Cookie policy

Types of cookies

Description

Session cookies

Session cookies allow us to recognise you on a website so that any changes you make to pages, or choices you make about items or data, are remembered and carried over from page to page. For example, session cookies remember your selections so that the items you have chosen will remain in your shopping basket when you have finished shopping in the online shop. Session cookies are only temporarily stored on your device and are usually deleted as soon as you close your web browser. 

Long-term cookies

Long-term cookies help websites remember your information and preferences when you visit them in the future. Examples of long-term cookies are files that remember your language preferences as well as your login details. Long-term cookies are stored on your device until they expire or until you decide to delete them.

First party cookies

First party cookies are cookies that we place on your device when you visit our website. You can block or delete these cookies.

Third party cookies

Third party cookies are placed on your device by a third party (i.e. not us), such as our business partner or service provider. You can block or delete these cookies.

Goal 

Description

Strictly necessary cookies

These cookies are essential for the proper functioning of our website and to protect against unusual activity. These cookies are usually set to respond to your actions and requests, such as setting privacy settings, logging in or filling in forms.

Analytical cookies

These cookies are often used to improve the performance of our website by allowing us to analyse the flow, number and sources of visitors. These types of cookies are not strictly necessary for the operation of our website, but they are used, for example, to let us know which pages you find most interesting. The information collected about you using analytical cookies allows us to provide you with a personalised and best internet user experience. For example, thanks to these cookies, we can ensure that the pages you visit are prepared for a certain number of visitors and load faster accordingly.

Marketing cookies

These cookies are generally used to advertise our activities, mainly by collecting information about your browsing habits, such as the goods and services you have searched for and viewed, and the content you are interested in, through our websites and those of third parties. This allows us to make our content and advertising as tailored as possible to your needs and interests. 

Performance cookies

These cookies are used to improve the performance of our website, for example by ensuring that the page you visit loads faster. Generally, general information is collected, which may include information relating to the type of browser you normally use. This information will, among other things, help us to analyse visitor traffic.

Personalisation cookies

These cookies allow our website to remember your preferences and provide more personalised features. This allows us to automatically connect you to a personal account based on your saved login details, maintain your language preferences, etc. These cookies help us to understand your interests and facilitate your use of our website.

Security cookies

These cookies are mainly used to facilitate secure online transactions, such as secure online payments.

Flash cookies

These cookies are often used in online ads and videos. They store information about where a video or animated banner has stopped rotating. For example, it allows you to watch the video from where it stopped. 

Supplier

Cookie type

Cookie name

Goal

Storage period

Google 

Productivity

_grecaptcha

Provide protection against “spam” 

6 months

Google 

Marketing

_DV

Provide advertising

1 day

Actions

Impact

You can opt out of having unnecessary cookies placed on your devices. This can be done at any time by changing your cookie settings, including third party cookies. You may need to refresh the page for the settings to take effect.

However, if you refuse cookies:

• your preferred language settings will not be saved;
• any information you have saved or selected will be lost;
• you will not be able to use all the functionalities of our website.

You can block specific third-party cookies by visiting the relevant third-party website (if applicable, see links in the table above). If you click on the links, you will be redirected to the privacy policy of the third party concerned or to a page where you can choose their cookie settings.

However, if you refuse third-party cookies, you will not be able to:

• use social plug-ins;
• access to functionalities such as communication channels;
• see advertising content tailored to you.