Cookie Policy

What is a cookie?

We use cookies on this website. A cookie is a simple small file that is sent along with the pages of this website and/or Flash applications and is stored by your browser on your computer’s hard drive. The information stored in them may be sent back to our servers on your next visit. These cookies do not harm your computer.

First party cookies are cookies set by the website you visit. Only this site can read them. In addition, the website may potentially use third-party services that also set their own cookies, known as third-party cookies.
Persistent cookies are cookies that are stored on the user’s computer and are not deleted automatically when the browser is closed, unlike session cookies which are deleted when the browser is closed.

Each time you visit our Site, you will be asked to accept or decline cookies.

The purpose is to allow the website to remember your preferences (such as username, language, etc.) for a certain period of time.

This way you don’t have to re-enter them when browsing the site during the same visit.

Cookies may also be used to create anonymous statistics about browsing our websites.

How do we use cookies?

E van Wijk uses the following cookies:

First party cookies:

Google Analytics (analytical cookies)
Functional and technical cookies (persistent and session)
Other: controlling cookies

Third Party Cookies (Third Party Cookies):

Advertising programs
social media

1. First party cookies

1.1 Google Analytics (Analytics Cookies)

Through our Website, a Google cookie is placed as part of the “Analytics” service. We use this service to track and receive reports on how visitors use the site. Google may transfer this information to third parties if Google is legally obliged to do so or if third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. We have no influence on it.

The information collected by Google is anonymized as much as possible. Your IP address is not explicitly stated. The information is transferred to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google claims to adhere to the Safe Harbor principles and is affiliated with the US Department of Commerce’s Safe Harbor program. This means that there is an adequate level of protection for the processing of any personal data.

1.2.1 Use of Session Cookies

Many of the cookies used by E van Wijk are session cookies. We use sessions to store status and preferences data during a given session. This allows us to tailor our service as much as possible to our visitors’ surfing behavior and to make the website easier to use during the session. These cookies are automatically deleted when you close your web browser.

Note: We use all these cookies to ensure the proper functioning of the website and to guarantee greater ease of use.

1.2.2 Use of persistent cookies

With a permanent cookie, we recognize you when you visit our website again. The website can therefore be specially adapted to your preferences. Even if you have consented to the placement of cookies, we can remember this by using a cookie (e.g. cookie tool). This means that you do not have to repeat your preferences every time, which saves time and makes using our website more pleasant. You can delete persistent cookies through your browser settings.

1.2.3 Other: control cookies

These cookies are placed to remember your cookie preferences. They are of course necessary to know if you consent to the following cookies being stored on your device:

Google Analytics (stats)
Cookies from advertising programs
Social media cookies

2. Third party cookies

Some of our pages display content from third party providers, such as YouTube, Facebook and Twitter.

To view this third party content, you must first accept their specific terms. This includes their cookie policies over which we have no control.

However, if you do not view this content, no third-party cookies are installed on your device.

2.1 Tracking cookies to better tailor advertising to your preferences

With your consent, third parties place “tracking cookies” on your device to better tailor advertisements to your preferences. They use these cookies to track which pages you visit outside of their network to build a profile of your surfing behavior. This profile is partly built from comparable information they receive from your visit to other websites in their network. This profile is not associated with your name, address, email address, etc. to our knowledge, but is only used to match ads to your profile so that they are as relevant to you as possible.

2.2 Social Media

Our website includes buttons to promote (“like”) or share (“tweet”) websites on social networks such as Facebook and Twitter. These buttons work using bits of code that come from Facebook or Twitter itself. Cookies are placed using this code. We have no influence on it. Read the privacy statement of Facebook or Twitter (which may change regularly) to find out what they do with your (personal) data that they process with these cookies.

The information they collect is anonymized as much as possible. The information is transferred and stored by Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and LinkedIn on servers in the United States. LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and Google+ adhere to the Safe Harbor Principles and are affiliated with the US Department of Commerce’s Safe Harbor program. This means that there is an adequate level of protection for the processing of any personal data.

How can you manage cookies?

This website uses cookies. We use cookies to personalize content and ads, provide social media features and analyze our traffic. We also share information about your use of our website with our social media, advertising and analytics partners, who may combine it with other information you have provided to them or that they have collected based on your use of their services.

The law states that we may store cookies on your device if they are strictly necessary for the operation of this website. For all other types of cookies, we need your consent.

This website uses different types of cookies. Some cookies are placed by third party services that appear on our pages.

You can change or withdraw your consent from the Cookie Statement on our website at any time.

Deleting cookies from your device

You can delete any cookies that are already on your device by clearing your browser history. This will delete all cookies from all websites you visit.

However, please note that you may also lose some saved information (e.g. saved login details, site preferences).

Manage site-specific cookies

For more granular control over site-specific cookies, check your privacy and cookie settings in your preferred browser.

Blocking cookies

You can set most modern browsers to prevent cookies from being placed on your device, but you may need to manually adjust some preferences each time you visit a website/page. And some services and functionalities may not work properly at all (e.g. profile login).

Cookies that have been set in the past

If you have disabled one or more cookies, we may continue to use information collected from cookies prior to setting your preference to disable; however, we will stop using the disabled cookie to collect further information.

Changes to this Cookie Policy

We will update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our practices and services. When we post changes to this Cookie Policy, we will revise the “Last Updated” date at the top of this Cookie Policy. If we make any material changes to the way we collect, use and/or share information stored in cookies, we will notify you by posting a prominent notice on the website of the changes. We recommend that you check this page from time to time for any changes to this Cookie Policy or our other policies.