Cookie Policy
How ZVG Melder uses cookies and comparable technologies.
This Cookie Policy explains how ZVG Melder uses cookies and comparable technologies.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. They allow your device to be recognised on a return visit and enable certain functions.
Which cookies we use
ZVG Melder uses strictly necessary cookies only — those required to operate the platform and keep you signed in. On the first visit to a German page we set no cookie. The table shows which cookies and which entries in your browser's storage are created later, and on which occasion. The names of the cookies that begin with turbostarter. carry the prefix __Secure- in your browser; only turbostarter.legal_consent does not carry it.
| Name | Type | Purpose | Duration | Occasion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
turbostarter.session_token | Cookie | keeps you signed in | 7 days, extended with use; without "Remember me" until you close the browser | sign-in |
turbostarter.dont_remember | Cookie | remembers that you do not want to stay signed in | until you close the browser | sign-in without "Remember me" |
turbostarter.state | Cookie | protects sign-in via Google or Microsoft against misuse | 5 minutes | click on sign-in via one of these services |
turbostarter.two_factor | Cookie | keeps the sign-in open until you have completed the second step (code) | 10 minutes | sign-in with a second step |
turbostarter.trust_device | Cookie | remembers a device that you trust | 30 days | when you choose "Trust this device" |
turbostarter.better-auth-passkey | Cookie | keeps the sign-in process with a passkey open | 5 minutes | start of sign-in with a passkey |
turbostarter.registration_proof | Cookie | links a registration to the browser in which it was started | 7 days | submitting the registration |
turbostarter.legal_consent | Cookie | records your consent to the Terms and Conditions and the AI notice until the registration or the sign-in via Google or Microsoft is completed | 10 minutes | consent during registration or before such a sign-in |
locale | Cookie | selected language | after a language switch: until you close the browser; after visiting an English page: 1 year | language switch or visit to an address under /en/ |
zvg_auction_view | Cookie | selected layout of the list | 365 days | switching the layout |
sidebar_state | Cookie | sidebar in the signed-in area expanded or collapsed | 7 days | toggling the sidebar |
__Secure-zvg-… (six kinds, one version each for German and English addresses: password reset, invitation, unsubscribing from one or from all emails, confirmation of a saved search, account deletion) | Cookie | takes up the key from a link in our email so that it does not remain in the address bar | 15 to 60 minutes | opening the respective link |
zvg.auth.session-state | local storage | "signed in" or "not signed in", so that all open windows show the same state | until you clear the storage | first sign-in in this browser |
zvg.auth.session-changed-at | local storage | time of the last sign-in or sign-out, for other open windows | until you clear the storage | sign-in and sign-out, purchase |
better-auth.message | local storage | synchronises a sign-out between open windows | until you clear the storage | sign-out, change to the profile |
theme, accent-color | local storage | selected appearance (light, dark, accent colour) | until you clear the storage | selection in the menu |
zvgm.maps.consent.v1 | local storage | your consent to Google Maps | until withdrawal | "Activate map"; if you are signed in and your consent is stored in your account, also visiting a property page |
zvgm.geo.v2:… | local storage | coordinates for an address, so that we do not query Google for them again | until you clear the storage | map display after your consent |
zvg:recent-places | local storage | up to three places that you last selected in the search | until you clear the storage | selecting a place in the search |
search-split-list, umkreissuche:objektart-collapsed, zvg-melder:detail-map:…, zvg-melder:detail-rail:folds, zvgm.pruefplan.fold.… | local storage | views that you have set: width of the list, collapsed sections, map type, hidden neighbouring properties | until you clear the storage | changing the respective view |
zvg-melder:detail:pending-case-watch | local storage | the proceedings that you want to watch after signing in | valid for 30 minutes; an expired entry is removed as soon as the page next reads it | click on the sign-in link at a property |
zvg.postRedeemAlert.dismissed.… | local storage | remembers that you have closed a notice | until you clear the storage | closing the notice |
zvg:assistant-job-watch:… | local storage | open questions to the assistant, so that you receive a message as soon as the answer is there | until the answer is there or you sign out | submitting a question |
zvg.clientLog.… | session storage | random identifier of the tab and counters for our error log | until you close the tab | only when an error or a warning occurs in your browser |
zvg-ec-heal:… | session storage | prevents an empty page from reloading several times | until you close the tab | only on an automatic reload |
Under § 25 (2) TDDDG these cookies do not require consent, as they are strictly necessary to provide the service you have expressly requested.
Tracking and marketing cookies
ZVG Melder uses no tracking, advertising or marketing cookies. For reach measurement we use the self-hosted analytics tool Umami, which works without cookies and without building personal profiles. See our Privacy Policy for details.
Embedded map services
The property detail pages can embed an interactive map via Google Maps (provider: Google Ireland Limited, "Google"). This map is not loaded automatically. Initially you only see a placeholder with a consent notice; an embedded map — and therefore any contact with Google — is established only after you actively click the "Activate map" button, or when a valid consent is already stored for your signed-in account.
Only with that click do you consent (§ 25(1) TDDDG, Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) to:
- the map being loaded from Google, which transmits your IP address to Google (a transfer to third countries, e.g. the USA, may occur),
- a value being stored in your browser's local storage (
localStorage, keyzvgm.maps.consent.v1) so your consent remains available in this browser, and - a cache of resolved geo-coordinates being stored in local storage (key prefix
zvgm.geo.) so that repeat visits avoid another lookup.
For signed-in users, we additionally store the consent with version and timestamp in the account settings so the decision applies across devices and remains revocable and demonstrable. You can withdraw consent at any time directly on the map via "Disable Google Maps" or in the account settings. Users who are not signed in can withdraw it directly on the map or delete local storage. As long as you have not activated the map and no consent is stored in your account, no connection to Google takes place, and we store neither a consent for Google Maps nor coordinates in your browser. For details on Google's data processing see our Privacy Policy and Google's notices.
The same consent covers the photo of the court building on the local court pages where we show no photo of our own. That photo comes from Google Maps and is loaded only once you click "Load photo from Google Maps" or have already given the consent. Your IP address is transmitted to Google in the process. We do not store the photo.
Embedded videos (YouTube)
Some of our guides embed videos from our YouTube channel (provider: Google Ireland Limited, "Google"). Such a video is not loaded automatically. Initially you only see a preview image served by us, with a notice below it on what a click loads. Before that click, your browser makes no connection to YouTube or Google.
Only with your click on the preview image do you consent (§ 25(1) TDDDG, Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) to:
- YouTube's player being loaded in privacy-enhanced mode (
youtube-nocookie.com), which transmits data such as your IP address to Google (a transfer to third countries, e.g. the USA, may occur), and - YouTube storing and reading information in your browser, for example as cookies or in local storage.
These cookies and entries are set by YouTube. ZVG Melder stores nothing in your browser in the process, not even your decision: every opening of the player requires a click of its own. You can withdraw consent at any time by closing the player, which removes it from the page. You can delete what YouTube has stored in your browser as described under "Managing cookies". For details on Google's data processing see our Privacy Policy and Google's notices.
Managing cookies
You can restrict or block the storage of cookies in your browser settings and delete cookies that have already been set. Please note that fully disabling strictly necessary cookies will prevent sign-in and certain platform functions from working.