Cookies
1. What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files saved on your local computer by your internet browser when you visit our site. These text files are read by web browsers and contain information which is used to deliver user-friendly services. Cookies enable our website to recognise you so that we can provide you with a more personalised, improved, faster and more tailor-made experience.
Please note that some web content may become unavailable if you disable cookies. There are several different types of cookies. Here is a definition of some of them:
Session cookies: these cookies are only stored on your computer or end device when navigating our website. They are deleted when the browser is closed.
Persistent cookies: these cookies remain on your computer for a specific period of time.
Third-party cookies: these cookies are created by partner websites and are embedded in our site. They are used for targeted advertising, etc.
2. How we use cookies
We use internet technologies (e.g. cookies, Java scripts) mainly to make our website easier to navigate and to tailor our offer and optimise your experience with the content we provide:
- We use so-called session cookies to maintain your current session active.
- We use cookies for data analysis purposes. With their help, we can monitor how our forms are used, how many visitors come to our site and what the most frequently visited sites are.
- We use third-party cookies to improve your experience with our content and the advertisements you see on our pages. This website also uses Google web analytics. More information can be found here:“Data protection notice”.
3. Third-party cookies
Some third-parties store cookies on your computer, particularly to log visitor behaviour and personalise what they display (including advertising). Depending on which platform you use, several cookies from third parties may be stored on your computer. How third parties manage these cookies can be found on the corresponding provider website. Notes on the different providers can be found in the table below. Unfortunately we do not have any control whatsoever over cookies provided by third parties. As a result, we recommend you refer to the third-party provider's website to provide information on the cookies used and how they can be managed. For common third party companies such as Facebook, Google, etc. the "Digital Advertising Alliance" offers the option of opting out of cookies for all companies participating in the tool. More information about these cookies can be found in points 4 and 5.
4. We currently use the following cookies
Session cookies are removed as soon as the browser is closed.
- fe_typo_user - Alpen Maykestag: Saves the TYPO3 user session: session cookie
- PHPSESSID - Alpen Maykestag: Needed to manage the cookies saved by yourself: session cookie
- cookie_banner_seen - Alpen Maykestag: Confirmation of the cookie reference: 1 year
- _uetsid - Bing: Bing Ads Universal Event Tracking Cookie: 30 minutes
- __utma - Google Analytics: Enables visits and visitors to be recorded. Lifespan: 2 years
- __utmb - Google Analytics: Used to detect new visits. Lifespan: 30 minutes
- __utmc - Google Analytics: Used in connection with __utmb to determine whether it is a new (recent) visit. Lifespan: session end
- __utmt - Google Analytics: Restrict request rate to Google Analytics. Lifespan: 10 minutes
- __utmx - Google Analytics: Is a cookie that is set especially for testing and experiments within Analytics. Lifespan: 18 months
- __utmz - Google Analytics Determines from which source / campaign the visitor comes. Lifespan: 6 months
- 1P_JAR - Google Analytics. Collects website statistics and tracked conversion rates. Lifespan: 1 month
- __ga - Google Analytics: Enables visits and visitors to be recorded. Lifespan: 2 years
- _gid - Google Analytics: Enables visits and visitors to be recorded. Lifespan: 1 day
- _gat_UA-15796514-32 - Google Analytics: Cookie prevents the call to Google Analyitcs (opt-out). Lifespan: 1 year
- _gat - Google Function-related cookie, whose tasks may differ. Lifespan: 2 years
- NID - Google. This cookie is used to save the user's preferences and other information. This includes in particular the preferred language, the number of search results to be displayed on the page as well as the decision as to whether the Google SafeSearch filter should be activated or not. Lifespan: 182 days
- DV - www.google.at. This cookie is used to save the user's preferences and other information. This includes in particular the preferred language, the number of search results to be displayed on the page as well as the decision as to whether the Google SafeSearch filter should be activated or not. Lifespan: 7 minutes
- CONSENT - Google. This cookie is used to save the user's preferences and other information. This includes in particular the preferred language, the number of search results to be displayed on the page as well as the decision as to whether the Google SafeSearch filter should be activated or not. Lifespan: 20 years
- AID - Google. Used to activate targeted advertising. Lifespan: 3 months from the last update
- GAPS - Google. This cookie is used to save the user's preferences and other information. This includes in particular the preferred language, the number of search results to be displayed on the page as well as the decision as to whether the Google SafeSearch filter should be activated or not. Lifespan: session cookie
- OGP - Google - This cookie is used by Google to activate and track the Google Maps functionality. Lifespan: {colour:red}years{colour}
- OTZ - Google - Google uses cookies, like the OTZ cookies, to help customize ads on Google properties, like Google Search. Lifespan: 1 month
- PAIDCONTENT - Google. Connect to Google Analytics to find out anonymously how you have used this website. Lifespan: 2 years
- SNID - Google - These cookies are applied and used by Google Maps. Lifespan: 6 months
- DSID - AdWords Remarketing: 1 week
- IDE - AdWords Remarketing: 2 years
- id - AdWords Remarketing: 2 years
- c_user - Facebook: Cookie for Facebook pixel: 3 months
- datr - Facebook: Cookie for Facebook pixel: 2 years
- fr - Facebook: Cookie for Facebook pixel: 3 months
- sb - Facebook: Cookie for Facebook pixel: 2 years
- xs - Facebook: Cookie for Facebook pixel: 3 months
- lu - Facebook: Cookie for Facebook pixel: 2 years
- pl - Facebook: Cookie for Facebook pixel: 2 years
- wd - Facebook: Cookie for Facebook pixel: session end
- MUID - bing.com: Cookie for Bing: 390 days
- MUIDB - bing.com: Cookie for Bing: 390 days
- PREF - Youtube: This cookie is used to save the user's preferences and other information. This includes in particular the preferred language, the number of search results to be displayed on the page as well as the decision as to whether the Google SafeSearch filter should be activated or not. Lifespan: 10 years
- VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE - Youtube: This is a cookie that YouTube sets to calculate the user's spectrum. This information is used to determine whether the user should use the player's new or old user interface. Lifespan: 1 year
- use_hitbox - Youtube: use_hitbox is used to make projections for the "views" counter for a YouTube video. Expiry: At the end of the session
- YSC - Youtube: This cookie is used by the YouTube video service on websites with embedded YouTube videos. Expiry: At the end of the session
- CONSENT - Youtube. This cookie is used to save the user's preferences and other information. This includes in particular the preferred language, the number of search results to be displayed on the page as well as the decision as to whether the Google SafeSearch filter should be activated or not. Lifespan: 20 years
- APISID - Google/Youtube: This cookie is used to save the user's preferences and other information. This includes in particular the preferred language, the number of search results to be displayed on the page as well as the decision as to whether the Google SafeSearch filter should be activated or not. Lifespan: 2 years
- HSID - Google/Youtube: This cookie is used to save the user's preferences and other information. This includes in particular the preferred language, the number of search results to be displayed on the page as well as the decision as to whether the Google SafeSearch filter should be activated or not. Lifespan: 2 years
- SAPISID - Google/Youtube: This cookie is used to save the user's preferences and other information. This includes in particular the preferred language, the number of search results to be displayed on the page as well as the decision as to whether the Google SafeSearch filter should be activated or not. Lifespan: 2 years
- SID - Google/Youtube: This cookie is used to save the user's preferences and other information. This includes in particular the preferred language, the number of search results to be displayed on the page as well as the decision as to whether the Google SafeSearch filter should be activated or not. Lifespan: 2 years
- SIDCC - Google/Youtube: Security cookie that protects the user data from unauthorised access. Lifespan: 1 day
- SSID - Google/Youtube: This cookie is used to save the user's preferences and other information. This includes in particular the preferred language, the number of search results to be displayed on the page as well as the decision as to whether the Google SafeSearch filter should be activated or not. Lifespan: 2 years
- LOGIN_INFOR - Youtube: This cookie is used by the YouTube video service on websites with embedded YouTube videos. Lifespan: 2 years
5. Administration of cookies / disabling
Your browser menu will have configuration options for the use of cookies. Most browsers have the following configuration options:
- View cookies
- Enable cookies
- Disable all or some cookies
- Disable all cookies when closing browser
- Block cookies
- Notify when a cookie is stored
- Disabling web tracking
You can find the manufacturer's instructions on enabling and disabling cookies for the following browsers. Some parts of our website may become unavailable if you block our cookies.