Cookies
What are cookies?
Cookies, and similar technologies such as certain JavaScript-code and pixels, are small (text) files that your computer or mobile device stores when you visit the Website via your browser. Where required by law, we will ask for your consent via the Website before placing cookies and/or similar technologies (referred to below as “cookies”). If you revisit the Website, the cookies can be sent to our servers.
Why do we use cookies?
We need to use a number of cookies in order to be able to provide our services (via the Website) properly. We do so, for example:
a. to make using the Website easier and more enjoyable;
b. to ensure that you don’t receive the same information more often than necessary, or have to fill in the same information more than once;
c. to analyse and monitor use of the Website (the duration and frequency of visits, the number of visitors, “click behaviour”); and
d. to get a clear image of visitor flows, traffic sources and page views, among other things.
We also use cookies to:
e. display YouTube video content.
What kinds of cookies do we use?
The Website uses various types of cookies, from us as well as from third parties. The use of cookies from other companies is subject to the privacy and cookie statement of the company concerned. Below is an overview of the cookies that can be installed via the Website:
the technical necessary cookies which are essential for the optimal operation of the website allow you to browse the website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas. Such cookies do not recognize individual identification. Without these cookies, we cannot offer effective operation of our website, so they must be pre-selected.
Preference cookies which enable a website to remember information that changes the way the website behaves or looks, like your preferred language or the region that you are in and allow you to create a list with everything you desire. Such cookies are saved for as long as your browsing lasts.
Statistics cookies that help the website owners understand how visitors interact with the web pages collecting information and reporting it anonymously with the sole purpose of improving website functions. Such cookies are used by us or by third parties on our behalf.
Besides the technical necessary cookies which are mandatory, all other categories require your consent prior to use. Therefore, these categories are not pre-selected and you may freely choose any category you wish in any level of cookies analysis you opt for.
Information on any cookie, its name, the category it is classified in, its purpose of use, the duration of its storage and its provider can be found in the 2nd level of the Consent box by clicking on ‘see details’
Your options are preserved per device and per browser for 12 months and upon lapse of this period, you will be asked anew.
Personal data
The use of tracking cookies may involve the processing of personal data. Our Privacy Statement tells you how we handle your personal data.
Changes
This Cookie Statement is intended to provide information and can be altered by us at any time due to changed circumstances or new legislation. You can always find an up-to-date version of this Cookie Statement on our website.
GDPR Team, December 2020
