Cookie policy
Functional cookies
Some cookies – so-called function cookies – are essential for the functionality of our website. The processing of the function cookies is necessary to enable you to visit the website (cf. Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO). The following function cookies are used on our website.
Cookie name | Category / Service | Description / Usage | Validity |
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PHPSESSID | Necessary | Saves the current session related to PHP applications, ensuring that all features of this website based on the PHP programming language can be fully displayed. | Session |
wordpress_test_cookie | Necessary | Checks if the browser accepts cookies. | Session |
wordpress_logged_in_{HASH} | Necessary | Cookie for logged in users to save the user session. | Session |
wordpress_sec | Necessary | Cookie for logged in users to save the user session. | Session |
wordpress_gdpr_cookies_allowed | Necessary | Saves whether additional cookies were accepted besides the necessary ones. | 180 days |
wordpress_gdpr_allowed_services | Necessary | Saves which additional cookie services were accepted. | 180 days |
wordpress_gdpr_cookies_declined | Necessary | Saves which additional cookie services were not accepted. | 180 days |
wordpress_gdpr_terms_conditions_accepted | Necessary | Saves whether the terms and conditions were accepted. | 180 days |
wordpress_gdpr_privacy_policy_accepted | Necessary | Saves whether the privacy policy has been accepted. | 180 days |
wordpress_gdpr_first_time | Necessary | If the user does not make a decision but continues to navigate the site, all cookies are enabled and the cookie stores whether the current page matches the first page visited. | 180 days |
wordpress_gdpr_first_time_url | Necessary | Saves, the URL of the first visit to the website. | 180 days |
ga-disable-{ID} | Necessary | Saves whether the collection of Google Analytics data has been disabled. | 10 years |
wfwaf-authcookie-{hash} | Notwendig | This cookie is used by the Wordfence firewall to perform a capability check of the current user before WordPress has been loaded. This is only set for users that are able to log into WordPress. | 12 Stunden |
wf_loginalerted_{hash} | Notwendig | This cookie is used to notify the Wordfence admin when an administrator logs in from a new device. This is only set for users who log in, and only if the site administrator enabled “Only alert me when that administrator signs in from a new device” or the similar option for non-admin users. On this website, this function is enabled in such a way that the cookie is set only when an administrator logs in. | 1 Jahr |
wfCBLBypass | Notwendig | Wordfence offers a feature for a site visitor to bypass country blocking by accessing a hidden URL. This cookie helps track who should be allowed to bypass country blocking. When a hidden URL defined by the site admin is visited, this cookie is set to verify the user can access the site from a country restricted through country blocking. This will be set for anyone who knows the URL that allows bypass of standard country blocking. This cookie is not set for anyone who does not know the hidden URL to bypass country blocking. On this website, the country lock feature is not enabled, so this cookie is not set. | 1 Jahr |
wp-wpml_current_language | Necessary | Used to maintain the user’s chosen language for navigating the website. | 24 hours |
_icl_current_language | Necessary | Used to maintain the user’s chosen language for navigating the website. | 24 hours |
_icl_visitor_lang_js | Necessary | Used to preserve the user’s chosen language for navigating the website. | 24 hours |
wpml_browser_redirect_test | Necessary | Checks if the browser accepts cookies. | Deletes automatically when the browser is closed |
Analytical cookies
Analytics or statistics cookies collect information about visitors’ behavior on our website. This information helps us understand how our visitors use and navigate our website. The service Google Universal Analytics is used on our website with the cookies listed below.
Cookie name | Category / Service | Description / Usage | Validity |
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_ga | Google Universal Analytics | Contains a randomly generated user ID. This ID allows Google Analytics to recognize returning users to this site and merge data from previous visits. | 2 years |
_gid | Google Universal Analytics | Contains a randomly generated user ID. This ID allows Google Analytics to recognize returning users to this site and merge data from previous visits. | 24 hours |
_gat _dc_gtm_{ID} |
Google Universal Analytics | Certain data is only sent to Google Analytics a maximum of once per minute. The cookie has a lifetime of one minute. As long as it is set, certain data transfers are prevented. | 1 minute |
_gat_gtag_{ID} | Google Universal Analytics | Certain data is only sent to Google Analytics a maximum of once per minute. The cookie has a lifetime of one minute. As long as it is set, certain data transfers are prevented. | 1 minute |
_gac_{ID} | Google Universal Analytics | This cookie is set when a user arrives at the website via a click on a Google ad. It contains information about which ad was clicked, so that achieved successes such as orders or contact requests can be assigned to the ad. | 90 days |
_gali | Google Universal Analytics | Dient to anonymously record the clicked elements within a page. | 30 seconds |
IDE | Google Universal Analytics | Contains a randomly generated user ID. Using this ID, Google can recognize the user across different websites across domains and serve personalized ads. | 1 year |
AMP_TOKEN | Google Universal Analytics | Contains a token that can be used to retrieve a client ID from the AMP client ID service. Other possible values indicate opt-out, inflight request, or an error retrieving a client ID from the AMP client ID service. | 30 seconds – 1 year |
Unclassified cookies
In addition to the cookies mentioned above, other cookies are used on our website that cannot be classified more precisely. In order to o protect our contact forms from bot attacks, the following cookies are used.
Cookie name | Category / Service | Description / Usage | Validity |
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_GRECAPTCHA | Google reCAPTCHA | This cookie assigns an ID to the page visitor and collects statistical data about the page visitor’s website visits. This is used to individualize the advertising displayed to the user. | 1 year |
Deactivate cookies
You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and can decide individually whether to accept them or to exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general. Each browser differs in the way it manages cookie settings. This is described in the help menu of each browser, which explains how you can change your cookie settings. You can find this for each browser at the following links:
Alternatively, you can find out more about setting cookies and make settings for this at the Digital Advertising Alliance at www.aboutads.info.