What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small text file that is stored on your computer, tablet or mobile phone when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the website.
There are different types of cookies:
- Session cookies are stored temporarily during your visit and are deleted when you close your browser.
- Persistent cookies remain on your device for a certain period of time or until you delete them yourself.
- First-party cookies are set by the website you are visiting.
- Third-party cookies are set by an organisation other than the website owner, such as analytics or advertising providers.
Consent to the use of cookies
By law, we are allowed to store cookies on your device if they are strictly necessary for the website to function. For all other types of cookies, we need your consent. When you visit our website, a banner will therefore appear informing you about our use of cookies and allowing you to choose which categories of cookies you want to allow. You can change or withdraw your consent at any time via the Cookie Settings link at the bottom of the page.
Different types of cookies we use
We use the following categories of cookies via Cookiebot:
Necessary cookies
Required for the website to function properly. These cannot be disabled in our systems. Examples: ASP.NET_SessionId, CookieConsent, RequestVerificationToken.
Preference cookies
Enables the website to store information that changes how the page behaves or looks, such as your language selection. Examples: .ASPXANONYMOUS, lidc (LinkedIn).
Statistics cookies
Help us understand how visitors interact with the website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. Examples: .EPiForm_BID, .EPiForm_VisitorIdentifier, vuid (Vimeo).
Marketing cookies
Used to track visitors across different websites in order to display relevant advertisements and measure the effectiveness of campaigns.
Examples: YouTube cookies (YSC, VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE, yt-remote-*), Google cookies (_ga, _gcl_au, NID), Facebook cookies (_fbp, lastExternalReferrer), LinkedIn marketing cookies.
Unclassified cookies
Cookies that we are currently categorising together with our suppliers. Examples: screen-width, CategoryList, cf.turnstile.u.
Current cookie list
A complete and up-to-date list of all cookies used on this website, including name, supplier, purpose and storage time, is always available via our Cookiebot banner.
Managing cookies
Most browsers allow you to control cookies via your settings. You can set your browser to block or warn you about cookies. Please note that some parts of the website may not function properly if you do so.
Personal data and cookies
Some cookies may involve the processing of personal data, such as your IP address. For more information about our processing of personal data and your rights, please see our Privacy Policy.