Cookies

What is a cookie?

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your data storage device and that store certain settings and data for exchange with our system via your browser. Almost every website uses cookie technology. There are basically two different types of cookies, so-called session cookies, which are deleted as soon as you close your browser, and temporary/permanent cookies, which are stored on your data storage device for a longer period of time or indefinitely.

These cookies help us to design and optimize our websites and our offers for you and make it easier for you to use them, for example by saving certain entries you make so that you do not have to repeat them constantly.

The use of cookies

Cookies are required for use on our website. We use cookies to improve our website and to offer you products and services that we believe may be of interest to you. You can delete or block the cookies on this site, but this may affect the functionality of the website.

Your cookie settings

Your browser can be set so that cookies are only created with your consent or are generally rejected. However, we would like to point out that if cookies are deactivated, the functionality of our website may be restricted.

You have the option of controlling the use of “cookies” and, if necessary, preventing them by configuring your browser as follows:

Internet Explorer

Tools – Internet Options – “Advanced” tab – under the Security item, tick the box for “On websites visited with Internet Explorer” “Do Not Track” – “Send requests” – confirm

Firefox

Menu – Settings – Privacy – under the History item, tick “Create according to user-defined settings” – under the “Cookies” item, make the desired settings – confirm

Google Chrome

Menu – Settings – Advanced settings – in the “Privacy” section, click on “Content settings” – under the “Cookies” item, tick the desired boxes – confirm

Safari

Settings – Privacy – under the “Cookies and website data” item, make the desired settings – confirm

Web analysis

In order to continuously improve and optimize our offering, we use so-called tracking technologies. For this we use the services of Google Analytics.

Google Analytics

We use Google (Universal) Analytics on this website, a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. (www.google.at). Google (Universal) Analytics uses methods that enable an analysis of your use of the website, such as so-called “cookies”, text files that are stored on your computer. The information generated about your use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

By activating IP anonymization on this website, the IP address is shortened before transmission within the member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. The anonymized IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics is not merged with other Google data.

Data processing

We have concluded a contract for order data processing with Google.

You can prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link: tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de .

As an alternative to the browser plug-in, you can click this link to prevent Google Analytics from collecting data on this website in the future. An opt-out cookie will be stored on your device. If you delete your cookies, you must click the link again.

Google Maps

We use Google Maps API on our website to visually display geographic information. When using Google Maps, Google also collects, processes and uses data about the use of the maps functions by visitors to the website. You can find more information about data processing by Google in Google’s privacy policy: google.com/privacypolicy. There you can also change your settings in the data protection center so that you can manage and protect your data. Further instructions on managing your own data in connection with Google products can be found on the Google-operated website dataliberation.org

Recaptcha

This website uses reCAPTCHA from Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”) to protect contact forms on this website. The query is used to distinguish whether the input was made by a human or abusively by automated, machine processing. It includes sending the IP address and any other data required by Google for the reCAPTCHA service to Google. For this purpose, your input is transmitted to Google and processed there. Google uses the information obtained in this way, among other things, to digitize books and printed matter and to update services such as Google Street View and Google Maps.

The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of reCAPTCHA is not merged with other Google data, unless you are logged into your Google account at the time you use the reCAPTCHA plug-in. To prevent the transmission and storage of your data, you must log out of Google before visiting our site and using the reCAPTCHA plug-in. The different data protection provisions of the Google company apply to this data, which can be found at google.com/policies/privacy.

Google Webfonts

This website uses external fonts, Google Fonts. Google Fonts is a service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). These web fonts are integrated by calling a server, usually a Google server in the USA. This transmits to the server which of our websites you have visited. The IP address of the browser on the device of the visitor to these websites is also stored by Google. You can find more information in Google’s privacy policy, which you can access at fonts.google.com#AboutPlace:about and google.com/policies/privacy.

This website uses bookmark buttons with links to various social media platforms, such as Facebook, LinkedIn, XING, Google+, SlideShare, Instagram. Clicking on these links or the bookmark buttons takes you to the corresponding social media operator pages. This means that usage and possibly user data can be collected on the operator’s page. We have no influence on the extent to which this data is collected and evaluated.