Cookie Policy

What are cookies?

A cookie is a small data file that is stored on your terminal device and contains data such as your personal site settings and log-in information. This data file is generated and transmitted to you by the web server to which you have connected using your web browser. We in general set cookies to analyze user interest in our websites and help make them more user-friendly. You may in general access our websites without cookies as well. If you, however, wish to use the full functionality of our websites in the most user-friendly manner, you should accept the cookies that enable the use of certain functions or provide convenience features. The intended purpose of the cookies we use is shown in the list that follows.

By using our websites, you consent to the use of those cookies that your browser accepts based on your browser settings. The default setting on most browsers is to accept all cookies. You may, however, set your browser to notify you before cookies are accepted, to accept or reject only certain cookies, or to reject all cookies.

How we use cookies?

We use cookies to enhance the user experience. Furthermore we use third party services to track how users navigate through our web site and which content they are interested in. These services also store cookies on your device.

How can you prevent the storage of cookies?

By changing your browser settings you can deactivate or delete cookies. The deactivation of cookies can lead to an improper way of functioning of some web sites.

Here is how you find the appropriate browser settings:

• Internet Explorer
  1. Open Internet Explorer.
  2. Click on Extras followed by a click on Internet Options.
  3. Click on the tab Privacy.
• Mozilla Firefox
  1. Open Mozilla Firefox.
  2. Click on the menu icon and choose Preferences.
  3. Open the tab Privacy.
  4. Next to "Firefox will:" choose "Use custom settings for history".
• Google Chrome
  1. Open Google Chrome.
  2. Click on the menu icon and choose Settings.
  3. Click on "Show advanced settings...".
  4. In the section "Privacy" click on "Content settings".

Furthermore the web site www.youronlinechoices.eu of the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance offers the possibility to disable non tecnical cookies of third party services.

Please note that any changes you make to these settings only apply to the particular browser program in which you made them. If you use different browsers or different terminal devices, you have to change the settings for each browser and each device. You are furthermore able to delete cookies from your storage medium at any time. Please refer to your browser's Help function for information on how to change your cookie settings and delete cookies.