Cookies

What are cookies?

Cookies are small text strings that the sites the user visits send to his terminal (usually the browser), where they are stored before being retransmitted to the same sites on the next visit to the same user. For this purpose, cookies are categorized here as technical cookies and profiling cookies, depending on the type of use, as well as own cookies or third-party cookies, depending on user use.

Cookie types:

Technical cookies

Technical cookies are used for the sole purpose of “carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network, or as strictly necessary for the provider of an information society service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, such as a service” (see Article 122(1) of the Privacy Code). Technical cookies are distinguished from navigation or usage cookies (which guarantee the normal navigation and use of the website); analytical cookies (similar to cookies where technicians are used directly by the site operator to collect information, in general terms, the number of users and how they visit the site) and functional cookies (allow the user to navigate based on a set of selected criteria, such as language, to improve the service for the same user.

Profiling cookies

Profiling cookies are used to send advertising messages in line with the user’s preferences on the web.

Cookies from third parties

Due to the various users who install cookies on the PC and depending on whether it is the same administrator of the website that the user visits or another website that installs the cookies for its own use, a distinction is always made between own cookies and cookies from third parties.

In order to provide optimal web navigation, the website visited may use all or some of the following cookies, which may be its own and/or those of third parties:

Session cookie (local)

It is a technical cookie with a storage function of the user’s actions within a website. This will be deleted after one year.

Google Analytics (from third parties)

Monitoring cookies for the development of website usage statistics; Google Analytics uses cookies that do not store personal data and are stored on the user’s PC to enable the website provider to analyze how the same users use the website. To prevent the storage of the aforementioned cookies, the user must follow the procedure in this link: www.google.com/intl/de_ALL/analytics/learn/privacy.html

 

How can cookies be deactivated, deleted or blocked?

This website you are visiting allows you to check/uncheck the individual cookies with the modalities illustrated below, but with the note that in case of deactivation, the full use of the website can no longer be guaranteed.

 

Firefox:

Open the Firefox browser.

Press the “Alt” key on your keyboard.

1. Select “Menu” and then “Options” in your toolbar.
2. Select the “Privacy” tab.
3. For “Firefox will create a history:”, select “Create according to user-defined settings”.
4. Uncheck the “Accept cookies” box and save your settings.

Internet Explorer:

1. Open Internet Explorer.
2. Click on the “Extras” button and then on “Internet options”.
3. Click on the “Data protection” tab.
4. In the “Cookies” tab, you can uncheck the box and save your settings.

Google Chrome:

1. Open Google Chrome.
2. Select “Settings”.
3. Click on “Show advanced settings”.
4. Click on “Content settings” in the “Privacy” tab.
5. You can deactivate them and save your settings in the “Cookies” section.

Safari:

1. Open Safari.
2. Select “Settings” in the function list (gray gear wheel in the upper right corner) and click on “Privacy”.
3. Under “Accept cookies” you can specify whether and when Safari should accept cookies from websites. For more information, click on Help (?).
4. If you would like to find out more about the cookies that are stored on your computer, click on “Show cookies”.