Cookie Statement
We (“BioNTech”) use Cookies primarily to ensure that your visit to our websites including its subdomains is as pleasant as possible. Additionally, cookies allow us to save preferences, conduct marketing activities, measure our website traffic, and implement security features.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your terminal device by our web application, and which enable us to recognise your internet browser. We use the term cookies synonymously for pixels, tracking tools, and all type of cookies. The most common internet browsers are set to automatically accept cookies. However, you can deactivate this or set your internet browser so that it informs you about the use of cookies. Please note that the functionality of our website can be impaired when you deactivate cookies in your browser.
Which cookies do we use?
In general, we are using technically necessary cookies and other functional, marketing, or analytics cookies.
Type of Cookie | Legal basis |
Technically necessary cookies |
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Other cookies |
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Some cookies are set by us (“first party cookies”) whereas others are set by third party providers (“third party cookies”).
Third party cookies are cookies placed by our approved business partners from a different website. This might be the case if a page has embedded content from other sites and then you may be sent cookies from these websites. We do not control the setting of third party cookies and recommend you to check the privacy and cookie policies of those website providers for information about them and how to manage them.
Technically necessary cookies
Technically necessary cookies cannot be deactivated in your systems and are required to enable core site functionalities. They are essential to provide website functionalities and its features. Generally, these cookies are only set in response to actions you take that correspond to a request for service, such as setting your cookie preferences, logging in or completing forms.
We may use cookies besides the technically necessary cookies for performance and marketing purposes. These cookies collect information on how you use our website.
Nasdaq Financial Data API
Description | To show the current BioNTech share price at the Wall Street we have included a graphics on our investor relations website. |
Service Provider | Nasdaq Inc. ,151 W. 42nd Street, New York City, NY, 10036, United States |
Country of recipients | USA |
Legal basis | Our legitimate interest (Art. 6 (1)(f) GDPR) |
Privacy statement | |
Information regarding the processing of the data | |
Data processing agreement | https://www.nasdaq.com/data-processing-addendum-1-october-2021 (with incorporated Standard Contractual Clauses) |
Functional cookies
Functionality cookies store information about options you have chosen so that we can customize our website for you.
Adobe Fonts
Description | Via Adobe Fonts we are including fonts and symbols to provide the website visitor uniform presentation of the website on all devices and to optimize the loading time of our website and the needed maintenance of the website |
Service Provider | Adobe Systems Software Ireland Limited, 4-6 Riverwalk, Citywest Business Campus, Dublin 24, Ireland |
Legal basis | Your consent (Art. 6 (1)(a) GDPR) |
Privacy statement | |
Information regarding the processing of the data | https://www.adobe.com/ie/privacy/policies/adobe-fonts.html https://www.adobe.com/ie/privacy/eudatatransfers.html (On possible third country data transfers) |
These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site and will not be able to monitor its performance.
Marketing and Analytics Cookies
These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. They do not store directly personal information but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising. Amongst others, we are using Google Ads on our websites. Currently, we use Adobe Analytics on our websites as analytics tool.
Adobe Analytics is a web analytics tool used to measure BioNTech’s website activities. By analysing how our website is used and how often, we better understand what you found useful. This allows us to design more relevant experiences and guide business decisions. Details regarding the technology you use (e.g., browser type) help BioNTech identify and resolve technical issues.
The USA is a country that does not provide adequate protection for personal data within the meaning of EU Regulation 2016/679. This implies, among other things, that government authorities in the US may have the right to access your data without effective remedies being available.
Processing company | Data processing purposes | Processed data | Location of processing | Recipients | Retention period |
Adobe Systems Software
| Website analytics |
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| Adobe
| 25 months |
Which cookies do we use exactly?
| Name | Vendor | Category | Party | Duration | Websites | Usage |
| affinity | AKAMAI | Technical | 1. | Session | biontech.com | The cookie is typically used to manage and maintain a user's session affinity with a specific server. This means it helps ensure that all requests from a user during a session are directed to the same server. This can improve performance and reliability by maintaining a consistent connection. |
| JSESSIONID | SAP / New Relic | Technical | 1. | Session | jobs.biontech.com | This cookie stores data about the visitor when he accesses the website in order to compile statistical data about this activity. |
ak_bmsc | AKAMAI | Technical | 3. | Session | pro.biontech.com | The cookie is used by Akamai to optimize site security by distinguishing between humans and bots. This cookie is necessary for the Akamai cache function, which helps improve the response time between the visitor and the website. |
private_content_version | Magento | Technical | 1. | 1 hour | webshop.biontech.com | The cookie is primarily used to cache content in the browser, which helps reduce webpage load times. If a visitor doesn't have the private_content_version cookie, default values are used. Once the cookie is set after the visitor triggers an HTTP POST action, the data is requested via Ajax and stored in LocalStorage. |
bm_sv | AKAMAI | Technical | 3. | 2 hours | pro.biontech.com | The cookie is used by Akamai to manage and optimize website performance and security. It helps in distinguishing between legitimate users and bots, ensuring that the website functions smoothly and securely. |
OptanonConsent | OneTrust | Technical | 1. | 365 days | biontech.com jobs.biontech.com pro.biontech.com clinicaltrials.biontech.com investors.biontech.com | It stores information about the categories of cookies the site uses and whether visitors have given or withdrawn consent for the use of each category. |
OptanonAlertBoxClosed | OneTrust | Technical | 1. | 365 days | biontech.com jobs.biontech.com pro.biontech.com clinicaltrials.biontech.com investors.biontech.com | This cookie stores the information that a cookie banner has been displayed. It enables the website not to display the cookie banner on every visit. |
authentication_flag | Magento | Technical | 1. | 1 hour | webshop.biontech.com | The cookie is typically used to manage and verify user authentication status on a website. |
mg | Magento | Technical | 1. | 1 hour | webshop.biontech.com | The cookie is typically used for managing and tracking user sessions on a website. |
| AMCV_2E3F6E6D6093E6 AA0A495E98%40AdobeOrg | Adobe | Analytics | 1. | permanent | biontech.com jobs.biontech.com pro.biontech.com clinicaltrials.biontech.com investors.biontech.com | This cookie contains the Adobe Experience Cloud visitor ID. This unique, persistent identifier enables visitor recognition and cross-solution data sharing. |
AMCVS_2E3F6E6D6093E6 | Adobe | Analytics | 1. | Session | biontech.com jobs.biontech.com pro.biontech.com clinicaltrials.biontech.com | This cookie is used as an identifier to show that the session has been initialised. Its value is always 1 and it expires when the session has ended. |
AMCV_98CF678254E93B1B | Adobe | Analytics | 1. | 2 years | pro.biontech.com | This cookie contains the Adobe Experience Cloud visitor ID. This unique, persistent identifier enables visitor recognition and cross-solution data sharing. |
kndctr_2E3F6E6D6093E6 | Adobe | Analytics | 1. | 30 minutes | pro.biontech.com webshop.biontech.com | The cookie is used by the Adobe Experience Platform to store the Edge Network region that serves the current user's requests. This information helps route the user's requests to the correct region, ensuring efficient and accurate data processing. |
kndctr_2E3F6E6D6093E6 | Adobe | Analytics | 1. | 180 days | biontech.com webshop.biontech.com | The cookie is used by the Adobe Experience Platform to store the user's consent preferences for the website. This cookie helps manage and remember whether a user has given consent for data collection and other related activities. |
kndctr_2E3F6E6D6093E6 | Adobe | Analytics | 1. | 395 days | biontech.com webshop.biontech.com | The cookie contains the Adobe Experience Cloud visitor ID, which is used to associate a specific device with all events that occur during a web session and beyond. |
dataservices_customer_id | Magento | Analytics | 1. | 1 hour | webshop.biontech.com | The cookie is primarily used to manage and track customer sessions on a website. |
dataservices_customer_group | Magento | Analytics | 1. | 1 hour | webshop.biontech.com | The cookie is used to identify and manage the customer's group on a website. |
_ysc | Marketing | 3. | Session | jobs.biontech.com | Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of the videos from YouTube that the user has seen. | |
_vistor_info1_live | Marketing | 3. | 179 days | jobs.biontech.com | Tries to estimate the user bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos. | |
_gcl_xxxx | Google Ads | Marketing | 3. | 90 days | biontech.com | The cookie is used to distinguish individual users for the conversion tracking of Google Ads. |
How to turn off cookies?
You can disable cookies that we use on our website (apart from the technically necessary cookies) by clicking on the cookie settings at the end of our web pages. You can also adjust the cookie settings by modifying the settings in your browser. However, if you choose to disable Cookies in your browser, you may be unable to use the full functionality of this website. More information about cookies can be find here: www.allaboutcookies.org.
Questions? Contact us
If you have any questions about our cookies, complaints or if you wish to exercise your rights such as deletion or correction, please contact the Global Privacy Officer or the Global Privacy Team:
BioNTech SE
An der Goldgrube 12
55131 Mainz
Germany
E-Mail: data.privacy@biontech.de
Adjustments to this cookie statement
The BioNTech’s internet presence may be subject to change, which means that it may be necessary to amend the cookie statement accordingly. BioNTech reserves the right to change this data privacy statement at any time.
This cookie statement was last updated: February 2025
