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By using a permanent cookie we can recognize you the next time you visit our website. The website can therefore be set specifically to your preferences. If you have given permission for the placement of cookies we can do this by using a cookie to remember the settings. Because of this, you do not always have to repeat your action for your preferences. This saves you time and therefore a more pleasant use of our website. Persistent cookies can be removed through the settings of your browser.

Using a session cookie, we can see which parts of the site you have viewed this visit. We can customize our service so far as possible on the surfing behavior of our visitors. These cookies are automatically deleted once you exit your Web browser.

Through our website, a cookie is placed by the U.S. company Google, as part of the Analytics service. We use this service to track and to get reports about how visitors use the website. Google may transfer this information to third parties where Google is legally required or if third parties process the information on Googles behalf. We have no influence on this. We did not allow Google to use the analytics information obtained on other Google services.
The information we collect is anonymous as much as possible. Your IP address is not explicitly given. The information is transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google states adhere to the Safe Harbor Principles and is affiliated to the Safe Harbor program of the U.S. Department of Commerce. This means that there is an adequate level of protection for the processing of any personal data.

On our website are included buttons for web pages to promote ("like") or share ("tweet") on social networks like Facebook and Twitter. These buttons work through snippets of code provided by Facebook or Twitter. These snippets of code might place cookies. We have no influence on these cookies. Please read the privacy statement of Twitter or Facebook (which may change frequently) to read what they do with your (personal) data through cookies do they handle.

You have the right to request access to, correct or delete your data. Please see our contact page. To prevent abuse, we ask you to adequately identify yourself. When it comes to access the personal information linked to a cookie, you must include a copy of the cookie in question. You can find them in the settings of your browser.

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Some tracking cookies are placed by third parties. These cookies can be removed through "Your Online Choices".

On the following websites you can find more information about cookies:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cookie_%28internet%29