1. What are cookies?

This website uses cookies to optimize your visit to the website and ensure an optimal user experience. A cookie is a small text file that a website places on the hard drive of your computer (or other connected device) when you visit in order to store certain information. Among other things, these cookies provide information about browser type, operating system, geographical location, website visit and personal preferences.

2.What types of cookies are there?

Different types of cookies are used on this website. These cookies can be classified according to their duration, origin and function. 

Duration:
Cookies usually have an expiration date. Here a distinction should be made between:

• session cookies: these are cookies that are automatically deleted as soon as you close your browser

• the permanent cookies: these are cookies that remain on your computer for a longer period of time and sometimes even remain until you manually delete them. 

Origins: 

Cookies can be placed by the website itself or by a third party. A distinction must be made between:

• first party (or proprietary cookies) : these are cookies placed by our website when you visit us. 

• third party cookies: these are cookies placed by a third party. This is the case, among other things, when the website incorporates certain elements from other websites, such as social media "plugins" (such as the "like" button from Facebook or Linkedin) or advertisements. In this way, your behavior can be tracked (e.g., for future accurate and targeted marketing). For these third-party cookies, please refer to the privacy and cookie statements these parties provide on their websites. 

  • Google Analytics https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage

Function:

Cookies can have several functions and purposes. This website uses three types of cookies being:

• Strictly necessary cookies: these cookies include the essential and functional cookies and are needed purely for technical reasons in order to visit the site and make it function properly (e.g. to fill in forms, remember privacy preferences, ...)

• The marketing cookies : these cookies aim to show you relevant advertisements.

• Performance cookies: these cookies are sometimes called analytical cookies and their purpose is to collect information about how you use our website (e.g. date and time of visit). We use this data to optimize our website according to the needs of our users. 

To ensure your privacy, we always seek your permission before using marketing and or performance cookies. 

Below is an overview of the different specific cookies we use by type of cookie:

Language Cookie

• With this cookie we remember your language preference on the website, so that we do not redirect you to the default language version of the website each time you visit.

• This cookie is stored for 1 year.

Facebook Pixel

• This cookie tracks which pages you view on the website. Based on that, we can show you relevant ads on Facebook that are in your field of interest. Without these cookies, you will miss out on personalized offers or announcements.

• This cookie comes from Facebook and is deleted after a maximum of 2 years. Your personal data will be stored for a maximum of 180 days.

Google Analytics

• Google Analytics is one of the most widespread and reliable analytics solutions on the Internet to help gather information about how the website is best used, and how the user experience can be improved. With this cookie we may track how long you surf the website, exactly which pages you visit and how you found us. That way we know what visitors find interesting and can continue to improve the website and its content.

• This cookie comes from Google and is deleted after 2 years maximum.

YouTube

• YouTube is used by our website to store and display video content. These cookies are set by YouTube to track the use of their services. These cookies are only saved from the moment you click Play.

• This cookie is deleted at the end of your session.

Vimeo

• Vimeo is used by our website to store and display video content. These cookies are set by Vimeo to track the use of their services. These cookies are only saved from the moment you click Play.

• This cookie is deleted at the end of your session.

3. How do I check and delete already installed cookies?

You can use your browser settings to control (and if necessary delete) which cookies have been placed on your device (by our website or other websites). 

The links below will give you more information on how to do this: 

• Firefox :https://support.mozilla.org/nl/kb/cookies-verwijderen-gegevens-wissen-websites-opgeslagen

• Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=nl

• Safari: https://support.apple.com/nl-be/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac

• Internet explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/nl-be/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies

• Microsoft edge: https://support.microsoft.com/nl-be/help/4027947/microsoft-edge-delete-cookies

4. Modifiability clause

BV MECHELSESTEENWEG 127 reserves the right to modify and update this cookie statement as needed. The last change took place on 11/01/2022.