This Cookie Policy applies to citizens and permanent residents of the European Economic Area.

1. introduction
Our website https://www.wmw-patent.de (hereinafter referred to as the „Website“) uses cookies and similar technologies (for the sake of simplicity, all of these are collectively referred to as „cookies“). Cookies are also placed by third parties contracted 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 with pages of this website and stored by your browser on the hard drive of your computer or other device. The information stored therein may 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 program code that allows our website to function properly and interactively. This code is executed on our server or on your device.

4.1 Technical or functional cookies
Some cookies ensure that certain parts of the website function properly and that your user preferences are still remembered. By setting 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 cart until you have paid. We may place these cookies without your consent.

4.2 Analytic cookies
We use statistical cookies to optimize the website experience for our users. These statistics cookies provide us with insights into the use of our website. We ask for your permission to set analytical cookies.

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

5. use of cookies
In addition, our website uses cookies. These are text files that are stored on your hard drive assigned to the browser you are using and send us certain information when you use our website. We use cookies that are technically necessary to make our website more user-friendly. Some areas of our website require that the calling browser can be identified even after a change of the website. These text files do not execute any programs or installations of such on your computer. We also use cookies that enable an analysis of the user’s surfing behavior. The user data collected in this way is automatically pseudonymized so that it is no longer possible to assign the data to the calling user. The data is not stored together with other personal data of the users. When accessing our website, the user is informed about the use of cookies for analysis purposes and his consent to the processing of personal data used in this context is obtained. The legal basis for the processing of personal data using technically necessary cookies is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DS-GVO and for the use of cookies for analysis purposes in the presence of a relevant consent Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DS-GVO. Since the cookies are stored on the user’s computer, you as a user also have full control over their use. By changing the settings in the browser, the transmission of cookies can be disabled, restricted and already stored cookies can be deleted at any time. However, this may mean that not all functions of the website can be used to their full extent. In addition, so-called session cookies are used within the scope of registration on our website for access control and to improve user-friendliness. This includes setting up a „session“ between the client and server, which allows you to move throughout the portal without having to log in again for each area. This cookie is automatically deleted when you close the browser. The Flash cookies we use are not collected by your browser, but by your Flash plugin. We also use HTML5 storage objects that are stored on your terminal device. These store the required data regardless of the browser you use and have no automatic expiration date. If you do not want Flash cookies to be used, then you need to install an appropriate add-on. You prevent the use of the HTML5 storage object by using private mode in your browser. In addition, we recommend that you regularly delete your cookies and browser history.