Last modified 20.07.2016
A cookie is a small text file that is stored on your computer or other device used to visit a website (hereinafter all together: “computer”). Because a cookie is stored on your computer, the website server can recognize your computer. A cookie cannot launch programs or spread viruses.
Web beacons are electronic images, also referred to as single-pixel gifs. Web beacons enable the Company to collect certain aggregated information in relation to Website users including, for example, the number of users accessing each webpage, traffic data, logs and other communication data, information in relation to resources access, and information about user computer and internet connection (including IP addresses, operating systems and browser type).
We use functional cookies necessary to enable navigation across the websites. These cookies enable us to:
We will use the functional cookies as described in the table below.
|Name||Purpose||Placed by||Information captured||Accessed by||Expires|
|qtrans_front_language||Stores the language chosen by the user||Website engine||Chosen language code (i.e. EN)||Website engine||24 hours|
Analytical cookies record how visitors use our websites. This information may be used to analyze the use of our websites and generate statistics. We may collect statistical information about our Website users’ equipment, browsing actions and patterns. The information may include, for example:
We will use the analytical cookies as described in the table below.
|_ga||used to distinguish users||2 years|
|_gat||used to throttle request rate||10 minutes|
You can set up your browser in such a way that no cookies are stored, that you can accept or reject each cookie or such that all cookies are deleted when you close your browser. Useful information for managing cookies and web beacons can also be found on the informative website http://allaboutcookies.org.
Please note that if you reject and/or delete cookies by changing your browser settings, this will also affect the essential cookies. This may limit the options for using our Website or parts thereof.