In collaboration with the data protection experts from AdSimple
YouTube Privacy Policy
We have embedded YouTube videos on our website. This allows us to present interesting videos directly on our site. YouTube is a video portal that has been a subsidiary of Google since 2006. The video portal is operated by YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. When you visit a page on our website that has an embedded YouTube video, your browser automatically connects to the servers of YouTube or Google. Depending on your settings, various data is transmitted during this process. Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland) is responsible for all data processing within the European Economic Area.
Below we would like to explain in more detail which data is processed, why we have embedded YouTube videos and how you can manage or delete your data.
What is YouTube?
On YouTube, users can watch, rate, comment on, and upload videos for free. Over the past few years, YouTube has become one of the most important social media channels worldwide. To enable us to display videos on our website, YouTube provides a code snippet that we have embedded on our site.
Why do we use YouTube videos on our website?
YouTube is the video platform with the most visitors and the best content. We strive to offer you the best possible user experience on our website. And of course, interesting videos are an essential part of that. With our embedded videos, we provide you with additional helpful content alongside our text and images. Furthermore, the embedded videos make our website easier to find on Google search. Even when we run advertisements through Google Ads, Google—thanks to the data collected—can only show these ads to people who are genuinely interested in our offerings.
What data does YouTube store?
As soon as you visit one of our pages that has an embedded YouTube video, YouTube sets at least one cookie that stores your IP address and our URL. If you are logged into your YouTube account, YouTube can usually associate your interactions on our website with your profile using cookies. This includes data such as session duration, bounce rate, approximate location, and technical information like browser type, screen resolution, and your internet service provider. Other data may include contact information, any ratings, sharing content via social media, or adding videos to your favorites on YouTube.
If you're not signed in to a Google or YouTube account, Google stores data with a unique identifier linked to your device, browser, or app. This allows, for example, your preferred language setting to be retained. However, much interaction data cannot be stored because fewer cookies are set.
The following list shows cookies that were set in a browser test. We show cookies that were set both when no user was logged into a YouTube account and when a user was logged in. This list is not exhaustive, as user data always depends on interactions on YouTube.
Name: YSC
Value: b9-CV6ojI5Y311246121-1
Purpose: This cookie registers a unique ID to store statistics about the viewed video.
Expiry date: at the end of the session
Name: PREF
Value: f1=50000000
Purpose: This cookie also registers your unique ID. Google uses PREF to receive statistics on how you use YouTube videos on our website.
Expiry date: after 8 months
Name: GPS
Value: 1
Purpose: This cookie registers your unique ID on mobile devices to track your GPS location.
Expiration date: after 30 minutes
Name: VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE
Value: 95Chz8bagyU
Purpose: This cookie attempts to estimate the user's bandwidth on our websites (with embedded YouTube videos).
Expiry date: after 8 months
Other cookies that are set when you are logged in with your YouTube account:
Name: APISID
Value: zILlvClZSkqGsSwI/AU1aZI6HY7311246121-
Purpose: This cookie is used to create a profile of your interests. The data is used for personalized advertising.
Expiry date: after 2 years
Name: CONSENT
Value: YES+AT.de+20150628-20-0
Purpose: This cookie stores a user's consent status for using various Google services. CONSENT also serves a security purpose, verifying users and protecting user data from unauthorized access.
Expiration date: after 19 years
Name: HSID
Value: AcRwpgUik9Dveht0I
Purpose: This cookie is used to create a profile of your interests. This data helps to display personalized advertising.
Expiry date: after 2 years
Name: LOGIN_INFO
Value: AFmmF2swRQIhALl6aL…
Purpose: This cookie stores information about your login data.
Expiry date: after 2 years
Name: SAPISID
Value: 7oaPxoG-pZsJuuF5/AnUdDUIsJ9iJz2vdM
Purpose: This cookie works by uniquely identifying your browser and device. It is used to create a profile of your interests.
Expiry date: after 2 years
Name: SID
Value: oQfNKjAsI311246121-
Purpose: This cookie stores your Google account ID and your last login time in digitally signed and encrypted form.
Expiration date: after 2 years
Name: SIDCC
Value: AN0-TYuqub2JOcDTyL
Purpose: This cookie stores information about how you use the website and which advertisements you may have seen before visiting our site.
Expiry date: after 3 months
How long and where is the data stored?
The data that YouTube receives and processes from you is stored on Google servers. Most of these servers are located in America. You can see the exact locations of Google's data centers at https://www.google.com/about/datacenters/inside/locations/?hl=de . Your data is distributed across these servers. This makes the data faster to access and better protected against manipulation.
Google stores the collected data for varying lengths of time. Some data can be deleted at any time, some is automatically deleted after a limited period, and still other data is stored by Google for longer periods. Some data (such as items from "My Activity," photos or documents, and products) stored in your Google Account remains stored until you delete it. Even if you are not signed in to a Google Account, you can delete some data associated with your device, browser, or app.
How can I delete my data or prevent data storage?
You can manually delete data from your Google account. However, with the automatic deletion feature for location and activity data introduced in 2019, information is stored for either 3 or 18 months, depending on your choice, and then deleted.
Whether or not you have a Google account, you can configure your browser to delete or disable cookies from Google. The process varies depending on the browser you use. The following instructions show you how to manage cookies in your browser:
Chrome: Delete, enable and manage cookies in Chrome
Safari: Manage cookies and site data with Safari
Firefox: Delete cookies to remove data that websites have placed on your computer
Internet Explorer: Deleting and managing cookies
Microsoft Edge: Deleting and managing cookies
If you generally do not want to allow cookies, you can configure your browser to always notify you when a cookie is about to be set. This allows you to decide whether to allow each individual cookie. Since YouTube is a subsidiary of Google, they share a privacy policy. If you would like to learn more about how your data is handled, we recommend reading the privacy policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.
Vimeo Privacy Policy
We also use videos from Vimeo on our website. The video portal is operated by Vimeo LLC, 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011, USA. Using a plugin, we can display interesting video content directly on our website. In doing so, certain data may be transferred from you to Vimeo. This privacy policy explains what data is involved, why we use Vimeo, and how you can manage or prevent your data transfer.
What is Vimeo?
Vimeo is a video platform founded in 2004 that has offered HD video streaming since 2007. Since 2015, it has also supported 4K Ultra HD streaming. While the platform is free to use, users can also publish paid content. Compared to the market leader YouTube, Vimeo prioritizes high-quality content. The platform offers a wide range of artistic content, such as music videos and short films, as well as informative documentaries on diverse topics.
Why do we use Vimeo on our website?
The goal of our website is to provide you with the best possible content, and in the easiest way possible. Only when we've achieved this are we satisfied with our service. The video service Vimeo helps us reach this goal. Vimeo allows us to present high-quality content directly on our website. Instead of just giving you a link to an interesting video, you can watch the video right here. This expands our service and makes it easier for you to access interesting content. Therefore, in addition to our text and images, we also offer video content.
What data is stored on Vimeo?
When you visit a page on our website that has an embedded Vimeo video, your browser connects to Vimeo's servers. This results in data being transferred. This data is collected, stored, and processed on Vimeo's servers. Regardless of whether you have a Vimeo account or not, Vimeo collects data about you. This includes your IP address, technical information about your browser type, your operating system, and basic device information. Vimeo also stores information about which website you are using the Vimeo service on and what actions (web activities) you perform on our website. These web activities include, for example, session duration, bounce rate, and which button you clicked on our website with the embedded Vimeo function. Vimeo can track and store these actions using cookies and similar technologies.
If you are logged in to Vimeo as a registered member, more data can usually be collected, as more cookies may already be set in your browser. Furthermore, your actions on our website will be directly linked to your Vimeo account. To prevent this, you must log out of Vimeo while browsing our website.
Below we show you cookies that are set by Vimeo when you are on a website with integrated Vimeo functionality. This list is not exhaustive and assumes that you do not have a Vimeo account.
Name: player
Value: “”
Purpose: This cookie saves your settings before you play an embedded Vimeo video. This ensures that your preferred settings are applied the next time you watch a Vimeo video.
Expiry date: after one year
Name : vuid
Value: pl1046149876.614422590311246121-4
Purpose: This cookie collects information about your actions on websites that have embedded a Vimeo video.
Expiry date: after 2 years
Note: These two cookies are always set as soon as you are on a website with an embedded Vimeo video. If you watch the video and click the button to, for example, "share" or "like" the video, further cookies are set. These include third-party cookies such as _ga or _gat_UA-76641-8 from Google Analytics or _fbp from Facebook. The specific cookies set depend on your interaction with the video.
The following list shows a selection of possible cookies that may be set when you interact with the Vimeo video:
Name: _abexps
Value: %5B%5D
Purpose: This Vimeo cookie helps Vimeo remember your preferences. These might include a preferred language, region, or username. Generally, the cookie stores data about how you use Vimeo.
Expiration date: after one year
Name: continuous_play_v3
Value: 1
Purpose: This cookie is a first-party cookie from Vimeo. The cookie collects information about how you use the Vimeo service. For example, the cookie stores when you pause or resume a video.
Expiry date: after one year
Name: _ga
Value: GA1.2.1522249635.1578401280311246121-7
Purpose: This cookie is a third-party cookie from Google. By default, analytics.js uses the _ga cookie to store the user ID. It is primarily used to distinguish website visitors.
Expiration date: after 2 years
Name: _gcl_au
Value: 1.1.770887836.1578401279311246121-3
Purpose: This third-party cookie from Google AdSense is used to improve the efficiency of advertisements on websites.
Expiry date: after 3 months
Name: _fbp
Value: fb.1.1578401280585.310434968
Purpose: This is a Facebook cookie. This cookie is used to display advertisements or advertising products from Facebook or other advertisers.
Expiry date: after 3 months
Vimeo uses this data, among other things, to improve its own service, to communicate with you, and to implement its own targeted advertising measures. Vimeo emphasizes on its website that only first-party cookies (i.e., cookies from Vimeo itself) are used for embedded videos as long as you do not interact with the video.
How long and where is the data stored?
Vimeo is headquartered in White Plains, New York (USA). However, its services are offered worldwide. The company uses computer systems, databases, and servers in the USA and other countries. Therefore, your data may also be stored and processed on servers in the USA. Vimeo retains your data until the company no longer has a business reason for storing it. At that point, the data is deleted or anonymized. Vimeo complies with the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework and is therefore permitted to collect, use, and transfer data from EU users to the USA.
How can I delete my data or prevent data storage?
You always have the option to manage cookies in your browser according to your preferences. For example, if you don't want Vimeo to set cookies and thus collect information about you, you can delete or disable cookies at any time in your browser settings. This works slightly differently depending on the browser. Please note that after disabling/deleting cookies, some functions may no longer be fully available. The following instructions show you how to manage or delete cookies in your browser.
Chrome: Delete, enable and manage cookies in Chrome
Safari: Manage cookies and site data with Safari
Firefox: Delete cookies to remove data that websites have placed on your computer
Internet Explorer: Deleting and managing cookies
Microsoft Edge: Deleting and managing cookies
If you are a registered Vimeo member, you can also manage the cookies used in the Vimeo settings.
Vimeo actively participates in the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework, which regulates the correct and secure transfer of personal data. More information can be found at https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt00000008V77AAE&status=Active . You can learn more about Vimeo's use of cookies at https://vimeo.com/cookie_policy and find information about Vimeo's privacy policy at https://vimeo.com/privacy .