Cookie Policy

What are cookies? 

Cookies are small text files stored on your device that contain information and are used to identify your browser or device. We use persistent cookies on our website, which may contain personal data from your browser. This can include the following: your anonymized IP address, your device type, the domain, browser type, language, operating system, country, time zone, previously visited websites, or information about your interaction with our websites, such as click behavior, purchases, and preferences. 

How do we use cookies? 

To personalize your experience 

We use persistent cookies to enhance your website usage, store your preferences and settings, help you navigate between pages efficiently, and improve your browsing experience. We also use persistent cookies to recognize you when you revisit us. They store your search preferences and recent searches. Persistent cookies can be deleted and never live longer than one year on your device. 

This data (your data) is collected and processed based on our legitimate interests as per Art. 6 para. 1(f) GDPR. You can block and remove persistent cookies at any time by making the corresponding changes to your cookie settings (see below). 

To improve our website 

We share your site usage information with our third-party technologies, such as Google Analytics,, to collect information from various usage and user metrics when you use the website. We share this information to help us analyze and understand how our webpage is being used so we can consistently improve our website. These tools and technologies collect and analyze certain types of information, including cookies, IP addresses, device and software identifiers, referring and exit URLs, onsite behavior and usage information, feature use metrics and statistics, usage and purchase history, MAC Address, mobile unique device ID, and other similar information. 

This data (your data) is collected and processed based on your consent as per Art. 6 para. 1(a) GDPR. 

Google Analytics 

If you use our website in the European Union, the European Economic Area, and Switzerland, the service operator is Google Ireland Limited ("Google"), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. 

Suppose you are a user of our website outside the European Union. In that case, the European Economic Area and Switzerland, the operator and controller of this service is Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy Mountain View, California 94043, USA (“Google LLC”). Google LLC is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield. For the USA, the European Commission has decreed that the rules of the EU-US Privacy Shield represent an adequate level of data protection with its decision dated July 12, 2016 (adequacy decision, Art. 45 GDPR). Further information on Google's certification can be found here. 

Google Analytics uses "cookies" text files saved on your end device, enabling your website use to be analyzed. The information about your website use (including your shortened IP address) generated by the cookie is transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. Data from our website users in the European Union, the European Economic Area, and Switzerland can also be transmitted to Google LLC during this process. This data transmission occurs based on a corresponding EU-US Privacy Shield certification of Google LLC, which can be viewed here. 

For the USA, the European Commission has decreed that the rules of the EU-US Privacy Shield represent an adequate level of data protection with its decision dated July 12, 2016 (adequacy decision, Art. 45 GDPR). 

Google will use this information to analyze your use of the website, compile reports on website activities for the website operators, and provide further services in connection with the use of our website and the Internet. Google may also pass this information on to third parties if this is required by law or when third parties process this data on behalf of Google. 

The cookies can be deleted manually by clearing the browser's cache. 

For more information on how Google uses your data, see Google’s Privacy Policy. 

How to block and/or remove cookies. 

Cookies can, at any time, be deleted from your browser memory. You can also choose to block cookies entirely from your browser. Please note that blocking persistent cookies will negatively impact the website's performance and some features. Please visit your browser's 'Help' section to learn how to manage your cookies. 

Concerning us sharing your site usage information with our third-party technologies, you may opt out of Google Analytics by visiting the Google Analytics opt-out page. See here.