What are cookies?
Cookies are files that websites store on your local device and retrieve when you return to the website. They enable us to recognise your browser when you revisit our website. Cookies usually consist of letters and numbers and are stored as a text file on your computer, tablet, mobile device or other terminal device when you visit our website.
We use cookies to improve the performance of our website and to collect and transmit information about your visit to our website. This may be information that you have already set on our website, but also information that the website has collected completely independently.
Technical cookies
These are mandatory cookies to ensure the operation of the website and to maintain functionsof the site such as access to protected areas of the website. These are mainly session cookies or connection cookies.
Essential cookies are stored in your browser for the duration of your visit to the website and are deleted when you close it.
Performance, analysis and tracking cookies
These are mainly analytical and performance cookies that store statistical data on user behaviour and the performance of the website.
These types of cookies enable us to track the number of visits and traffic sources and to improve the performance of our website. They help us to find out which pages are most popular and how visitors navigate the website or whether problems or error messages occur on certain pages.
Performance and tracking cookies are not deleted when you close your browser, but are stored on your device for a longer period of time.
This information helps us to improve our website to make it more user friendly, more intuitive to navigate and to provide a more positive experience for our users in general.