Cookie policy

1. What are cookies?
   1. Cookies are small data files that a website asks your browser to store on your computer or mobile device when you visit the website or certain pages. Cookies allow the website to “remember” your actions or preferences over time. Most browsers accept cookies, but users can set their browsers to block or delete these cookies whenever desired.
   2. Cookies usually contain the name of the website the cookie came from, how long the cookie will remain on your device, and a value, which is usually a randomly generated unique number.
   3. Some cookies will be deleted as soon as you leave the website (called “session cookies”), other cookies will remain on your computer or mobile device and will help us identify you as a visitor to our website (called “persistent cookies”).
2. Why do we use cookies?
   Our Website uses cookies for various purposes.
   1. We use cookies to improve the user experience on the Website and to track your browsing behavior (e.g., the pages you visited and the time you spent on that page). Cookies make our Website more user-friendly and allow us to better tailor our Website to your interests and needs. Cookies are also used to speed up your future activities and experiences on the Website. For example, we use cookies to remember your language preferences.
   2. We also use cookies to anonymously collect aggregate statistics that allow us to understand how our Website is used and how we can improve our services.
3. What cookies do we use?
   1. We use first party cookies and third party cookies :
      1. First party cookies are cookies created by the Website itself. These cookies are used to optimize your user experience.
         

         Name	Category	Purpose	Retention period
         wordpress_[hash]	WordPress	to save the authentication information when logging in.	session
         wordpress_logged_in_[hash]	WordPress	to indicate when you are logged in and who you are.	session
         wp-wordpress_test_cookie	WordPress	to check whether the cookies are enabled in the browser to provide users with an appropriate user experience.	session
         wp-settings-{time}-[UID]	WordPress	to customize the appearance of your admin interface and the front of the website.	1 year

      2. Third party cookies are cookies created by other parties (and therefore not by the Website). Third party cookies on our Website are Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Google Analytics. Google Analytics is Google’s analytics tool that helps us understand how you interact with our Website. The tool may use a series of cookies to collect information and report user statistics about the Website without revealing individual visitors to Google personally. The main cookie used by Google Analytics is the ‘___ga’ cookie
         

         Name	Category	Purpose	Retention period
         wp-wpml_current_language	WPML	Functional: store language settings	1 day
         rc::c	reCAPTCHA	Marketing/tracking: filter requests from bots	session
         rc::b	reCAPTCHA	Marketing/tracking: filter requests from bots	session
         rc::a	reCAPTCHA	Marketing/tracking: filter requests from bots	session
         _grecaptcha	reCAPTCHA	Functional: Spam protection	session
         _ga	Google Analytics	Statistics: Tracking and Collecting Page Views	2 year
         _ga_*	Google Analytics	Statistics: Tracking and Collecting Page Views	1 year
         _gid	Google Analytics	Statistics: Tracking and Collecting Page Views	1 day
         _gat_gtag_UA_*	Google Analytics	Statistics: save a unique user ID	1 minute
         bcookie	LinkedIn	Marketing/tracking: store browser details	2 jaar
         li-oatml	LinkedIn	Marketing/tracking: provide ad delivery or retargeting	1 month
         BizographicsOptOut	LinkedIn	Functional: store privacy preferences	10 years
         li_sugr	LinkedIn	Marketing/tracking: store browser details	3 months
         UserMatchHistory	LinkedIn	Marketing/tracking: provide ad delivery or retargeting	30 days
         linkedin_oauth_	LinkedIn	Functional: provide functions across pages	session
         lidc	LinkedIn	Marketing/tracking: store performed actions on the website	1 day
         bscookie	LinkedIn	Marketing/tracking: store performed actions on the website	10 years
         X-LI-IDC	LinkedIn	Marketing/tracking: provide functions across pages	10 years

   2. A further distinction can be made between the following types of cookies:
      1. Necessary cookies: These are necessary for the operation of our Website. These include, for example, cookies that allow you to log in.
      2. Analytical cookies/performance cookies: These cookies allow us to analyze our web traffic, view the number of users of our Website and see how visitors navigate our Website.
      3. Functional cookies: These cookies ‘remember’ the choices you made on our Website (e.g. language preference), which makes the Website more user-friendly and enhances the user experience.
      4. Targeted cookies: These show us the pages you have visited and the links you have followed so that advertisements can be tailored more closely to your interests.
4. How can you manage or delete cookies?
   1. You can manage or delete cookies at any time through your Internet browser settings, which allows you to block some or all cookies. Disabling cookies will limit the services we can offer and may affect your user experience. Deleting cookies may require you to manually adjust your preferences each time you visit our Website. For more information about managing and/or deleting cookies, please visit the page relevant to your browser:
      Safari
      Google Chrome
      Mozilla Firefox
      Internet Explorer
      For other browsers, please refer to the browser operator’s documentation.