What are cookies?
Cookies are small information files that are automatically stored on your computer's hard drive. Cookies are used, among other things, to increase the visitor's ease of use: a website loads faster or you do not have to re-enter your login name or settings every time.
Cookies are not active, executable software and are not harmful to your computer. Some cookies ensure that a website appears graphically neat, others that a web application works correctly. They are also used to map the surfing behavior of visitors. This information is useful to tailor a website as well as possible to the wishes and needs of the visitor.
The cookies are not used to track the surfing behavior of the visitor on other websites. Your internet browser allows you to prevent the use of cookies, to receive a warning when a cookie is installed or to have the cookies removed from your hard drive after leaving the website. Consult the help function of your internet browser for this.
Types of cookies?
Necessary cookies
These cookies are essential to visit our website and to use certain parts of it.
Functional cookies
These are used to increase the ease of use for the visitor and to make the website visit more pleasant. For example, these are the cookies that remember your preference or keep track of whether you have already been asked to participate in a survey so that we do not present you with the same survey over and over again.
Performance cookies
We use performance cookies to collect information about how visitors use our websites with the aim of improving the content of our websites, making it more tailored to the wishes of visitors and increasing the user-friendliness of our websites.