What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device (computer or mobile device) when you access certain websites.

Why are cookies used?

Cookies can be used for various purposes. Firstly, cookies may be necessary to ensure the proper functioning of the website. For example, without cookies, it may be difficult for the website to remember that you have logged in or what products you have added to your shopping cart. These are called mandatory cookies.

Cookies can be used to analyze how a website is used, to count the number of visitors, and to learn how the website can be improved. We do not associate website usage statistics and other reports with individual people. These cookies are called analytical cookies.

Thirdly, we use social media cookies to enable the integration of social networks on the website and to allow you to like or share a page or product immediately on your favorite social media service.

A fourth important reason why we use cookies is to enable online advertising, which can be personalized to show more relevant and interesting ads to you, both on our website and outside of it. We do this through advertising (targeted) cookies.

For example, our website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”) that helps analyze website usage. For this purpose, Google Analytics uses “cookies,” which are text files placed on your computer.

The information generated by cookies about how the website is used – standard internet usage log information (including your IP address) and visitor behavior information in an anonymous form – is transmitted to Google and stored by it, including on servers in the United States. Your IP address is anonymized before being transmitted to Google.

In accordance with its “Privacy Shield” certification, Google declares that it complies with the EU-US Privacy Shield framework. Google may transfer the information collected by Google Analytics to a third party when required to do so by law or when the third party processes the information on Google’s behalf.

According to Google Analytics’ terms of service, Google will not associate users’ IP addresses with any other data held by Google.

How you can manage or disable cookies in your browser

You can manage cookie preferences in the pop-up window on our website or in your browser settings.

Most browsers allow you to:

  • see what cookies you have and delete them individually
  • block third-party cookies
  • block cookies from specific sites
  • block all cookies from being set
  • delete all cookies when you close your browser

If you disable all (our) cookies in your browser settings, certain sections or features of our websites may not function because your browser may prevent us from setting cookies that are necessary for the website to function. Therefore, we recommend that you do not disable all cookies in your web browser.

In the list below, you can find more information on how to disable cookies or how to manage your cookie settings for the browser you use:

Cookie Name Domain Type Purpose Duration
YSC .youtube.com Advertising These cookies are set by Youtube and are used to track views of embedded videos. session
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE .youtube.com Advertising This cookie is set by Youtube. Used to track the information of the embedded YouTube videos on a website. 5 months and 27 days
CONSENT .youtube.com Analysis These cookies are set via embedded youtube-videos. Registers anonymous statistical data on for example how many times the video is shown and what settings are used for playback.No sensitive data is collected unless you log in to your google account, in that case your choices are linked with your account, for example if you click “like” on a video. 16 years 5 months and 4 days