Cookie Policy
1. What are cookies and why are they important?
Cookies are small text files that websites store on your computer or mobile device. They collect information about – for example – your personal preferences, website visit and device in order to improve the functionality and user experience of those websites. Some cookies directly or indirectly collect personal data and are therefore privacy-sensitive. That is why they are also subject to European and Belgian legislation. The use of cookies is regulated by the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union through e-Privacy Directive 2002/58/EC.
All EU Member States have now transposed this directive into national law. This implies that cookie use and cookie legislation are regulated differently in each European country.
In Belgium this is done via an adapted version of art. 129 of the law of 13 June 2005 on electronic communications.
Use of cookies
During your visit to the Website, cookies may be used, small pieces of information that are placed on the hard drive of your computer. On your next visit to this site, they ensure that you can surf more easily because you do not have to log in again or enter your preferences or password again. The information collected by these cookies can be used to create a profile that ensures that the information offered is better tailored to your wishes and preferences. For example, the website may use Google Analytics cookies to collect information about how visitors use the site, in order to optimize the Website according to the needs of our users. Cookies may also be placed for research and statistical purposes by the Website or by research partners of the Website.
You have the option of setting your browser to notify you each time a cookie is created or cookies are rejected. In addition, you can delete cookies from your hard drive at any time. Google itself also provides more details about privacy and cookies on the Google privacy page and also provides a browser plug-in with which you can unsubscribe from Google Analytics on all websites.
2. Which cookies do we use, for what purposes?
Types of cookies
Different types of cookies can be used on the Website:
Essential cookies
Essential cookies are cookies that are necessary for the Website to function (better). Without these cookies, some parts of the Website will not work or will not work optimally. These cookies do not collect data that can be used for marketing purposes or to remember your browsing history.
Functional cookies
Functional cookies collect information about visitors' choices and preferences and provide the ability to remember and personalize language and other local settings. The information these cookies collect is stored anonymously.
Tracking cookies
These cookies will survive user sessions. If the maximum age of a persistent cookie is set to 1 year, then within that year the initial value contained in that cookie will be sent back to the server every time the user visits the server. This is done to store essential information (such as how the user initially came to the website). That is why they are also known as tracking cookies. For example, when you have chosen the desired language, the Website will record your preference in a permanent cookie and save it on your browser. When you subsequently visit the Website again, the Website will use that persistent cookie to ensure that the content is delivered in your preferred language.
Performance cookies
These cookies help to improve the performance of the Website and thus provide a better user experience. 3rd Wave uses Google Analytics for this. Google Analytics uses cookies to help us analyze how users use the Website. It records the number of visitors and provides us with information about overall visitor behavior – such as the typical length of a visit to the Website or the number of pages a user views on average.
Targeting or advertising cookies
Targeting or advertising cookies monitor (the surfing behavior of) visitors in order to compile customer or user profiles. Those profiles are usually used to show relevant and personalized advertisements that match the interests of the corresponding users. In addition, they are used to measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns and to conduct market analyses.
Third party cookies
To support its forms of communication, 3rd Wave has embedded its content in social media channels, such as YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. 3rd Wave also uses the sharing options on social networks. The channels used by 3rd Wave may contain cookies from these websites. Would you like more information about these cookies? Then you should consult the relevant website of these 'third parties'.
Social media and its plug-ins
Many social media (such as Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter, Google+, Tumblr, etc.) receive information about your surfing behavior via social plug-ins on their websites (for example, via the “Like” or “Share” buttons). These buttons may also be located on the Website. If you want to protect yourself against this, it is recommended (including by the Center for the Protection of Privacy ) to take one of the measures below.
Install a browser add-on that blocks tracking. Examples of such browser add-ons are:
Privacy Badger ( http://www.eff.org/privacybadger )
Ghostery ( https://www.ghostery.com )
Disconnect ( https://disconnect.me/disconnect )
OR
Use your browser's incognito or "private nagivation" mode. Recent versions of the most common browsers offer such a private mode as functionality:
This function forces the browser to delete traces of your surfing behavior (cookies, history, etc.) after the window is closed and thus protects you from being tracked by third parties (note: this function does not make you anonymous on the web). There are also special privacy-protecting browsers, such as Epic Privacy Browser ( www.epicbrowser.com ). Social media and other websites use information about the surfing behavior of its users to offer them targeted advertising. If you no longer wish to be tracked for targeted advertising, you can unsubscribe from targeted advertising via the opt-out website of the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance ( www.youronlinechoices.eu ).
Opting out of targeted advertising does not mean that information is no longer collected about your surfing behavior. If you also want to protect yourself against the collection of this information, it is recommended that you also use the incognito mode of your browser or use one of the above-mentioned browser add-ons.
We recommend that you regularly consult the privacy and cookie statements below:
Specific overview Below you will find an overview of cookies that can be used on the Website:
Google Analytics
Cookie “_ga”
Goal: distinguish users
Type: analysis / performance
Retention period: 2 years
Cookie “_gat”
Purpose: Track and manage number of requests
Type: analysis / performance
Storage period: 10 minutes
Cookie “_gali”
Purpose: keeping statistics (pages visited)
Type: analysis / performance
Retention period: 30 seconds
Cookie “_utma”
Goal: distinguish and track users and sessions
Type: analysis / performance
Retention period: 2 years
Cookie “_utmb”
Goal: distinguish and track sessions and visits
Type: analysis / performance
Retention period: 30 minutes
Cookie “_utmz”
Purpose: Tracking traffic sources or referring campaigns
Type: analysis / performance
Storage period: 6 months
Cookie “_utmv”
Purpose: tracking custom variable data at the visitor level
Type: analysis / performance
Retention period: 2 years
Click here for more information about Google analytics cookies.
Google adwords
Goal: measure effectiveness of marketing campaigns https://support.google.com/adwords/topic/3119141?hl=nl&ref_topic=3181080,3126923 _decc781905 3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_
Google Tag Manager
Purpose: to keep track of how the User visits the Website, with a view to improving services and online portals. By using this cookie, tags on the Website can be managed to ensure that they are correctly identified by search engines. For more information about any rejection, please visit: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245
Storage period: 1 day
facebook
Goal: tailor advertising to target audience
Facebook may send you advertisements if you have consulted the Website. These advertisements are then adapted to your interests on the basis of your surfing behavior and the pages consulted. In order to improve marketing content, the cookie can therefore transmit data to Facebook. You can find information about Facebook's advertising policy and the procedure to oppose the collection of your data on this page: https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab= ads
Retention period: 550 days
YouTube
As part of the Google group of companies, cookies from the YouTube domain are subject to Google's general cookie policy.
More information about this can be found here: https://www.google.com/policies/technologies/cookies/
3. Who we share data with
We do not transmit your personal information to third parties in an identifiable manner if it is not required to provide the Services, without your express consent.
However, we can use external processors to offer you the Website and/or Services. We ensure that third-party processors are only allowed to process your personal data on our behalf and on our written instruction. We guarantee that all external processors are selected with the necessary care so that we can count on the security and integrity of your personal data.
4. How we process data
We will process your personal data in a legal, fair and transparent manner. Furthermore, we will do our utmost to keep the personal data accurate and up-to-date. Your personal data will only be processed for as long as is necessary to achieve the purposes stated in this Privacy Policy or until you withdraw your consent to its processing. Please note that the withdrawal of consent may imply that you are no longer able to use the Website and/or Services in whole or in part. If you have registered with the Website, we will delete your personal data if you delete your profile, unless a legal or regulatory obligation or a judicial or administrative order prevents us from doing so.
We will take appropriate technical and organizational measures to keep your personal data secure against unauthorized access or theft and against accidental loss, manipulation or destruction. Access by our personnel or personnel of our third-party processors is only possible on a need-to-know basis and is subject to strict confidentiality obligations. You understand, however, that the concern for safety and security are only best efforts obligations, which can never be guaranteed.
5. Your rights
You have the right to request access to any personal data we process about you. However, requests for access that are manifestly made with a view to causing nuisance or damage to us will not be considered.
You have the right to request that any personal data about you that is inaccurate or inaccurate be corrected free of charge. If you have registered on our Website, you can correct much of this information yourself via your profile. If such a request is made, you must also enclose with this request evidence that the personal data for which correction is requested is incorrect.
You have the right to withdraw your previously given consent for the processing of your personal data. You can withdraw your consent at any time by sending an email to_cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3b- 136bad5cf58d_liefen.vannuffel(at)3rdwave.be , or by deleting your profile (if applicable).
You have the right to request that personal data relating to you be deleted if it is no longer necessary in light of the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy or if you withdraw your consent to its processing. However, please note that a request for erasure will be assessed by us in light of any legal or regulatory obligations or administrative or judicial orders that may prevent us from deleting the personal data in question.
Instead of deletion, you can also request that we restrict the processing of your personal data if (a) you contest the accuracy of that data, (b) the processing is unlawful or (c) the data is no longer necessary for the stated purposes , but you need them to defend yourself in legal proceedings.
You have the right to object to the processing of personal data if you can demonstrate that there are serious and legitimate reasons related to special circumstances that justify such an objection. However, if the intended processing is classified as direct marketing, you have the right to object to such processing free of charge and without justification.
Where your personal data is processed on the basis of consent or on the basis of a contract and the processing is by automated means, you have the right to receive the personal data you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and, if technically possible, you have the right to transmit this data directly to another service provider. The technical feasibility of this is exclusively assessed by us.
If you would like to make a request to exercise one or more of the rights mentioned above, please send an email to Lieven.vannuffel(at)3rdwave.be . This request must clearly state which right you wish to exercise and why. It must also be dated and signed and accompanied by a digitally scanned copy of your valid identity card proving your identity. We will promptly notify you of receipt of such request. If the request proves to be justified, we will grant it as soon as reasonably possible and no later than thirty (30) days after receipt of the request.
If you have a complaint about the processing of your personal data by us, you can always contact us via the e-mail address Lieven.vannuffel(at)3rdwave.be . If you remain dissatisfied with our answer, you are free to file a complaint with the competent data protection authority, the Belgian Privacy Commission. For more information, visit http://www.privacycommission.be .
6. How can I manage my cookies?
You can always manage cookies in your browser settings. Below are instructions for:
7. Questions or comments?
If you still have questions or comments about cookies after reading this Cookie Policy, you can always contact 3rd Wave via info(at)3rdwave.be .