Cookies

What is a cookie?

We use cookies on this website. A cookie is a simple small text file sent with pages from this website and stored by your browser on your computer's hard drive. The information stored therein can be sent back to our servers during your next visit.

Use of permanent cookies

A permanent cookie allows us to recognize you when you visit our website again. The website can therefore be adjusted to your preferences. Even if you have given permission for the installation of cookies, we can remember this by means of a cookie. This saves you having to repeat your preferences each time you visit, thus saving you time and making our website more enjoyable. Permanent cookies can be deleted through the settings of your browser.

Use of session cookies

A session cookie allows us to see which parts of the website you have viewed with this visit. This enables us to adapt our service as much as possible to the surfing behavior of our visitors. These cookies are automatically deleted as soon as you close your web browser.

Google Analytics

Through our website a cookie is placed by the U.S. company Google, as part of the "Analytics" service. We use this service to track and receive reports on how visitors use the website. Google may provide this information to third parties if Google is legally required to do so, or insofar as third parties process the information on Google's behalf. We have no influence on this. We have not allowed Google to use the obtained analytics information for other Google services.

The information collected by Google is anonymized as much as possible. Your IP address is expressly not provided. The information is transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google adheres to the "Privacy Shield Principles" and is affiliated with the Privacy Shield program of the U.S. Department of Commerce. This means that there is an adequate level of protection for the processing of any personal data.

Facebook and X buttons

Our website includes buttons to promote ("like") or share ("tweet") web pages on social networks such as Facebook and X (formerly Twitter). These buttons work by means of pieces of code that originate from Facebook and X respectively. Cookies are placed by means of this code. We have no influence on this. The information they collect is anonymized as much as possible. The information is transferred to and stored by X, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn on servers in the United States.

X, Facebook and Instagram claim to adhere to the Privacy Shield principles and are affiliated with the U.S. Department of Commerce's Privacy Shield program. This implies an adequate level of protection for the processing of any personal data.

To see what they do with personal data they receive using this code, you can see the relevant privacy statements on their own websites:

Facebook: https://facebook.com/policies/cookies
X: https://twitter.com/privacy
Instagram: https://help.instagram.com/1896641480634370?ref=ig

These statements and links are subject to change. We do our best to keep these links up-to-date.

Embedded content

Content hosted on other sites and accessed on this website may be used. Examples include YouTube videos. In a similar way to the social buttons, these codes often use cookies. What they do with cookies and personal data can be found in the privacy policy of the relevant service. We have no control over this.

Google / YouTube: https://policies.google.com/technologies/cookies

Right to access and correct or delete your data

You have the right to request access to and correction or deletion of your data. Please see our contact page. To prevent misuse we may ask you to provide adequate identification. When it comes to access to personal data linked to a cookie, you must send a copy of the cookie in question. You can find this in the settings of your browser.

Enabling, disabling and deleting cookies

More information about enabling, disabling and deleting cookies can be found in the instructions and/or using your browser's Help function. This varies by browser.