Cookie policy

Cookies are small data or text files that websites place on your local computer, tablet, smartphone or other mobile device. Such cookies can have different purposes: there are technical cookies (e.g. for language settings), session cookies (temporary cookies) and tracking cookies (cookies that follow and track your behaviour on the website in order to offer you a more optimal user experience).

Belgian legislation contains some provisions regarding cookies and their use on websites. The Belgian implementation is derived from the European e-Privacy Directive, but the use of cookies and cookie legislation is regulated differently in each European country.

You can also find more information about data retention in the privacy terms and conditions.

What types of cookies do we use?

This website mainly uses first party cookies. These cookies are there to help improve your user experience on the site. We do this by recording certain information about the user, such as language choice, pages visited and length of visits. To make full use of this website, your computer, tablet or mobile phone must accept cookies.

In addition, this website also uses third party cookies:

Google Analytics

We consult the user statistics of our website via Google Analytics. For this purpose, a number of cookies are loaded when you visit the site. These tracking cookies allow us to determine the number of visitors to our website and to collect certain demographic data (e.g. country of origin). We keep track of your IP address. The data is also kept for an unlimited period.

Social Media

On certain pages, we display some social media 'buttons'. These are loaded using a number of cookies. These buttons allow you as a user to further disseminate these messages via your personal social media channel.

How can I manage my cookies?

Do you object to the use of cookies? You can switch cookies on or off and delete them in the settings of your internet browser. You can only do this yourself, as cookies are stored on your computer. By switching off cookies, it is possible that some parts of this website will not be (entirely) usable. You can find explanations about adjusting your cookie settings in the 'Help' function of your browser.

More information can also be found at www.aboutcookies.org.