Cookie Settings
We use cookies on our website. Some of them are essential, i.e. they are technically required for the operation of our website. Other cookies are used for statistical purposes or to analyse access to our website or for marketing purposes or to offer you the use of external media. Both temporary/session cookies and longer stored cookies (so-called permanent cookies) are used. Temporary cookies are deleted as soon as you close your browser. Permanent cookies remain for a longer period of time, but can be deleted manually at any time. Some of the cookies are placed by third parties.
Detailed information about the use of the respective cookies, in particular about the respective function duration and to what extent they are placed by third parties or third parties have access to the data collected via the cookies, can be found below.
As far as not already explicitly stated in our data protection information or our cookie policy, your data will only be transferred to third countries or international organisations under the condition of legal or contractual permissions or if the special conditions of § 44 et seq. of the German Data Protection Regulation (DS-GVO) apply. DS-GVO. We expressly point out that a data transfer to the USA requires your separate consent.
You can individually consent to the use of the respective categories of cookies as set out below; you can also change your consent given in each case at any time under “Cookie settings” or revoke it from us.
In addition, different browsers offer different methods for blocking and deleting cookies used by websites. You can change the settings of your browser to block/delete the cookies. For more information on how to manage and delete cookies, please visit www.allaboutcookies.org.
DFGE distinguishes between the following cookie categories
Advertisement: Advertising cookies are used to provide visitors with relevant advertising and marketing campaigns. These cookies track visitors on different websites and collect information to deliver tailored advertising.
Analytics: Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information about the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.
Functional: Functional cookies help perform certain functions, such as sharing website content on social media platforms, collecting feedback and other third-party functions.
Necessary: Necessary cookies are strictly required for the proper functioning of the website. These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously.
Others: Other uncategorised cookies are those that are still being analysed and have not yet been categorised.
Performance: Performance cookies are used to understand and analyse the key performance indices of the website, which helps to provide a better user experience for visitors.
Recorded cookies are categorised as follows
| SI-NR | Cookie Name | Kategorie | Speicherdauer | Beschreibung |
| 1 | _ga_* | Analytics | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views. |
| 2 | __hstc | Analytics | 6 months | Hubspot set this main cookie for tracking visitors. It contains the domain, initial timestamp (first visit), last timestamp (last visit), current timestamp (this visit), and session number (increments for each subsequent session). |
| 3 | hubspotutk | Analytics | 6 months | HubSpot sets this cookie to keep track of the visitors to the website. This cookie is passed to HubSpot on form submission and used when deduplicating contacts. |
| 4 | _gid | Analytics | 1 day | Google Analytics sets this cookie to store information on how visitors use a website while also creating an analytics report of the website’s performance. Some of the collected data includes the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously. |
| 5 | _ga | Analytics | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Google Analytics sets this cookie to calculate visitor, session and campaign data and track site usage for the site’s analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognise unique visitors. |
| 6 | wp-wpml_current_language | Functional | session | WordPress multilingual plugin sets this cookie to store the current language/language settings. |
| 7 | __sharethis_cookie_test__ | Functional | session | ShareThis sets this cookie to track which pages are being shared and by whom. |
| 8 | __hssc | Necessary | 1 hour | HubSpot sets this cookie to keep track of sessions and to determine if HubSpot should increment the session number and timestamps in the __hstc cookie. |
| 9 | __hssrc | Necessary | session | This cookie is set by Hubspot whenever it changes the session cookie. The __hssrc cookie set to 1 indicates that the user has restarted the browser, and if the cookie does not exist, it is assumed to be a new session. |
| 10 | __cf_bm | Necessary | 1 hour | This cookie, set by Cloudflare, is used to support Cloudflare Bot Management. |
| 11 | _GRECAPTCHA | Necessary | 6 months | Google Recaptcha service sets this cookie to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks. |
| 12 | cookielawinfo-checkbox-advertisement | Necessary | 1 year | Set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin, this cookie records the user consent for the cookies in the “Advertisement” category. |
| 13 | CookieLawInfoConsent | Necessary | 1 year | CookieYes sets this cookie to record the default button state of the corresponding category and the status of CCPA. It works only in coordination with the primary cookie. |
| 14 | cookielawinfo-checkbox-functional | Necessary | 11 months | The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category “Functional”. |
| 15 | cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance | Necessary | 11 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category “Performance”. |
| 16 | cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics | Necessary | 11 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category “Analytics”. |
| 17 | cookielawinfo-checkbox-others | Necessary | 11 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category “Other. |
| 18 | cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary | Necessary | 11 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category “Necessary”. |
| 19 | viewed_cookie_policy | Necessary | 11 months | The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data. |
| 20 | _cfuvid | Others | session | Description is currently not available. |
| 21 | _gat | Performance | 1 minute | Google Universal Analytics sets this cookie to restrain request rate and thus limit data collection on high-traffic sites. |
