Cookie policy

1. What are cookies?
   1. Cookies are small pieces of data that a website asks your browser to store on your computer or mobile device when you visit the website or certain pages. The cookie allows the website to “remember” your actions or preferences over time. Most browsers support cookies, but users can set their browsers to decline them and can delete them whenever they like.
   2. Cookies will usually contain the name of the website where the cookie has come from, how long the cookie will remain on your device, and a value which is usually a randomly generated unique number.
   3. Some cookies will be deleted as soon as you leave the website (the so-called “session cookies”), other cookies will remain stored on your computer or mobile device and will help us identify you as a visitor of our website (the so-called “permanent cookies”).

2. Why do we use cookies?
   Cookies on our Website are used for a variety of different purposes.
   1. We use cookies to improve the user-experience on the Website and to map your surfing behaviour (e.g. the pages you have visited and the time you spent on that page). Cookies make our Website easier to use and allow us to better tailor our Website to your interests and needs. Cookies are also used to help speed up your future activities and experience on the Website. We use cookies, for example, to remember your language preferences.
   2. We also use cookies to compile anonymous, aggregated statistics that allow us to understand how our Website is being used and how we can improve our services.

3. Which cookies do we use?
   1. We use first party and third party cookies:
      1. First party cookies are cookies created by the Website itself. These cookies are used to optimize your user-experience.
         

         Name	Category	Purpose	Retention period
         wordpress_[hash]	WordPress	to save the authentication information when logging in.	session
         wordpress_logged_in_[hash]	WordPress	to indicate when you are logged in and who you are.	session
         wp-wordpress_test_cookie	WordPress	to check whether the cookies are enabled in the browser to provide users with an appropriate user experience.	session
         wp-settings-{time}-[UID]	WordPress	to customize the appearance of your admin interface and the front of the website.	1 year

      2. Third party cookies are cookies created by parties other than the Website. Third party cookies in relation to our Website are Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Google Analytics. Google Analytics is Google’s analytics tool which helps us understand how you engage with the Website. It may use a set of cookies to collect information and report Website usage statistics without personally identifying individual visitors to Google. The main cookie used by Google Analytics is the ‘___ga’ cookie.
         

         Name	Category	Purpose	Retention period
         rc::c	reCAPTCHA	Marketing/tracking: filter requests from bots	session
         rc::b	reCAPTCHA	Marketing/tracking: filter requests from bots	session
         rc::a	reCAPTCHA	Marketing/tracking: filter requests from bots	session
         _grecaptcha	reCAPTCHA	Functional: Spam protection	session
         History.store	WooCommerce	Statistics: Save last visit
         wistia-video-progress-*	Wistia	Statistics: store if the user has seen embedded content	persistent
         _ga	Google Analytics	Statistics: store and count pageviews	2 years
         _gid	Google Analytics	Statistics: store and count pageviews	1 day
         _gat_gtag_UA_*	Google Analytics	Statistics: store a unique user ID	1 minute
         _gac_UA-*	Google Ads	Statistics: store and count pageviews	90 days
         ads/ga-audiences	Google Ads	Marketing/tracking: store information for remarketing purposes	expires immediately
         vchideactivationmsg_vc11	Visual Composer	Functional: store a version number for updates	30 days
         wfwaf-authcookie*	Wordfence	Functional: read to determine if the user is logged in	1 day
         GPS	YouTube	Marketing/tracking: store location data	session
         VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE	YouTube	Functional: provide bandwidth estimations	6 months
         YSC	YouTube	Marketing/tracking: Store and track interaction	session
         PREF	YouTube	Marketing/tracking: store user preferences	8 months

   2. A further distinction can be made between the following types of cookies:
      1. Necessary cookies: These are required for the operation of our Website. They include for example cookies that enable you to log in.
         Our necessary cookies are named here:

         Name	Category	Content of cookie	Retention period
         _ga	Google Analytics	GA1.2.103364269.1632992259	2 year
         _gid	Google Analytics	GA1.2.526484468.1641799308	2 year

      2. Analytical/performance cookies: These cookies allow us to analyse our webtraffic, to see the number of users of our Website and how the users navigate through our Website.
      3. Functional cookies: These cookies ‘remember’ the choices you made on our Website (e.g. language preference) making the Website more user-friendly and enhancing your user experience.
      4. Targeting cookies: These show us the pages you have visited and the links you have followed, making advertisements more relevant to your interests.

4. How can you manage or delete cookies?
   1. You can at any time manage or delete cookies using the settings on your internet browser, allowing you to refuse some or all cookies. Turning off cookies will limit the service that we are able to provide and may affect your user-experience. Deleting cookies may result in manually adjusting preferences every time you visit our Website. For more details about controlling and/or deleting cookies, visit the page corresponding to your browser for more information:
      Safari
      Google Chrome
      Mozilla Firefox
      Internet Explorer
      For other browsers, please consult the documentation provided by the browser operator.