Cookie Policy
Finde HERE the German version
The term "cookie" refers to text information that is stored on the device used by a website visitor and contains information such as settings or login details. The cookie can be read out the next time the website is visited, to be able to use the aforementioned information again and make the operation of the website possible in principle or more convenient. Cookies cannot be used to start programs or transfer viruses to a computer.
In general, we use cookies to analyse the interest and to improve the user-friendliness of our websites. In principle, you can also access our websites without cookies (see "If you prefer to disable cookies"). If you want to use our websites to the full extent or comfortably, you should, so far as possible, accept those cookies that enable the use of certain functions or make the use more user-friendly. Some cookies are "session cookies”. Such cookies are deleted automatically after the end of your browser session. On the other hand, other cookies remain on your terminal device until you delete them yourself. Such cookies help us to recognize you when you return to our website. The "local storage" of a browser can also be used as so-called Web Storage to store data about the user in the browser. Significantly more data can be stored here than in a cookie. This is done using so-called "keys" to which values can be assigned. Unlike cookies, no expiration date is set.
Of course, you can also view our website without cookies. Internet browsers are regularly set to accept cookies. You can deactivate the use of cookies at any time via the settings of your browser. Please use the help functions of your Internet browser to find out how to change these settings. Please note that individual functions of our website may not work if you have deactivated the use of cookies.
The setting of cookies, which are necessary for the exercise of electronic communication processes or the provision of certain functions desired by you (e.g. shopping basket), is based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in the storage of cookies for the technically error-free and smooth provision of our services.
If you prefer to deactivate cookies
You can decide yourself which types of cookies - if any at all - may be set. This decision, of course, may have certain consequences. If you deactivate our cookies, we cannot guarantee the proper functioning of our websites.
You can specify in the settings, which cookies are to be accepted or deactivated. Change settings now >>
You can change your browser settings - Chrome, Safari, Internet Explorer - to warn you when a web page is about to send a cookie, or to block either all cookies or only third party cookies. You also have the option of deleting all received cookies. Be sure to change these settings for each device and browser you use.
Information on the cookies we use
Essential Cookies
Necessary cookies ensure the proper functioning of our website. The use of these cookies does not require the consent of the website visitor. For this reason, individual essential cookies can neither be activated nor deactivated by the user.
Google Tag Manager
Provider: https://apps.ghostery.com/nl/apps/google_tag_manager
Purpose: Google Tag Manager allows CCV to quickly and easily update tags and code fragments on the website. Once the Tag Manager fragment has been added to the website, CCV can configure tags via a web interface without needing to change or implement additional code. This reduces the likelihood of errors and it will no longer be necessary to involve a developer when CCV needs to change something.
Period of validity: Unlimited
Cookie opt-in: Not optional
Adobe
Provider: https://apps.ghostery.com/nl/apps/typekit_by_adobe
Purpose: To provide the Typekit service, Adobe may collect information about fonts that are sent to your website. This information is used for billing and compliance purposes.
Period of validity: unlimited
Consent to use cookies: not optional
Google AJAX Search API
Provider: https://apps.ghostery.com/nl/apps/google_ajax_search_api
Purpose: Google AJAX Search API is a JavaScript library for integrating Google search into your web pages and other web applications. Developers can use API to integrate Google Search, News Search, and Blog Search search services into their web page.
Period of validity: unlimited
Consent to use cookies: not optional
hCaptcha
Provider: https://www.hcaptcha.com/
Purpose: hCaptcha is used to check whether data entered on our website (e.g. on a registration page or a contact form) has been entered by a human or by an automated program. To do this, hCaptcha analyzes the behavior of the visitor to the website or mobile app based on various characteristics. This analysis starts automatically as soon as the website or mobile app visitor enters a part of the website or app with hCaptcha enabled. For the analysis, hCaptcha evaluates various information (e.g. IP address, dwell time of the visitor on the website or app or mouse movements of the user). The data collected during the analysis is forwarded to IMI. The hCaptcha analysis in "invisible mode" can take place entirely in the background. Website or app visitors are not made aware that such analysis is taking place if no challenge is displayed to the user.
Period of validity: max. 1 year
Cookie opt-in: not optional
Analytics Cookies
These cookies allow us to measure and analyze how you use our websites to improve both their functionality and your experience.
Google Analytics
Our websites use Google Analytics, a web analysis service of our service provider Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA („Google“).
Google Analytics uses cookies which are stored on your computer and which enable an analysis of your use of the website (Art. 6 para. 1 a GDPR).
The information generated by the cookies about your use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. By activating IP anonymisation on our website your IP address will be shortened and thus anonymised by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area.
Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transferred to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. On our behalf, Google will use the transmitted information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activities and to provide us with further services related to website and Internet use.
You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser. Please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. To prevent Google from processing your personal data (including your abbreviated IP address), please download and install the browser plugin available at http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.
Provider: https://apps.ghostery.com/nl/apps/google_analytics
Purpose: Obtain insight in visitors’ behaviour on the website in order to improve their user experience.
Cookies: __utma, __utmb, __utmc, __utmv, __utmz, _ga
Period of validity: 2 years
Cookie opt-in: Optional
Hotjar
Provider: https://apps.ghostery.com/nl/apps/hotjar
Purpose: Doing qualitative research among website visitors and gaining a better insight into the click behavior of the visitor. This can improve the user experience on the website.
Cookies: _hjIncludeInSample, _hjMinimizedPolls, _hjUserId
Expiry period: max. 1 year
Cookie opt-in: Optional
GA Audiences
Provider: https://apps.ghostery.com/nl/apps/ga_audiences
Purpose: This service is used to gain insight into the behaviour of website visitors and thus improve their user experience.
Period of validity: 2 years
Consent to use cookies: Optional
Google Optimize
Provider: https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/optimize/
Purpose: Gain a better insight into the click behavior of the visitor. This can improve the user experience on the website.
Cookies: _gaexp, _opt_awcid, _opt_awmid, _opt_awgid, _opt_awkid, _opt_utmc
Expiry period: Differs per cookie, 24 hours - 90 days
Cookie opt-in: Optional
Advertising Cookies
Marketing cookies store information regarding websites visited by users. This data is used to display personalized advertisements tailored to user interests. These types of cookies are cookies that require consent. If you do not wish to receive any advertising, you can object to the marketing cookies at any time by adjusting the cookie settings.
Doubleclick
Provider: Doubleclick.net
Purpose: Measuring the conversion. This anonymous information is used to determine the value of an advertising partner and to enable billing of advertising partners. This anonymous information is also used to build anonymous visitor segments, if an opt-in for this was given.
Cookies: id, test_cookie,_drt_, p
Period of validity: max.90 days
Cookie opt-in: optional
Bing Ads
Provider: https://apps.ghostery.com/nl/apps/bing_ads
Purpose: This service is used to measure the conversion rate. The anonymous data collected in this process is used as the basis for determining the value of advertising partners and for generating invoices for these advertising partners. It is also used for anonymous visitor segmentation, provided the necessary consent has been given.
Cookies: ipv6, SRCHHPGUSR, _SS, SRCHUSR, _EDGE_S, SRCHUID, SRCHD, MUID, MUIDB
Period of validity: max. 2 years
Consent to the use of cookies: optional
When visiting our Facebook page, the privacy policy of Facebook regarding the so-called Page Insights must also be observed. The processing of personal data is carried out as jointly responsible (according to Art. 26 GDPR) with Facebook. See
https://de-de.facebook.com/legal/terms/page_controller_addendum
Facebook marketing services (like Facebook Pixel)
Within our online offer, the so-called "Facebook pixel" of the social network Facebook, which is operated by Facebook Inc, 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA, or if you are resident in the EU, Facebook Ireland Ltd, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland ("Facebook"), is used due to our legitimate interests in the analysis, optimization and economic operation of our online offer and for these purposes.
With the help of the Facebook pixel, on the one hand, Facebook is able to determine the visitors of our online offer as a target group for the presentation of ads (so-called "Facebook ads"). Accordingly, we use the Facebook Pixel in order to display the Facebook Ads placed by us only to those Facebook users who have also shown an interest in our online offer or who exhibit certain characteristics (e.g. interests in certain topics or products determined on the basis of the websites visited) that we transmit to Facebook (so-called "Custom Audiences").
With the help of the Facebook pixel, we also want to ensure that our Facebook ads match the potential interest of users and are not annoying or disturbing.
The Facebook Pixel also allows us to track the effectiveness of Facebook Ads for statistical and market research purposes by seeing whether users are redirected to our website after clicking on a Facebook Ad (so-called "conversion").
The Facebook pixel is directly integrated by Facebook when you call up our websites and can save a so-called cookie, i.e. a small file, on your device. If you then log in to Facebook or visit Facebook while logged in, the visit to our online offer will be noted in your profile.
The data collected about you is anonymous to us, so we cannot draw any conclusions about the identity of the user. The data is stored and processed by Facebook so that a connection to the respective user profile is possible and can be used by Facebook as well as for our own market research and advertising purposes.
The processing of data by Facebook takes place within the framework of Facebook's data use policy. Accordingly, general information on the presentation of Facebook ads is provided in the Facebook Data Usage Policy: https://www.facebook.com/policy.php. Specific information and details about the Facebook pixel and its functionality can be found in the Facebook help section: https://www.facebook.com/business/help/651294705016616.
Duration of storage
The data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer necessary for the purpose of their collection.
Objection and elimination possibility
You may object to the collection by the Facebook pixel and use of your data to display Facebook ads. To control what types of ads are displayed to you within Facebook, you can go to the page set up by Facebook and follow the instructions for usage-based advertising settings: https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads.
The settings are platform-independent, meaning that they are applied to all devices, such as desktop computers or mobile devices.
You can also opt-out of the use of cookies for audience measurement and advertising purposes by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page (http://optout.networkadvertising.org/) and additionally the U.S. website (http://www.aboutads.info/choices) or the European website (http://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/your-ad-choices/).
Facebook Custom Audience
Provider: https://apps.ghostery.com/nl/apps/facebook_custom_audience
Purpose: This service is used to measure the conversion rate. The anonymous data collected in this process is used to determine the value of advertising partners and to generate invoices for these advertising partners. It is also used for anonymous visitor segmentation, subject to the necessary consent.
Cookies: locale, c_user, csm, datr, fr, lu, xs, pk, s, p, act, x-src, presence
Period of validity: maximum 1 year
Consent to the use of cookies: optional
Facebook Impressions
Provider: https://apps.ghostery.com/nl/apps/facebook_impressions
Purpose: This service is used to measure the conversion rate. The anonymous data collected in this process is used to determine the value of advertising partners and to generate invoices for these advertising partners. It is also used for anonymous visitor segmentation, subject to the necessary consent.
Cookies: locale, c_user, csm, datr, fr, lu, xs, pk, s, p, act, x-src, presence
Period of validity: maximum 1 year
Consent to the use of cookies: optional
Google Dynamic Remarketing
Provider: https://apps.ghostery.com/nl/apps/google_dynamic_remarketing
Purpose: Dynamic remarketing is a component of Google Analytics and allows you to place remarketing ads for content or products that may be of particular interest to your users. This is based on content or products that users have already viewed, similar and particularly powerful content and products, and users' past purchases and demographics.
cookies: __utma, __utmb, __utmc, __utmv, __utmz, _ga
Period of validity: maximum 2 years
Consent to use cookies: required
Social media Facebook Connect
Provider: https://apps.ghostery.com/nl/apps/facebook_connect
Purpose: This service is used to measure the conversion rate and to place targeted offers on third party websites. The anonymous conversion data is used to determine the value of various advertising partners on a central ad server and to display targeted offers on third-party websites via this ad server.
Cookies: locale, c_user, csm, datr, fr, lu, xs, pk, s, p, act, x-src, presence
Period of validity: maximum 1 year
Consent to the use of cookies: optional
Facebook Social Plugins
Provider: https://apps.ghostery.com/nl/apps/facebook_social_plugins
Purpose: This service is used to measure the conversion rate and to place targeted offers on third party websites. The anonymous conversion data is used to determine the value of various advertising partners on a central ad server and to display targeted offers on third-party websites via this ad server.
Cookies: locale, c_user, csm, datr, fr, lu, xs, pk, s, p, act, x-src, presence
Period of validity: maximum 1 year
Consent to the use of cookies: optional
Customer Interaction
LinkedIn Marketing Solutions
This website uses LinkedIn Marketing Solutions, a tool from LinkedIn (LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland), which is used to increase the reach of the website's marketing. Every time you connect to a website that contains LinkedIn functionality, a connection is made to LinkedIn's servers. One of these features is the mapping of a user's visit to the website using LinkedIn Marketing Solutions to the user's LinkedIn profile. LinkedIn uses cookies to provide its technical functionality. You can prevent cookies from being placed on your system by configuring your Internet browser accordingly. In addition, you may prevent the use of LinkedIn Marketing Solutions based marketing analytics by following this link: https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls. Please note that the above configuration can be deleted if you delete all cookies stored in your system.
For more information about LinkedIn's use of personal information, please contact LinkedIn directly. You can review LinkedIn's privacy policy here https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.
LiveChat
Provider: https://apps.ghostery.com/nl/apps/livechat
Purpose: Initiate customer interaction via the website.
Cookies: __lc_cst, amplitude_idlivechatinc.com, __lc_cid, landing_page, __livechat, 3rdparty, __lc_vv.group16, referrer, message_text.group16, chat_widget_amplitude_idlivechatinc.com, recent_window.group16, main_window_timestamp.group16, main_window_timestamp_16.group16, _ga, notification[status_ping].group16, utm_source, __livechat_lastvisit
Expiry period: No more than 2 years
Cookie opt-in: Optional