When you visit websites today, certain information is automatically created and stored, including on this website.

If you visit our website as you are right now, our web server (computer on which this website is stored) automatically saves data such as

• the address (URL) of the accessed website
• Browser and browser version
• the operating system used
• the address (URL) of the previously visited page (referrer URL)
• the hostname and IP address of the device from which access is being made
• Date and Time

in files (web server log files).

As a rule, web server log files are stored for two weeks and then automatically deleted. We do not pass on this data, but cannot rule out that this data will be viewed in the event of illegal behavior.

Our website uses HTTP cookies to store user-specific data.
In the following we explain what cookies are and why they are used so that you can better understand the following data protection declaration.

Whenever you surf the Internet, you use a browser. Well-known browsers include Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge. Most websites store small text files in your browser. These files are called cookies.

One thing cannot be denied: Cookies are really useful little helpers. Almost all websites use cookies. More precisely, they are HTTP cookies, as there are other cookies for other areas of application. HTTP cookies are small files that are stored on your computer by our website. These cookie files are automatically stored in the cookie folder, which is basically the “brain” of your browser. A cookie consists of a name and a value. When defining a cookie, one or more attributes must also be specified.

Cookies store certain user data from you, such as language or personal page settings. When you visit our site again, your browser transmits the “user-related” information back to our site. Thanks to the cookies, our website knows who you are and offers you your usual default setting. In some browsers each cookie has its own file, in others such as Firefox all cookies are stored in a single file.

There are both first-party cookies and third-party cookies. First-party cookies are created directly by our site, third-party cookies are created by partner websites (e.g. Google Analytics). Each cookie must be evaluated individually, since each cookie stores different data. The expiry time of a cookie also varies from a few minutes to a few years. Cookies are not software programs and do not contain viruses, Trojans or other “pests”. Cookies also cannot access information on your PC.

For example, cookie data can look like this:

• Name: _ga
• Expiry time: 2 years
• Use: Differentiation of website visitors
• Example value: GA1.2.1326744211.152311233068

A browser should support the following minimum sizes:

• A cookie should contain at least 4096 bytes
• At least 50 cookies should be stored per domain
• A total of at least 3000 cookies should be able to be stored

The question of which cookies we use in particular depends on the services used and is clarified in the following sections of the data protection declaration. At this point we would like to briefly discuss the different types of HTTP cookies.

There are 4 types of cookies:

Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are necessary to ensure basic functions of the website. For example, these cookies are needed if a user puts a product in the shopping cart, then continues surfing on other pages and only goes to the checkout later. These cookies do not delete the shopping cart, even if the user closes their browser window.

Functional cookies
These cookies collect information about user behavior and whether the user receives any error messages. In addition, these cookies are also used to measure the loading time and behavior of the website in different browsers.

Targeting cookies
These cookies ensure a better user experience. For example, entered locations, font sizes or form data are saved.

Advertising cookies
These cookies are also called targeting cookies. They are used to provide the user with individually tailored advertising. This can be very useful, but also very annoying.

Usually, when you visit a website for the first time, you will be asked which of these types of cookies you would like to allow. And of course this decision is also stored in a cookie.

You decide for yourself how and whether you want to use cookies. Regardless of which service or website the cookies come from, you always have the option of deleting cookies, only partially allowing them or deactivating them. For example, you can block third-party cookies but allow all other cookies.

If you want to find out which cookies have been stored in your browser, if you want to change or delete cookie settings, you can find this in your browser settings:

Chrome: Delete, enable and manage cookies in Chrome

Safari: Managing Cookies and Website Data with Safari

Firefox: Clear cookies to remove data websites have placed on your computer

Internet Explorer: Delete and manage cookies

Microsoft Edge: Deleting and managing cookies

If you generally do not want any cookies, you can set up your browser so that it always informs you when a cookie is to be set. You can decide for each individual cookie whether you allow the cookie or not. The procedure differs depending on the browser. It is best to search the instructions in Google with the search term “delete cookies Chrome” or “disable cookies Chrome” in case of a Chrome browser or replace the word “Chrome” with the name of your browser, e.g. Edge, Firefox, Safari.

The so-called “Cookie Guidelines” have been in place since 2009. It states that the storage of cookies requires your consent. Within the EU countries, however, there are still very different reactions to these directives. In Germany, the cookie guidelines have not been implemented as national law. Instead, this guideline was largely implemented in Section 15 (3) of the Telemedia Act (TMG).

If you want to know more about cookies and are not afraid of technical documentation, we recommend  https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6265 , the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Request for Comments called “HTTP State Management Mechanism”.

Personal data that you transmit to us electronically on this website, such as name, e-mail address, address or other personal information when submitting a form or comments on the blog, will be stored by us together with the time and the IP Address used only for the purpose stated, kept safe and not passed on to third parties.

We therefore only use your personal data for communication with those visitors who expressly request contact and for the processing of the services and products offered on this website. We do not pass on your personal data without your consent, but we cannot rule out that this data will be viewed in the event of illegal behavior.

If you send us personal data by e-mail – thus outside of this website – we cannot guarantee a secure transmission and the protection of your data. We recommend that you never send confidential data unencrypted by e-mail.

According to Article 6 paragraph 1 a GDPR  (lawfulness of processing), the legal basis  is that you give us your consent to process the data you have entered. You can revoke this consent at any time – an informal e-mail is sufficient, you will find our contact details in the imprint.

According to the provisions of the GDPR, you have the following rights:

• Right to rectification (Article 16 GDPR)
• Right to erasure (“right to be forgotten”) (Article 17 GDPR)
• Right to restriction of processing (Article 18 GDPR)
• Right to notification – obligation to notify in connection with rectification or erasure of personal data or restriction of processing (Article 19 GDPR)
• Right to data portability (Article 20 GDPR)
• Right to object (Article 21 GDPR)
• Right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling (Article 22 GDPR)

If you believe that the processing of your data violates data protection law or your data protection rights have otherwise been violated in any way, you can contact the  Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (BfDI)  .

In the following data protection declaration we inform you whether and how we evaluate data from your visit to this website. The evaluation of the collected data is usually anonymous and we cannot draw any conclusions about your person from your behavior on this website.

You can find out more about the possibilities of objecting to this evaluation of visit data in the following data protection declaration.

We use https to transmit data tap-proof on the Internet (data protection through technology design  Article 25 paragraph 1 DSGVO ). By using TLS (Transport Layer Security), an encryption protocol for secure data transmission on the Internet, we can ensure the protection of confidential data. You can recognize the use of this protection of data transmission by the small lock symbol in the top left corner of the browser and the use of the https scheme (instead of http) as part of our Internet address.

In order for Google Maps to be able to fully offer its service, the company must collect and store data from you. This includes, among other things, the search terms entered, your IP address and also the latitude and longitude coordinates. If you use the route planner function, the start address entered will also be saved. However, this data storage happens on the Google Maps website. We can only inform you about this, but have no influence. Since we have integrated Google Maps into our website, Google sets at least one cookie (name: NID) in your browser. This cookie stores data about your user behavior. Google uses this data primarily to optimize its own services and to provide you with individual, personalized advertising.

The following cookie is set in your browser due to the integration of Google Maps:

Name:  NID
Value:  188=h26c1Ktha7fCQTx8rXgLyATyITJ311233068-5
Purpose:  NID is used by Google to adapt advertisements to your Google search. With the help of the cookie, Google “remembers” your most frequently entered search queries or your previous interaction with ads. So you always get tailor-made advertisements. The cookie contains a unique ID that Google uses to collect your personal preferences for advertising purposes.
Expiry date:  after 6 months

Note:  We cannot guarantee the completeness of the stored data. Changes can never be ruled out, especially when using cookies. In order to identify the cookie NID, a separate test page was created, where only Google Maps was integrated.

Google servers are located in data centers around the world. However, most of the servers are located in America. For this reason, your data is also increasingly stored in the USA. Here you can read exactly where the Google data centers are located:  https://www.google.com/about/datacenters/inside/locations/?hl=de

Google distributes the data on different data carriers. This means that the data can be called up more quickly and is better protected against any attempts at manipulation. Each data center also has special emergency programs. If, for example, there are problems with the Google hardware or a natural disaster paralyzes the servers, the data will almost certainly remain protected.

Google stores some data for a fixed period of time. For other data, Google only offers the option of manually deleting it. The company also anonymizes information (such as advertising data) in server logs by deleting part of the IP address and cookie information after 9 and 18 months, respectively.

With the automatic deletion of location and activity data introduced in 2019, information on location determination and web/app activity is stored for either 3 or 18 months – depending on your decision – and then deleted. You can also manually delete this data from the history at any time via the Google account. If you want to completely prevent your location tracking, you need to pause the “Web and app activity” section in the Google account. Click “Data and Personalization” and then click the “Activity Settings” option. Here you can switch the activities on or off.

You can also deactivate, delete or manage individual cookies in your browser. Depending on which browser you use, this always works a little differently. The following instructions show how to manage cookies in your browser:

Chrome: Delete, enable and manage cookies in Chrome

Safari: Managing Cookies and Website Data with Safari

Firefox: Clear cookies to remove data websites have placed on your computer

Internet Explorer: Delete and manage cookies

Microsoft Edge: Deleting and managing cookies

If you generally do not want any cookies, you can set up your browser so that it always informs you when a cookie is to be set. You can decide for each individual cookie whether you allow it or not.

Google is an active participant in the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework, which regulates the correct and secure data transfer of personal data. For more information, see  https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI . If you want to find out more about data processing by Google, we recommend the company’s own data protection declaration at  https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de .

Google Fonts (formerly Google Web Fonts) is a directory of over 800 fonts that  Google  makes available to its users free of charge.

Many of these fonts are released under the SIL Open Font License, while others are released under the Apache License. Both are free software licenses.

The data that Google stores for a day or a year cannot simply be deleted. The data is automatically transmitted to Google when the page is accessed. In order to be able to delete this data prematurely, you must contact Google Support at  https://support.google.com/?hl=de&tid=311233068  . In this case, you only prevent data storage if you do not visit our site.

Unlike other web fonts, Google allows us unlimited access to all fonts. So we have unlimited access to a sea of fonts and thus get the best out of our website. You can find more about Google Fonts and other questions at  https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq?tid=311233068 . Although Google addresses data protection issues there, it does not contain really detailed information about data storage. It is relatively difficult to get really precise information about stored data from Google.

You can also read about what data Google collects and what this data is used for at  https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/  .

Google Fonts used to be called Google Web Fonts. This is an interactive directory of over 800 fonts that  Google  provides for free. With Google Fonts, you could use fonts without uploading them to your own server. However, in order to prevent any transfer of information to Google servers in this regard, we have downloaded the fonts to our server. In this way, we act in compliance with data protection and do not send any data to Google Fonts.

Unlike other web fonts, Google allows us unlimited access to all fonts. So we have unlimited access to a sea of fonts and thus get the best out of our website. You can find more about Google Fonts and other questions at  https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq?tid=311233068 .

If you visit one of our websites that offers OpenStreetMap, user data is transmitted to the service and stored there. OpenStreetMap collects information about your interactions with the digital map, your IP address, data about your browser, device type, operating system and the day and time you used the service. Tracking software is also used to record user interactions. The company specifies the “Piwik” analysis tool in its own data protection declaration.

The data collected is subsequently accessible to the relevant working groups of the OpenStreetMap Foundation. According to the company, personal information will not be shared with any other person or company unless required by law. The third-party provider Piwik saves your IP address, but in an abbreviated form.

The following cookie may be set in your browser when you interact with OpenStreetMap on our website:

Name:  _osm_location
Value:  9.63312%7C52.41500%7C17%7CM
Purpose:  The cookie is required to unlock the content of OpenStreetMap.
Expiry date:  after 10 years

If you want to view the full screen map, you will be linked to the OpenStreetMap website. The following cookies, among others, can be stored there in your browser:

Name:  _osm_totp_token
Value:  148253311233068-2
Purpose:  This cookie is used to ensure the operation of the map section.
Expiry date:  after one hour

Name:  _osm_session
Value:  1d9bfa122e0259d5f6db4cb8ef653a1c
Purpose:  With the help of cookies, session information (i.e. user behavior) can be saved.
Expiry date:  after the end of the session

Name:  _pk_id.1.cf09
Value:  4a5.1593684142.2.1593688396.1593688396311233068-9
Purpose:  This cookie is set by Piwik to store and measure user data such as click behavior.
Expiry date:  after one year

You always have the right to access your personal data and to object to its use and processing. You can manage, delete or disable cookies that OpenStreetMap may set in your browser at any time. As a result, however, the service will no longer function to its full extent. Each browser manages, deletes or disables cookies a little differently. Below you will find links to the instructions for the most popular browsers:

Chrome: Delete, enable and manage cookies in Chrome

Safari: Managing Cookies and Website Data with Safari

Firefox: Clear cookies to remove data websites have placed on your computer

Internet Explorer: Delete and manage cookies

Microsoft Edge: Deleting and managing cookies

If you want to learn more about data processing by OpenStreetMap, we recommend the company’s privacy policy at  https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Privacy_Policy.

If you call up one of our subpages that has an online map from Mapbox integrated, data about your user behavior can be collected and stored. This has to be so that the integrated online maps work properly. It is also possible that Mapbox will pass on data collected to third parties, but no personal data. This happens either if this is necessary for legal reasons or if Mapbox explicitly commissions another company. The map content is transmitted directly to your browser and integrated into our website.

Mapbox automatically collects certain technical information when requests are made to the APIs. In addition to your IP address, this includes browser information, your operating system, content of the request, limited location and usage data, the URL of the website visited and the date and time of the website visit. According to Mapbox, the data is only used to improve its own products. In addition, Mapbox also collects randomly generated IDs to analyze user behavior and determine the number of active users.

If you use one of our subpages and interact with an online map, Mapbox sets the following cookie in your browser:

Name:  ppcbb-enable-content-mapbox_js
Value:  1605795587311233068-4
Purpose:  We have not yet been able to find out more detailed information about the purpose of the cookie.
Expiry date:  after one year

Note:  In our tests, we did not find a cookie in the Chrome browser, but we found it in other browsers.

If you do not want Mapbox to process data about you or your user behavior, you can disable JavaScript in your browser settings. Of course, you can then no longer use the corresponding functions to their full extent.

You always have the right to access your personal data and to object to its use and processing. You can manage, delete or disable cookies that may be set by Mapbox API in your browser at any time. As a result, however, the service may no longer function fully. Each browser manages, deletes or disables cookies a little differently. Below you will find links to the instructions for the most popular browsers:

Chrome: Delete, enable and manage cookies in Chrome

Safari: Managing Cookies and Website Data with Safari

Firefox: Clear cookies to remove data websites have placed on your computer

Internet Explorer: Delete and manage cookies

Microsoft Edge: Deleting and managing cookies

If you want to learn more about how Mapbox processes data, we recommend the company’s data protection declaration at  https://www.mapbox.com/legal/privacy .

Google Analytics is a tracking tool used to analyze traffic on our website. In order for Google Analytics to work, a tracking code is built into the code of our website. When you visit our website, this code records various actions that you take on our website. As soon as you leave our website, this data is sent to the Google Analytics servers and stored there.

Google processes the data and we receive reports on your user behavior. These reports may include the following:

• Target group reports: With target group reports, we get to know our users better and know more precisely who is interested in our service.
• Ad reports: Ad reports make it easier for us to analyze and improve our online advertising.
• Acquisition Reports: Acquisition reports provide us with helpful information on how to attract more people to our service.
• Behavior Reports: Here we learn how you interact with our website. We can understand which path you take on our site and which links you click on.
• Conversion reports: Conversion is a process in which you perform a desired action based on a marketing message. For example, when you go from being a mere website visitor to a buyer or newsletter subscriber. These reports enable us to learn more about how our marketing measures are resonating with you. This is how we want to increase our conversion rate.
• Real-time reports: Here we always know immediately what is happening on our website. For example, we can see how many users are currently reading this text.

Google Analytics uses a tracking code to create a random, unique ID that is linked to your browser cookie. This is how Google Analytics recognizes you as a new user. The next time you visit our site, you will be recognized as a “returning” user. All collected data is stored together with this user ID. This makes it possible to evaluate pseudonymous user profiles in the first place.

Identifiers such as cookies and app instance IDs are used to measure your interactions on our website. Interactions are any type of action you take on our website. If you also use other Google systems (such as a Google account), data generated via Google Analytics can be linked to third-party cookies. Google does not pass on Google Analytics data unless we as the website operator authorize this. Exceptions may arise if required by law.

The following cookies are used by Google Analytics:

Name:  _ga
Value:  2.1326744211.152311233068-5
Purpose:  By default, analytics.js uses the _ga cookie to store the user ID. Basically, it serves to differentiate between website visitors.
Expiry date:  after 2 years

Name:  _gid
Value:  2.1687193234.152311233068-1
Purpose:  The cookie is also used to distinguish between website visitors.
Expiry date:  after 24 hours

Name:  _gat_gtag_UA_
Value:  1
Usage:  Used to lower request rate. If Google Analytics is provided via Google Tag Manager, this cookie is given the name _dc_gtm_ .
Expiry date:  after 1 minute

Name:  AMP_TOKEN
Value:  no information
Purpose:  The cookie has a token with which a user ID can be retrieved from the AMP client ID service. Other possible values indicate an opt-out, a request, or an error.
Expiry date:  after 30 seconds to one year

Name:  __utma
Value:  1564498958.1564498958.1564498958.1
Purpose:  This cookie can be used to track your behavior on the website and measure performance. The cookie is updated each time information is sent to Google Analytics.
Expiry date:  after 2 years

Name:  __utmt
Value:  1
Purpose:  Like _gat_gtag_UA_, the cookie is used to throttle the request rate.
Expiry date:  after 10 minutes

Name:  __utmb
Value:  3.10.1564498958
Purpose:  This cookie is used to determine new sessions. It is updated every time new data or information is sent to Google Analytics.
Expiry date:  after 30 minutes

Name:  __utmc
Value:  167421564
Purpose:  This cookie is used to set new sessions for returning visitors. This is a session cookie and is only stored until you close the browser.
Expiry date:  After closing the browser

Name:  __utmz
Value:  m|utmccn=(referral)|utmcmd=referral|utmcct=/
Purpose:  The cookie is used to identify the source of traffic to our website. This means that the cookie stores where you came from on our website. That could have been another page or an advertisement.
Expiry date:  after 6 months

Name:  __utmv
Value:  not specified
Purpose:  The cookie is used to store user-defined user data. It is always updated when information is sent to Google Analytics.
Expiry date:  after 2 years

Note:  This list cannot claim to be complete, as Google is constantly changing the choice of its cookies.

Here we show you an overview of the most important data that is collected with Google Analytics:

Heatmaps:  Google creates so-called heatmaps. Heatmaps show exactly those areas that you click on. This is how we get information about where you are on our site.

Session duration:  Google defines the session duration as the time you spend on our site without leaving the site. If you have been inactive for 20 minutes, the session ends automatically.

Bounce rate  : A bounce is when you only view one page on our website and then leave our website again.

Account creation:  If you create an account or place an order on our website, Google Analytics collects this data.

IP address:  The IP address is only shown in abbreviated form so that no clear assignment is possible.

Location:  The country and your approximate location can be determined via the IP address. This process is also referred to as IP location determination.

Technical information:  The technical information includes, among other things, your browser type, your Internet provider or your screen resolution.

Source of origin:  Google Analytics or us, of course, we are also interested in which website or which advertisement you came to our site from.

Other data are contact details, any ratings, playing media (e.g. if you play a video on our site), sharing content via social media or adding it to your favorites. The list does not claim to be complete and only serves as a general guide to data storage by Google Analytics.

Google has distributed their servers all over the world. Most of the servers are located in America and consequently your data is mostly stored on American servers. Here you can read exactly where the Google data centers are located:  https://www.google.com/about/datacenters/inside/locations/?hl=de

Your data is distributed across different physical media. This has the advantage that the data can be called up more quickly and is better protected against manipulation. Every Google data center has emergency programs for your data. For example, if Google’s hardware fails or natural disasters paralyze servers, the risk of a service interruption at Google remains low.

A standard storage period for your user data of 26 months is set for Google Analytics. Then your user data will be deleted. However, we have the option of choosing the retention period for user data ourselves. We have five options available for this:

• Deletion after 14 months
• Deletion after 26 months
• Deletion after 38 months
• Deletion after 50 months
• No automatic deletion

When the specified period has expired, the data will be deleted once a month. This retention period applies to your data associated with cookies, user recognition and advertising IDs (e.g. cookies from the DoubleClick domain). Report results are based on aggregated data and are stored independently of user data. Aggregated data is a merging of individual data into a larger unit.

Under European Union data protection law, you have the right to access, update, delete or restrict your data. You can prevent Google Analytics from using your data by using the browser add-on to disable Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js, dc.js).  You can download and install the browser add-on from  https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de . Please note that this add-on only disables data collection by Google Analytics.

If you generally want to deactivate, delete or manage cookies (regardless of Google Analytics), there are separate instructions for each browser:

Chrome: Delete, enable and manage cookies in Chrome

Safari: Managing Cookies and Website Data with Safari

Firefox: Clear cookies to remove data websites have placed on your computer

Internet Explorer: Delete and manage cookies

Microsoft Edge: Deleting and managing cookies

Google Analytics is an active participant in the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework, which regulates the correct and secure data transfer of personal data. For more information, see  https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&tid=311233068 . We hope we were able to provide you with the most important information about data processing by Google Analytics. If you want to learn more about the tracking service, we recommend these two links:  http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html  and  https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245 ?hl=de .

We have implemented Google Analytics IP address anonymization on this website. This function was developed by Google so that this website can comply with applicable data protection regulations and recommendations from local data protection authorities if they prohibit the storage of the full IP address. The IP is anonymized or masked as soon as the IP addresses arrive in the Google Analytics data collection network and before the data is stored or processed.

You can find more information on IP anonymization at  https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/2763052?hl=de .

We have activated the functions for advertising reports in Google Analytics. The Demographics and Interests reports include information about age, gender, and interests. This enables us to get a better picture of our users without being able to assign this data to individual persons. You can find out more about the advertising functions  at https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/3450482?hl=de_AT&utm_id=ad .

You can end the use of the activities and information from your Google account under “Advertising settings” at  https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated  by checking the box.

If you click on the following  deactivation link  , you can prevent Google from recording further visits to this website. Caution: Deleting cookies, using your browser’s incognito/private mode, or using a different browser will result in data being collected again.

Disable Google Analytics

We have entered into a direct customer agreement with Google for the use of Google Analytics by accepting the “Data Processing Amendment” in Google Analytics.

You can find out more about the data processing addendum for Google Analytics here:  https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/3379636?hl=de&utm_id=ad

We use the Facebook pixel from Facebook on our website. We have implemented code for this on our website. The Facebook pixel is a snippet of JavaScript code that loads a collection of functions that Facebook can use to track your user actions if you came to our website via Facebook ads. For example, when you purchase a product on our website, the Facebook pixel is triggered and stores your actions on our website in one or more cookies. These cookies enable Facebook to compare your user data (customer data such as IP address, user ID) with the data in your Facebook account. Then Facebook deletes this data again. The data collected is anonymous and cannot be viewed by us and can only be used in the context of placing advertisements.

We only want to show our services and products to those people who are really interested in them. With the help of Facebook pixels, our advertising measures can be better tailored to your wishes and interests. In this way, Facebook users (if they have allowed personalized advertising) will see appropriate advertising. Furthermore, Facebook uses the collected data for analysis purposes and its own advertisements.

In the following we show you the cookies that were set by integrating Facebook pixels on a test page. Please note that these are just example cookies. Depending on the interaction on our website, different cookies are set.

Name:  _fbp
Value:  fb.1.1568287647279.257405483-6311233068-7
Purpose:  This cookie uses Facebook to display advertising products.
Expiry date:  after 3 months

Name:  fr
Value:  0aPf312HOS5Pboo2r..Bdeiuf…1.0.Bdeiuf.
Purpose:  This cookie is used to ensure that the Facebook pixel works properly.
Expiry date:  after 3 months

Name:  comment_author_50ae8267e2bdf1253ec1a5769f48e062311233068-3
Value:  Name of the author
Purpose:  This cookie stores the text and the name of a user who leaves a comment, for example.
Expiry date:  after 12 months

Name:  comment_author_url_50ae8267e2bdf1253ec1a5769f48e062
Value:  https%3A%2F%2Fwww.testseite…%2F (author’s URL)
Purpose:  This cookie stores the URL of the website that the user enters in a text field on our website.
Expiry date:  after 12 months

Name:  comment_author_email_50ae8267e2bdf1253ec1a5769f48e062
Value:  Author’s e-mail address
Purpose:  This cookie saves the user’s e-mail address if he has provided it on the website.
Expiry date:  after 12 months

Note:  The cookies mentioned above relate to individual user behavior. Changes on Facebook can never be ruled out, especially when using cookies.

If you are logged in to Facebook, you can change your settings for advertisements yourself at  https://www.facebook.com/ads/preferences/?entry_product=ad_settings_screen  . If you are not a Facebook user, you can   generally manage your usage-based online advertising at http://www.youronlinechoices.com/de/praferenzmanagement/ . There you have the option of deactivating or activating providers.

If you want to learn more about Facebook’s privacy policy, we recommend the company’s own privacy policy at  https://www.facebook.com/policy.php .

We use the Google Tag Manager from Google Inc. for our website. The company Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street Dublin 4, Ireland) is responsible for all Google services in Europe. This tag manager is one of many helpful marketing products from Google. Using the Google Tag Manager, we can centrally install and manage code sections from various tracking tools that we use on our website.

In this privacy policy, we want to explain to you in more detail what the Google Tag Manager does, why we use it and how data is processed.

When Google saves data, this data is saved on Google’s own servers. The servers are spread all over the world. Most are in America. At  https://www.google.com/about/datacenters/inside/locations/?hl=de  you can read exactly where the Google servers are located.

How long the individual tracking tools store your data can be found in our individual data protection texts for the individual tools.

The Google Tag Manager itself does not set any cookies, but manages tags from various tracking websites. In our data protection texts for the individual tracking tools, you will find detailed information on how to delete or manage your data.

Google is an active participant in the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework, which regulates the correct and secure data transfer of personal data. For more information, see  https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&tid=311233068 . If you want to learn more about the Google Tag Manager, we recommend the FAQs at  https://www.google.com/intl/de/tagmanager/faq.html .

Cookies are used, among other things, so that Google AdSense can display tailor-made advertising tailored to you. Cookies are small text files that store certain information on your computer.

In AdSense, cookies are intended to enable better advertising. The cookies do not contain any personally identifiable data. It should be noted, however, that Google considers data such as “pseudonymous cookie IDs” (name or other identification feature is replaced by a pseudonym) or IP addresses as non-personally identifiable information. However, within the framework of the GDPR, this data can be considered personal data. Google AdSense sends a cookie to the browser after every impression (this is always the case when you see an ad), every click and every other activity that leads to a call to the Google AdSense servers. If the browser accepts the cookie, it will be saved there.

As part of AdSense, third-party providers may be able to place and read cookies in your browser or use web beacons to store data that they receive from the display of ads on the website. Web beacons are small graphics that analyze and record the log file. This analysis enables a statistical evaluation for online marketing.

Google can use these cookies to collect certain information about your user behavior on our website. These include:

• Information on how to deal with an ad (clicks, impressions, mouse movements)
• Information as to whether an advertisement has already appeared in your browser at an earlier time. This data helps to stop showing you an ad more often.

In doing so, Google analyzes and evaluates the data on the advertising material displayed and your IP address. Google uses the data primarily to measure the effectiveness of an ad and to improve the advertising offer. This data is not linked to any personally identifiable information that Google may have about you through other Google services.

Below we present cookies that Google AdSense uses for tracking purposes. Here we refer to a test website that only has Google AdSense installed: 

Name:  uid
Value:  891269189311233068-8
Purpose:  The cookie is stored under the domain adform.net. It provides a uniquely assigned, machine-generated user ID and collects data about activity on our website.
Expiry date:  after 2 months

Name:  C
Value:  1
Purpose:  This cookie identifies whether your browser accepts cookies. The cookie is stored under the domain track.adform.net.
Expiry date:  after 1 month

Name:  cid
Value:  8912691894970695056,0,0,0,0
Purpose:  This cookie is stored under the domain track.adform.net, stands for client ID and is used to improve advertising to you. It can direct more relevant advertisements to the visitor and helps improve campaign performance reports.
Expiry date:  after 2 months

Name:  IDE
Value:  zOtj4TWxwbFDjaATZ2TzNaQmxrU311233068-1
Purpose:  The cookie is stored under the domain doubleclick.net. It serves to register your actions after the advertisement or after clicking on the advertisement. This allows us to measure how well an ad is received by our visitors.
Expiry date:  after 1 month

Name:  test_cookie
Value:  not specified
Purpose:  With the help of “test_cookies” you can check whether your browser supports cookies at all. The cookie is stored under the domain doubleclick.net.
Expiry date:  after 1 month

Name:  CT592996
Value: 733366
Purpose:  Is saved under the domain adform.net. The cookie is set as soon as you click on an advertisement. We were not able to find out more detailed information about the use of this cookie.
Expiry date:  after one hour

Note:  This list cannot claim to be complete, as experience has shown that Google changes the choice of its cookies again and again.

You always have the option of deleting or deactivating cookies that are on your computer. Exactly how this works depends on your browser.

Here are instructions on how to manage cookies in your browser:

Chrome: Delete, enable and manage cookies in Chrome

Safari: Managing Cookies and Website Data with Safari

Firefox: Clear cookies to remove data websites have placed on your computer

Internet Explorer: Delete and manage cookies

Microsoft Edge: Deleting and managing cookies

If you generally do not want any cookies, you can set up your browser so that it always informs you when a cookie is to be set. You can decide for each individual cookie whether you allow the cookie or not. Downloading and installing this browser plug-in from  https://support.google.com/ads/answer/7395996  will also disable all “advertising cookies”. Keep in mind that by disabling these cookies you will not prevent the ads, only the personalized advertising.

If you have a Google account, you can deactivate personalized advertising on the website  https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated  . Here, too, you will continue to see ads, but these will no longer be tailored to your interests. However, the ads are displayed based on a few factors, such as your location, browser type, and search terms used.

You can read about what data Google collects and what they use this data for at  https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/  .

We have embedded a conversion tracking tag or code snippet on our website to better analyze certain user actions. If you now click on one of our Google Ads ads, the “Conversion” cookie from a Google domain will be stored on your computer (usually in the browser) or mobile device. Cookies are small text files that store information on your computer.

Here is the data of the most important cookies for Google’s conversion tracking:

Name:  Conversion
value:  EhMI_aySuoyv4gIVled3Ch0llweVGAEgt-mr6aXd7dYlSAGQ311233068-3
Purpose:  This cookie saves every conversion that you make on our site after you came to us via a Google Ad.
Expiry date:  after 3 months

Name:  _gac
Value:  1.1558695989.EAIaIQobChMIiOmEgYO04gIVj5AYCh2CBAPrEAAYASAAEgIYQfD_BwE
Purpose:  This is a classic Google Analytics cookie and is used to record various actions on our website.
Expiry date:  after 3 months

Note:  The _gac cookie only appears in connection with Google Analytics. The above list does not claim to be complete, since Google also uses other cookies for analytical evaluation.

As soon as you complete an action on our website, Google recognizes the cookie and saves your action as a so-called conversion. As long as you surf our website and the cookie has not yet expired, we and Google will recognize that you have found us via our Google Ads ad. The cookie is read and sent back to Google Ads with the conversion data. It is also possible that other cookies are used to measure conversions. Google Ads conversion tracking can be further refined and improved with the help of Google Analytics. For ads that Google displays in various places on the web, cookies with the name “__gads” or “_gac” may be set under our domain. Since September 2017, various campaign information from analytics. js saved with the _gac cookie. The cookie saves this data as soon as you visit one of our pages for which Google Ads automatic tagging has been set up. Unlike cookies set for Google domains, Google can only read these conversion cookies when you are on our website. We do not collect or receive any personal data. We get a report from Google with statistical evaluations. For example, we learn the total number of users who clicked on our ad and we see which advertising measures were well received. Google can only read these conversion cookies when you are on our website. We do not collect or receive any personal data. We get a report from Google with statistical evaluations. For example, we learn the total number of users who clicked on our ad and we see which advertising measures were well received. Google can only read these conversion cookies when you are on our website. We do not collect or receive any personal data. We get a report from Google with statistical evaluations. For example, we learn the total number of users who clicked on our ad and we see which advertising measures were well received.

You have the option not to participate in Google Ads conversion tracking. If you disable the Google conversion tracking cookie via your browser, you block conversion tracking. In this case, you will not be included in the statistics of the tracking tool. You can change the cookie settings in your browser at any time. Each browser works a little differently. Here are instructions on how to manage cookies in your browser:

Chrome: Delete, enable and manage cookies in Chrome

Safari: Managing Cookies and Website Data with Safari

Firefox: Clear cookies to remove data websites have placed on your computer

Internet Explorer: Delete and manage cookies

Microsoft Edge: Deleting and managing cookies

If you generally do not want any cookies, you can set up your browser so that it always informs you when a cookie is to be set. You can decide for each individual cookie whether you allow the cookie or not. Downloading and installing this browser plug-in from  https://support.google.com/ads/answer/7395996  will also disable all “advertising cookies”. Keep in mind that by disabling these cookies you will not prevent the ads, only the personalized advertising.

Due to the certification for the American-European data protection agreement “Privacy Shield”, the American group Google LLC must comply with the data protection laws applicable in the EU. If you would like to find out more about data protection at Google, we recommend Google’s general data protection declaration:  https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de .

WP Statistics does not set any cookies and the data collected is only used to create anonymous statistics on the use of our website. WP Statistics also anonymizes your IP address. You as a person cannot be identified.

WP Statistics collects visitor data (so-called Visitos´Data) when your web browser connects to our web server. This data is stored in our database on our server. These include, for example:

• the address (URL) of the accessed website
• Browser and browser version
• the operating system used
• the address (URL) of the previously visited page (referrer URL)
• the hostname and IP address of the device from which access is being made
• Date and Time
• Country/City information
• Number of visitors coming from a search engine
• Length of stay on the website
• clicks on the site

The data will not be passed on and also not sold.

You have the right to information, correction or deletion and restriction of the processing of your personal data at any time. You can also revoke your consent to the processing of data at any time.

We have now given you the most important information about data processing by WP Analytics. Because the plugin does not use cookies and the data for statistical evaluation is stored locally on the web server, your data is handled very carefully here. If you want to learn more about WP Analytics, you should see the company’s privacy policy at  https://wp-statistics.com/privacy-and-policy/  .

The data is collected and stored by log files or by a so-called pixel. A pixel is a snippet of JavaScript code that loads a collection of functions used to track user behavior. WebAnalytics deliberately does not use cookies.

IONOS does not store any of your personal data. When a page is called up, your IP address is transmitted, but is then immediately anonymized and processed in such a way that you cannot be identified as a person.

The following data is stored by IONOS WebAnalytics:

• Your browser type and browser version
• which website you have previously visited (referrer)
• which specific website you have accessed from us
• which operating system you use
• Which end device you use (PC, tablet or smartphone)
• when you came to our site
• Your IP address in an anonymous form

The data will not be passed on to third parties and will only be used for statistical evaluations.

In principle, you have the right to information, correction or deletion and restriction of the processing of your personal data at any time. You can also revoke your consent to the processing of the data at any time. However, since no personal data is stored or processed via IONOS WebAnalytics and it is therefore not possible to assign you as a person, there is also no option to delete such data.

We hope we were able to give you the most important information about the really economical data processing of IONOS WebAnalytics. If you want to find out more about the tracking service, we recommend that you read the company’s data protection declaration at  https://www.ionos.de/hilfe/datenschutz/datenverarbeitung-von-webseitenbesuchern-ihres-11-ionos-produktes/webanalytics/? tid=311233068 .

We integrate elements of social media services on our website to display images, videos and texts.
By visiting pages that display these elements, data is transferred from your browser to the respective social media service and stored there. We have no access to this data.
The following links take you to the pages of the respective social media services, where it is explained how they handle your data:

• Instagram Privacy Policy:  https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875
• The Google data protection declaration applies to YouTube:  https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de
• Facebook data policy:  https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy
• Twitter privacy policy:  https://twitter.com/de/privacy

In addition to many other products, Facebook also offers the so-called “Facebook Business Tools”. This is the official name of Facebook. But since the term is hardly known, we decided to just call them Facebook tools. These include, among others:

• Facebook pixel
• social plug-ins (such as the “Like” or “Share” button)
• Facebook login
• Account Kit
• APIs (programming interface)
• SDKs (collection of programming tools)
• Platform Integrations
• plugins
• codes
• specifications
• documentations
• Technologies and Services

Through these tools, Facebook expands its services and has the ability to receive information about user activities outside of Facebook.

By using individual Facebook tools, personal data (customer data) can be sent to Facebook. Depending on the tools used, customer data such as name, address, telephone number and IP address can be sent.

Facebook uses this information to match the data with the data it has from you (if you are a Facebook member). Before customer data is transmitted to Facebook, so-called “hashing” takes place. This means that a data set of any size is transformed into a character string. This is also used to encrypt data.

In addition to the contact data, “event data” is also transmitted. “Event data” means the information that we receive about you on our website. For example, which subpages you visit or which products you buy from us. Facebook does not share the information it receives with third parties (such as advertisers) unless the company has explicit permission or is legally required to do so. “Event data” may also be linked to contact information. This allows Facebook to offer better personalized advertising. After the matching process already mentioned, Facebook deletes the contact data again.

In order to be able to deliver advertisements in an optimized manner, Facebook only uses the event data if it has been combined with other data (which was collected by Facebook in a different way). Facebook also uses this event data for security, protection, development and research purposes. Much of this data is transmitted to Facebook via cookies. Cookies are small text files that are used to store data or information in browsers. Depending on the tools used and whether you are a Facebook member, a different number of cookies will be created in your browser. In the descriptions of the individual Facebook tools, we go into more detail about individual Facebook cookies. You can also find general information about the use of Facebook cookies at https://www.facebook.com/policies/cookies .

In accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation, you have the right to information, correction, transferability and deletion of your data.

The data will only be completely deleted if you completely delete your Facebook account. And this is how deleting your Facebook account works:

1) Click Settings on the right side of Facebook.

2) Then click on “Your Facebook Information” in the left column.

3) Now click “Deactivation and Deletion”.

4) Now select “Delete Account” and then click “Next and Delete Account”

5) Now enter your password, click on “Next” and then on “Delete Account”

The data that Facebook receives via our site is stored, among other things, via cookies (e.g. in the case of social plugins). You can deactivate, delete or manage individual or all cookies in your browser. Depending on which browser you use, this works in different ways. The following instructions show how to manage cookies in your browser:

Chrome: Delete, enable and manage cookies in Chrome

Safari: Managing Cookies and Website Data with Safari

Firefox: Clear cookies to remove data websites have placed on your computer

Internet Explorer: Delete and manage cookies

Microsoft Edge: Deleting and managing cookies

If you generally do not want any cookies, you can set up your browser so that it always informs you when a cookie is to be set. You can decide for each individual cookie whether you allow it or not.

Facebook is an active participant in the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework, which regulates the correct and secure data transfer of personal data. You can find more information on this at  https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000GnywAAC . We hope we have given you the most important information about the use and data processing by the Facebook tools. If you want to learn more about how Facebook uses your data, we recommend the data guidelines at  https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/update .

So-called social plug-ins from the company Facebook Inc. are installed on our website. You can recognize these buttons by the classic Facebook logo, such as the “Like” button (the hand with the thumb raised) or by a clear “Facebook plug-in” label. A social plugin is a small piece of Facebook that is integrated into our site. Each plugin has its own function. The most used features are the familiar “Like” and “Share” buttons.

The following social plug-ins are offered by Facebook:

• “Save” button
• Like button, share, send and quote
• Page Plugin
• Comments
• Messenger plugin
• Embedded posts and video player
• Groups plugin

Visit  https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins  for more information on how the individual plug-ins are used. We use the social plug-ins on the one hand to offer you a better user experience on our site and on the other hand because Facebook can use them to optimize our advertisements.

If you have a Facebook account or  have visited facebook.com  before, Facebook has already set at least one cookie in your browser. In this case, your browser sends information to Facebook via this cookie as soon as you visit our site or interact with social plug-ins (e.g. the “Like” button).

The information received will be deleted or made anonymous within 90 days. According to Facebook, this data includes your IP address, which website you visited, the date, time and other information relating to your browser.

In order to prevent Facebook from collecting a lot of data during your visit to our website and connecting it to Facebook data, you must log out of Facebook while you are visiting the website (log out).

If you are not logged into Facebook or do not have a Facebook account, your browser will send less information to Facebook because you have fewer Facebook cookies. Nevertheless, data such as your IP address or which website you visit can be transmitted to Facebook. We would like to expressly point out that we do not know the exact content of the data. However, based on our current state of knowledge, we try to inform you as much as possible about data processing. You can also read about how Facebook uses the data in the company’s data guidelines at  https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/update  .

At least the following cookies are set in your browser when you visit a website with social plug-ins from Facebook:

Name:  dpr
Value:  not specified
Purpose:  This cookie is used to make the social plug-ins work on our website.
Expiry date:  after the end of the session

Name:  fr
Value:  0jieyh4311233068c2GnlufEJ9..Bde09j…1.0.Bde09j
Purpose:  The cookie is also necessary for the plug-ins to function properly.
Expiration date::  after 3 months

Note:  These cookies were set after testing, even if you are not a Facebook member.

If you are logged in to Facebook, you can change your settings for advertisements yourself at  https://www.facebook.com/ads/preferences/?entry_product=ad_settings_screen  . If you are not a Facebook user, you can  generally manage your usage-based online advertising at http://www.youronlinechoices.com/de/praferenzmanagement/ . There you have the option of deactivating or activating providers.

If you want to learn more about Facebook’s privacy policy, we recommend the company’s own privacy policy at  https://www.facebook.com/policy.php .

We have integrated the practical Facebook login on our site. You can easily log in to us with your Facebook account without having to create another user account. If you decide to register via the Facebook login, you will be redirected to the social media network Facebook. There you can register using your Facebook user data. This login procedure saves data about you and your user behavior and transmits it to Facebook.

In order to save the data, Facebook uses various cookies. In the following we show you the most important cookies that are set in your browser or already exist when you log in to our site using the Facebook login:

Name:  fr
Value:  0jieyh4c2GnlufEJ9..Bde09j…1.0.Bde09j
Purpose:  This cookie is used to ensure that the social plugin on our website works as well as possible.
Expiry date:  after 3 months

Name:  datr
Value:  4Jh7XUA2311233068SEmPsSfzCOO4JFFl
Purpose:  Facebook sets the “datr” cookie when a web browser accesses facebook.com and the cookie helps identify login activity and protect users.
Expiry date:  after 2 years

Name:  _js_datr
Value:  deleted
Purpose:  Facebook sets this session cookie for tracking purposes, even if you do not have a Facebook account or are logged out.
Expiry date:  after the end of the session

Note:  The cookies listed are just a small selection of the cookies available to Facebook. Other cookies are, for example, _ fbp, sb or wd. A complete list is not possible because Facebook has a large number of cookies and uses them variably.

On the one hand, the Facebook login offers you a quick and easy registration process, on the other hand we have the opportunity to share data with Facebook. This allows us to better tailor our offering and our promotions to your interests and needs. Data that we receive from Facebook in this way is public data such as

• your facebook name
• your profile picture
• a registered email address
• friend lists
• Button information (e.g. “Like” button)
• birthday date
• Language
• Residence

In return, we provide Facebook with information about your activities on our website. This includes information about the device you are using, which subpages you visit or which products you have purchased from us.

By using Facebook Login, you agree to the data processing. You can revoke this agreement at any time. If you want to find out more information about data processing by Facebook, we recommend the Facebook data protection declaration at  https://de-de.facebook.com/policy.php .

If you are logged in to Facebook, you can change your settings for advertisements yourself at  https://www.facebook.com/ads/preferences/?entry_product=ad_settings_screen  .

When you come across one of our pages that has Instagram features (such as Instagram images or plugins) built in, your browser automatically connects to Instagram’s servers. Data is sent to Instagram, stored and processed. This is regardless of whether you have an Instagram account or not. This includes information about our website, about your computer, about purchases made, about advertisements that you see and how you use our offer. Furthermore, the date and time of your interaction with Instagram are also saved. If you have an Instagram account or are logged in, Instagram stores significantly more data about you.

Facebook distinguishes between customer data and event data. We assume that this is the case with Instagram as well. Customer data are, for example, name, address, telephone number and IP address. It is important to mention that this customer data is only transmitted to Instagram if it has been “hashed” beforehand. Hashing means converting a record into a string. This allows you to encrypt the contact data. In addition, the “event data” mentioned above are also transmitted. Facebook – and consequently also Instagram – understands “event data” to be data about your user behavior. It can also happen that contact data is combined with event data. The contact data collected will be compared with the data that Instagram already has from you.

The collected data is transmitted to Facebook via small text files (cookies), which are usually set in your browser. Depending on the Instagram functions used and whether you have an Instagram account yourself, different amounts of data are stored.

We assume that data processing works the same on Instagram as on Facebook. This means: if you have an Instagram account or   have visited www.instagram.com , Instagram has set at least one cookie. If this is the case, your browser sends information to Instagram via the cookie as soon as you come into contact with an Instagram function. This data will be deleted or made anonymous again after 90 days at the latest (after comparison). Although we have dealt intensively with Instagram’s data processing, we cannot say exactly what data Instagram collects and stores.

In the following we show you cookies that are set in your browser at least when you click on an Instagram function (such as a button or an Insta image). In our test, we assume that you do not have an Instagram account. Of course, if you are logged in to Instagram, significantly more cookies will be set in your browser.

These cookies were used in our test:

Name:  csrftoken
Value:  “”
Purpose:  This cookie is set with high probability for security reasons to prevent falsification of requests. However, we could not find out more precisely.
Expiry date:  after one year

Name:  mid
Value:  “”
Purpose:  Instagram sets this cookie to optimize its own services and offers on and off Instagram. The cookie defines a unique user ID.
Expiry date:  after the end of the session

Name:  fbsr_311233068124024
Value:  no information
Purpose:  This cookie stores the log-in request for users of the Instagram app. Expiry date:  after the end of the session

Name:  rur
Value:  ATN
Purpose:  This is an Instagram cookie that ensures functionality on Instagram.
Expiry date:  after the end of the session

Name:  urlgen
Value:  “{\”194.96.75.33\”: 1901}:1iEtYv:Y833k2_UjKvXgYe311233068”
Purpose:  This cookie is used for Instagram marketing purposes.
Expiry date:  after the end of the session

Note:  We cannot claim completeness here. Which cookies are set in the individual case depends on the embedded functions and your use of Instagram.

Thanks to the General Data Protection Regulation, you have the right to information, transferability, correction and deletion of your data. You can manage your data in the Instagram settings. If you want to completely erase your data on Instagram, you need to permanently delete your Instagram account.

And this is how the Instagram account deletion works:

First, open the Instagram app. On your profile page, go down and click on “Help Center”. You are now on the company’s website. On the webpage, click “Manage Account” and then click “Delete Your Account”.

If you delete your account entirely, Instagram will delete posts such as your photos and status updates. Information that other people have shared about you is not part of your account and consequently will not be deleted.

As already mentioned above, Instagram stores your data primarily via cookies. You can manage, deactivate or delete these cookies in your browser. Management always works a bit differently depending on your browser. Here we show you the instructions for the most important browsers.

Chrome: Delete, enable and manage cookies in Chrome

Safari: Managing Cookies and Website Data with Safari

Firefox: Clear cookies to remove data websites have placed on your computer

Internet Explorer: Delete and manage cookies

Microsoft Edge: Deleting and managing cookies

You can also basically set up your browser so that you are always informed when a cookie is to be set. Then you can always decide individually whether you want to allow the cookie or not.

Instagram is a subsidiary of Facebook Inc. and Facebook is an active participant in the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework. This framework ensures correct data transmission between the USA and the European Union.  Learn more at  https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000GnywAAC  . We have tried to give you the most important information about data processing by Instagram. You can learn more about Instagram’s data policies at  https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875 .

LinkedIn does not store any personal data simply by integrating the social plug-ins. LinkedIn calls this data generated by plug-ins passive impressions. However, if you click on a social plug-in, for example to share our content, the platform saves personal data as so-called “active impressions”. This is regardless of whether you have a LinkedIn account or not. If you are logged in, the data collected will be assigned to your account.

Your browser establishes a direct connection to the LinkedIn servers when you interact with our plug-ins. The company logs various usage data. In addition to your IP address, this can be, for example, registration data, device information or information about your Internet or mobile phone provider. If you call up LinkedIn services via your smartphone, your location can also be determined (after you have allowed this). LinkedIn may also share this data in “hashed” form with third-party advertisers. Hashing means converting a record into a string. This allows the data to be encrypted in such a way that people can no longer be identified.

Most data about your user behavior is stored in cookies. These are small text files that are usually placed in your browser. However, LinkedIn may also use web beacons, pixel tags, display tags and other device identifiers.

Various tests also show which cookies are set when a user interacts with a social plug-in. The data found cannot claim to be complete and is only used as an example. The following cookies were set without being logged in to LinkedIn:

Name:  bcookie
Value:  =2&34aab2aa-2ae1-4d2a-8baf-c2e2d7235c16311233068-
Purpose:  The cookie is a so-called “browser ID cookie” and consequently stores your identification number (ID).
Expiry date:  After 2 years

Name:  long
Value:  v=2&lang=de-de
Purpose:  This cookie saves your default or preferred language.
Expiry date:  after the end of the session

Name:  lidc
Value:  1818367:t=1571904767:s=AQF6KNnJ0G311233068…
Purpose:  This cookie is used for routing. Routing records how you got to LinkedIn and how you navigate through the website there.
Expiry date:  after 24 hours

Name:  rtc
Value:  kt0lrv3NF3x3t6xvDgGrZGDKkX
Purpose:  No further information could be found about this cookie.
Expiry date:  after 2 minutes

Name:  JSESSIONID
Value:  ajax:3112330682900777718326218137
Purpose:  This is a session cookie that LinkedIn uses to maintain anonymous user sessions through the server.
Expiry date:  after the end of the session

Name:  bscookie
Value:  “v=1&201910230812…
Purpose:  This cookie is a security cookie. LinkedIn describes it as a secure browser ID cookie.
Expiry date:  after 2 years

Name:  fid
Value:  AQHj7Ii23ZBcqAAAA…
Purpose:  No further information could be found for this cookie.
Expiry date:  after 7 days

Note:  LinkedIn also works with third parties. That’s why we also recognized the two Google Analytics cookies _ga and _gat in our test.

You have the right to access and delete your personal data at any time. You can manage, change and delete your data in your LinkedIn account. You can also request a copy of your personal data from LinkedIn.

To access account information on your LinkedIn profile:

Click on your profile icon in LinkedIn and select the “Settings and data protection” section. Now click on “Privacy” and then in the section “How LinkedIn uses your data” on “Change”. In just a short time you can download selected data about your web activity and your account history.

You also have the option in your browser to prevent data processing by LinkedIn. As mentioned above, LinkedIn stores most of the data via cookies that are set in your browser. You can manage, disable or delete these cookies. Depending on which browser you have, the administration works a little differently. The instructions for the most common browsers can be found here:

Chrome: Delete, enable and manage cookies in Chrome

Safari: Managing Cookies and Website Data with Safari

Firefox: Clear cookies to remove data websites have placed on your computer

Internet Explorer: Delete and manage cookies

Microsoft Edge: Deleting and managing cookies

You can also basically set up your browser in such a way that you are always informed when a cookie is to be set. Then you can always decide individually whether you want to allow the cookie or not.

LinkedIn is an active participant in the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework. This framework ensures correct data transmission between the USA and the European Union.  Learn more at  https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000L0UZAA0 . We have tried to give you the most important information about data processing by LinkedIn.  You can find out more about data processing by the social media network LinkedIn at  https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy .

We have embedded YouTube videos on our website. This allows us to present you with interesting videos directly on our site. YouTube is a video portal that has been a subsidiary of Google since 2006. The video portal is operated by YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. If you call up a page on our website that has an embedded YouTube video, your browser automatically connects to the YouTube or Google servers. Various data are transmitted (depending on the settings). Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street Dublin 4, Ireland) is responsible for all data processing in Europe.

In the following we would like to explain to you in more detail which data is processed, why we have integrated YouTube videos and how you can manage or delete your data.

As soon as you visit one of our pages that has a YouTube video installed, YouTube sets at least one cookie that stores your IP address and our URL. If you are logged into your YouTube account, YouTube can mostly use cookies to associate your interactions on our website with your profile. This includes data such as session duration, bounce rate, approximate location, technical information such as browser type, screen resolution or your Internet provider. Other data can be contact details, any ratings, sharing content via social media or adding it to your favorites on YouTube.

If you are not signed into a Google account or a Youtube account, Google stores data with a unique identifier associated with your device, browser or app. For example, your preferred language setting is retained. But a lot of interaction data cannot be saved because fewer cookies are set.

In the following list we show cookies that were set in a test in the browser. On the one hand, we show cookies that are set without a registered YouTube account. On the other hand, we show cookies that are set with a logged-in account. The list cannot claim to be complete because the user data always depends on the interactions on YouTube.

Name:  YSC
Value:  b9-CV6ojI5Y311233068-1
Purpose:  This cookie registers a unique ID to store statistics of the video viewed.
Expiry date:  after the end of the session

Name:  PREF
Value:  f1=50000000
Purpose:  This cookie also registers your unique ID. Google receives statistics from PREF on how you use YouTube videos on our website.
Expiry date:  after 8 months

Name:  GPS
Value:  1
Purpose:  This cookie registers your unique ID on mobile devices to track GPS location.
Expiry date:  after 30 minutes

Name:  VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE
Value:  95Chz8bagyU
Purpose:  This cookie tries to estimate the bandwidth of the user on our website (with built-in YouTube video).
Expiry date:  after 8 months

Other cookies that are set when you are logged in to your YouTube account:

Name:  APISID
Value:  zILlvClZSkqGsSwI/AU1aZI6HY7311233068-
Purpose:  This cookie is used to create a profile of your interests. The data is used for personalized advertisements.
Expiry date:  after 2 years

Name:  CONSENT
Value:  YES+AT.de+20150628-20-0
Purpose:  The cookie stores the status of a user’s consent to the use of various Google services. CONSENT is also used for security, to check users and protect user data from unauthorized attacks.
Expiry date:  after 19 years

Name:  HSID
Value:  AcRwpgUik9Dveht0I
Purpose:  This cookie is used to create a profile of your interests. This data helps to display personalized advertising.
Expiry date:  after 2 years

Name:  LOGIN_INFO
Value:  AFmmF2swRQIhALLl6aL…
Purpose:  Information about your login data is stored in this cookie.
Expiry date:  after 2 years

Name:  SAPISID
Value:  7oaPxoG-pZsJuuF5/AnUdDUIsJ9iJz2vdM
Purpose:  This cookie works by uniquely identifying your browser and device. It is used to create a profile of your interests.
Expiry date:  after 2 years

Name:  SID
Value:  oQfNKjAsI311233068-
Purpose:  This cookie stores your Google account ID and your last login time in a digitally signed and encrypted form.
Expiry date:  after 2 years

Name:  SIDCC
Value:  AN0-TYuqub2JOcDTyL
Purpose:  This cookie stores information on how you use the website and which advertisements you may have seen before visiting our site.
Expiry date:  after 3 months

The data that YouTube receives from you and processes is stored on the Google servers. Most of these servers are located in America. At  https://www.google.com/about/datacenters/inside/locations/?hl=de   you can see exactly where the Google data centers are located. Your data is distributed on the servers. This means that the data can be called up more quickly and is better protected against manipulation.

Google stores the collected data for different lengths of time. You can delete some data at any time, others are automatically deleted after a limited period of time and others are stored by Google for a longer period of time. Some data (such as My Activity items, photos or documents, products) stored in your Google Account will remain stored until you delete it. Even if you’re not signed into a Google Account, you can delete some data associated with your device, browser, or app.

In principle, you can delete data in the Google account manually. With the automatic deletion of location and activity data introduced in 2019, information is stored for either 3 or 18 months and then deleted, depending on your decision.

Regardless of whether you have a Google account or not, you can configure your browser in such a way that Google cookies are deleted or deactivated. Depending on which browser you use, this works in different ways. The following instructions show how to manage cookies in your browser:

Chrome: Delete, enable and manage cookies in Chrome

Safari: Managing Cookies and Website Data with Safari

Firefox: Clear cookies to remove data websites have placed on your computer

Internet Explorer: Delete and manage cookies

Microsoft Edge: Deleting and managing cookies

If you generally do not want any cookies, you can set up your browser so that it always informs you when a cookie is to be set. You can decide for each individual cookie whether you allow it or not. Since YouTube is a subsidiary of Google, there is a common privacy policy. If you want to find out more about how your data is handled, we recommend the data protection declaration at  https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

When you visit a website on our website that has an embedded Vimeo video, your browser connects to the Vimeo servers. This results in a data transfer. This data is collected, stored and processed on the Vimeo servers. Regardless of whether you have a Vimeo account or not, Vimeo collects data about you. This includes your IP address, technical information about your browser type, your operating system or very basic device information. Furthermore, Vimeo stores information about which website you use the Vimeo service and what actions (web activities) you perform on our website. These web activities include, for example, session duration, bounce rate or which button you clicked on our website with the built-in Vimeo function.

If you are logged in to Vimeo as a registered member, more data can usually be collected because more cookies may have already been set in your browser. In addition, your actions on our website are linked directly to your Vimeo account. To prevent this, you must log out of Vimeo while “surfing” on our website.

Below we show you cookies that are set by Vimeo when you are on a website with an integrated Vimeo function. This list is not exhaustive and assumes you do not have a Vimeo account.

Name:  player
Value:  “”
Purpose:  This cookie saves your settings before playing an embedded Vimeo video. This will bring you back to your preferred settings the next time you watch a Vimeo video.
Expiry date:  after one year

Name : vuid
Value:  pl1046149876.614422590311233068-4
Purpose:  This cookie collects information about your actions on websites that have embedded a Vimeo video.
Expiry date:  after 2 years

Note:  These two cookies are always set when you are on a website with an embedded Vimeo video. If you watch the video and click on the button, for example to “share” or “like” the video, further cookies will be set. These are also third-party cookies such as _ga or _gat_UA-76641-8 from Google Analytics or _fbp from Facebook. Exactly which cookies are set here depends on your interaction with the video.

The following list shows an excerpt of possible cookies that are set when you interact with the Vimeo video:

Name:  _abexps
Value:  %5B%5D
Purpose:  This Vimeo cookie helps Vimeo to remember the settings you have made. This can be, for example, a preset language, a region or a user name. In general, the cookie stores data about how you use Vimeo.
Expiry date:  after one year

Name:  continuous_play_v3
Value:  1
Purpose:  This cookie is a first-party cookie from Vimeo. The cookie collects information on how you use the Vimeo service. For example, the cookie saves when you pause and play a video again.
Expiry date:  after one year

Name:  _ga
Value:  GA1.2.1522249635.1578401280311233068-7
Purpose:  This cookie is a third-party cookie from Google. By default, analytics.js uses the _ga cookie to store the user ID. Basically, it serves to differentiate between website visitors.
Expiry date:  after 2 years

Name:  _gcl_au
Value:  1.1.770887836.1578401279311233068-3
Purpose:  This third-party Google AdSense cookie is used to improve the effectiveness of advertisements on websites.
Expiry date:  after 3 months

Name:  _fbp
Value:  fb.1.1578401280585.310434968
Purpose:  This is a Facebook cookie. This cookie is used to display advertisements or advertising products from Facebook or other advertisers.
Expiry date:  after 3 months

Vimeo uses this data, among other things, to improve its own service, to communicate with you and to set its own targeted advertising measures. Vimeo emphasizes on its website that only first-party cookies (i.e. cookies from Vimeo itself) are used for embedded videos as long as you do not interact with the video.

You always have the possibility to manage cookies in your browser according to your wishes. For example, if you do not want Vimeo to set cookies and thus collect information about you, you can delete or disable cookies at any time in your browser settings. This works a bit differently depending on the browser. Please note that after deactivating/deleting cookies, various functions may no longer be fully available. The following instructions show you how to manage or delete cookies in your browser.

Chrome: Delete, enable and manage cookies in Chrome

Safari: Managing Cookies and Website Data with Safari

Firefox: Clear cookies to remove data websites have placed on your computer

Internet Explorer: Delete and manage cookies

Microsoft Edge: Deleting and managing cookies

If you are a registered Vimeo member, you can also manage the cookies used in the Vimeo settings.

Vimeo is an active participant in the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework, which regulates the correct and secure data transfer of personal data. You can find more information on this at  https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt00000008V77AAE&status=Active . You can find out more about the use of cookies at Vimeo at  https://vimeo.com/cookie_policy , and information on data protection at Vimeo can be found at  https://vimeo.com/privacy  .

If you agree to cookies on our website, the following cookie will be set by the AdSimple Cookie Manager:

Name:  acm_status
Value:  “:true,”statistics”:true,”marketing”:true,”socialmedia”:true,”settings”:true} Purpose
:  Your consent status is stored in this cookie. This allows our website to read and follow the current status even on future visits.
Expiry date:  after one year

You have the right to access and delete your personal data at any time. You can prevent data collection and storage, for example, by refusing the use of cookies via the cookie notice script. Your browser offers another possibility to prevent data processing or to manage it according to your wishes. Depending on the browser, cookie management works a little differently. Here you will find the instructions for the currently most popular browsers:

Chrome: Delete, enable and manage cookies in Chrome

Safari: Managing Cookies and Website Data with Safari

Firefox: Clear cookies to remove data websites have placed on your computer

Internet Explorer: Delete and manage cookies

Microsoft Edge: Deleting and managing cookies

We hope we have given you a good overview of the data traffic and data processing by the AdSimple Cookie Manager. If you want to learn more about this tool, we recommend the description page at  https://www.adsimple.at/adsimple-cookie-manager/.

reCAPTCHA collects personal data from users to determine whether the actions on our website really come from people. The IP address and other data that Google needs for the reCAPTCHA service can therefore be sent to Google. IP addresses are almost always shortened within the member states of the EU or other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area before the data ends up on a server in the USA. The IP address is not combined with other data from Google unless you are logged in with your Google account while using reCAPTCHA. First, the reCAPTCHA algorithm checks whether Google cookies from other Google services (YouTube, Gmail, etc.) are already placed on your browser.

The following list of collected browser and user data does not claim to be complete. Rather, they are examples of data that, to our knowledge, are processed by Google.

• Referrer URL (the address of the page the visitor came from)
• IP address (e.g. 256.123.123.1)
• Information about the operating system (the software that enables your computer to operate. Known operating systems are Windows, Mac OS X or Linux)
• Cookies (small text files that store data in your browser)
• Mouse and keyboard behavior (every action you perform with the mouse or keyboard is saved)
• Date and language settings (which language or which date you have preset on your PC is saved)
• All JavaScript objects (JavaScript is a programming language that allows websites to adapt to the user. JavaScript objects can collect all kinds of data under one name)
• Screen resolution (shows how many pixels the image display consists of)

It is undisputed that Google uses and analyzes this data even before you click on the “I’m not a robot” tick. With the Invisible reCAPTCHA version, you don’t even have to check the box and the whole recognition process runs in the background. Google does not tell you in detail how much and what data Google stores.

The following cookies are used by reCAPTCHA: Here we refer to the reCAPTCHA demo version from Google at  https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api2/demo . All of these cookies require a unique identifier for tracking purposes. Here is a list of cookies set by Google reCAPTCHA on the demo version:

Name:  IDE
Value:  WqTUmlnmv_qXyi_DGNPLESKnRNrpgXoy1K-pAZtAkMbHI-311233068-8
Purpose:  This cookie is set by DoubleClick (also owned by Google) to register and report the actions of a user on the website when dealing with advertisements. In this way, the effectiveness of the advertising can be measured and appropriate optimization measures can be taken. IDE is stored in browsers under doubleclick.net domain.
Expiry date:  after one year

Name:  1P_JAR
Value:  2019-5-14-12
Purpose:  This cookie collects statistics on website usage and measures conversions. A conversion occurs, for example, when a user becomes a buyer. The cookie is also used to display relevant advertisements to users. Furthermore, the cookie can be used to prevent a user from seeing the same ad more than once.
Expiry date:  after one month

Name:  ANID
Value:  U7j1v3dZa3112330680xgZFmiqWppRWKOr
Purpose:  We were not able to find out much information about this cookie. In Google’s privacy policy, the cookie is used in connection with “advertising cookies” such as e.g. For example, “DSID”, “FLC”, “AID”, “TAID” are mentioned. ANID is stored under domain google.com.
Expiry date:  after 9 months

Name:  CONSENT
Value:  YES+AT.de+20150628-20-0
Purpose:  The cookie stores the status of a user’s consent to the use of various Google services. CONSENT is also used for security purposes to screen users, prevent fraudulent login information and protect user data from unauthorized attacks.
Expiry date:  after 19 years

Name:  NID
Value:  0WmuWqy311233068zILzqV_nmt3sDXwPeM5Q
Purpose:  NID is used by Google to adapt advertisements to your Google search. With the help of the cookie, Google “remembers” your most frequently entered search queries or your previous interaction with ads. So you always get tailor-made advertisements. The cookie contains a unique ID to collect the user’s personal settings for advertising purposes.
Expiry date:  after 6 months

Name:  DV
Value:  gEAABBCjJMXcI0dSAAAANbqc311233068-4
Purpose:  As soon as you have ticked the “I am not a robot” checkbox, this cookie is set. The cookie is used by Google Analytics for personalized advertising. DV collects information in an anonymous form and is further used to make user distinctions.
Expiry date:  after 10 minutes

Note:  This list cannot claim to be complete, as experience has shown that Google changes the choice of its cookies again and again.

By inserting reCAPTCHA, your data will be transferred to the Google server. Where exactly this data is stored is not made clear by Google, even after repeated inquiries. Without having received confirmation from Google, it can be assumed that data such as mouse interaction, time spent on the website or language settings on the European or American Google servers are stored. The IP address that your browser transmits to Google is generally not merged with other Google data from other Google services. However, if you are logged into your Google account while using the reCAPTCHA plugin, the data will be merged.  The deviating data protection regulations of the company Google apply.

If you do not want any data about you and your behavior to be transmitted to Google, you must log out of Google completely and delete all Google cookies before you visit our website or use the reCAPTCHA software. In principle, the data is automatically transmitted to Google as soon as you access our site. To delete this data again, you must contact Google Support at   https://support.google.com/?hl=de&tid=311233068  .

So if you use our website, you agree that Google LLC and its representatives automatically collect, process and use data.

You can learn a little more about reCAPTCHA on Google’s web developer page at  https://developers.google.com/recaptcha/ . Google goes into the technical development of reCAPTCHA in more detail here, but you won’t find precise information about data storage and data protection-related topics there either. A good overview of the basic use of data at Google can be found in the in-house data protection declaration at  https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/ .

The Google Custom Search plugin is a Google search bar right on our website. The search takes place as on  www.google.com  , only the search results focus on our content and products or on a limited search area.

The custom Google search only transfers data from you to Google if you actively use the Google search built into our website. This means that only when you enter a search term in the search bar and then confirm this term (e.g. click on “Enter”) will your IP address and the search term be sent to Google, saved and processed there. Based on the set cookies (such as 1P_JAR) it can be assumed that Google also receives data on website usage. If you search for content during your visit to our website using the built-in Google search function and are logged in to your Google account at the same time, Google can also assign the data collected to your Google account. As the website operator, we have no influence on what Google does with the collected data or what it does with it.

The following cookies are set in your browser when you use Google Custom Search and are not logged in with a Google account:

Name:  1P_JAR
Value:  2020-01-27-13311233068-5
Purpose:  This cookie collects website usage statistics and measures conversions. A conversion occurs, for example, when a user becomes a buyer. The cookie is also used to display relevant advertisements to users.
Expiry date:  after one month

Name:  CONSENT
Value:  WP.282f52311233068-9
Purpose:  The cookie stores the status of a user’s consent to the use of various Google services. CONSENT is also used for security, to check users and protect user data from unauthorized attacks.
Expiry date:  after 18 years

Name:  NID
Value:  196=pwIo3B5fHr-8
Purpose:  NID is used by Google to adapt advertisements to your Google search. With the help of the cookie, Google “remembers” your entered search queries or your previous interaction with ads. So you always get tailor-made advertisements.
Expiry date:  after 6 months

Note:  This list cannot claim to be complete, since Google is constantly changing the choice of its cookies.

The Google servers are distributed all over the world. Since Google is an American company, most of the data is stored on American servers. At  https://www.google.com/about/datacenters/inside/locations/?hl=de  you can see exactly where the Google servers are located.
Your data is distributed across different physical media. As a result, the data can be called up more quickly and is better protected against possible manipulation. Google also has corresponding emergency programs for your data. If, for example, there are internal technical problems at Google and servers are no longer working as a result, the risk of a service interruption and loss of data remains small.
Depending on which data is involved, Google stores it for different lengths of time. You can delete some data yourself, others are automatically deleted or made anonymous by Google. However, there is also data that Google stores longer if this is necessary for legal or business reasons.

Under European Union data protection law, you have the right to access, update, delete or restrict your data. There is some data that you can delete at any time. If you have a Google account, you can delete data about your web activity there or set it to be deleted after a certain period of time.
In your browser you also have the option of deactivating or deleting cookies or managing them according to your wishes and preferences. Here you will find instructions for the most important browsers:

Chrome: Delete, enable and manage cookies in Chrome

Safari: Managing Cookies and Website Data with Safari

Firefox: Clear cookies to remove data websites have placed on your computer

Internet Explorer: Delete and manage cookies

Microsoft Edge: Deleting and managing cookies

Google is an active participant in the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework, which regulates the correct and secure data transfer of personal data. For more information, see  https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI . We hope we were able to provide you with the most important information about data processing by Google. If you want to learn more about this, we recommend Google’s comprehensive data protection declaration at  https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de .

Information that you actively enter into a text field in our online shop can be collected and stored by WooCommerce or Automattic. So if you register with us or order a product, Automattic can collect, process and store this data. In addition to e-mail address, name or address, this can also be credit card or billing information. Automattic can subsequently use this information for its own marketing campaigns.

There is also information that Automattic automatically collects from you in so-called server log files:

• IP address
• browser information
• Default language setting
• Date and time of web access

WooCommerce also sets cookies in your browser and uses technologies such as pixel tags (web beacons), for example to clearly identify you as a user and to be able to offer interest-based advertising. WooCommerce uses a number of different cookies that are set depending on user action. This means that if you put a product in the shopping cart, for example, a cookie will be set so that the product remains in the shopping cart if you leave our website and come back at a later time.

Here we show you an example list of possible cookies that can be set by WooCommerce:

Name:  woocommerce_items_in_cart
Value:  1
Purpose:  The cookie helps WooCommerce determine when the content in the shopping cart changes.
Expiry date:  after the end of the session

Name:  woocommerce_cart_hash
Value:  447c84f810834056ab37cfe5ed27f204311233068-7
Purpose:  This cookie is also used to recognize and save changes in your shopping cart.
Expiry date:  after the end of the session

Name:  wp_woocommerce_session_d9e29d251cf8a108a6482d9fe2ef34b6
Value:  1146%7C%7C1589034207%7C%7C95f8053ce0cea135bbce671043e740311233068-4aa
Purpose:  This cookie contains a unique identifier for you , so that the shopping cart data can also be found in the database.
Expiry date:  after 2 days

You have the right to access your personal data and to object to the use and processing of your personal data at any time. You can also lodge a complaint with a governmental supervisory authority at any time.

In your browser you also have the option of individually managing, deleting or deactivating cookies. However, please note that disabling or deleting cookies may have a negative impact on the functionality of our WooCommerce online shop. Depending on which browser you use, managing cookies works a little differently. Below are links to the instructions for the most popular browsers:

Chrome: Delete, enable and manage cookies in Chrome

Safari: Managing Cookies and Website Data with Safari

Firefox: Clear cookies to remove data websites have placed on your computer

Internet Explorer: Delete and manage cookies

Microsoft Edge: Deleting and managing cookies

Automattic is an active participant in the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework, which regulates the correct and secure data transfer of personal data. For more information, see  https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000CbqcAAC .
More details on the privacy policy and what data is collected by WooCommerce and how can be found at  https://automattic.com/privacy/  and general information about WooCommerce at  https://woocommerce.com/ .