A cookie is a small text file that stores Internet settings. Almost every website uses cookie technology. The cookie is downloaded by your Internet browser the first time you visit a website. The next time you visit this website with the same device, the cookie and the information in it are either sent back to the originating website (first-party cookie) or to another website to which it belongs (third-party cookie). By that, the website can detect that it has already been opened using this browser, and in some cases it will then vary the content it shows.

Some cookies are extremely useful because they can improve your user experience when you return to a website you have already visited. This assumes that you are using the same device and the same browser as before; if so, cookies will remember your preferences, will know how you use the website, and will adapt the content you are shown so that it is more relevant to your personal interests and needs.

Essential cookies, also called "strictly necessary", guarantee functions without which you cannot use this website as intended. These cookies are used exclusively by Mark Huggett GmbH and are therefore called First Party Cookies. Some will only be saved to your computer during the current browser session. Absolutely necessary cookies also ensure that your decision regarding the use of cookies is stored on our website. Your consent is not required for the use of essential cookies.

Cookies which, in strictly legal terms, are not absolutely essential in order to use this website as intended, do nevertheless fulfil important functions. Without these cookies, features that enable our website to be used easily, such as pre-completed forms, will no longer be available. Settings you make, such as language choices, will no longer be saved, so you will be asked about them anew every time you change pages.

Mark Huggett GmbH integrates third-party content into this website. At the moment these are Google Maps. These third party providers may theoretically set cookies while visiting the bmwbike website, for example, to receive information that you have accessed a bmwbike website. Please visit the third party websites for more information on their use of cookies. If you have decided not to grant or revoke your consent to the use of cookies subject to approval, you will be provided only those features of our website that we can use without these cookies. Areas of our website that potentially have the technical ability to engage third-party content and thus set third-party cookies are not available to you in this case. You will be informed about this by a note. Should you nevertheless wish to use the content of the website in such a case, this is only possible with your consent to the use of cookies subject to approval. For this, please use the function provided on our website at the respective place for your consent.

You can also block and delete cookies by changing your browser settings. To manage cookies, most browsers allow you to accept or reject all cookies or accept only certain types of cookies. The procedures for managing and deleting cookies can be found in the help function integrated in the browser.

Based on what function cookies have and the purpose for which cookies are used, there are four categories of cookie: strictly necessary cookies, performance cookies, functional cookies and marketing cookies.

Strictly necessary cookies are essential in order to enable you to move around the website and use its features. Without these cookies, some services cannot be provided – for example, remembering previous actions (e.g. entered text and vehicle configurations) when navigating back to a page in the same session.

Performance cookies gather information about how a website is used – for example, which pages a visitor opens most often, and whether the user receives error messages from some pages. These cookies do not save information that would allow the user to be identified. The collected information is aggregated, and therefore made anonymous. These cookies are used exclusively to improve the performance of the website, and with it the user experience.

Functional cookies enable a website to save information which has already been entered (such as user names, languages choices, and your location), so that it can offer you improved and more personalised functions. For example, a website can offer you local, price-relevant tax information if it uses a cookie to remember the region in which you are currently located. Functional cookies are also used to enable features you request such as playing videos. These cookies collect anonymous information and cannot track your movements on other websites.

Marketing cookies are used to deliver adverts more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement and to help measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns. They remember whether you have visited a website or not, and this information can be shared with other organisations such as advertisers. Cookies for improving group targeting and advertising will often be linked to site functionality provided by other organisations.