What are cookies?

A cookie is a small piece of text sent to your browser by a website you visit. It helps the website to remember information about your visit, like your preferred language and other settings. That can make your next visit easier and the site more useful to you. Cookies play an important role. Without them, using the web would be a much more frustrating experience.

Further information can be found on Wikipedia.

Cookies used

We use cookies for various purposes. We use them, for example, to remember your website preferences, to count how many visitors we receive to a page, to help you sign up for our services and to protect your data. We do not use cookies to collect and store personal data.

Name	Origin	Lifetime	Function
session	Website	End of session	Allow use of this website
token	Website	End of session	Increase form security
cookie	Website	1 year	Hide cookie banner
_ga	Google Analytics	2 years	Distinguish users
_gat	Google Analytics	10 minutes	Throttle request rate

Third party cookies

This site may use cookies from third parties. More information on their use can be found on the websites of the respective providers.

Provider	Services
Google	Maps, YouTube, AdWords, Google+

Disable cookies

You can always adjust or disable the use of cookies in the privacy settings of your browser.

On the website Your Online Choices you can manage or block cookies of many providers.