What are cookies?
A cookie is a small file stored by the web server in the browser of your computer or mobile device when a website is visited. A cookie contains a unique code that allows your browser to be recognized. Cookies can be placed by the web server of the website you are visiting or by partners with which a website cooperates. A website’s server can only read the cookies it has placed itself; it has no access to other information located on your computer. The purpose of cookies is to make the interaction between the visitor and the website easier and faster. They also help visitors navigate between different parts of a website.
Cookie Policy
The following is a list of the cookies used on this website.
If you do not allow the use of cookies, some features and pages will not work as expected. This website has no control over the dissemination of any third-party cookies.
- Direct cookies: are created or sent by this website during your visit.
- Indirect cookies: are created or sent by a third party during your visit to a web page (e.g. cookies from Google, Twitter and Facebook).
- Functional cookies: monitor the correct functioning of the website (e.g. cookies for login or registration, language preferences). Functional cookies also belong to direct cookies.
- Comfort cookies: are placed on the website for statistical, social and commercial purposes or to create general usage profiles. Comfort cookies help to make browsing more comfortable, easier and more user-friendly. These types of cookies can be both direct and indirect cookies.
- Cookies for statistical purposes record the pages of the website consulted (e.g. Google Analytics);
- Social media cookies allow the content of the visited website to be shared on social networks such as Twitter, Facebook, Google+ …
- Persistent cookies: remain on your hard drive for a long, predefined period of time or until you delete them. They are activated each time you visit the website that provided you with the cookie. This is especially true for cookies from social media. Persistent cookies are usually comfort cookies.
- Session or temporary cookies: they facilitate the browsing experience of a browsing session. It starts when you open the browser and ends when you close the browser window again. As soon as you close the browser, all session cookies disappear. Session cookies are generally functional.
Further information about cookies
You can refuse the installation of cookies through your browser settings. You can also delete already installed cookies from your computer or mobile device at any time. More information about this can be found via the ‘Help’ of your browser.
