a) Description and scope of the data processing
Our website uses cookies. Cookies are text files that are stored in the internet browser or that are stored by the internet browser on the user’s computer system. If a user retrieves a website, a cookie can be stored in the user’s operating system. This cookie contains a sequence of characters that enable a definitive identification of the browser upon repeated retrieval of the website.
 
We use cookies to make our website more user friendly. Some elements of our website require that the retrieving browser can also be identified after a different page is called up. We differentiate between the following cookies for the use of our website:
 
Necessary cookies
These cookies are necessary to operate the website and temporarily store session data so that the page is displayed correctly.
 
Analytical / Performance cookies
These cookies collect information about how visitors use a website. We use performance cookies so that we can improve the technical performance such as loading speed and image build up.
 
Functional cookies
These cookies are used by our applications to cache the entered data and thereby assure functionality and customer friendliness.
 
Advertising cookies
We do not use advertising cookies. Advertising cookies are used to deliver content more relevant to you by - for example - recording your visit to a website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed.
 
Third-party cookies
Third-party cookies are cookies, which are set by a website or service other than the one you are currently on. That website / service is in fact responsible for the processing but who is a different party than the operator of the website that is visited by the user.