Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device by the websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. The use of cookies is now standard for most websites.

We use three categories of cookies on our website:

•	Necessary Cookies These cookies are necessary for the website to operate. Our website cannot function without these cookies and they can only be disabled by changing your browser preferences.
•	Analytical/Performance Cookies These cookies allow us to measure and report on website activity by tracking page visits, visitor locations and how visitors move around the site. The information collected does not directly identify visitors. We drop these cookies to help us analyze the data.
•	Marketing Cookies Marketing cookies help us provide you with personalized and relevant services or advertising, and track the effectiveness of our digital marketing activities. They are capable of tracking your browser across other sites and building up a profile of your interests. This may impact the content and messages you see on other websites you visit.

We utilize the below mentioned cookies, and other online identification technologies such as web beacons, or pixels to provide users with an improved user experience.

We only use Functional, Performance, Analytical and Advertising Cookies with your prior consent. If you are visiting our website for the first time, a banner will appear on our website asking for your consent to use optional cookies. If you consent to this, we will store a cookie on your computer and the banner will not be displayed again for the lifetime of the cookie. Thereafter, or if you actively delete this cookie beforehand, the banner will be displayed again the next time you visit our website in order to obtain your consent again.

Further, most browsers allow you to control cookies through the cookie settings, which you can customize to consent to the use of cookies. You can also check and delete cookies with most browsers. To do so, please refer to your browser manufacturer's documentation by following the link relevant to you Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge, Opera, Safari.

Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics 4, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC. Google Analytics also uses cookies to enable our website to analyze how users use our website across multiple devices. The information generated by the cookies about your use of our website is transmitted to and stored by Google, including transmission to the United States. The following data is processed through the use of Google Analytics:

•	3 bytes of the IP address of the called system of the website visitor (anonymized IP address);
•	the website called up;
•	the website from which the user reached the accessed page of our website (referrer);
•	the subpages accessed from the website;
•	the time spent on the website; and
•	the frequency with which the website is accessed.

Google states that it will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. The use of this service is based on your consent. You can withdraw your consent at any time using our cookie preference pop-up. The legal basis for the processing is also your consent. In relation to the data transfer into the USA Google’s processing agreement for GA4, can be read here.

Google AdSense
We use Google AdSense, a web advertising service provided by Google. Google AdSense uses so-called "DoubleClick DART Cookies" ("Cookies"). In addition, Google AdSense also uses so-called "web beacons" (small invisible graphics) to collect information, through the use of which simple actions such as user traffic on our website can be recorded, collected and evaluated. The information generated by the cookie and/or web beacon (including your IP address) about your visit to this website will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States.

Google uses the information thus obtained to carry out an evaluation of user behavior with regard to the AdSense ads. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google AdSense will not be merged with other Google data. The information collected by Google may be transferred to third parties where required to do so by law, and/or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. For further information please refer to our Cookie Policy. The legal basis for the processing of your data is our legitimate interest in the targeted use of advertising.

YouTube Videos
We have integrated videos from YouTube (Google). The integration requires that YouTube can perceive the IP address of the user. The IP address is required in order to send the video content to the user's browser. If you click on a YouTube video on our website, your internet browser will be prompted to download a corresponding representation of the video and also places certain cookies. In this way, YouTube knows which specific sub-pages you have visited. The legal basis for the data processing is our legitimate interest and your consent.

Pixel Cookies and Tags
We use so-called Pixel Cookies and Tags (“Pixel Cookies”). A Pixel Cookie is an advertising tool and typically consists of a JavaScript code snippet that allows us to understand and track visitors' activity on our website. For this purpose, Pixel Cookies collect and process information about visitors of our website and the device used (so-called event data).

Event data collected through Pixel Cookies is used for targeting our advertisements and improving ad delivery and personalized advertising. For this purpose, the event data collected on our website by means of Pixel Cookies is transmitted to the relevant operator of the Pixel Cookie and in part, also stored on your device. However, this only happens with your consent, and we and the relevant operator of the Pixel Cookie are considered joint controllers. Nonetheless, for the subsequent processing of the transmitted Event Data, the relevant operator of the Pixel Cookie is the sole controller.

For more information about how the relevant operator of the Pixel Cookie processes personal data, including the legal basis on which they rely on and how you can exercise your rights against, please refer to the following Privacy Policies: Facebook and Instagram (Meta Platforms, Inc.) and you can find Meta’s EU-U.S. and Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Frameworks Disclosure here.

Google Tag Manager
We also use Google Tag Manager. Google Tag Manager is a solution enabling us to administer website tags via an interface. Google Tag Manager itself, which implements the tags, is a cookie-free domain and does not record any personal data. However, the tool triggers other tags that may record your Personal Data. Google Tag Manager itself does not access this data. If you refuse Analytical/Performance and/ or Marketing & Social Media Cookies, Google Tag Manager remains in place. The legal basis for the processing is our legitimate interest.

Google Analytics
You can disable tracking by Google Analytics with future effect by downloading and installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on for your current web browser following this link http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.

Google Ads
You can opt out of showing ads that are based on your interests, demographics, and Google Account information in Google Ad Center.

Facebook
If you do not wish to participate in usage-based advertising through Facebook you can object here: https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads.

Instagram
If you do not wish to participate in usage-based advertising through Instagram you can change your ad settings by following these instructions: https://help.instagram.com/911879456838933.

YouTube
If you do not wish to participate in usage-based advertising through YouTube you can change your ad settings by following these instructions: https://www.youtube.com/howyoutubeworks/user-settings/ad-settings/.

General
If you do not wish to participate in our advertising personalisation or retargeting/tracking you can object to behavioral advertising at the following websites: Your Online Choices, Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada, Network Advertising Initiative, AdChoices and the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance (Europe only).

You can set your web browser to disable cookies. Please note that most browsers offer different ways to protect your privacy. If you do not activate or deactivate certain cookies via the browser settings, it is possible that certain functionalities will not be available to you as expected.

You can configure the use of cookies in your browser settings by following the relevant link Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge, Opera, Safari at any time or deactivate them completely.

Please note that if you disable cookies in this way, you will not be able to set new cookies. However, it will not prevent previously set cookies from continuing to work on your device until you clear all cookies in your browser settings.

We also offer a cookie preference pop-up when you first visit our website. This pop-up is a consent tool and allows you to specify your preference about cookies. You can accept or reject them or access this Cookie Policy before giving your consent to cookies or rejecting them. This permits you to make an informed decision about the cookies we use. You are free to accept or reject cookies, but note that after rejecting them, browsing our website might be less user-friendly and the relevant content might be affected.

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. If we make changes to this Cookie Policy, we will revise the effective date.

Saturday, 01st of June, 2024

If you feel that the above is not sufficient or if you have any queries as regards the collection, processing or use of your information we are looking forward to hearing from you. We will make every effort to reply as soon as possible and take into consideration any suggestions from your end.