Cookie policy
Here you can learn everything about the cookies used and how they are used.
Functional cookies
Some cookies – so-called function cookies – are essential for the functionality of our website. The processing of the function cookies is necessary to enable you to visit the website (cf. Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO). The following function cookies are used on our website.
| Cookie name | Category / Service | Description / Usage | Validity |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHPSESSID | Necessary | Saves the current session related to PHP applications, ensuring that all features of this website based on the PHP programming language can be fully displayed. | Session |
| wordpress_test_cookie | Necessary | Checks if the browser accepts cookies. | Session |
| wordpress_logged_in_{HASH} | Necessary | Cookie für angemeldete Nutzer, um die Benutzer-Sitzung zu speichern. | Session |
| wordpress_sec | Necessary | Cookie for logged in users to save the user session. | Session |
| wordpress_gdpr_cookies_allowed | Necessary | Saves whether additional cookies were accepted besides the necessary ones. | 180 days |
| wordpress_gdpr_allowed_services | Necessary | Saves which additional cookie services were accepted. | 180 days |
| wordpress_gdpr_cookies_declined | Necessary | Saves which additional cookie services were not accepted. | 180 days |
| wordpress_gdpr_terms_conditions_accepted | Necessary | Saves whether the terms and conditions were accepted. | 180 days |
| wordpress_gdpr_privacy_policy_accepted | Necessary | Saves whether the privacy policy has been accepted. | 180 days |
| wordpress_gdpr_first_time | Necessary | If the user does not make a decision but continues to navigate the site, all cookies are enabled and the cookie stores whether the current page matches the first page visited. | 180 days |
| wordpress_gdpr_first_time_url | Necessary | Saves, the URL of the first visit to the website. | 180 days |
| ga-disable-{ID} | Necessary | Saves whether the collection of Google Analytics data has been disabled. | 10 years |
| svl_sports_initial_information | Necessary | Used to store confirmation from the user that they have read and saved the initial information as required by law (Insurance Distribution Directive – IDD) on distance contracts. | 60 days |
| wp-wpml_current_language | Necessary | Used to maintain the user’s chosen language for navigating the website. | 24 hours |
| _icl_current_language | Necessary | Used to maintain the user’s chosen language for navigating the website. | 24 hours |
| _icl_visitor_lang_js | Necessary | Used to preserve the user’s chosen language for navigating the website. | 24 hours |
| wpml_browser_redirect_test | Necessary | Checks if the browser accepts cookies. | Deletes automatically when the browser is closed |
| wp-postpass_{HASH} | Necessary | Used to maintain the session when a post is password protected. | 10 days |
| wfwaf-authcookie-{hash} | Notwendig | This cookie is used by the Wordfence firewall to perform a capability check of the current user before WordPress has been loaded. This is only set for users that are able to log into WordPress. | 12 Stunden |
| wf_loginalerted_{hash} | Notwendig | This cookie is used to notify the Wordfence admin when an administrator logs in from a new device. This is only set for users who log in, and only if the site administrator enabled “Only alert me when that administrator signs in from a new device” or the similar option for non-admin users. On this website, this function is enabled in such a way that the cookie is set only when an administrator logs in. | 1 Jahr |
| wfCBLBypass | Notwendig | Wordfence offers a feature for a site visitor to bypass country blocking by accessing a hidden URL. This cookie helps track who should be allowed to bypass country blocking. When a hidden URL defined by the site admin is visited, this cookie is set to verify the user can access the site from a country restricted through country blocking. This will be set for anyone who knows the URL that allows bypass of standard country blocking. This cookie is not set for anyone who does not know the hidden URL to bypass country blocking. On this website, the country lock feature is not enabled, so this cookie is not set. | 1 Jahr |
Analytical cookies
Analytics or statistics cookies collect information about visitors’ behavior on our website. This information helps us understand how our visitors use and navigate our website. Both Google Universal Analytics and Hotjar services are used on our website with the cookies listed below.
| Cookie name | Category / Service | Description / Usage | Validity |
|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | Google Universal Analytics | Contains a randomly generated user ID. This ID allows Google Analytics to recognize returning users to this site and merge data from previous visits. | 2 years |
| _gid | Google Universal Analytics | Contains a randomly generated user ID. This ID allows Google Analytics to recognize returning users to this site and merge data from previous visits. | 24 hours |
| _gat _dc_gtm_{ID} |
Google Universal Analytics | Certain data is only sent to Google Analytics a maximum of once per minute. The cookie has a lifetime of one minute. As long as it is set, certain data transfers are prevented. | 1 minute |
| _gat_gtag_{ID} | Google Universal Analytics | Certain data is only sent to Google Analytics a maximum of once per minute. The cookie has a lifetime of one minute. As long as it is set, certain data transfers are prevented. | 1 minute |
| _gac_{ID} | Google Universal Analytics | This cookie is set when a user arrives at the website via a click on a Google ad. It contains information about which ad was clicked, so that achieved successes such as orders or contact requests can be assigned to the ad. | 90 days |
| _gali | Google Universal Analytics | Dient to anonymously record the clicked elements within a page. | 30 seconds |
| IDE | Google Universal Analytics | Contains a randomly generated user ID. Using this ID, Google can recognize the user across different websites across domains and serve personalized ads. | 1 year |
| AMP_TOKEN | Google Universal Analytics | Contains a token that can be used to retrieve a client ID from the AMP client ID service. Other possible values indicate opt-out, inflight request, or an error retrieving a client ID from the AMP client ID service. | 30 seconds – 1 year |
Unclassified cookies
In addition to the cookies mentioned above, other cookies are used on our website that cannot be classified more precisely. In order to display maps from the Google Maps service on our website and to protect our contact forms from bot attacks, the following cookies are used.
| Cookie name | Category / Service | Description / Usage | Validity |
|---|---|---|---|
| NID | Google Maps | This cookie is used by Google in the context of using Google Maps. The NID cookie contains a unique ID that Google uses to store your preferred settings and other information. | 6 months |
| 1P_JAR | Google Maps | This cookie is used to support Google’s advertising services. | 1 month |
| CONSENT | Google Maps | Contains information about how the end user uses the website and what advertisements the end user may have seen before visiting this website. | 20 years |
| DV | Google Maps | Used to store user preferences and information when viewing pages with Google Maps on them. | Deletes automatically when the browser is closed |
| CGIC | Google Maps | Used to store user preferences and information when pages with Google Maps are displayed on them. | 6 months |
| __Secure-3PSID | Google Maps | Used for targeting purposes to profile the interests of website visitors in order to display relevant and personalized Google ads. | 2 years |
| SID | Google Maps | Google uses cookies such as the NID and SID cookies to customize advertising in Google products such as Google Search. Using such cookies, Google records, for example, your most recent search queries, your previous interactions with an advertiser’s ads or search results, and your visits to an advertiser’s website. In this way, Google can display customized advertisements on Google. Other Google products such as YouTube or Doubleclick also use these cookies to select more relevant ads. | 2 years |
| SIDCC | Google Maps | Security cookie to protect user data from unauthorized access. | 1 year |
| __Secure-3PAPISID | Google Maps | Used by for targeting purposes to profile site visitor interests and display relevant and personalized Google advertising. | 1 year |
| __Secure-APISID | Google Maps | Used for targeting purposes to build a profile of the site visitor’s interests to display relevant and personalized Google ads. | 3 months |
| __Secure-SSID | Google Maps | Used to store information about how you use the website and what advertisements you may have seen before visiting this website. Also used to customize advertising on Google websites by tracking your recent searches, your previous interactions with an advertiser’s ads, or your search results and visits to an advertiser’s website. | 3 months |
| HSID | Google Maps | Used for security purposes to store digitally signed and encrypted records of a user’s Google Account ID and last login time that enable Google to authenticate users, prevent fraudulent use of login credentials, and protect user data from unauthorized parties. This may also be used for targeting purposes to display relevant and personalized advertising content. | 2 years |
| APISID | Google Maps | Used for targeting purposes to profile site visitors’ interests in order to display relevant and personalized Google advertising. | 2 years |
| __Secure-HSID | Google Maps | Used for security purposes to store digitally signed and encrypted records of a user’s Google Account ID and last login time that enable Google to authenticate users, prevent fraudulent use of login credentials, and protect user data from unauthorized parties. This may also be used for targeting purposes to display relevant and personalized advertising content. | 3 months |
| SSID | Google Maps | Used to store information about how you use the site and what advertisements you saw before visiting this site, and to customize advertising on Google resources by remembering your recent searches, your previous interactions with an advertiser’s ads or search results, and your visits to an advertiser’s site. | 2 years |
| SAPISID | Google Maps | Used for targeting purposes to profile the interests of website visitors in order to display relevant and personalized Google ads. | 2 years |
| ANID | Google Maps | ANID means “anonymous ID”. This cookie is used for advertising on google.com. Data is collected anonymously and automatically. Collected data includes browser type, referring/exit page, content viewed on website, operating system, clickstream data to analyze trends and optimization services. | 9 months |
| OTZ | Google Maps | Used to store user preferences and information when pages with Google Maps are displayed on them. | 2 weeks |
| SEARCH_SAMESITE | Google Maps | SameSite prevents the browser from sending this cookie along with cross-site requests. The main goal is to reduce the risk of information leakage between origins. It also provides some protection against cross-site request forgery attacks. | 6 months |
| SNID | Google Maps | Installed by the Google Maps module, which is used to insert maps into the page. | 6 months |
| __Secure-3PSIDCC | Google Maps | Used by Google for targeting purposes to profile the site visitor’s interests and display relevant and personalized Google ads. | 1 year |
| OGPC | Google Maps | Google uses this cookie on pages for Google Translate or Google Maps activities. | 2 months |
| _GRECAPTCHA | Google reCAPTCHA | This cookie assigns an ID to the page visitor and collects statistical data about the page visitor’s website visits. This is used to individualize the advertising displayed to the user. | 1 year |
Deactivate cookies
You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and can decide individually whether to accept them or to exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general. Each browser differs in the way it manages cookie settings. This is described in the help menu of each browser, which explains how you can change your cookie settings. You can find this for each browser at the following links:
Alternatively, you can find out more about setting cookies and make settings for this at the Digital Advertising Alliance at www.aboutads.info.
