Cookiestatement
We use cookies on this website. A cookie is a simple, small file that is sent along with pages from this website and stored by your browser on your computer’s hard drive. The information stored in it can be sent back to our servers on your next visit.
Use of persistent cookies
A persistent cookie enables us to recognise you when you visit our website again. This allows the website to be tailored to your preferences. Even if you have given your consent to the use of cookies, we can remember this via a cookie. This means you do not have to keep repeating your preferences, saving you time and making your experience of our website more enjoyable. You can delete persistent cookies via your browser settings.
Use of session cookies
A session cookie enables us to see which parts of the website you have viewed during this visit. This allows us to tailor our service as closely as possible to our visitors’ browsing behaviour. These cookies are automatically deleted as soon as you close your web browser.
Google Analytics
A cookie from the US 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 Google is legally obliged to do so, or insofar as third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. We have no influence over this. We have not authorised Google to use the analytics information obtained for other Google services.
The information collected by Google is anonymised as far as possible. Your IP address is expressly not disclosed. The information is transferred to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google states that it adheres to the Safe Harbour principles and is a member of the US Department of Commerce’s Safe Harbour programme. This means that an adequate level of protection is in place for the processing of any personal data.
Social Media
Our website features buttons that allow you to promote or share web pages on social networks such as Meta (Facebook, X, WhatsApp and Instagram) and LinkedIn. These buttons work using pieces of code provided by Meta and LinkedIn respectively. Cookies are placed via this code. We have no control over this. Please read Meta’s or LinkedIn’s privacy policy (which may change regularly) to find out what they do with your (personal) data that they process via these cookies.
The information they collect is anonymised as far as possible. The information is transferred to and stored by X, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Google+ and LinkedIn on servers in the United States. LinkedIn, X, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Google+ claim to comply with the Safe Harbour principles and are registered with the US Department of Commerce’s Safe Harbour programme. This means that an adequate level of protection is in place for the processing of any personal data.
Right to access, correct or delete your data
You have the right to request access to, and the rectification or erasure of, your data. Please see our contact page for this. To prevent misuse, we may ask you to provide adequate proof of your identity. Where access to personal data linked to a cookie is requested, you must send a copy of the cookie in question. You can find this in your browser settings.
Enabling, disabling and deleting cookies
Further information on enabling, disabling and deleting cookies can be found in the instructions and/or via your browser’s Help function.