We use the open source software tool Matomo (formerly Piwik) on our website to analyse user behaviour. The statistics obtained enable us to improve our offer and make it more interesting for users.
The software sets a cookie on the user's computer. The IP address is anonymised during this process so that the user remains anonymous to us. The software runs exclusively on the servers of our website. Personal data of the user is only stored there. The data is not passed on to third parties.
The legal basis for the use of Matomo is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DS-GVO.
If individual pages of our website are accessed, the following data is stored:
- Two bytes of the IP address of the user's calling system
- Date and time of the page call
- The website called up (title and URL)
- The website from which the user accessed the accessed website (referrer)
- The sub-pages accessed from the accessed website
- The time spent on the website
- The frequency with which the website is accessed
- Screen resolution
- Time according to the visitor's time zone
- Files clicked and downloaded
- Links to external websites that have been clicked on
- Page generation time (the time taken to generate and display the page)
- Visitor's location: country, region, city, approximate latitude and longitude (geo-location) based on Internet access point
- Main language of the browser
- User agent of the browser
