Cookie policy

Cookies

During a visit to our website, cookies (small text files) may be placed on the visitor’s computer hard drive. The sole purpose of this is to better tailor the site to the needs of the visitor. Cookies are never used to monitor the visitor’s browsing behavior on other websites.

Every internet browser allows the use of cookies to be blocked or set differently (with warning, restrictions, etc.). Please consult the help function of your internet browser for this.

PHP Cookie

In addition to the different types of cookies mentioned below, a strictly necessary (and otherwise unused) PHP cookie is always placed:

PHPSESSID

Without this cookie, the website cannot function properly.

Functional Cookies

We use functional cookies to optimize the functionality of certain pages of the website. This means that some choices do not have to be made repeatedly or that data does not always need to be re-entered.

The two most commonly used functional cookies respectively store the visitor’s language and whether cookies have been accepted:

COOKIE_LAN
ACCEPT_COOKIES

Other cookies can be identified by the fact that the website name is included in them, for example:

_FAVOURITE_COOKIE
_CART
_USER

Tracking Cookies

We use tracking cookies to measure the performance of our website and subsequently improve it.

For this, we use Google Analytics, a popular web analytics service offered by Google. It records the number of visitors and provides us with more information about general browsing behavior, such as the duration of a visit to the website or the average number of pages viewed by a user.

_GA
_GID
_UTMA
_UTMZ

For more information about how these cookies work, please consult Google’s cookie and privacy statement.

We also use Hotjar cookies to analyze information about your browsing behavior and mouse movements. Please consult the Hotjar cookie policy for more information about these cookies.

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Third-Party Cookies

Finally, we also use other third-party cookies from platforms such as Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, LinkedIn, Jivochat, and Trustpilot. Please consult the relevant websites of these third parties for more information about their cookies.