Cookie Policy

1.) What are cookies and other tracking tools?

Cookies are small files that are stored by most internet browsers to track visitor information and enable Zühlke Engineering AG to make our web offering more relevant to you. During your visit to our website, Zühlke Engineering AG uses four types of cookies. The storage period depends on the individual countries and the respective applicable law.

Other tracking tools include any "passive" tracking tools, such as fingerprinting, web beacons (also called tracking pixels or web bugs), Flash Cookies (also called Local Shared Objects), or any technology that helps identify the user's device or operating system by capturing all or part of the information about the specific configuration of that device chosen by the user.

2.) What cookies do we use and why?

  • Essential cookies: These cookies are required so that we can provide you with the basic functions of our website. They cannot be turned off in our systems.
  • Performance and analytics cookies: These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources to evaluate and improve the performance of our website.
  • Functional cookies: These cookies are used to provide you with improved functionality and personalisation during your visit.
  • Targeting or advertising cookies: These cookies may be set by our advertising partners on our website to profile your interests and suggest relevant advertising to you.

Some of the cookies used by our websites are set by us, others are set by third parties on our behalf.

Below you can find a list of all cookies and other tracking tools used by our website. For the purposes of this Cookie Privacy Policy, a third country is any country other than Switzerland that is outside the European Union and the United Kingdom.

Cookie / other tracking tool name: CONSENT

  • Category: functional cookie
  • Duration of storage: 16 years
  • Third-party or own cookie: third-party cookie; YouTube Privacy Policy
  • Transfer to a third country: yes, possibly
  • Description: It is required by law that websites obtain and maintain the consent of visitors before storing or accessing cookies on their devices. This list includes all (personal) data collected by or through the use Youtube videos.
    • Device information, IP address, Referrer URL, videos viewed
  • Address (HQ): 901 Cherry Ave, San Bruno, United States

Cookie / other tracking tool name: __cf_bm

  • Category: functional cookie
  • Duration of storage: a few seconds
  • Third-party or own cookie: third-party cookie; CloudFlare Privacy Policy
  • Transfer to a third country: yes, USA and EU
  • Description: This is how requests are read and filtered by bots.
  • Address (HQ): 101 Townsend St., San Francisco, CA 94107, United States

Cookie / other tracking tool name: _ga

  • Category: performance & analytics cookie
  • Duration of storage: 2 years
  • Third-party or own cookie: third-party cookie; Google Analytics Privacy Policy
  • Transfer to a third country: yes, possibly USA
  • Description: This is how calls to the page are stored and counted. This list contains all (personal) data collected by or through the use of this service.
    • App updates, Browser information, Click path, Date and time of visit, Device information, Downloads, Flash version, Location information, IP address, JavaScript support, Pages visited, Purchase activity, Referrer URL, Usage data, Widget interactions
  • Address (HQ): 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, California 94043, United States

Cookie / other tracking tool name: _ga_HP9JTRV4M7

  • Category: performance & analytics cookie
  • Duration of storage: 2 years
  • Third-party or own cookie: third-party cookie, Google Analytics Privacy Policy
  • Transfer to a third country: yes, possibly USA
  • Description: This is how calls to the page are stored and counted. This list contains all (personal) data collected by or through the use of this service.
    • App updates, Browser information, Click path, Date and time of visit, Device information, Downloads, Flash version, Location information, IP address, JavaScript support, Pages visited, Purchase activity, Referrer URL, Usage data, Widget interactions
  • Address (HQ): 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, California 94043, United States

Cookie / other tracking tool name: _gat_UA-nnnnnnn-nn

  • Category: performance & analytics cookie
  • Duration of storage: a few seconds
  • Third-party or own cookie: third-party cookie, Google Analytics Privacy Policy
  • Transfer to a third country: yes, possibly USA
  • Description: To read and filter requests from bots. This list contains all (personal) data collected by or through the use of this service.
    • App updates, Browser information, Click path, Date and time of visit, Device information, Downloads, Flash version, Location information, IP address, JavaScript support, Pages visited, Purchase activity, Referrer URL, Usage data, Widget interactions
  • Address (HQ): 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, California 94043, United States

Cookie / other tracking tool name: _gid

  • Category: performance & analytics cookie
  • Duration of storage: a few seconds
  • Third-party or own cookie: third-party cookie, Google Analytics Privacy Policy
  • Transfer to a third country: yes, possibly USA
  • Description: To store and count page views. This list contains all (personal) data collected by or through the use of this service.
    • App updates, Browser information, Click path, Date and time of visit, Device information, Downloads, Flash version, Location information, IP address, JavaScript support, Pages visited, Purchase activity, Referrer URL, Usage data, Widget interactions
  • Address (HQ): 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, California 94043, United States

Cookie / other tracking tool name: _gclxxxx

  • Category: performance & analytics cookie
  • Duration of storage: 3 months
  • Third-party or own cookie: third-party cookie, Google Analytics Privacy Policy
  • Transfer to a third country: yes, possibly USA
  • Description: Google-Conversion-Tracking-Cookie
  • Address (HQ): 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, California 94043, United States

Cookie / other tracking tool name: jctr_sid

  • Category: performance & analytics cookie
  • Duration of storage: a few seconds
  • Third-party or own cookie: own cookie, Jentis Privacy Policy
  • Transfer to a third country: no
  • Description: The JENTIS Session ID
  • Address (HQ): Schönbrunner Street 231, 1120 Vienna, Austria

Cookie / other tracking tool name: jts-rw

  • Category: performance & analytics cookie
  • Duration of storage: 4 days
  • Third-party or own cookie: own cookie, Jentis Privacy Policy
  • Transfer to a third country: no
  • Description: The JENTIS first party identifier (User-ID).
  • Address (HQ): Schönbrunner Street 231, 1120 Vienna, Austria

Cookie / other tracking tool name: prism_253285909

  • Category: performance & analytics cookie
  • Duration of storage: 1 month
  • Third-party or own cookie: third-party cookie, Active Campaign Privacy Policy
  • Transfer to a third country: yes, USA
  • Description: Active Campaign first party identifier (User-ID)
  • Address (HQ): 1 N Dearborn St Fl 5, Chicago, Illinois, 60602, United States

Cookie / other tracking tool name: prism_253285909

  • Category: performance & analytics cookie
  • Duration of storage: 1 month
  • Third-party or own cookie: own cookie
  • Transfer to a third country: yes, USA
  • Description: For saving and tracking interactions.
  • Address (HQ): 1 N Dearborn St Fl 5, Chicago, Illinois, 60602, United States

Cookie / other tracking tool name: _dc_gtm_UA-xxxxxxxx

  • Category: performance & analytics cookie
  • Duration of storage: 1 minute
  • Third-party or own cookie: third-party cookie, Google Analytics Privacy Policy
  • Transfer to a third country: yes, USA 
  • Description: To store the number of service requests. This list contains all (personal) data collected by or through the use of this service.
    • Device information, IP address, Referrer URL, Timestamp, Browser information
  • Address (HQ): 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, California 94043, United States

Cookie / other tracking tool name: AnalyticsSyncHistory

  • Category: performance & analytics cookie
  • Duration of storage: 1 month
  • Third-party or own cookie: third-party cookie, LinkedIn Privacy Policy
  • Transfer to a third country: yes, USA and/or other countries
  • Description: To store and track visits to various websites. This list contains all (personal) data collected by or through the use of this service.
    • Device information, IP address, Referrer URL, Timestamp, Browser information
  • Address (HQ): 605 W Maude Ave, Sunnyvale, California 94085, United States

Cookie / other tracking tool name: YSC

  • Category: targeting or advertising cookie
  • Duration of storage: 1 session
  • Third-party or own cookie: third-party cookie, YouTube Privacy Policy
  • Transfer to a third country: yes, possibly
  • Description: To store and track interactions. This list contains all (personal) data collected by or through the use of Youtube videos.
    • Device information, IP address, Referrer URL, Viewed videos
  • Address (HQ): 901 Cherry Ave, San Bruno, United States

Cookie / other tracking tool name: ln_or

  • Category: targeting or advertising cookie
  • Duration of storage: a few seconds
  • Third-party or own cookie: own cookie
  • Transfer to a third country: yes, USA and/or other countries
  • Description: This is a LinkedIn cookie that is used to determine whether Oribi analytics can be performed on a given domain. This list contains all (personal) data collected by or through the use of this service.
    • Device information, IP address, Referrer URL, Timestamp, Browser information
  • Address (HQ): 605 W Maude Ave, Sunnyvale, California 94085, United States

Cookie / other tracking tool name: IDE

  • Category: targeting or advertising cookie
  • Duration of storage: 1 year
  • Third-party or own cookie: third-party cookie, Google Privacy Policy
  • Transfer to a third country: yes, possibly USA
  • Description:  This domain is owned by Doubleclick (Google). The main business activity is: Doubleclick is Google's real-time advertising bidding exchange. This list includes all (personal) data collected by or through the use of this service.
    • App updates, Browser information, Click path, Date and time of visit, Device information, Downloads, Flash version, Location information, IP address, JavaScript support, Pages visited, Purchase activity, Referrer URL, Usage data, Widget interactions
  • Address (HQ): 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, California 94043, United States

Cookie / other tracking tool name: test_cookie

  • Category: targeting or advertising cookie
  • Duration of storage: a few seconds
  • Third-party or own cookie: third-party cookie, Google Privacy Policy
  • Transfer to a third country: yes, possibly USA
  • Description: This domain is owned by Doubleclick (Google). The main business activity is: Doubleclick is Google's real-time advertising bidding exchange. This list includes all (personal) data collected by or through the use of this service.
    • App updates, Browser information, Click path, Date and time of visit, Device information, Downloads, Flash version, Location information, IP address, JavaScript support, Pages visited, Purchase activity, Referrer URL, Usage data, Widget interactions
  • Address (HQ): 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, California 94043, United States

Cookie / other tracking tool name: CONSENT

  • Category: targeting or advertising cookie
  • Duration of storage: 16 years
  • Third-party or own cookie: third-party cookie, YouTube Privacy Policy
  • Transfer to a third country: yes, possibly
  • Description: It is required by law that websites obtain and maintain the consent of visitors before storing or accessing cookies on their devices. This list includes all (personal) data collected by or through the use Youtube videos.
    • Device information, IP address, Referrer URL, Videos watched
  • Address (HQ): 901 Cherry Ave, San Bruno, United States

Cookie / other tracking tool name: VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE

  • Category: targeting or advertising cookie
  • Duration of storage: 6 months
  • Third-party or own cookie: third-party cookie, YouTube Privacy Policy
  • Transfer to a third country: yes, possibly
  • Description: This cookie is used as a unique identifier to track the viewing of videos. This list contains all (personal) data collected by or through the use of Youtube videos.
    • Device information, IP address, Referrer URL, Videos viewed
  • Address (HQ): 901 Cherry Ave, San Bruno, United States

Cookie / other tracking tool name: _fbp

  • Category: targeting or advertising cookie
  • Duration of storage: 3 months
  • Third-party or own cookie: third-party cookie, Meta Privacy Policy
  • Transfer to a third country: yes, possibly USA
  • Description: To store and track visits to various websites. This list contains all (personal) data collected by or through the use of this service.
    • Browser information, Date and time of visit, Facebook user ID, Websites visited, HTTP header, Interaction data, Browser type, IP address
  • Address (HQ): 1601 Willow Road Menlo Park , California 94025, United States

Cookie / other tracking tool name: lidc

  • Category: targeting or advertising cookie
  • Duration of storage: 1 year
  • Third-party or own cookie: third-party cookie, LinkedIn Privacy Policy
  • Transfer to a third country: yes, USA and/or other countries
  • Description: This domain belongs to the business networking platform LinkedIn. It usually acts as a third-party host where website owners have one of their content sharing buttons placed on their pages, although their content and services can be embedded in other ways. Although such buttons extend the functionality of the website where they are located, cookies are set regardless of whether the visitor has an active LinkedIn profile or has agreed to the terms and conditions. For this reason, it is classified as a domain that is primarily used for tracking/targeting. This list includes all (personal) data collected by or through the use of this service.
    • Device information, IP address, Referrer URL, Timestamp, Browser information
  • Address (HQ): 605 W Maude Ave, Sunnyvale, California 94085, United States

Cookie / other tracking tool name: bcookie

  • Category: targeting or advertising cookie
  • Duration of storage: 2 years
  • Third-party or own cookie: third-party cookie, LinkedIn Privacy Policy
  • Transfer to a third country: yes, USA and/or other countries
  • Description: This domain belongs to the business networking platform LinkedIn. It usually acts as a third-party host where website owners have one of their content sharing buttons placed on their pages, although their content and services can be embedded in other ways. Although such buttons extend the functionality of the website where they are located, cookies are set regardless of whether the visitor has an active Linkedin profile or has agreed to the terms and conditions. For this reason, it is classified as a primary tracking/targeting domain. This list includes all (personal) data collected by or through the use of this service.
    • Device information, IP address, Referrer URL, Timestamp, Browser information
  • Address (HQ): 605 W Maude Ave, Sunnyvale, California 94085, United States

Cookie / other tracking tool name: li_sugr

  • Category: targeting or advertising cookie
  • Duration of storage: 3 months
  • Third-party or own cookie: third-party cookie, LinkedIn Privacy Policy
  • Transfer to a third country: yes, USA and/or other countries
  • Description: To store and track the identity of a visitor. This list includes all (personal) information collected by or through the use of this service.
    • Device information, IP address, Referrer URL, Timestamp, Browser information
  • Address (HQ): 605 W Maude Ave, Sunnyvale, California 94085, United States

Cookie / other tracking tool name: li_fat_id

  • Category: targeting or advertising cookie
  • Duration of storage: 1 month
  • Third-party or own cookie: third-party cookie, LinkedIn Privacy Policy
  • Transfer to a third country: yes, USA and/or other countries
  • Description: Indirect identifier for members for conversion tracking, retargeting, analytics. This list contains all (personal) data collected by or through the use of this service.
    • Device information, IP address, Referrer URL, Timestamp, Browser information
  • Address (HQ): 605 W Maude Ave, Sunnyvale, California 94085, United States

Cookie / other tracking tool name: li_gc

  • Category: targeting or advertising cookie
  • Duration of storage: 3 months
  • Third-party or own cookie: third-party cookie, LinkedIn Privacy Policy
  • Transfer to a third country: yes, USA and/or other countries
  • Description: To save the cookie settings. This list contains all (personal) data collected by or through the use of this service.
    • Device information, IP address, referrer URL, Timestamp, Browser information
  • Address (HQ): 605 W Maude Ave, Sunnyvale, California 94085, United States

Cookie / other tracking tool name: bscookie

  • Category: targeting or advertising cookie
  • Duration of storage: 2 years
  • Third-party or own cookie: third-party cookie, LinkedIn Privacy Policy
  • Transfer to a third country: yes, USA and/or other countries
  • Description: To store logged in users. This list contains all (personal) data collected by or through the use of this service.
    • Device information, IP address, referrer URL, Timestamp, Browser information
  • Address (HQ): 605 W Maude Ave, Sunnyvale, California 94085, United States

Cookie / other tracking tool name: UserMatchHistory

  • Category: targeting or advertising cookie
  • Duration of storage: 1 month
  • Third-party or own cookie: third-party cookie, LinkedIn Privacy Policy
  • Transfer to a third country: yes, USA and/or other countries
  • Description: This domain belongs to the business networking platform LinkedIn. It usually acts as a third-party host where website owners have one of their content sharing buttons placed on their pages, although their content and services can be embedded in other ways. Although such buttons extend the functionality of the website on which they are located, cookies are set regardless of whether the visitor has an active LinkedIn profile or has agreed to the terms and conditions. For this reason, it is classified as a domain that is primarily used for tracking/targeting. This list includes all (personal) data collected by or through the use of this service.
    • Device information, IP address, Referrer URL, Timestamp, Browser information
  • Address (HQ): 605 W Maude Ave, Sunnyvale, California 94085, United States

Cookie / other tracking tool name: OptanonConsent

  • Category: strictly necessary cookie
  • Duration of storage: 1 year
  • Third-party or own cookie: own cookie
  • Transfer to a third country: no
  • Description: To save user cookie settings & preferences.
  • Address (HQ): 1200 Abernathy Rd NE Bldg 600, Atlanta, Georgia, 30328, United States

Cookie / other tracking tool name: OptanonAlertBoxClosed

  • Category: strictly necessary cookie
  • Duration of storage: 1 year
  • Third-party or own cookie: own cookie
  • Transfer to a third country: no
  • Description: To save user cookie settings & preferences.
  • Address (HQ): 1200 Abernathy Rd NE Bldg 600, Atlanta, Georgia, 30328, United States

Cookie / other tracking tool name: SSESS###########

  • Category: strictly necessary cookie
  • Duration of storage: 23 days
  • Third-party or own cookie: own cookie
  • Transfer to a third country: no
  • Description: This cookie starts a session.
  • Address (HQ): own cookie of Zühlke

Cookie / other tracking tool name: msd365mkttrs

  • Category: performance & analytics cookie
  • Duration of storage: 1 session
  • Third-party or own cookie: own cookie
  • Transfer to a third country: no
  • Description: To identify how much time the user spent on the page.
  • Address (HQ): Thames Valley Park, Reading, RG6 1WG, UK

Cookie / other tracking tool name: msd365mkttrs

  • Category: performance & analytics cookie
  • Duration of storage: 1 session
  • Third-party or own cookie: third-party cookie, Microsoft Privacy Policy
  • Transfer to a third country: no
  • Description: To identify how much time the user spent on the page.
  • Address (HQ): Thames Valley Park, Reading, RG6 1WG, UK

Cookie / other tracking tool name: msd365mkttr

  • Category: targeting or advertising cookie
  • Duration of storage: 2 years
  • Third-party or own cookie: own cookie
  • Transfer to a third country: no
  • Description: To identify how much time the user spent on the page.
  • Address (HQ): Thames Valley Park, Reading, RG6 1WG, UK

Cookie / other tracking tool name: msd365mkttr

  • Category: targeting or advertising cookie
  • Duration of storage: 2 years
  • Third-party or own cookie: third-party cookie, Microsoft Privacy Policy
  • Transfer to a third country: no
  • Description: To identify how much time the user spent on the page.
  • Address (HQ): Thames Valley Park, Reading, RG6 1WG, UK

3.) How are cookies administered?

Each type of cookie serves a specific purpose. On our website, you can easily agree or decline each purpose as you see fit. If you accept all cookies, you will receive a fully personalised web experience. We allow you to choose which types of cookies you want to accept or block, but this may affect the user experience of the website and the services we offer. Nevertheless, even in the case of refusal to consent to some of the cookies, except for the essential cookies, you can still use the service.

To withdraw or change your consent, simply click on the cookie banner or the cookie button in the bottom left corner of your browser.

If you are not interested in the benefits of our cookies, the "Help" function of your browser can provide you with information on how to prevent cookies from being set or how to delete existing cookies. You will also learn how to block all new cookies in your browser and what configuration steps are required to receive notification of new cookies.

In any case, your choice (consent/rejection) will be stored for a period of 6 months.

Very helpful information about cookies in general can be found on these websites:

4.) How can you contact us?

If you have any questions, comments or concerns about this Policy, or wish to exercise your privacy rights with respect to personal information as permitted by applicable law, please contact our Privacy Officer at the following email address: dataprotection@zuehlke.com.

Email our data protection team