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We use temporary cookies to make it easier for you to navigate our website (session cookies); these cookies expire at the end of the session; they are deleted at the latest when you close your web browser.

You can prevent the storage of cookies via the settings of your web browser software. Web browsers generally provide you with various functions for this purpose, which you can find out more about in the help section of your web browser software. You can usually set these so that all cookies are automatically blocked or that only cookies from certain websites are permitted or that you are warned before a cookie is stored. However, we would like to point out that blocking cookies from our website may restrict the functionality of our website and the websites of other service providers.

Internet Explorer 7.0, for example, allows you to block cookies as follows: Click on the "Tools" button, then on "Internet Options" and then on the "Privacy" tab. Move the slider to the privacy level you require. If you select the "Block all cookies" privacy level, all cookies from all websites will be blocked; cookies that are already on your computer cannot be read by websites. You can also define user-defined data protection settings for websites. For more information on blocking and deleting cookies, please refer to the help function of your web browser.