Cookie statement
1. Cookies
Cookies are small data or text files placed on your local computer by websites and applications. Such cookies can have different purposes: there are technical cookies (e.g. for keeping track of language settings), session cookies (temporary cookies that expire after a single session) and tracking cookies (cookies that follow and track your behaviour on the internet in order to provide you with a more optimal user experience).
The Belgian Act of 13 June 2005 on Electronic Communications contains some provisions on cookies and their use on websites. The law is a transposition of the European e-Privacy Directive, which means that cookie legislation may be implemented differently in other European member states.
Vzw Wintertuin is located in Belgium and therefore Belgian legislation on cookies applies.
2. Purpose and use of cookies
Vzw Wintertuin wants to inform every visitor to the website as well as possible about their rights under Belgian legislation on cookies and about which cookies vzw Wintertuin uses. By using the website, visitors agree to the use of cookies. Cookies help vzw Wintertuin to optimize your visit to the website, to keep track of technical choices (e.g. choice of language, newsletter, etc.) and to show you more relevant services and offers.
If you wish to consult the vzw Wintertuin website, we recommend that the technical settings for cookies be enabled. Without enabled cookies, vzw Wintertuin cannot guarantee a smooth visit to the website. If you prefer not to have cookies, as a visitor you are free to disable them.
We use cookies to improve your visit to our platform/website. The cookies we use are secure. The information we collect using cookies helps us to identify any errors and to show you specific services that we think may be of interest to you.
3. Types of cookies used by vzw Wintertuin
We distinguish between the following types of cookies, according to their purposes:
- Essential/Strictly necessary cookies: These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be disabled in our systems. They are usually set only in response to actions taken by you, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms. They are necessary for proper communication and they facilitate navigation (e.g. returning to a previous page, etc.).
- Non-essential cookies: These cookies are not in themselves necessary for the website to function, but they do help us to provide an improved and personalized website.
- Functional cookies: These cookies enable the website to provide improved functionality and personalization. They can be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we have added to our pages.
- Analytical cookies: These cookies allow us to track visits and traffic so that we can measure and improve the performance of our platform/website. They help us to know which are the most and least popular pages and how visitors move across the website.
- Targeting / advertising cookies: These cookies may be set by our advertising partners through our platform/website. They may be used by those companies to compile a profile of your interests and show you relevant ads on other sites.
