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This page lists everything we store on your device and why. It complements our privacy policy.

Change your choice any time.

The two categories

Necessary

Needed to deliver the site, keep it secure, and remember the choices you made on it. These run without consent, on § 25 (2) TDDDG, because the site cannot work without them. They cannot be switched off.

Analytics (optional)

Help us see how the site is used so we can improve it. These run only after you accept, on Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR and § 25 (1) TDDDG. Declining costs you nothing, every part of the site still works.

What we set

NameProviderPurposeCategoryDuration
hv.consentHumans Verified Remembers your cookie choice so we stop asking NecessaryLocal storage, until you clear it
hv.langHumans Verified Remembers whether you read the site in English or German NecessaryLocal storage, until you clear it
__cf_bmCloudflare Tells human visitors from bots, protects the site from automated abuse Necessary30 minutes
_cfuvidCloudflare Supports rate limiting, set only when needed NecessarySession
_gaGoogle Assigns a random ID to your browser so repeat visits can be counted once Analytics2 years
_ga_DZKX00PCZDGoogle Keeps the state of your Google Analytics session Analytics2 years

hv.consent and hv.lang are local-storage entries rather than cookies. They stay in your browser and are never sent to us.

What we do not use

No advertising cookies, no retargeting pixels, no social media trackers, no cross-site profiling, and no consent management platform from a third party. The banner is our own code, served from our own domain.

Turning analytics off again

Open the cookie settings from the footer of any page and switch analytics off. The change takes effect immediately. You can also delete cookies in your browser settings, or block them entirely, though blocking necessary ones may break parts of the site.

Third-party information

Google explains its analytics cookies in Google's cookie notice. Cloudflare explains its own in the Cloudflare cookie reference.

Changes

If we add or remove anything, this table changes with it and the date at the top moves.