Generally, cookies are used on this website to distinguish you from other users of the website. This enables us to provide you with a pleasant experience when using the website and to improve our services.
The following types of cookies may be used on the website:
- Necessary cookies
- Performance cookies
- Functional cookies
- Targeting cookies
Cookies can also fall into several of these categories.
“Necessary cookies” enable navigation on the website and the use of essential functions, such as secure areas. Without these cookies we cannot provide the desired services.
We use necessary cookies for the following purposes: - To recognise your sign-in to the website and to authenticate you
- To ensure that you reach the right service of the website when we make changes to how it works
- For security purposes
- To ensure that you reach the right service of the website when we make changes to how it works
Acceptance of these cookies is a prerequisite for using the website. We therefore cannot guarantee the correct functioning or the security of the website if you block these cookies.
“Performance cookies” collect information about your use of the website, such as which pages you visit or whether errors occur. These cookies do not store information that can be used to identify you. They help us solely to improve the website, gain insight into our users’ interests and measure the effectiveness of our advertising.
We use performance cookies in order to: - Carry out web analytics, i.e. collect statistics on the use of the website
- Carry out affiliate tracking, i.e. inform our affiliate partners that one of our users has also visited their website
- Record the number of users of our website who have looked at a particular product or service
- Enable the improvement of the website by recording errors that have occurred
- Test different layouts for the website
Some of our performance cookies are managed for us by third parties.
“Functional cookies” are used to provide certain services or to store settings to improve your visit to the website.
We use functional cookies, among other things, to: - Retain settings you have made regarding layout, font size, preferences or colours
- Store whether we have already offered you a survey
- Store whether you have already had an interaction with a particular component or list on the website, so that this does not repeat itself
- Show you whether you are signed in to the website
- Provide and display embedded videos
Some of these cookies are managed for us by third parties.
“Targeting cookies” are used to log your visit to the website and other websites, apps and online services, including the pages and links you have accessed, so that we can display personalised advertising to you on the website.
We may use targeting cookies in order to: - Display customised advertising on the website
- Improve the delivery of personalised advertisements and content as well as measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns on the website
Further information on personalised advertising from third-party providers