Cookie Statement

Our website uses cookies to provide you with an optimal user experience.

What is a cookie?

A cookie is a simple small file sent with the pages of this website and stored by your browser on the hard drive of your computer or other device. The information stored therein can be sent back to our servers on your next visit.

Use of session cookies

Using a session cookie we can see which parts of the website you have viewed with this visit. This enables us to adapt our service as much as possible to the surfing behavior of our visitors. These cookies are automatically deleted as soon as you close your web browser.

Use of permanent cookies

Using a permanent cookie we can recognize you when you visit our website again. This is a so-called functional cookie. This allows the website to be set specifically to your preferences. Even if you have given your permission for the placing of cookies, we can remember this by means of a cookie. This saves you having to repeat your preferences, which saves you time and makes our website more enjoyable. Permanent cookies can be deleted through the settings of your browser.

List of cookies

Cookies may be set from WordPress, the content management system we use. These are functional cookies. The retention period is 1 year. More information about this can be found in the privacy policy WordPress.

Cookies may be set from AddtoAny, a social media sharing tool. These are functional cookies. These cookies remember your social media profiles, so you don't have to log in every time. The retention period is 1 year. More information about this can be found in the privacy policy of AddtoAny.

Cookies are set from Google Analytics. These are analytical cookies. The retention period is 2 years. More information can be found in the Google Analytics privacy policy.

Google Analytics

Through our website, a cookie is placed by the U.S. company Google, as part of the "Analytics" service. This is an analytical cookie. We use this service to track and get reports on how visitors use the website. Google may provide this information to third parties if Google is legally required to do so, or insofar as third parties process the information on Google's behalf. We have no influence on this. We have not allowed Google to use the obtained analytics information for other Google services.

The information Google collects is anonymized as much as possible. We have requested Google to mask your IP address and we have a processor agreement with Google.

Social media

Our website includes buttons to promote ("like") or share ("tweet") web pages on the social networks LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and Google+. These buttons work through pieces of code that come from these parties themselves. Cookies are placed by means of this code. We have no influence on this. Read the privacy statements of these companies (which may change regularly) to read what they do with your personal data that they process via these cookies.

Facebook
LinkedIn
Google
Twitter

The information they collect is anonymized as much as possible. The information is transferred to and stored by Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and LinkedIn on servers in the United States. These companies have stated that they will abide by the Privacy Shield agreement signed between the United States and the European Union. This means that there is an adequate level of protection for the processing of personal data.

Right to access and correct or delete your data

You have the right to request access to and correction or deletion of your data. Please refer to our contact page and privacy statement. To prevent misuse, we may ask you to provide adequate identification. When it comes to 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, disabling and deleting cookies

More information regarding enabling, disabling and deleting cookies can be found in the instructions and/or using your browser's Help function.