for the automatic eradication of cookies when the browser closes. If cookies are deactivated, the functions of this website may be limited.

The cookies and services that are used on our website can be found in the Cookie-Settings of the OneTrust Consent Tool below.

OneTrust Consent Tool

This website uses the consent technology by OneTrust, LLC, 1200 Abernathy Rd, Suite 700, Atlanta, Georgia 30328 (https://www.onetrust.com).

This technology is used to obtain your consent to the storage of certain cookies on your device, for the use of specific technologies and to document consent in a compliant manner.

Whenever you visit our website, the following personal data will be transferred to OneTrust:

Your declaration(s) of consent or your revocation of your declaration(s) of consent
Your IP address
Information about your browser
Information about your device
The date and time you visited our website

Moreover, OneTrust shall store a cookie in your browser to be able to allocate your declaration(s) of consent or any revocations of consent. The data that is recorded in this manner shall be stored until you ask us to eradicate it, delete the OneTrust cookie or until the purpose for archiving the data no longer exists. This shall be without prejudice to any mandatory legal retention periods.

We use cookies via OneTrust to obtain the declarations of consent mandated by law. The legal basis for the use of specific technologies is Art. 6(1) lit. c of the GDPR.

OneTrust provides the OneTrust privacy notice on:

https://www.onetrust.com/privacy-notice/ and the OneTrust cookie notice on:

https://www.onetrust.com/cookie-policy/.

You can get additional information about the consent tool and the cookies it manages by clicking on the Cookie Settings below.

Cookie Settings and Cookie Description

You can change your cookie settings at any time by clicking here:

Opting Out of Cookie Usage

Except for strictly necessary cookies that are set to enable this website to function, you can block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. Below are links to the 'Help' pages of major browsers which explain how you can do this. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including technically necessary cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our website or any other websites that you visit.