COOKIE POLICY NOTICE

Last updated: 08.12.2021

We, Westfalenhallen Unternehmensgruppe GmbH and our subsidiaries, hereinafter collectively referred to as “Westfalenhallen” use cookies and other technologies within the scope of our website service (e.g. on web pages and in browser-based applications or apps) which can be used to collect information that we need to provide functions within the scope of our website service and to improve our website service. Some of the used cookies or other technologies require your express consent. We ask you to agree to their use so that you can fully use all functions provided by our website service. We draw your attention to this Cookie Policy Notice to comply with our legal obligation and to inform you which cookies will be used when you visit our websites and how we protect your privacy.

In this Cookie Policy, we refer to all technologies including cookies, web beacons, pixels, script trackers and other client-side programming technologies, which can be used to collect user information, explain their purpose, the scope of their usage and inform you about options which you can use to manage and control the behaviour of these technologies. Cookies – in the broadest sense of the term – also include third-party web contents and services, for example for the incorporation of videos, maps, the use of certain fonts or the provision of administrative or other functions that are integrated into our website service. Such third-party service providers can always identify the respective user because they need his/her IP address to provide their services. For consistency reasons, all these methods are hereinafter collectively referred to as cookies unless an explicit differentiation is made between the specific methods.

This Cookie Policy relates to our website service under the domain name “westfalenhallen.de” and associated sub-domains and other websites of Westfalenhallen Unternehmensgruppe GmbH that link or refer to this Cookie Policy. This Cookie Policy can be viewed, saved or printed out from our website. By using our website service, you agree to our use of cookies in accordance with this Cookie Policy. You can find more information about how we use your personal data in our Data Protection Notice.

1. What are Cookies?

1.1. Cookies and other technologies are used to give our website service certain functions, e.g. the recognition of a user, the storage of the presettings of a user, the clear assignment of temporary process-related or transaction-related data to a user, the storage of additional security information during a user login to his/her user account or the collection of information about website usage, and to improve website design and functionality. These technologies are also used by almost all websites to recognise if the website has already been accessed previously with the same terminal equipment and the same browser so that they can adjust the displayed contents and, in some cases, vary them accordingly.

1.2. Cookies and other technologies can be used by Westfalenhallen and by third-party service providers. That applies to contents like videos, web-based applications or analytical tools that help us improve our website service, and content that is user-generated, such as clicks on ‘Share’ buttons that allow our website contents to be shared in social media networks like Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter. This Cookie Policy analogously applies to third-party cookies. Whether it is a first-party cookie or a third-party cookie depends on the domain that places the cookie. First-party cookies are cookies placed by the website that was visited by the user. Third-party cookies are cookies placed by a domain other than the domain of the website visited by the user. Third-party providers place their cookies on the website of the first-party provider if they provide technologies which the first-party provider uses on its website or makes available to its users. Westfalenhallen have concluded order processing contracts or similar agreements with such third-party providers in accordance with Article 28 (3) GDPR.

1.3. Cookies can only be read by the website that placed the cookie. Cookies usually do not collect any personal data stored on your terminal equipment. Cookies are only a key that would allow a linking to personal data, if such data was collected at all. Cookies can be classic text-based cookies, web beacons, pixels or scripts.

• Persistent cookies remain on the terminal equipment used for visiting our website for a set period of time specified in the cookie. These cookies are placed during the first visit to our website unless browser settings prevent such and are re-activated each time that the user visits the website with the same terminal equipment on which the cookies were already installed.
• Session cookies allow website operators to keep track of, and link, the actions of a user during any given browser session. A browser session starts when the browser is opened and ends when the browser is closed. Session cookies are deleted as soon as the browser is closed.
• Web beacons and pixels are files which are incorporated into a web page and are requested by the browser of the accessing user. They allow the generation of a log file record and a log file analysis that can be used for statistical analyses. Information like the IP address, the used browser type or the operating system of the accessing device can then be collected.
• Script trackers and other client-side programming technologies are small JavaScript-based programs or programming contents based on other technologies, which can provide functions that allow the recognition of a browser. Data need not be placed on the accessing device for that. Such technologies are only used if they are supported by the browser of the accessing user and have been enabled.
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1.4. As many providers use more than one of the aforementioned technologies, those cookies are listed below according to their purpose and the assigned source domain.

2. Which cookies do we use?

2.1. Cookies are usually classified into five categories depending on their function, the used technology and their purpose: strictly necessary cookies, analytics or performance cookies, functional cookies and targeting or advertising cookies and flash cookies. Please see the list below for the different types of cookies that we can use on our websites.

2.2. Strictly necessary cookies: Strictly necessary cookies allow navigation on our websites and the provision of essential functions, which would not work without the use of cookies or which we could not offer in the current form without usage restrictions. That also includes the provision of very secure areas which may contain personal user information or enable payment activities. These areas are provided to protect the personal data of our users and can therefore only be accessed after successful user authentication. Strictly necessary cookies also help ensure – as one of several methods used simultaneously – that a user requesting sensitive information first has to complete successful authentication to prevent the misuse of information we have stored elsewhere. Settings such as language, geographical location and display-optimising information like screen resolution and size of buffer can be saved. Strictly necessary cookies are not used for advertising purposes and are also not used to collect behaviour-based information about the users of our website. It is necessary to accept the strictly necessary cookies in order to use our website. If you do not accept the strictly necessary cookies, we cannot guarantee that you can fully use our website service or guarantee the security during your visit.

2.3. Functional cookies: We use functional cookies to store the users’ decisions that influence the behaviour of our website. With the help of functional cookies, we can offer personalised functions like tailored contents to suit the user’s individual requirements. For example, we can reactivate the last search filter you used or check if we have already drawn your attention to special offers. Additional information may be kept on our systems and linked with functional cookies. Such functions allow us to customise our website to suit your individual needs and improve your website experience. For an optimum use of our website, it is therefore necessary that you accept this type of cookies If you do not accept functional cookies, we cannot guarantee that you can fully use our website service. Functional cookies can also be managed by third parties. Information about the protection of personal data for such cookies can be found on the third-party websites mentioned below.

2.4. Analytics/Performance cookies: Analytics/Performance cookies are used to collect information about the usage of our websites. This type of cookies helps us to continually improve our website, informs us about our users’ behaviour and helps us to identify and eliminate any difficulties or errors in using our website. It also allows us to evaluate the efficiency of our advertising measures and to improve the quality of the advertisements that our users can see. These cookies are not linked to information that allows the identification of the individual users. Analytical cookies can also be managed by third parties. Information about the protection of personal data for such cookies can be found on the third-party websites mentioned below.

2.5. Targeting cookies: We, or third-party service providers contracted by us, may use targeting cookies to show you more relevant product information based on your interests. They also help us improve our advertising campaigns. For example, we can use targeting cookies to limit the number of advertisement pop-ups you see or to recognise if you have already responded to our advertisements. These cookies can be used to recognise individual users and to record which information on our website is particularly relevant to you. This information may be disclosed by us to any advertiser we have contracted and may be linked to information from other sources of personal data. This also includes data about you collected during your visit to other websites. At these third-party websites, you can also control your settings and personal preferences concerning the collection of personal data by third parties. That means that these cookies may be used to ensure that you will no longer be displayed advertisements that have been tailored to your needs based on the information collected about you. Please note that you must adjust your settings on each terminal equipment and for each browser with which you use our website. Even if such cookies are not used, you may nevertheless be displayed advertisements from us. Such advertisements are shown to users in certain target-group-specific environments on the Internet and can be compared with TV commercials: For example, if you watch a travel documentary, you are likely to be shown more commercials related to travel topics during commercial breaks. If targeting cookies are managed by third parties, you will find information about the protection of personal data for such cookies on the third-party websites mentioned below.

2.6. Flash Cookies: So-called Flash cookies are sometimes used when embedding the Adobe Flash plug-in. They can store user settings and shared local resource information on the accessing terminal equipment for the particular content being played. Flash cookies may not be managed in the browser, but via other interfaces, depending on the terminal equipment used. See the Adobe website for more information on how to manage, disable, or delete Flash cookies. Please note that after disabling Flash cookies you may be unable to use certain functions of our website. Flash cookies can be blocked in the Adobe Flash Player settings and in some cases directly in your browser, depending on whether the browser software used to visit our website provides this function. Further information can be found here: www.adobe.com/devnet/security.html

3. Our Cookies

3.1. The following list gives an overview of all cookies used by us within the scope of our website service. You can find further information on the use of personal data collected and processed by us within the scope of our website service in our Data Protection Notice.

Cookie name Westfalenhallen (strictly necessary)
Purpose We use strictly necessary cookies to provide basic functions of our website, like the shopping basket function. Personal data is only collected where necessary to provide the respective functionality or to render our services.
Source domain(s) *.westfalenhallen.de
Type Strictly necessary cookies
Validity Until the end of the session

Cookie name Westfalenhallen (functional)
Purpose We use functional cookies to provide specific website functions, for example the storage of your user settings. Personal data is only collected to the extent necessary to provide the respective functionality or to render our services.
Source domain(s) *.westfalenhallen.de
Type Functional cookies
Validity 2 years

4. Third-Party Cookies (or Technologies)

4.1. The following sections give an overview of all third-party cookies used within the scope of our website service, their origin and their purpose. A requirement of the incorporation of third-party technologies is that the third-party providers receive the IP address of the respective user because the functions cannot be provided without the user’s IP address. The IP address is necessary for such functions. These third-party service providers can also receive further technical information on, for example, the browser used, the operating system and technical information of devices, date and duration of the visit. We try to only use such contents whose providers only use the IP address for the delivery of the contents. Such third-party providers can also place text-based cookies on the user’s device if the device allows such. The user’s information can also be linked by these third-party providers to information from other sources.

4.2. You can find more information about the use of personal data that is collected and processed by such third-party service providers within the scope of our website service in the respective data privacy notices of the third parties which are linked below. Some opt-out options that allow you to object to the use of cookies by such third-party providers are mentioned below. In all other cases, you will find further opt-out options in the data privacy notices of such third-party service providers. Please note that you usually have to object to the use of cookies for each device and system. This opt-out must be performed on all systems and devices that you use, for example also on a different browser or your mobile phone.

5. Google Re/Marketing Services

5.1. We use the Google Re/Marketing Services to analyse and optimise our website service. The Google Marketing Services allow us to display advertisements in a more targeted way so that such advertisements potentially match the interest of the user. If users visit other websites on which the Google Re/Marketing Services are active, interest-based advertisements can be displayed to the users. For this purpose, when our web pages on which Google Re/Marketing Services are active are accessed, a code is executed by Google and (re)marketing tags (invisible graphics or a code, also known as web beacons) are integrated into the website. Similar technologies can also be used. They allow to ascertain which web pages the user has visited, which contents he is interested in and which offers he has clicked on. Furthermore, meta data, such as technical information about the browser and operating system, the user’s IP address, referring websites, visiting time as well as further information about the use of the respective website, are collected. Such information about the user can also be linked by Google to information from other sources. The user data are processed by Google within pseudonymised user profiles that are not linked by Google to a specific person but to a device or cookie owner. Real names or email addresses are not collected or stored unless a user has expressly permitted Google to process such data. The information collected by Google Re/Marketing Services about users is transmitted to Google and stored on Google's servers in the USA. Google is certified under the Privacy Shield Treaty and undertakes to comply with the European data privacy law (https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Actives). If you want to object to interest-based advertising by Google Marketing Services, you can use the settings and opt-out options provided by Google: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated.

Cookie name Google AdWords
Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Irland
Purpose “Google AdWords” is an online advertising service that assigns a different “conversion cookie” to each AdWords customer so that the contents of the cookies are not disclosed to other AdWords customers. The collected information is used to produce pay-per-click statistics for a success-based payment for Google AdWords campaigns. The AdWords customers are notified of the total number of users who clicked on an advertisement. The AdWords customers do not receive any information that would allow the identification of the users.
Source domain(s) *.google.com, *.google.de, *.googleadservices.com, *.invitemedia.com, *.admeld.com, *.googlesyndication.com Type Targeting cookie
Validity 2 years
Further information General information: https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads?hl=de Data privacy notice: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de&gl=de

Cookie name DoubleClick
Managed by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Irland
Purpose “DoubleClick” allows us to incorporate our advertisements into third-party web pages. DoubleClick uses cookies that allow the display of advertisements optimised to the individual interest sof the user. The basis for that are the interests of the user that were ascertained during the user’s visits to our website or other websites on the Internet.
Source domain(s) *.doubleclick.com, *.doubleclick.net, *.googleadservices.com
Type Targeting cookie
Validity 2 years
Further information General information: https://www.google.de/doubleclick
Data privacy notice: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de&gl=de

Cookie name AdSense
Managed by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Irland
Purpose We use the AdSense service to display personalised advertisements to the users – for example after a visit to our website or on the basis of their general interests. The interests of individual users are inferred from the user profiles generated by Google. Such information is used by Google in accordance with our specifications to tailor our campaigns to such interests. Data combined by Google to generate user profiles and having an impact on which users see our advertisements include search history, activities, website visits, the use of apps, demographic and geographical location information. A click on one of our advertisements causes the recording of accounting-relevant data by Google. We do not receive from Google any information that would allow us to identify individual users.
Source domain(s) *.adsense.com, *.googleadservices.com
Type Targeting cookie
Validity 2 years
Further information General information: https://www.google.de/adsense/ https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de&gl=de

Cookie name Google Optimizer Managed by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Irland
Purpose The Google Optimizer service allows us to track the effects of various changes to our web pages – such as the design or text contents – by means of so-called "A/B testing". Pseudonymous cookies are used for this purpose. Such cookies collect data that allow conclusions to be drawn about user behaviour so that we can tailor our website service to the users’ needs. Not only clicks but also mouse movements and other meta data related to the used devices (so-called browser-header data) can be collected.
Source domain(s) analytics.google.com
Type Analytics/Performance Cookie
Validity 2 years
Further information General information: https://optimize.google.com/
Data privacy notice: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de&gl=de

Cookie name Google Tag Manager Managed by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Irland
Purpose Website tags can be managed with the “Google Tag Manager”. The Google Tool Manager only implements tags without using any cookies and without collection of any personal data. These tags can however trigger functions that possibly cause the collection of data.
Source domain(s) *.googletagmanager.com
Type Functional cookie Validity 2 years
Further information General information: https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/tag-manager/
Data privacy notice: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de&gl=de

6. Functional Services by Google

6.1. We use functional services by Google in order to be able to provide the respective functions – such as maps or special programming frameworks – within the scope of our website service. These functions are very complex and that is why we have to rely on a third-party provider for the economic and technological provision of such functions. For these purposes, programming technologies (“scripts”) are executed by Google when you access our web pages on which the functional services by Google are active. Such scripts are used to ascertain the relevant parameters of the accessing user’s browser environment and to serve the respective contents and functions to suit the user’s browser environment. Such scripts are also cookies (“script trackers”) according to the above definition. For example, meta data, such as information on the browser and operating system and the user’s IP address, the website service into which the function is incorporated, the visit time and other information on the usage of the respective website service are ascertained and passed on to Google. The user data collected within the scope of the provision of functional services are processed by Google within pseudonymised user profiles that are not linked by Google to a specific person but to a device or cookie owner. Real names or email addresses are not collected or stored unless a user has expressly permitted Google to process such data.

Cookie name Google APIs
Managed by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Irland
Purpose Some functions of our websites very much depend on the APIs provided by Google. Such include not only fonts (Google Fonts) but also program libraries. Personal data can be processed to the extent required for the provision of the functionality on our websites. Google warrants that the information will not be used for any other purpose.
Source domain(s) *.googleapis.com, *.gstatic.com
Type Functional cookie Validity 2 years
Further information General information: https://developers.google.com/terms/
Data privacy notice: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de

Cookie name Google Maps
Managed by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Irland
Purpose We use the maps of the “Google Maps” service. IP addresses and geographical location data of the users can be processed. They are however not collected without consent. The user may have already given his/her consent in the past – for example within the scope of mobile phone settings.
Source domain(s) *.googleapis.com, maps.google.com
Type Functional cookie
Validity 2 years
Further information General information: https://developers.google.com/terms/
Data privacy notice: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de

Cookie name Google Universal Analytics
Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Irland
Purpose We use Google Universal Analytics within the scope of our website service. The Google Universal Analytics cookies are used to collect visitor session and behaviour data for analysis reports. They allow us to receive information about the usage of our service on different devices (“Cross Device”) and to improve the user-friendliness of our website service. For this purpose, pseudonymised user profiles, which do not contain any personal data such as names or email addresses, are used and such are not transferred to Google either. Google uses such information on our behalf to analyse the usage of our website service, to produce reports on the activities within the scope of our online service and to render further services associated with the usage of our website service to us. The processed data can be used to generate user profiles. We use Google Universal Analytics with enabled IP anonymisation. That means that the user’s IP address is shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other signatory states of the European Economic Area Agreement. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. The IP address transmitted by the user’s browser is not combined with other Google data.
Source domain(s) *.google-analytics.com Type Analytics/Performance cookie Validity 14 months
Further information General information: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites?hl=de
https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/2838718?hl=de&ref_topic=6010376
Standard Terms and Conditions: https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html
Cookie Policy Notice: https://policies.google.com/technologies/cookies?hl=de
Data Privacy Notice: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de
Opt-Out: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de

Cookie name YouTube
Managed by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Irland
Purpose We have incorporated YouTube components into our website service. YouTube allows video clips to be uploaded free of charge and to be viewed, rated and commented on free of charge. If you access one of the web pages of our website service into which YouTube contents has been incorporated, a connection to YouTube will be made in order to download the necessary elements for displaying the respective video. YouTube, or rather Google as operator, then receives information on which sub-page of our website service was accessed by the respective user. Further information, such as the IP address, the browser used, the operating system and technical information of devices, the date and the duration of the visit will be passed on. If the user is simultaneously logged in to YouTube during the visit to our website service with the same terminal equipment, YouTube will recognise the user who accessed the web page containing a YouTube video. That will happen regardless of whether or not the person concerned clicks on a YouTube video. Such information can be collected by YouTube or Google and assigned to the respective user’s profile, provided that the elements are not subject to the “Privacy Mode”. We always use the Privacy Mode where possible.
Source Domain(s) *.youtube.com, *.ytimg.com
Type Functional cookie
Validity The cookies are overwritten after 500 entries
Further information Data protection notice: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/
Opt-Out: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated

7. Use of the Facebook Pixel for Analysis Purposes

The Westfalenhallen Unternehmensgruppe GmbH make use of so-called Facebook pixels within their online offers. These pixels are the functional elements of the comprehensive web analysis service of Facebook Inc. (represented in Europe by Facebook Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland, hereinafter: “Facebook”).The use of Facebook pixels enables Facebook, among other things, to assign visitors of our online offers to a target group or several target groups for the display of advertisements. These target groups are determined by the visitors who have shown an interest in our online offers or who show certain characteristics (e. g. an interest in certain subjects or products). By means of the Facebook pixel, we are also able to measure the efficiency of Facebook ads and use these findings for statistical and market research purposes.

Functioning of the Facebook Pixel
The integration of Facebook pixels to our online offers is made via the respective end device by reloading the executable program codes on the basis of JavaScript or by reloading an individual image file where the reloading of the executable program code is not possible, for instance if JavaScript was deactivated in the relevant browser of the accessing end device. These different types of Facebook pixels facilitate an analysis of your use of our online offers. As soon as our online offer is accessed, the Facebook pixels make a direct connection to the Facebook servers. The information gained by cookies on your user behaviour are generally transferred to and saved on a Facebook server in the USA. The programmatic content of the Facebook pixels is directly transferred to the end device by which our online offers are accessed and is to a large extent determined by Facebook. The information gained by means of Facebook pixels is also to a large extent determined by Facebook. The volume of data collected by Facebook with the aid of Facebook pixels may change anytime and we are not aware of it unless Facebook appropriately informs with regard to this. We will therefore inform users of our online offers to our knowledge.

Analyses with Regard to the Efficiency of Ads
The Facebook pixel provides comprehensive analysis functions. The scope of the data collected by means of Facebook pixels related to persons and specific to users may be adjusted to diverse requirements when it comes to contents. For each online offer, a detailed interpretation may be made on how individual users behave. This applies to any given online offer in which Facebook pixels were integrated. Facebook uses such information among other things in order to optimize the modulation of ads within its own advertisement network and to display corresponding ads to relevant groups of recipients only. The user behaviour following a click to an ad in a Facebook online offer or from the Facebook advertisement network for instance may thus be interpreted. Facebook is able to determine by means of Facebook pixels, for instance, if a contract was concluded or if a newsletter was subscribed to. Such information gives Facebook and us a clear indication on the efficiency of ads on Facebook. Individual ads as well as the user behaviour following a click may be put in correlation to a specific purchase behaviour or other target indicators – such as by making use of other services offered. Comprehensive user profiles may be established from these data.

Pooling Data from Different Sources and the Use of Data for Other Purposes
Facebook also pools information coming from different sources. One of these sources is the information collected by means of the Facebook pixel on users’ surfing habits within online offers in which the Facebook pixel is integrated. Other sources are interpretations of user behaviour as well as the interaction within Facebook such as “Like” information, product interest, interests of persons referred to as “Friends” or information from conversations with such persons. If you are, or were in the past, logged in to your Facebook account via the relevant end device, the information collected may be linked to your Facebook user account so that your user behaviour may also be completely recorded within other online offers even after you left Facebook. Even if Facebook is not used, Facebook may nevertheless link behaviour-related information. Please note that the use of such tracking procedures enables the identification of users independent of devices since even data of different end devices may be merged with the user profile as soon as a user has logged into the same service at both devices at least once, or as soon as a sufficient probability value based on similar user behaviours and corresponding geographical data was determined. The purpose and extent of data collected as well as the further processing and other use of the data, your rights existing to this effect and setting possibilities offered for privacy protection purposes are available in Facebook’s privacy notes: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/.

Data Transfer to Facebook
Facebook is based in the USA and thus in a so-called “third country” pursuant to art. 44 GDPR. Facebook is certified under the Data Protection Convention “EU-US Privacy Shield” deemed to ensure the compliance with a European data protection level. The legal basis for the transfer and processing of your data is the existence of a consent according to art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. The following data are transferred to Facebook by means of the integration of the Facebook pixel within our online offers:

• All data in the http headers: a http header is a standard web protocol sent to the relevant server on the Internet for each browser request. HTTP headers may, among others, be IP addresses, information on the web browser, sites or documents accessed, referrer and the accessing system. You’ll find more information on data in HTTP headers here: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_HTTP-Headerfelder
• Pixel-specific data such as the Facebook pixel ID and the content of Facebook pixel cookies.
• Values on data events: up to seventeen standard events may be defined on which data will be collected. These events are described here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/facebook-pixel/reference. The access to subpages within the online offer, among others, may be recorded, the value of a purchase made, how many and which products were purchased, or the term of subscriptions made for charge. These data may also be used by Facebook to the purpose of predicting your purchasing and payment behaviour as well as for assumptions on your socio-economic status.
• You’ll find more information on the data collection by means of Facebook pixels at de-de.facebook.com/about/privacy/ as well as at https://business.facebook.com/pixels/tos/ and in the terms of use for Facebook Business Tools at https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/businesstools.
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Deactivating the Facebook Data Collection
If you do not wish for Facebook to collect data on you within our online offers, you’ll have to log out of Facebook before using our online offers and delete the cookies in your browser. You have to repeat this procedure at each end device by which you access our online offers. You may revoke your consent granted to us anytime by clicking this link.

8. Other Third-Party Services

8.1. The following other cookies are used within the scope of the incorporation of services rendered by various third-party providers into our website service. Such cookies are used to allow us to provide certain functions within the scope of our website service and to increase the user friendliness of our website service. If such functions are used to analyse user behaviour, the resulting analyses will only contain cumulated data without personal references.

Cookie name etracker
Managed by etracker GmbH, Erste Brunnenstraße 1, 20459 Hamburg
Purpose etracker produces statistical analyses for the improvement of the quality of our website. The collected data is analysed solely in pseudonymous form, exclusively stored on servers in Germany and neither combined with other data nor transferred to a third party. The personal data collected within the scope of our website service is only processed for us and not combined with personal data of other website services. User data, such as IP address, device and domain data, are stored in a shortened, i.e. encrypted, format to prevent the identification of any individual users. etracker creates pseudonymised user profiles from the collected data. Certain identification functions are used for app users to allow session and device tracking and the provision of behaviour-based data, for the recognition of users. Such data is stored in a pseudonymised and encrypted format.
Source domain(s) *.etracker.com, *.etracker.de
Type Analytics/Performance cookie
Validity 2 years
Further information Data protection notice: https://www.etracker.com/datenschutz 
Opt-Out: http://www.etracker.de/privacy?et=KVgHD3

Cookie name Statcounter
Managed by StatCounter, Guinness Enterprise Centre, Taylor's Lane Dublin 8, Ireland
Purpose Statcounter collects information on the usage of our web pages. This information is used to analyse the usage of the web pages, compile usage reports and render associated services. For this purpose, pseudonymised user profiles are generated and serve as a basis for further analyses. The resulting analyses no longer contain any personal references. Data, such as IP address, browser used, operating system and other technical information of devices, the visited web pages, date and duration of the visit will be collected. Statcounter will only use the user’s IP address for rendering the aforementioned services and not link it to other data. The collected data is processed by Statcounter in Ireland. Such information will only be disclosed to third parties if required by law or if such third parties are contracted for data processing.
Source domain(s) *.statcounter.com Type Analytics/Performance cookie Validity The cookies are overwritten after 500 entries.
Further information Data protection notice: https://statcounter.com/support/knowledge-base/314/
Opt-Out: http://statcounter.com/about/set-refusal-cookie/

Cookie name Yumpu
Managed by i-magazine AG („Yumpu“), Gewerbestrasse 3, 9444 Diepoldsau, Switzerland
Purpose We incorporate the Yumpu tool, a digital platform for publishing magazines, brochures or catalogues, into our website service for the display of flip-page catalogues. Your web browser will request the contents directly from Yumpu to execute the service. IP address, information on your web browser, the accessing device, the operating system, the date and time of the request and possibly further referrer data and technical information will be transmitted. Such will be deleted after one month. Yumpu uses the data exclusively for the display of the flip-page catalogue and for analytical purposes. Yumpu will not combine such data with other data sources. The data will be processed by Yumpu in Ireland. The European Commission has decided that Switzerland is a country that has an adequate data protection level in accordance with Article 45 GDPR. Yumpu uses Google Analytics for analytical purposes. User data, such as browser type/version, operating system or technical environment used, referrer URL, IP address, date and time of the request will then be sent to a Google server in the USA. The data collected by Google Analytics will not be combined with other Google data. Yumpu also uses “anonymizeIP”, a Google Analytics extension, so that all data is anonymised for collection. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there.
Source domain(s) *.yumpu.com
Type Functional cookie Analytics cookie
Validity 1 month
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9. How do I manage cookies?

9.1. We use cookies for various reasons as described above. Regrettably, there is often no standard procedure for disabling cookies without completely losing the functions our website service makes use of. Please note that it is possible that not all functions of our website service will be available to you if you block, delete or disable cookies.

9.2. If a consent to the use of certain cookies is necessary, we will only use such cookies if you have given us your prior consent. When you visit one of our web pages, we will add a so-called cookie banner that allows you to confirm your consent to the use of cookies within the scope of the respective website service by clicking on a button. You give your consent to the use of all cookies mentioned in this Cookie Policy by clicking on the button. Your consent will also be stored in the form of a cookie ("Opt-In Cookie") on your device to allow us to check on your next visit to our website service if you have already given your consent. The opt-in cookie has a limited validity period of 12 months.

9.3. You can manage, disable or delete cookies in your browser and permanently prevent the acceptance of cookies. To do that, you need to enable the browser function that disables the storage of cookies and/or surf in the data protection mode depending on which browser you are using. To manage cookies, most browsers allow you to accept or refuse all cookies or only accept certain types of cookies. You will find more information on the management, deactivation and deletion of cookies in the help function of your browser.

9.4. General information on cookies and their handling and their permanent deactivation if you do not want any cookies at all can be found on the BVDW website at: www.meine-cookies.org. Further information on cookies that are used for advertising purposes and on how you can activate them can be found in the information on behaviour-based advertising and online data protection provided by the online advertising industry at http://www.youronlinechoices.com/de/praferenzmanagement/ or http://www.allaboutcookies.org/ge/cookies-verwalten/.

10. Changes, Updates, Effectiveness, Questions

This Cookie Policy may change from time to time, for example, in the case of new legislation or technical changes to our website service. We therefore reserve the right to change this Cookie Policy at any time and without prior notice and to use additional or different cookies. The amended Cookie Policy will always take effect upon its publication and its latest version can always be viewed on our website. If you do not agree to the revised edition of our Cookie Policy, you should stop using our website service. You automatically agree to the revised Cookie Policy by continuing to use our website service after the changes to the Cookie Policy have come into effect. Should you have further questions about the use of cookies within the scope of our website service, you can contact our in-house Data Protection Officer at datenschutz[at]westfalenhallen[dot]de.