Cookie Policy
Last updated: January 2025
1. What Are Cookies
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device when you visit our website. They help us provide you with a better experience by remembering your preferences and understanding how you use our site.
2. Types of Cookies We Use
Essential Cookies
These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable basic features like page navigation, security, and access to secure areas. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.
Analytics Cookies
We use Matomo Analytics, a privacy-focused and self-hosted analytics platform, to understand how visitors interact with our website. This data stays on our servers in Germany and is never shared with third parties. These cookies are only set after you give consent.
Functional Cookies
These cookies enable personalized features such as remembering your language preference, saved form data, and chatbot conversation history.
Marketing Cookies
With your consent, we may use marketing cookies to show you relevant advertisements and measure the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns.
3. How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for the following purposes:
- Remember your preferences and settings
- Understand how you interact with our website
- Improve website performance and user experience
- Provide personalized content and recommendations
- Enable core functionality like quote forms and chatbot
- Analyze traffic and usage patterns
- Measure the effectiveness of our marketing efforts
4. Specific Cookies We Use
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| quote_form_data | Saves your quote form progress | Session |
| chatbot_context | Maintains chatbot conversation context | 24 hours |
| theme_preference | Remembers your theme choice (light/dark) | 1 year |
| locale | Stores your language preference | 1 year |
| _pk_id.* | Matomo Analytics: Stores a unique visitor ID for returning visitor recognition | 13 months |
| _pk_ses.* | Matomo Analytics: Stores temporary session data | 30 minutes |
| kecke_cookie_consent | Stores your cookie consent preference | Persistent |
5. Managing Cookies
- Browser Settings: Most browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings
- Browser Extensions: You can install privacy-focused browser extensions
- Our Cookie Banner: When you first visit our site, you can choose your preferences
Please note that disabling cookies may affect the functionality of our website and limit your access to certain features.
6. Third-Party Cookies
- Analytics Providers: To understand website usage and performance
- Payment Processors: To securely handle transactions
- CDN Providers: To deliver content efficiently
We do not control these third-party cookies. Please review their respective privacy policies for more information.
7. Your Consent
By using our website, you consent to the use of essential cookies. For non-essential cookies, we will ask for your explicit consent through our cookie banner. You can withdraw your consent at any time by adjusting your browser settings or contacting us.
8. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technology, legislation, or our practices. We will notify you of any significant changes by updating the "Last updated" date at the top of this page.
9. More Information
For more information about how we handle your data, please read our: