Introduction
This Cookie Notice builds on our Privacy Notice by explaining how we use cookies and similar technologies to manage and deliver our online services and electronic communications to you. We will explain what these technologies are, why we use them, and how you can control our use of them.
In some cases, these cookies and technologies might collect personal data, or information that becomes personal data when combined with other information we have. To understand more about how we handle your personal data, please refer to our Privacy Notice.
What are Cookies and Tracking Technologies?
Our website and applications use cookies – small files downloaded to your device that help us and our third-party partners gather information about your interactions with our websites, email communications, and other online services to improve your experience. We and our third-party partners and providers may also use other similar technologies, such as web beacons, pixels, embedded scripts, location-identifying technologies, and logging technology (collectively called “cookies”).
Our Use of Cookies
We, along with our partners, use cookies to gather information about how you interact with our websites, mobile application, emails, and other online services. This helps us improve your experience and understand how people use our services.
The kind of information we collect automatically includes:
- Details about your device and software (operating system, browser type).
- When you visit and how you use our services (pages viewed, time spent).
- We may track email opens and clicks to see if you received and interacted with our emails with your consent.
- We may also use analytics tools to see usage trends and understand our user base.
- Information about your location may also be collected based on your IP address.
Types:
- Essential Cookies: These are crucial for basic functions like security and navigation. Turning them off will affect how our website works. We use these because it’s in our legitimate interest to provide and maintain our website and services.
- Functional Cookies: These remember your choices (such as language, region) to personalize your experience. The legal basis for these is our legitimate interests in providing and maintaining our services.
- Performance Cookies: These help us recognize and count visitors, and understand how you navigate our services. This helps improve our services by ensuring you can easily find what you need. We will only use these cookies with your consent.
- Targeting Cookies: These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you visited, and the links you followed, and are used to track visitors. We will ask for your consent to use these cookies. You are free to deny this consent.
Sources:
- First-Party Cookies: These cookies are created by our website and can only be accessed by us. They are typically used to remember your preferences (language, location) and improve your experience on our services.
- Third-Party Cookies: These cookies are placed on your device by other companies (third-party partners) whose services we integrate into our website. These cookies are used for various purposes, such as analytics, advertising, and social media integration.
Duration:
- Session Cookies: These cookies are temporary and are automatically deleted when you close your browser.
- Persistent Cookies: These cookies remain on your device for a predetermined period of time (set by the cookie itself or by us) even after you close your browser.
Why We Use Cookies
We use cookies for various reasons, which can be broken down as follows:
- Set you apart from other users on our sites, ensuring you have a great browsing experience and helping us enhance our sites.
- Gain a better understanding of your preferences to display advertisements that match your interests based on your activity on our sites.
- Collect data on how our Services are used to improve our offerings.
- Improve site security by preventing fraud and abuse.
- Identify your preferences and track your activity to ensure the site functions smoothly and the content you see is personalized and accurate.
- Keep track of your language choice, browsing activity, browser type, device, and favorite products to present relevant content to you.
- Deliver the right information based on how you accessed the site, whether through a search engine or an affiliate network.
Managing Your Cookie and Advertising Preferences
You have choices when it comes to cookies and their use for advertising! Here’s how you can manage them:
Browser Settings
Most browsers allow you to adjust your cookie settings in several ways, including:
- Get alerts when a cookie is sent, letting you decide to accept or reject it.
- Remove cookies already stored on your device.
- Set your browser to automatically reject all cookies.
Please note that disabling cookies may negatively affect the functionality of this and other websites you visit, potentially leading to reduced functionality and features of our website. You can limit interest-based ads displayed on your current browser by visiting optout.aboutads.info or networkadvertising.org/choices.
Mobile Devices
You can enable the „Limit Ad Tracking“ setting on iOS or the „Opt out of Ads Personalization“ setting on Android.
Email Settings
You can also configure your email settings to prevent the automatic downloading of images, which can contain technologies that inform us if you have accessed our email and performed certain actions with it.
Google Analytics & Ads
Opt out of Google Analytics by installing their browser add-on and manage interest-based Google ads through their Ads Settings.
Interest-Based Advertising
Depending on your device and operating system, you might not be able to delete or block all cookies. Additionally, if you wish to reject cookies across all browsers and devices, you will need to adjust the settings on each browser and device you use.
Learn More About Online Advertising
Here are some resources to understand how advertisers use cookies and your choices:
- Digital Advertising Alliance (General Information)
- European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance (EU-Specific Information)
Contact Us
If you have any questions or complaints about our use of cookies or this Cookie Notice, you may contact our Data Protection Officer by sending an email to [email protected]
