What is a cookie?
We use cookies on this website. A cookie is a small, simple file that is sent with the pages of this website [and/or Flash applications] and stored on the hard disk of your computer by your browser. The information stored here can be sent back to our servers on a subsequent visit.
Session cookies:
We may use session cookies to see which parts of the website you have viewed on this visit. This allows us to adapt our service to the browsing behaviour of our visitors as much as possible. These cookies are removed automatically as soon as you close your web browser.
Google Analytics
Our website places a cookie from US company Google, as part of the “Analytics” service. We use this service to monitor how visitors use the website, and receive reports on this. Google can provide this information to third parties if legally required to do so or where these third parties are processing the information on behalf of Google. We do not have any influence over this. We have/haven’t provided Google with permission to use analytics information for other Google services.
The information that Google collects is, as much as possible as anonymised. Your IP address will certainly not be provided. The information is transferred to servers in the United States and stored there by Google. Google declares that it observes the Privacy Shield principles and is a member of the American Department of Commerce’s Privacy Shield programme. This means that there is an appropriate level of protection for the processing of any personal data.
Right to access, correction and erasure of personal data:
You have the right to request access to—and correction or erasure of—your data. Please see our contact page to do this. In order to prevent misuse, we may ask you to provide adequate identification. In the case of access to personal data linked to a cookie, you should also send a copy of the cookie in question. You can find this in your browser settings.
Turning cookies on and off, and removing cookies
You can find further information concerning turning cookies on and off, and removing cookies in the instructions and/or using the Help function in your browser.