Cookie Policy

1. Controller

The controller responsible for the processing of personal data in connection with cookies on this website is:

Further information about the general processing of personal data can be found in our Privacy Policy. The obligation to provide transparent information about the controller and contact options is one of the fundamental information duties under the GDPR.

2. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files or comparable technologies that can be stored on your device or read from it when you visit a website. They serve different purposes, such as the technical provision of the website, storing preferences, measuring reach or supporting certain functions.

Under Irish ePrivacy rules, the use of such technologies generally requires consent, unless they are strictly necessary to provide a service expressly requested by you.

3. Which Types of Cookies May Be Used on This Website?

Depending on how the website is used, the following categories of cookies may be used in particular:

a) Strictly Necessary Cookies

Strictly necessary cookies are technically required so that the website can function securely and properly. These may include cookies that enable basic page navigation, security, language settings, session stability, consent storage or access to functions expressly requested by you.

Under Irish ePrivacy rules, these cookies may be used without additional consent where they are genuinely required for the service expressly requested.

b) Functional Cookies

Functional cookies may be used to provide convenience features, such as remembering certain settings, search preferences or user-related displays. These cookies are not always technically strictly necessary.

Where functional cookies are not classified as strictly necessary, they will only be used if and insofar as you have given valid consent for them.

c) Analytics Cookies

Analytics cookies may be used to understand how visitors use this website, which pages are visited most frequently and how the website can be improved technically and in terms of content.

Where such cookies are not strictly necessary, they are only set or read if you have previously given valid consent. The Data Protection Commission makes clear that prior consent is generally required for non-essential cookies.

d) Marketing and Tracking Cookies

Marketing, retargeting or other tracking cookies may be used to better attribute content, campaigns or partner offers, or to evaluate user behaviour across websites or sessions.

Such cookies are generally not necessary and may therefore only be used if you have given your explicit consent in advance.

4. Legal Basis

Where cookies or similar technologies are strictly necessary, their use is based on our legitimate interest in the secure and functional operation of the website or on the technical necessity of providing a service expressly requested by you.

Where cookies or similar technologies are not necessary, their use is based exclusively on your consent. According to the Data Protection Commission, this consent must be freely given, specific, informed and provided through a clear affirmative action.

5. Consent and Cookie Settings

If non-essential cookies are used on this website, this only happens after you have made a corresponding choice through our consent or cookie banner.

You can change, adjust or withdraw your cookie settings at any time with effect for the future. This can be done through the link to the cookie settings provided on the website or through the corresponding functions of the consent tool.

According to the requirements of the Data Protection Commission, withdrawing consent must be as easy as giving it.

6. Third-Party Cookies

Depending on the integration of technical services, content, partner offers or affiliate functions, third parties may also use cookies or similar technologies.

Where such third-party cookies are not strictly necessary, they will only be activated if corresponding consent has been given. Please note that the privacy and cookie notices of the respective third parties may also apply.

7. Retention Period

Cookies may be stored for different periods of time. Some cookies are stored only for the respective session and deleted when you close your browser. Other cookies may remain on your device for a longer period until they expire automatically or are manually deleted.

The specific retention period depends on the respective cookie function, the service used and the technical configuration. Users should be transparently informed about the retention period or at least the criteria used to determine it.

8. Managing Cookies Through Your Browser

You can also control, restrict or delete cookies through your browser settings. Please note, however, that disabling strictly necessary cookies or similar technologies may result in parts of the website no longer functioning properly or certain functions no longer being available.

The Data Protection Commission points out that cookies can support basic technical functions of a website and that the legal distinction mainly depends on whether they are necessary for the service expressly requested or not.

9. Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy if legal requirements, technical processes, services used or cookie categories change.

The current version published on this website applies. Transparency and the accuracy of the information provided are among the fundamental requirements of data protection law.

10. Contact

If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy or the use of cookies on this website, please contact us at:

11. Right to Lodge a Complaint

You have the right to lodge a complaint with a competent supervisory authority. For Ireland, this is in particular the Data Protection Commission.

The Data Protection Commission is the Irish supervisory authority for the GDPR and also has responsibilities in the area of Irish ePrivacy rules. It also provides information on how data subjects can submit complaints.