Cookie Policy

a. Use of Cookies

We use cookies on our Platform. Cookies are text files that are sent from our web server to your browser when you visit our Platform and are stored on your computer by your browser for later retrieval. Cookies are then sent to our Platform’s server with every server request or page view. A cookie allows your internet browser to be identified when you visit the Platform again. Some of the features we have integrated into our Platform also use web storage objects. These function similarly to cookies but are cached in your browser and are generally not transmitted to the server.

There are session cookies, which are deleted when you close your browser, and there are persistent cookies, which are stored on your hard drive until their preset expiration date is reached or until you actively delete them. With web storage objects, a distinction is made between local storage objects, which never expire, and session storage objects, which are deleted when you close your browser.

Cookies are categorized as first-party cookies (visible only from the domain you are currently visiting) and third-party cookies (visible across domains and regularly set by third parties).

Cookies and web storage objects are divided into the following categories:

Technically necessary: These are essential for navigating the Platform, using basic functions, and ensuring the Platform’s security; they neither collect information about you for marketing purposes nor store which websites you have visited. The legal basis for setting technically necessary cookies and web storage objects is Section 25(2) of the TTDSG.

Optional: These serve, for example, analytical and marketing purposes and the display of external content such as videos. Analytical cookies and web storage objects collect information about how you use the Platform, which pages you visit, and, for example, whether errors occur during Platform use. Marketing cookies and web storage objects are used to display targeted advertising on the Platform or offers from third parties and to measure the effectiveness of these offers. These are technologies that are not technically necessary. The legal basis for setting these cookies and web storage objects is therefore your consent in accordance with Section 25(1) of the TTDSG.

Please note the following: You can ensure that no cookies or similar technologies are stored on your computer at all, or that only certain cookies are permitted to be stored. You can select this in your internet browser settings. There, you can also view and delete the stored cookies. If you block all cookies, it is possible that not all functions of our Platform will be available to you.

b. Option to Revoke Consent and Delete Cookies

As stated at the beginning of this section, you can enable or restrict the use of cookies and similar technologies by changing the settings in your web browser. You can delete cookies and web storage objects that have already been stored by your web browser at any time. If cookies and web storage objects are restricted or disabled for our Platform, you may not be able to use all its features.

c. Information about Cookies and Web Storage Objects on our Platform:

For cookies and similar technologies used in connection with the embedding of videos on our Platform, please refer to Vimeo’s Cookie and Privacy Policy, which contains further information on data processing (https://vimeo.com/legal/privacy/cookies).

Opt-out: Users may opt out of non-essential cookies by selecting the option below. Upon opting out, we will, to the extent possible, delete any non-essential first party cookies in your browser and remember your cookie preference for your next visit. Please review your browser settings to remove third-party cookies.