Cookie Statement

In order to make your visit to our websites enjoyable and to enable the use of certain functions, we use what are known as “cookies” on various pages. These are small text files that are stored on your end device. Some of the cookies we use are deleted again after the end of the browser session, i.e. after closing your browser (these are known as “session cookies”). Other cookies remain on your end device and enable us to recognize your browser the next time you visit us (“persistent cookies”). You can configure your browser in such a way that you are informed about the setting of cookies and can decide whether to accept them or not, or exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general. If you do not accept cookies, the functionality of our website may be restricted under certain circumstances.

Essential cookies

The following cookies are required from a technical perspective for the proper functionality of our website and must therefore always be used:

• kirby_session
  Storage period:current session.
  Kirby Standard cookie that is required for the website to function.

• schokocookies
  Storage period: min. 7 days, max. 360 days.
  Saves your selection for cookie usage.

External media

In order to facilitate your use of our website, we offer you the possibility of using various external media (third party providers) such as YouTube or Google Maps.

YouTube
We offer YouTube videos on our websites. Here, the following cookies may be used:

GPS, VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE, PREF, YSC, yt-remote-cast-installed [x2], yt-remote-connected-devices [x2], yt-remote-device-id [x2], yt-remote-fast-check-period, yt-remote-session-app [x2], yt-remote-session-name [x2], 1P_JAR, ANID, CONSENT, DV, NID, OTZ, UULE.

Function of the cookies that are used:
These cookies enable YouTube to collect usage information for videos hosted by YouTube.

Of course, you can also view our videos directly on YouTube.

You can find more information about the purpose and scope of data collection and its processing by YouTube in the Privacy Policy. There, you can also find further details about your rights and settings to protect your privacy: policies.google.com/privacy.

Statistics (Google Analytics)

We use the web analysis tool Google Analytics to evaluate the use of our website by users (so-called tracking). Google Analytics processes your IP address anonymously as a matter of principle.
The following cookies are stored for this purpose:

• _ga
  Storage period: 14 months
  Allows users to be distinguished.

• _ga_MRQ1E08FTF
  Storage period: 14 months
  Allows users to be distinguished.

• _gat
  Storage duration: 1 minute
  Throttles the request rate. When Google Analytics is used via Google Tag Manager, this cookie is named _dcgtm[property-id].

• _gid
  Storage duration: 24 hours
  Enables the differentiation of users.

For more information on Google Analytics privacy settings, please see the following link: developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage