This Cookie Policy was last updated on 4 September 2023 and applies to citizens and permanent residents of the European Economic Area and Switzerland.

1. Introduction

Our website (hereinafter referred to as the "Website") uses cookies and similar technologies (for the sake of simplicity, all of these are summarised under the term "cookies"). Cookies are also placed by third parties commissioned by us. In the document below we inform you about the use of cookies on our website.

2 What are cookies?

A cookie is a small simple file that is sent along with pages of this website and stored by your browser on the hard drive of your computer or other device. The information stored in it can be returned to our servers or to the servers of the relevant third parties during a subsequent visit.

3 What are scripts?

A script is a programme code that enables our website to function properly and interactively. This code is executed on our server or on your device.

4. What is a web beacon?

A web beacon (or a pixel tag) is a small, invisible piece of text or image on a website that is used to monitor traffic on a website. To do this, various data about you is stored with web beacons.

5. Cookies

5.1 Technical or functional cookies

Some cookies ensure that certain parts of the website function properly and that your user preferences are remembered. By placing functional cookies, we make it easier for you to visit our website. This way, you do not have to repeatedly enter the same information when visiting our website, for example, items remain in your shopping basket until you have paid. We can place these cookies without your consent.

5.2 Analytical cookies

We use statistics cookies to optimise the website experience for our users. With these statistics cookies we gain insight into the use of our website. We ask for your permission to place analytical cookies.

5.3 Marketing / tracking cookies

Marketing / tracking cookies are cookies or another form of local storage that are used to create user profiles to display advertisements or track the user on this website or across multiple websites for similar marketing purposes.

5.4 Social media

On our website, we have embedded content from Facebook and Instagram to promote web pages (e.g. "like", "pin") or share (e.g. "tweet") on social networks such as Facebook and Instagram. This content is embedded with code that comes from Facebook and Instagram and places cookies. This content may store and process certain information for personalised advertising.

Please read the privacy policy of these social networks (which may change regularly) to read what they do with your (personal) data that they process with these cookies. The data retrieved is anonymised as much as possible. Facebook and Instagram are located in the United States.

6. Placed cookies

We only use technically necessary cookies to ensure the functionality of the system:

_PHPSESS: Cookie to ensure technical functionality (technical cookie)

_PRESTASHOP: Cookie to ensure technical functionality (technical cookie)

_GA: Cookie to ensure technical functionality (technical cookie)

idxcookiesWarningCheck: Cookie to ensure technical functionality (technical cookie)

ajs_anonymous_id: Cookie to ensure technical functionality (technical cookie)

Cookies will be deleted by us at the end of the session on 12.9.2025.

7. Consent

When you visit our website for the first time, we show you a pop-up with an explanation about cookies. As soon as you click on "Save settings", you consent to us using the categories of cookies and plug-ins you selected in the pop-up, as described in this cookie statement. You can deactivate the use of cookies via your browser, but please note that our website may then no longer function properly.

8. Enabling / disabling and deleting cookies

You can use your internet browser to delete cookies automatically or manually. You can also specify that certain cookies may not be placed. Another option is to change the settings of your internet browser so that you receive a message each time a cookie is placed. For more information on these options, please refer to the instructions in the help section of your browser.

Please note that our website may not function properly if all cookies are disabled. If you delete the cookies in your browser, they will be placed again after your consent when you visit our websites again.

9. Your rights in relation to personal data

You have the following rights in relation to your personal data:

You have the right to know why your personal data is needed, what happens to it and how long it is kept.

Right of access: You have the right to access your personal data known to us.

Right to rectification: You have the right to supplement, correct, delete or block your personal data at any time.

If you give us your consent to process your data, you have the right to withdraw this consent and have your personal data deleted.

Right to transfer your data: You have the right to request all your personal data from the controller and to transfer it in full to another controller.

Right to object: You can object to the processing of your data. We will comply unless there are legitimate grounds for the processing.

To exercise these rights, please contact us. Please refer to the contact details at the end of this cookie statement. If you have a complaint about how we handle your data, we would like to hear from you, but you also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority (the Data Protection Authority).

10. Contact details

For questions and/or comments about our cookie policy and this statement, please contact us using the following contact details

hpsmedia GmbH

PO Box 1155

D-35406 Hungen

Hungen, Germany

technik@hpsmedia-verlag.de