What are cookies?

Cookies are short text files that your browser receives from websites that you visit. Cookies enable the website to identify you among other visitors and more effectively record information about your visit and behaviour on the site. Cookies are in no way harmful to your device or its software. As a user, you can disable or restrict the use of cookies in your browser.

Cookies can be used for many purposes, including:

  • enabling the basic functions of the website;
  • saving your preferred language;
  • analysing traffic in order to improve the website; and
  • for marketing purposes, in particular displaying advertising on the site.

What types of cookies do we use?

Here you can find out which types of cookies we use on our Website. You can find the list of specific cookies currently in use in your browser’s settings.

Essential (required) cookies

Essential cookies are needed for the Website to perform its basic functions and for us to operate the Website. These cookies are automatically stored on your computer or other device when you access the Website or perform an activity on the Website. Essential cookies cannot be disabled. The Website cannot function properly without them.

Preference cookies

Preference cookies allow the Website to remember information that affects the look and behaviour of the Website. These include your region and preferred language. We will only store these cookies on your device if you allow us to do so, either through the cookie bar or in your browser.

Analytical cookies

Analytical cookies are used in particular by the Google Analytics service to better understand how you use the Website. The Google Analytics service uses cookies to analyse how the Website is used in order to improve its functioning. The information on Website use generated by the cookie file is transmitted to and saved on servers of Google, Inc. All data collected in this way will be processed anonymously. The data is used solely to evaluate the use of the Website. Anonymity is guaranteed by the fact that Google, Inc. will not associate your IP address with any other data in its possession. Google, Inc. will not receive any other personal data (e.g. e-mail address, name or phone number).

For more information on how Google, Inc. uses analytical cookies, see here:

https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245
We will only store these cookies on your device if you allow us to do so, either through the cookie bar or in your browser.

Marketing cookies

Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across websites. The purpose of these cookies is to display ads relevant to individual users; for this reason, they may be transmitted to advertising operators. They are particularly valuable for third-party advertisers. For these purposes, we mainly use Facebook and Google services. We will only store these cookies on your device if you allow us to do so, either through the cookie bar or in your browser.

Do you want to change your cookie settings?

If you do not want us to store preference, analytical or marketing cookies, you can adjust the settings in your browser accordingly. If you do so, data about you will not be collected. For more information on how to configure your browser, please visit the corresponding site:

If you want to change your cookies settings and are not sure how to do so, you can also e-mail us.