What is a cookie?
We use cookies on this website. A cookie is a simple small file that is sent with pages of this website [and/or Flash applications] and stored by your browser on your hard drive of your computer. The information stored therein can be sent back to our servers on your next visit.
Use of permanent cookies
With the help of a permanent cookie, we can recognise you when you visit our website again. The website can therefore be adjusted to your preferences. Also when you have given permission for placing cookies, we can remember this by means of a cookie. This saves you having to repeat your preferences over and over again, which in turn saves you time and makes it easier for you to use our website. Permanent cookies can be removed through the settings of your browser.
Use of session cookies
Using a session cookie, we can see which parts of the website you have viewed during this visit. This enables us to adapt our service as much as possible to the surfing behaviour of our visitors. These cookies are automatically deleted as soon as you close your web browser.
Tracking cookies from us
With your permission, we place a cookie on your equipment which can be called up when you visit a website from our network. This enables us to know that you have visited other websites in our network in addition to our website. The profile built up in this way is not linked to your name, address, email address etc., but only serves to match advertisements to your profile in order to make them as relevant as possible for you.
Tracking cookies from our advertisers
With your permission, our advertisers place “tracking cookies” on your equipment. They use these cookies to keep track of which pages from their network you visit, in order to build up a profile of your online surfing behaviour. This profile is partly built on the basis of similar information they receive from your visit to other websites from their network. This profile is not linked to your name, address, e-mail address and the like as known to us, but is only used to tune advertisements to your profile so that they are as relevant to you as possible.
Tracking cookies from our advertisers
With your permission, our advertisers place “tracking cookies” on your equipment. They use these cookies to keep track of which pages from their network you visit, in order to build up a profile of your online surfing behaviour. This profile is partly built on the basis of similar information they receive from your visit to other websites from their network. This profile is not linked to your name, address, e-mail address and the like as known to us, but is only used to tune advertisements to your profile so that they are as relevant to you as possible.
Google Analytics
Through our website, a cookie is placed by the American company Google, as part of the “Analytics” service. We use this service to track and get reports about how visitors use the website. Google may provide this information to third parties if Google is legally obliged to do so, or insofar as third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. We have no influence on this. We have/do not allow Google to use the obtained analytics information for other Google services.
The information that Google collects is anonymised as much as possible. Your IP address is explicitly not provided. The information is transferred to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google states it will adhere to the Privacy Shield principles and is affiliated to the Privacy Shield program of the U.S. Department of Commerce. This means that there is an adequate level of protection for the processing of any personal data.
Social media buttons
Our website includes buttons to promote (“like”) or share (“tweet”) web pages on social networks such as Facebook and Twitter. These buttons work through pieces of code that originate from Facebook and Twitter respectively. Cookies are placed by means of this code. We have no influence on this. Please read the privacy statements of Facebook and Twitter (which can change regularly) to read what they do with your (personal) data that they process via these cookies.
The information they collect is anonymised as much as possible. The information is transferred to and stored by Twitter, Facebook, Google + and LinkedIn on servers in the United States. LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and Google + claim to adhere to the Privacy Shield principles and are affiliated with the Privacy Shield programme of the American Department of Commerce. This means that there is an adequate level of protection for the processing of any personal data.
Google
Google uses data shared by sites and apps to provide, maintain and improve our services, develop new services, measure advertising effectiveness, protect against fraud and abuse, and personalize content and ads you see on Google and on sites and in apps owned by our partners. Read more at: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites
Right to access and correct or delete your data
You have the right to request access to and correction or deletion of your data. Please refer to our contact page. In order to prevent misuse, we may ask you to identify yourself adequately. When it comes to access to personal data linked to a cookie, you must send a copy of the cookie in question. You can find this in the settings of your browser.
Switching cookies on and off and deleting them
More information about enabling, disabling and deleting cookies can be found in the instructions and/or through the help function of your browser.
Deletion of tracking cookies placed by third parties
Some tracking cookies are placed by third parties who, among other things, show you advertisements through our website. You can delete these cookies or block them permanently via your browser settings.
More information about cookies?
On the following websites you can find more information about cookies:
ICTRecht: Background Cookie Act
Consumers’ Association: “What are cookies?
Consumers’ Association: “What are cookies for?”
Consumers’ Association: “Deleting cookies
Consumers’ Association: “Disabling cookies
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