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Copyright

Disclaimer - Copyrights of third parties on texts, images, video files and Music files

Quillharbors is a metadata-search engine, which mean that different search machines of Quillharbors search in more search engines on the internet. The results that are displayed by Quillharbors as result of a search command of a user, originate from other search engines. Quillharbors shows the source of each result in its result list. It is possible that Quillharbors shows in the search results direct links to files or web pages that contain material that is protected by copyright or other intellectual property rights. However this material can be found and accessed by using the Website, Quillharbors does not and cannot grant its users the permission to download, copy or use this material. The user alone is responsible and liable of the use, copy and / or download of this material. Quillharbors is never responsible or liable for sanctions based on law or regulations of law suits of any kind against the user as result of using search services provided by Quillharbors.

Trademarks / trade names in advertisement on Quillharbors - Sponsored links

Quillharbors displays several advertisements on different pages of its website. Quillharbors acknowledges the intellectual property rights of third parties. Quillharbors also displays sponsored links originating from the advertising network of Google (Google AdWords / Adsense), on the pages where the search results are displayed. In case you or your company is of the opinion that a sponsored link or result may not be displayed in the sponsored links of Quillharbors, Quillharbors kindly requests you to inform Google about this, by using this link.

Trademarks / trade names in advertisement on Quillharbors - Other advertisements

When you are of the opinion that advertisements – other than sponsored links originating from the advertisement network of Google (Google AdWords / AdSense) – infringe upon intellectual property rights that belong to you or your company or to which your company can claim rights to, Quillharbors kindly requests you to inform Quillharbors about this via the Contact. Quillharbors shall assess your complaint and – if necessary – adapt or remove the advertisement within 2 working days after receipt of the complaint.

Trademarks / trade names in advertisement of Quillharbors on the internet

Quillharbors advertises in the internet at several advertisement networks (o.a. Google Adwords, Yahoo! Search Marketing). Quillharbors acknowledges the intellectual property rights of third parties. When you are of the opinion that advertisements of Quillharbors infringe upon intellectual property rights that belong to you or your company or to which your company can claim rights to, Quillharbors kindly requests you to inform Quillharbors about this via the Contact. Quillharbors shall assess your complaint and – if necessary – adapt or remove the advertisement within 2 working days after receipt of the complaint.

Disclaimer

The information provided by Quillharbors ("we," "us," or "our") on quillharbors.com (the "Site") is for general informational purposes only. All information on the Site is provided in good faith; however, we make no representation or warranty of any kind, express or implied, regarding the accuracy, adequacy, validity, reliability, availability, or completeness of any information on the Site.

Professional Advice Disclaimer

The Site does not contain professional advice. The tool reviews, comparisons, guides, and tutorials published on Quillharbors reflect our personal opinions and experiences based on hands-on testing. They are not a substitute for professional woodworking instruction or manufacturer-specific technical guidance. Woodworking involves the use of sharp tools, power equipment, and materials that can pose safety risks. Always follow the manufacturer's safety instructions, wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE), and exercise caution when using any tool discussed on this Site. Quillharbors is not liable for any injuries, damages, or losses that may result from following the information or techniques described in our content.

External Links Disclaimer

The Site may contain links to other websites or content belonging to or originating from third parties. These external links are provided for your convenience and reference only. We do not control the content of third-party websites and are not responsible for their accuracy, availability, or any products or services they offer. The presence of an external link does not constitute an endorsement, recommendation, or approval by Quillharbors. We do not investigate, monitor, or verify the accuracy of information on third-party websites. When you follow a link to another site, you are subject to that site's own terms of use and privacy policy.

Affiliate Disclosure

Quillharbors participates in affiliate marketing programs. This means we may earn commissions on qualifying purchases made through links on our Site. These affiliate relationships do not influence our editorial content, tool ratings, or recommendations. We only recommend tools and products that we have tested and believe provide genuine value to our readers.

Specifically:

We may participate in the Amazon Associates program and other affiliate programs offered by tool retailers and manufacturers.

When you click an affiliate link and make a purchase, we may receive a small commission at no additional cost to you.

Affiliate revenue helps us cover the costs of testing tools, maintaining the Site, and producing new content.

Our reviews and recommendations are based on independent testing and editorial judgment — not on commission rates.

If you have questions about our affiliate relationships, please contact us at fjzxwl@zhuoxinwl.com.

Testimonials and Reviews Disclaimer

The tool reviews and comparisons on this Site are based on our own testing and evaluation. Results may vary depending on individual use, project type, material, and skill level. We do not guarantee that you will achieve the same results or have the same experience with any tool we review.

User comments and testimonials, if present, reflect the individual opinions of their authors and do not represent the views of Quillharbors. We do not verify the accuracy of user-submitted content.

Errors and Omissions

While we strive to keep our content accurate and up to date, the woodworking tool market changes frequently — products are discontinued, specifications are revised, and prices fluctuate. We may occasionally publish information that is outdated or contains errors. If you notice an error in any of our articles, please contact us and we will review and update the content as needed.

Limitation of Liability

Under no circumstances shall Quillharbors or its team members be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or special damages arising out of or in connection with your use of the Site or reliance on any information provided herein. This includes, but is not limited to, tool purchase decisions, project outcomes, injuries, or financial losses. Your use of the Site and your reliance on any information on the Site is solely at your own risk.

Copyright

All content on Quillharbors — including articles, reviews, comparisons, images, and guides — is the property of Quillharbors unless otherwise stated. You may not reproduce, distribute, or republish our content without prior written permission. See our Copyright page for more details.

Changes to This Disclaimer

We reserve the right to modify this Disclaimer at any time. Changes will be effective immediately upon posting the updated version on this page. We encourage you to review this page periodically to stay informed of any updates.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Disclaimer, please reach out to us at fjzxwl@zhuoxinwl.com or visit our Contact page.

Privacy Policy

Updated: September 6, 2022

1 Introduction

1.1 At Quillharbors, accessible from https://www.Quillharbors/ , one of our main priorities is the privacy of our visitors. This Privacy Policy (hereinafter: Política") document contains types of information that is collected and recorded by Quillharbors and how we use it.

If you have additional questions or require more information about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us.

1.2 Quillharbors is committed to protecting your privacy. This Policy describes what we do with your data and applies to all information that identifies you or may be used to identify you with (“Personal data”)by Quillharbors, such as but not limited to processing via the Quillharbors websites (hereinafter:Websites”).The Websites are intended for general audiences over the age of 16 years old. We do not knowingly collectinformation from children under the age of 16 years old.

1.3 If you are not at least 16 years old (or 13 years old in the United States), please do not use the Websites. Our Services are not intended for use by children under the this ages. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under mentioned age without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under the age, please contact via our Contact Form.

1.4 This Privacy Policy is provided in English. Translations to certain other languages may be available and can be requested by contacting us here.

1.5 For ease of reference, each section of this privacy policy is set out below:

  • Introduction
  • Processing of Personal data
  • Purposes of the processing
  • Legal basis of the processing
  • Recipients of your Personal data
  • Retention of your Personal data
  • Safeguarding your Personal data
  • Your rights
  • Amendments and questions

2 Processing of Personal data

2.1 Quillharbors is a data controller under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This means that with regard to any Personal data referred to in this Policy, Quillharbors determines the purpose for which we process this data and we determine the means necessary for the processing of this data. As a data controller, we process the data set out in this section. Quillharbors does not engage in automated decision-making.

Data collected directly from you

2.2 When you access our Websites, we may (automatically) collect the following information about you and/or your device:

  • Your anonymous IP address;
  • Your (mobile) device identifier;
  • Information about your settings, such as language settings, browser information (user agent) and/or operating system;
  • Query-string;
  • Your Website preferences;
  • Your location and time zone.

Data you may provide to us

2.3Access to the Websites, their content and any web search results generated by using the Websites in general do not require you to submit Personal data to us other than the information listed above. Under certain circumstances, you may wish to provide us with more information about yourself, for example in relation to any enquiry you may want to make with us via our Contact Form. When you are reaching out to us, we may process the following information about you:

  • Your name;
  • Your company name;
  • Your email address;
  • Any other Personal data you provide us with.

For our website www.Quillharbors.com we use Google reCAPTCHA before you can fill in our Contact Form. It is a system to find out if the website visitor is a human and not a bot and helps us to protect our contact form from cyber spam and abuse. You acknowledge and understand that the reCAPTCHA API collects the following information:

  • All cookies that Google has placed on the user's system in the last 6 months
  • How many mouse clicks the user made in the browser window (or tapped if it is a touch device)
  • The scrolling behavior of the user
  • The webpage's CSS
  • The user's system date and time
  • The user's IP address
  • Whether the user is currently logged in to their Google account
  • The user's browser language setting
  • All add-ons installed in the user's browser
  • All Javascript objects
  • The speed with which the user fills out the form

and sending this data to Google for analysis. The information collected in connection with your use of the service will be used for improving reCAPTCHA and for general security purposes. It will not be used for personalised advertising by Google. You can find further details via this link https://support.google.com/recaptcha/?hl=en

2.4 If you choose to provide us with any additional Personal data, we recommend that you limit the provision of such data to the absolute minimum, and we discourage you from providing us with any sensitive Personal data, such as data revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, genetic or biometric data or data about your sex life or sexual orientation.

Data collected via our partners

2.5 Third parties may be able to process data related to you through our websites in order to provide us with certain products and services. Such third parties may use technologies such as cookies, ad tags or ad beacons to collect information about your interaction with any products and services (such as advertisements) they offer through the Website.

We use advertisement from partners (from Google and Microsoft Bing and Yahoo). Because we have set off ad personalization, they will not collect or use your information to create an ad profile. You will still see ads, but are not personalized. Ads are only be based on the topic of the website you're looking at, your current search terms, or on your general location, but not on your interests, search history, or browsing history. Your information can still be used for measure the effectiveness of advertising and protect against fraud and abuse. Please note: Quillharbors is not responsible for tracking cookies which you have previously accepted while visiting third-party websites. These third parties are data controllers and must inform you.

For more information about Google's privacy policy, please visitGoogle Privacy Policy

2.6 Third-parties who provide us with products and services may also place cookies, ad tags and/or beacons that collect the information outlined above in order to provide us with products and services including analytics tools allowing us to analyze the performance of our Services and advertisers and ad networks allowing the delivery of ads. These third parties may also collect information about you from other sources and combine it with other information collected about you from third party websites not affiliated with us. The IP is stored, as well as location (country), browser data and what results were shown (such as ads and organic results). Also, certain information is passed on to third parties (such as IP address, ads shown and ads clicked on) to make our service possible (showing results, both ads and organic results).

User behavior is never tracked to match organic results or ads to the visitor's profile. Organic results and ads are only shown based on the visitor's search query. For all websites, the personalized ads option is disabled. The necessary cookies are essential to operate our websites and provide our services by helping us provide basic functionality such as loading and rendering pages on the websites and enabling your navigation around the websites and use of certain features. They are also used to identify and prevent fraud and improve security. See Quillharbors cookie policy

3 Purposes of the processing

3.1 Primary purposes for which we process your Personal data are to offer you the best services possible, to optimize our Websites and services and to ensure continuity thereof. More specifically, your Personal data can be used for the following purposes:

  • To provide our services:we may need certain information about you in order to be able to provide our services. Data is used to properly perform our services and to improve our services. User behavior is never tracked to match organic results or ads to the visitor's profile. Organic results and ads are only shown based on the visitor's search query. For all websites, the personalized ads option is disabled. We use data because they:
    • are essential to operate our websites (they allow us to show you search results and advertisements that match your search query)
    • used to identify and prevent fraud and improve security.
  • To improve our services: our Websites and services are constantly evolving, and we are constantly working on improving your user experience and adding new functionality to our Websites.
  • To secure our services: in order to be able to provide your with the best user experience possible, it is necessary to keep out hackers, automated bots or other threats. We are therefore constantly monitoring our services and the use of our services.
  • To communicate with you: when you contact us, we process your contact details such as your name and email address and any other Personal data you may provide to us in order to be able adequately revert to you on your enquiry.
  • To exercise and safeguard our rights: we may need to exercise our legal rights in case you infringe our intellectual property, engage in fraudulent acts or act in violation of this Policy or our terms of service.
  • To compensate our partners: as we show and run advertisements, certain Personal data may be needed in order to calculate the compensation to be paid to or received by or from our partners.
  • To comply with a legal obligation: we may be required by law or by a court order to process (and/or transfer) certain Personal data.

4 Legal basis of the processing

4.1 We process your Personal data on the following legal basis:

  • Execution of a contract with you: most processing activities are carried out in order to provide you with our services.
  • Our legitimate interests: your Personal data may be processed by us based on our legitimate interest, such as our commercial interests. This may be the case with, among others, compensation of our partners. Quillharbors's websites are search engines for different types of visitors from all over the world. After you submit a search query, the most relevant content and ads will be displayed. Information is collected for functional purposes only. Data is only used to properly perform our services and to improve our services. The IP is stored, as well as location (country), browser data and what results were shown (such as ads and organic results). Also, certain information is passed on to third parties (such as IP address, ads shown and ads clicked on) to make our service possible (showing results, both ads and organic results and payment of fees).

    User behavior is never tracked to match organic results or ads to the visitor's profile. Organic results and ads are only shown based on the visitor's search query. For all websites, the personalized ads option is turned off. We use data because they:

    • are essential to operate our websites (they allow us to show you search results and advertisements that match your search query);
    • used to identify and prevent fraud and improve security.
  • Your consent: should certain processing activities not be related to our contract with you, or our legitimate interest, then we may process your Personal data on the basis of your consent.

5 Recipients of your Personal data

5.1 Quillharbors may transfer your Personal data to the following categories of recipients:

  • Suppliers: when such is necessary to enable the use Websites and services, we may transfer your Personal data to suppliers, subcontractors and business partners, such as our hosting provider that hosts the Websites, the provider of our job application platform, partners that help us to improve the user-experience of our services and providers of IT support, data backup, recovery service and office software.
  • Group companies: we may provide Personal data to other companies within the Quillharbors group of companies, if this is necessary for compliance, internal reporting, auditing or security purposes.
  • Advertisement partners: Information on your Website visit may be provided to advertisement partners in order to serve you with (relevant) advertisements on our Websites and elsewhere, and to measure effectiveness of advertisements. Ads are only be based on the topic of the website you're looking at, your current search terms, or on your general location, but not on your interests, search history, or browsing history.
  • Law enforcement agencies: we may be under an obligation to provide your information to law enforcement, regulators, courts or other public authorities in relation to an official (court) order. In addition we may provide your data to law enforcement agencies, regulators, courts or otherwise in order to exercise our rights.
  • Fraud prevention: we may engage third parties when we believe disclosure is necessary to investigate, prevent, or respond to suspected illegal or fraudulent activity or to protect the safety, rights, or property of us, our users, or others.
  • Third parties: we may transfer data to third parties acquiring or merging with Quillharbors, or purchasing part or all of our assets, or in case of a corporate restructuring.

5.2 The third parties receiving or accessing your Personal data might be located outside the European Economic Area (EEA). When transferring data for which we are responsible to countries outside of the EEA (so-called ‘third countries’), we ensure ‘appropriate safeguards’. More specifically, we contractually bind recipients of Personal data to protect your data using the Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC’s) as approved by the European Commission. We will assess in advance (where necessary, with the help of the recipients in third countries) on a case-by-case basis if the law or practice of the third country diminishes the effectiveness of the SCC’s. In those cases, we will implement supplementary measures that fill the gaps in the protection and bring it up to the level required by EU law.

6 Retention of your Personal data

6.1 We retain your Personal data for as long as necessary in order to fulfil the associated purpose as set out above.
For spam detection and statistic purposes we retain data for 7 days. We retain conversion data for 30 days.
After that, we can only retain your Personal data if this is required or necessary in order to comply with applicable law or in order to be able satisfy any legal, reporting or audit requirements. Where possible we anonymize or pseudo-anonymize your Personal data or retain it in an aggregated form only.

7 Securing your Personal data

7.1 We highly value the secure processing of your Personal data. Therefore, we may implements security measures, such as but not limited to, as appropriate:

  • The pseudonymisation and encryption of Personal Data;
  • The ability to ensure the ongoing confidentiality, integrity, availability and resilience of processing systems and services;
  • The ability to restore the availability and access to Personal Data in a timely manner in the event of a physical or technical incident; and
  • A process for regularly testing, assessing and evaluating the effectiveness of technical and organisational measures for ensuring the security of the processing.

8 Your rights

8.1 You are provided with the following rights:

  • Objection: Under certain conditions you have the right to object to the processing of your Personal data and the conditions under which this processing takes place.
  • Access: You have the right to request from us, without constraint, at reasonable intervals and without excessive delay or expense, i) a confirmation as to whether or not Personal data regarding you is being processed, ii) information on the purposes for which Personal data is processed, iii) the categories of Personal data concerned, and iv)the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the Personal data is disclosed. You have the right to receive, in an intelligible form, a communication of the Personal data being processed and of any available information as to the source(s). Furthermore, you have the right to knowledge of the underlying logic of the automated processing of Personal data relating to you.
  • Rectification, restriction, erasure, blocking or deletion: Under certain conditions you have the right to rectification, restriction, erasure, blocking or deletion of your Personal data that is not processed in compliance with data protection laws and regulations, in particular when the nature of the data is incomplete or inaccurate.
  • Data portability: Under certain conditions you have the right to receive your Personal data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format to transfer those data.
  • Withdraw consent: where we are processing Personal data relating to you on the basis of your prior consent to that processing, you may withdraw your consent at any time.
  • Complaint with relevant authority. You have the right to file a complaint with the relevant data protection authorities, e.g. the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens in the Netherlands.

8.2 You may exercise these rights by contacting us via our Contact Form, click the "Contact Us" button and then fill out the form.

8.3 In order to fulfil your possible requests pursuant to the rights as stated above, we may request specific additional information from you to identify you with or we may ask you for information to identify you with. We only collect and process such specific data with the purpose of executing your above stated rights insofar this is requested by you.

9 Amendments and questions

9.1 Quillharbors may amend this Policy at any time. In case the Policy is amended, the amended Policy will be made available to you through publication of the amended Policy on the Website.

9.2 Should you have any questions after reading this Policy, or would want to exercise any right as stated in this Policy, please do not hesitate to contact us via the Contact Form.

Contact Us

We love hearing from our readers. Whether you have a question about one of our tool reviews, want to suggest a topic for a future article, need advice on a purchase decision, or have feedback on how we can improve, we are here and ready to listen.

How to Reach Us

Email

The fastest way to reach us is by email:

fjzxwl@zhuoxinwl.com

We aim to respond to all emails within 1-2 business days.

What to Include in Your Message

To help us respond quickly and accurately, please include:

  • Your name — so we know who we are talking to.
  • The tool or article you are referring to — a link or product name helps us look it up immediately.
  • Your specific question or feedback.
  • Your skill level and the type of projects you typically work on — if applicable, this helps us tailor our advice.

Common Topics We Can Help With

  • Tool recommendations — not sure which saw, chisel, or plane is right for your project? Ask us.
  • Review requests — want us to test and review a specific tool? Let us know.
  • Article corrections — spotted an error or outdated information in one of our guides? We want to fix it.
  • Partnership inquiries — tool brands and manufacturers interested in having products reviewed can reach out via the email above.
  • Advertising inquiries — for advertising and sponsorship opportunities, please use the same email with Advertising in the subject line.

Mailing Address

Quillharbors
[Your Street Address]
[Your City, State/Province, ZIP]
[Your Country]

Note: We do not accept unsolicited product returns by mail. Please contact us by email first.

Response Time

We take every message seriously. Here is what to expect:

  • General questions: 1-2 business days.
  • Review requests: We review all suggestions weekly and will respond if we plan to cover the topic.
  • Partnership and advertising inquiries: 2-3 business days.

Connect With Us

Stay updated on our latest reviews and guides:

Thank you for being part of the Quillharbors community. We look forward to hearing from you.

Cookie Policy

Last amended: December 8, 2022

Quillharbors, directly or indirectly operates a number of search and everyday useful content websites. We understand that your privacy is important to you, and we are committed to being transparent about the information we collect and process upon your use of our websites.

This Cookie Policy explains how and why cookies may be used to collect and store the information automatically collected about your browser, computer, device, and service usage and how you can control the use of these technologies.

This Cookie Policy is provided in English. Translations to certain other languages may be available and can be requested by contacting us here . This Cookie Policy should be read together with our Privacy Policy.

Introduction

Quillharbors use functional, necessary and analytical cookies to:

  • make the websites function properly;
  • show the best search results and to;
  • improve the overall user experience of our websites.

We show search results and non-personalized ads. We use cookies to show you these search results and non-personalized ads which are tailored to your search query and location. We use anonymous analytics cookies to see how we can improve the website.

Tracking cookies are cookies that allow visitors to track their browsing on other websites. Quillharbors does not use tracking cookies itself. Quillharbors is not responsible for tracking cookies which you have previously accepted while visiting third-party websites.

What is a cookie?

A cookie is a tiny text file that is stored in the browser of your computer, tablet or smartphone.

  • First-party cookies, served directly by us to your computer.
  • Third-party cookies, served by a third party on our behalf.

Third-party cookies

Some content or including advertisements on our website are served or provided by third-parties (ad networks; Google and Microsoft). When you have previously accepted cookies from these third parties, these third-parties may use cookies alone or in conjunction other tracking technologies to collect information about you when you use our services. We do not control these third-parties’ tracking technologies or how they may be used. If you have any questions about an advertisement or other targeted content, you should contact the responsible provider directly. For information about how you can opt out of receiving targeted advertising or content from many providers, see below ‘Your online choices‘

We also use advertisements from Microsoft Bing. Because we have set off ad personalization, Microsoft will not collect or use your information to create an ad profile or personalize the ads Microsoft shows to you. To learn more about information collected by Microsoft, see https://privacy.microsoft.com/nl-nl/privacystatement

We use Microsoft Clarity to understand how the website is used and to optimize it for users. By means of Clarity cookies, anonymous personal data of visitors is stored in Microsoft Clarity. Clarity’s cookies send non-personally identifiable information such as session data. To learn what cookies does Clarity set, see: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/clarity/cookie-list#what-cookies-does-clarity-set The cookies installed by Microsoft Clarity stores information about how visitors use the website. The cookie contributes to the creation of an analysis report. The data collection includes numbers of visitors, where they visit the website from and pages visited on the website. Clarity records user interactions, such as mouse movements, clicks, scrolling, etc. The data is stored for a maximum of 13 months. You can find information about the security of your data in Microsoft's privacy policy (https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement and on https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/clarity/clarity-data

We also use advertisements from Yahoo. Because we have set off ad personalization, Yahoo will not collect or use your information to create an ad profile or personalize the ads Yahoo shows to you. To learn more about information collected by Yahoo, see https://legal.yahoo.com/us/en/yahoo/privacy/index.html

For our website www.Quillharbors.com we use reCAPTCHA before you can fill in the contact form. reCAPTCHA is a system developed by Google to find out if the website visitor is a human and not a bot. We use the Google reCAPTCHA API's to help protect our contact form from cyber spam and abuse. You acknowledge and understand that the reCAPTCHA API works by collecting hardware and software information, such as device and application data, and sending this data to Google for analysis. The information collected in connection with your use of the service will be used for improving reCAPTCHA and for general security purposes. It will not be used for personalised advertising by Google. You can find further details via this linkhttps://support.google.com/recaptcha/?hl=en

What types of cookies do we use?

We use different types of cookies.

Necessary and functional cookies

Quillharbors's websites are search engines for different types of visitors from all over the world. After you submit a search query, the most relevant content and ads will be displayed.

Users use our website because it gives them (many and often relevant) search results (after all, multiple search engines are searched).

Information is collected for functional purposes only. Data is only used to properly perform our services and to improve our services. The IP is stored, as well as location (country), browser data and what results were shown (such as ads and organic results). Also, certain information is passed on to third parties (such as IP address, ads shown and ads clicked on) to make our service possible (showing results, both ads and organic results).

User behavior is never tracked to match organic results or ads to the visitor's profile. Organic results and ads are only shown based on the visitor's search query. For all websites, the personalized ads option is turned off. The necessary cookies are essential to operate our websites and provide our services by helping us provide basic functionality such as loading and rendering pages on the websites and enabling your navigation around the websites and use of certain features. They are also used to identify and prevent fraud and improve security.

The functionality cookies record preferences and other information about choices you've made and allow us to show you search results and advertisements that match your search query. The types of first-party cookie we use are to:

  • store settings. You can change your settings. We save your settings for 5 days.
  • make our websites operational
  • gather analytics data

Cookies also allow us and third parties to know whether you've seen an ad and to measure the effectiveness of ads. Just to be clear: we don't track your online behavior to place ads strategically.

Please see theAll About Cookies website for further information about managing your options.

Analytical cookies

  • We only share anonymized IP addresses.
  • We do not share any further data.

We have set up Google Analytics in a privacy-friendly way, so there are no or very few risks to the privacy of the website visitors.

To see an general overview of privacy at Google and how to opt out of certain Google practices, visit https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy. You can prevent your data from being collected by Google Analytics by downloading the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on

Your online choices

You can also generally opt-out of receiving personalized ads from third party advertisers and ad networks who are members of the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) or who follow the Digital Advertising Alliance's Self-Regulatory Principles for Online Behavioral Advertising (DAA) by visiting the opt-out pages on the NAI website and the DAA website.

Digital Advertising Alliance ("DAA") Self-Regulatory Program for Online Behavioral Advertising. You exercise the DAA choices regarding Interest-based Advertising here.

European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance ("EDAA"). To learn more about the EDAA and your opt out options, see Your Online Choices.

Network Advertising Initiative ("NAI"). To learn more about the NAI and your opt out options for their members, see https://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/.

Cookie Controls

You can control your cookie settings as explained below.

Most browsers allow you to change your cookie settings. Users can usually set their browsers to block all third-party cookies, block all cookies or block specific cookies. These settings will typically be found in the “options” or “preferences” menu of your browser. In order to understand these settings, the following links may be helpful, otherwise you should use the "Help" option in your browser for more details.

Changes to this Cookie Policy

We will occasionally update this Cookie Policy to reflect changes in our practices and services. When we post changes to this Cookie Policy, we will revise the "Last Updated" date at the top of this Cookie Policy. If we make any material changes in the way we collect, use, and/or share information held in cookies, we will notify you in advance of those changes taking effect. We recommend that you check this page from time to time to inform yourself of any changes in this Cookie Policy or any of our other policies.