Cookie Policy
During a visit to the website, cookies are placed on the hard drive of your computer or mobile device.
What are cookies?
A cookie is a small text file that we store on your computer or mobile device when you visit the website.
Cookies are usually used to make websites function optimally, to track the actions of website visitors, to save login information, etc. There are different types of cookies that can be distinguished according to their origin, function and lifetime.
You can read more about cookies at www.aboutcookies.org.
What cookies do we use and why?
We primarily use "first party cookies." These are technical cookies used by the website and whose purpose is to allow the site to function optimally. Example: settings that the user has made during previous visits to the site, or even : a pre-filled form with data that the user has done during previous visits.
We also use a number of "third party cookies". These are technical cookies that are used by third parties and whose purpose is to inform us about your browsing behavior and about your technical data.
What types of cookies are there and what are they for?
We can divide the cookies we use into four categories:
1. Essential cookies
Essential cookies are cookies that are necessary for a website to function. They allow basic functions such as page navigation, security and load time to work.
2. Functional cookies
Functional cookies are cookies that track information about your choices and preferences on a website. For example, they remember your choice of language, login information or the region you live in.
3. Analytical cookies
Analytical cookies collect information about website visitor behavior and website performance. Based on the results, the website can be improved and visitors get a better user experience.
4. Marketing cookies
Marketing cookies track the browsing behavior of website visitors and compile a user profile on that basis. That profile is used to personalize the browsing experience and, for example, to display personalized offers, advertisements, newsletters and the like that match your interests.
What cookies are set through our site?
SSID, SID, SAPISID, APISID, HSID, SS, NID, SIDCC (google.com)
- Type: third party
- Type: analytical and functional cookies
- Lifetime: ranges from end of session to 2 years after session
- Privacy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
- Purpose: Stores user preferences and information when the user visits pages that integrate Google Maps or YouTube
NID, SID, APISID, 1P_Jar (google.com)
- Type: third party
- Type: marketing cookies
- Lifetime: maximum 1 year
- Privacy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
- Purpose: show customized ads on Google websites based on recent searches and previous interactions.
CONSENT (google.com)
- Type: third party
- Type: analytical and marketing cookies
- Lifetime: kept for maximum 2 years
- Privacy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
- Purpose: collects data for Google Analytics in order to compile an anonymous user profile and measure whether ads are effective.
How can you disable cookies?
You can disable cookies, delete them or adjust the settings for cookies, although in that case our website will no longer be able to work optimally. Do you want to change the settings for cookies anyway? Then you can use the help function of your browser to change this.
Internet Explorer
http://windows.microsoft.com/nl-NL/windows7/Block-enable-or-allow-cookies
Chrome
http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=nl&answer=95647
Firefox
http://support.mozilla.org/nl/kb/cookies-in-en-uitschakelen-websites-voorkeuren