Cookie Policy

1. Introduction
    
   1. This Cookie Policy (“Policy”) applies to this website (“Website”) and to any websites, branded pages on third party platforms (such as Facebook or YouTube) and applications accessed or used through such websites or third party platforms (“Our Site(s)”), which are operated by or on behalf of  ACTS Communication GmbH, its subsidiaries and/or affiliated companies (hereinafter “ACTS”, “we”. “us”, “our”). This Policy sets out how we collect and process information about you on Our Sites through the use of cookies. We use the term “cookies” in this Policy to refer to website cookies and to similar technologies that may collect information automatically when you visit Our Sites (such as pixel tags, web beacons, device IDs and similar technologies).

2. What is a cookie?

   1. A cookie is a small text file or a piece of information that may be stored on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Almost every website uses cookie technology. Cookies serve a number of purposes such as letting you navigate between webpages efficiently, remembering your preferences, and generally improving the user experience. Cookies may tell us, for example, whether you have visited our Website before or whether you are a new visitor. They can also help to ensure that adverts you see online are more relevant to you and your interests. This functionality makes cookies extremely useful to improve your user experience when you return to a website you have already visited.

3. How long do cookies last for?

   1. Cookies can remain on your computer or mobile device for different periods of time. Some cookies are ‘session cookies’. These cookies exist only while your browser is open and are deleted automatically once you close your browser. Other cookies are ‘persistent cookies’. These cookies survive after your browser is closed until a defined expiration date. They can be used by websites to recognise your computer when you open your browser and browse the Internet again.

4. What other technologies are used to track your visits on Our Site?

   1. We may also use other tracking technologies, such as pixel tags and web beacons, to better tailor Our Sites in order to provide a better service. These technologies usually work in conjunction with cookies. To disable cookies used on Our Sites, and therefore any other tracking technologies that work in conjunction with these cookies, please follow the instructions below.

5. What types of cookies do we use?

   1. There are two broad categories of cookies.

   2. Cookies that are essential for the operation of Our Sites, also known as Strictly Necessary Cookies, enable features without which you would not be able to use Our Sites as intended. Your consent is not required for the use of Strictly Necessary Cookies, which is why Strictly Necessary Cookies cannot be disabled using the features of or the links on Our Sites. However, you have the option to completely disable cookies in your browser at any time. The other category of cookies is cookies, which, in strictly legal terms, are not essential to use Our Sites. Nevertheless, these cookies do still fulfil important functions. You may disable any of these cookies via your browser settings or by using the links provided in the list below. However, if you do so, various functions of Our Sites may be unavailable to you or may not work the way you want them to.

   3. The specific types of cookies served through Our Sites are described below:

      Type of cookie	Who serves them	Click on the following links to block the cookies
      Strictly Necessary Cookies.
      These cookies are necessary to provide you with services available through Our Sites and to use some of its features, such as access to secure areas. Without these cookies, services you have asked for, like shopping baskets and secure customer account pages, would not be possible.	ACTS	Not applicable.
      Advertising Cookies.
      These cookies are used to make advertising messages more relevant to you.  They perform functions like preventing the same advertisements from continuously reappearing, ensuring that ads are properly displayed, and in some cases selecting advertisements that are based on your interests.	Adtech	http://www.adtech.com/en/service/cookies.html
      	AddThis	http://www.addthis.com/privacy/opt-out
      	Google AdWords	http://google.com/settings/ads/onweb/optout?hl=en
      	DoubleClick	http://www.google.com/settings/ads
      	Quantcast Measure	https://www.quantcast.com/opt-out
      	Google Adsense	http://www.google.com/settings/ads
      	Google AJAX Search API	http://www.google.com/settings/ads
      	Soundcloud	https://soundcloud.com/pages/privacy
      	Criteo	http://www.criteo.com/privacy/
      	Twyn	http://et.twyn.com/html/datasafe.html
      	Plista	https://www.plista.com/de/optout
      	Outbrain	http://www.outbrain.com/legal/privacy-713/#Four
      	Twitter Advertising	https://support.twitter.com/articles/20170407#
      	Adition	http://www.adition.com/en/contact/privacy/
      	Facebook Custom Audience	If you want to prevent this, you must first log out of your Facebook account before activating the Facebook plug-in and then delete all Facebook cookies after visiting Websites with Facebook plug-ins.
      	Google Dynamic Remarketing	http://google.com/settings/ads/onweb/optout?hl=en
      	Meetrics	http://www.meetrics.com/en/data-privacy/
      	Smart AdServer	http://smartadserver.com/privacy-policy
      	AdverServe	http://www.adverserve.com/fileadmin/adverserve /dokumente_download/ datenschutzerklaerung_adverserve_29.8_RV_englisch.pdf
      	Sizmek	http://www.sizmek.com/about-us/privacy
      Analytics Cookies.
      These cookies collect information that is used, either in aggregate form to help us understand how Our Sites are being used or how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us customize Our Sites for you.   This information will also be used for the purpose of evaluating your use of Our Sites, compiling reports on Our Site activity for Our Site operators and providing them other services relating to Our Site activity and internet usage	Webtrends	You may disable any of these cookies via your browser settings. If you do so, various functions of Our Sites may be unavailable to you or may not work the way you want them to.
      	Google Analytics	You may disable any of these cookies via your browser settings or by downloading a browser add-in: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de If you do so, various functions of Our Sites may be unavailable to you or may not work the way you want them to.
      	Webtrekk	https://www.webtrekk.com/en/index/opt-out-webtrekk/
      	ComScore	http://www.scorecardresearch.com/Preferences.aspx
      	ScorecardResearch	http://www.scorecardresearch.com/Preferences.aspx
      	DoubleClick Floodlight Counter Tag	http://www.google.com/settings/ads
      	Crazy Egg	https://www.crazyegg.com/opt-out
      	Brightcove (Metrics)	https://www.brightcove.com/en/privacy/
      	New Relic	http://newrelic.com/privacy
      	Conviva	http://www.conviva.com/privacy-policy/
      	KissInsights	https://www.kissmetrics.com/privacy/#controls
      	TURN	http://www.turn.com/trust/consumer-opt-out
      	ScanScout (used by Tremor Media and Brightcove)	http://www.tremorvideo.com/en/privacy-policy
      	Outbrain	http://www.outbrain.com/legal/privacy-713/#Four
      	OEWA (www.oewa.at)	www.oewa.at
      	AGOF (www.agof.de)	http://optout.ivwbox.de/
      	Infonline	http://optout.ivwbox.de/
      	Mixpanel	https://mixpanel.com/optout/
      	User Voice	https://www.uservoice.com/privacy/
      	GfK	http://www.gfk.com/Pages/Privacy.aspx
      Social Media Cookies.
      On some pages of Our Sites, third parties that provide applications through Our Sites may set their own cookies in order to track the success of their applications or customize applications for you.  For example, when you share an article using a social media sharing button on Our Site (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, or Google Plus), the social network that has created the button will record that you have done this.  Because of how cookies work, we cannot access these cookies, nor can the third parties access the data in cookies used by us.  Some pages of Our Sites may also contain embedded content, such as video content from YouTube, and these sites may set their own cookies.	Facebook Connect + Social Plug-ins	If you want to prevent this, you must first log out of your Facebook account before activating the Facebook plug-in and then delete all Facebook cookies after visiting Websites with Facebook plug-ins.
      	Twitter	Log out of your Twitter account before activating the Twitter plug-ins and then delete all Twitter cookies after visiting Websites with Twitter plug-ins.
      	Google+	Log out of your Google+ or Google account before visiting our Website.
      	Pinterest	https://help.pinterest.com/en/articles/personalization-and-data-other-websites
      	Reddit	http://www.reddit.com/help/privacypolicy
      	Gigya Socialize	http://www.gigya.com/optout-choices/
      	Soundcloud	https://soundcloud.com/pages/privacy
      	Whatsapp	http://www.whatsapp.com/legal/#Privacy
      	AddThis	http://www.addthis.com/privacy/opt-out
      Beacons and Widgets.
      Web beacons operate in a similar way to cookies and are placed on websites or in an e-mail in order to monitor the behaviour of the user visiting the website or sending the e-mail.	Errorception	https://errorception.com/docs/privacy
      	Google Tag Manager	http://google.com/settings/ads/onweb/optout?hl=en

      Please note, that we change parts and services on our webpage dynamically. Therefore it might be, that also additional cookies of 3rd party platforms/suppliers are used on our webpage.

6. How else do we use cookies?

   1. For further details about how we use information collected by cookies, please see our Privacy Policy.

7. How to control or delete cookies

   1. You can control cookies served through Our Sites using any of the following means:

      1. Cookie opt-out links.You may reject cookies served through Our Sites by following the opt-out links provided in the table above. 

      2. Industry opt-out sites.You can also refuse cookies served for advertising purposes by many of our third party advertising partners by visiting either:  http://www.aboutads.info/choices/ or http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/.

      3. Browser settings.While most web browsers accept cookies by default, you can change your browser's settings to reject and/or to remove cookies. As the precise means by which you may do this will vary from browser to browser, please visit your browser's help menu for more information. 

   2. Please also note that if you choose to reject or remove cookies, doing so may prevent certain features or services of Our Sites from working properly and therefore affect your experience while on Our Sites. Since your cookie opt-out preferences are also stored in a cookie in your website browser, please also note that if you delete all cookies, use a different browser, or buy a new computer, you will need to renew your opt-out choices.

8. Changes to the Policy

   1. This Policy was last updated on 24. February 2016 .A notice will be posted on our Website home page for 30 days whenever this Policy is changed in a material way. By continuing to use Our Sites you confirm your continuing acceptance of this Policy.