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What is a cookie?
On this website, we use cookies. A cookie is a simple small file that is sent with pages from this website and stored by your browser on your computer’s hard drive. The information stored therein can be used on a next visit
What kind of cookies do we use?
On our website we use functional cookies, analytical cookies and tracking cookies. For example, the functional cookies ensure we remember that you have clicked away from the cookie notification or scrolled on. We use the analytical and tracking cookies to collect insights into the visits to our website (statistics) to continuously improve our website and offer you the best possible experience.
Google Analytics
A cookie from the American company Google is placed via our website as part of the Analytics service. We use this service to track and receive reports on how visitors use the website. Google may provide this information to third parties if it is legally obliged to do so, or if third parties process the information on behalf of Google. We have no influence on this. We have not given Google permission to use the obtained analytics information for other Google services.
The information collected by Google is anonymised to the greatest possible extent. Your IP address is explicitly not provided. The information is transferred to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google states that it adheres to the Privacy Shield principles and is affiliated with the Privacy Shield programme of the US Department of Commerce. This means there is an appropriate level of protection for the processing of any personal data.
Google Recaptcha
We use the reCAPTCHA service from Google Inc. (Google) to protect data sent via this website. This feature checks whether a message is sent by a person, to prevent spam bots, for example, from automatically sending messages or leaving comments. The IP address of a visitor and possibly other data are sent to enable Google reCAPTCHA to work. The content of a message is sent to and processed by Google. The IP address is abbreviated and therefore made anonymous in countries that are part of the EU and states that participate in the Treaty for the European Economic Area. In exceptional cases, an IP address is transmitted to a Google server in the United States in full and abbreviated there. On behalf of the owner of this website, Google uses this data to evaluate your use of this service. The IP address provided by reCAPTCHA will not be merged with other Google data. The collection of this data is subject to Google’s data protection rules. More information about Google’s privacy policy can be found at https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/
By using reCAPTCHA, you agree to Google processing data about you in the manner and for the purposes described above.
Social media
“Our website contains buttons to promote (“like”) or share (“tweet”) web pages on social networks such as Facebook and Twitter. These networks may place cookies when you use these buttons.
Logged into your Google account
If you are logged in to your Google account, external cookies may be placed from the Google domain, which is something over which we have no direct influence. Please read Google’s privacy statement to gain insight into what they may do with your (personal) data that they process via these cookies.
Right to inspect, correct or delete your data.
You have the right to request access to and correction or deletion of your data. See our contact page for more details. To prevent abuse, we may ask you to identify yourself adequately. When it concerns access to personal data linked to a cookie, you must send a copy of the cookie in question. You can find this in the settings of your browser.”
Enabling and disabling cookies and deleting them.
More information about enabling, disabling and deleting cookies can be found in the instructions and/or using the Help function of your browser.”
Deleting tracking cookies placed by third parties
Some tracking cookies are placed by third parties, so you may see personalised advertisements over which we have no influence. You can delete these cookies centrally via Your Online Choices so they are not placed back on a third-party website.
Need more information about cookies?
More information about cookies can be found on the following websites:
ICTRecht: Background Cookies Act
Consumers’ Association: “What are cookies?”
Consumers’ Association: “Deleting cookies”
Your Online Choices: “A guide to online behavioural advertising”
