Cookie statement

1. To what does this cookie statement apply?

This website uses cookies and similar technologies. The website is operated by the Civil List of HM, the King, with address at Hertogstraat 2, B-1000 Brussels, and with company number 0850.553.705 (‘we’ or ‘us’). The purpose of this Cookie Policy is to inform you as a visitor about how we use cookies on our website.

In addition to this Cookie Policy, we also provide a Privacy Policy, of which this Cookie Policy is an integral part, and which you can consult here. In this Privacy Policy, we clarify (1) what personal data we may collect through the use of cookies, (2) the legal bases used for the use of cookies, and (3) the general purposes of our use of cookies. For the aforementioned information, as well as other information on the processing of your personal data in general and your rights in this respect, please refer to this Privacy Policy.

2. What are cookies?

Cookies are small information files that are stored by the Internet browser on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website or when you use a (mobile) application. They act as a kind of reminder for a website. Thanks to cookies, our website can easily track specific information about our visitors and their surfing behaviour. The term ‘cookies’ also includes technologies that are similar to cookies, such as pixels, plug-ins and certain scripts, as these can also collect data from you.

Cookies can be set both by the website itself (‘first-party cookies’) and by third parties (‘third-party cookies’). Third-party cookies ensure that certain data from your visit to or use of our website is transmitted to the third party that placed the cookies.

Cookies are sometimes placed temporarily (‘session cookies’, these are deleted when you close the browser) and sometimes for a certain period of time (‘persistent’ cookies, these remain until they expire or until you delete them).

3. What cookies are placed on the website?

In providing our website, we distinguish between the following types of cookies: (1) strictly necessary cookies, and (2) analytical cookies.

3.1. Strictly necessary cookies

These cookies are indispensable for visiting the website and using certain parts of it. These cookies allow you to place an order and ensure security on the website. The use of strictly necessary cookies does not depend on your consent as a visitor and is vital to ensure the effective functioning of our website or, where relevant, to provide services to you as per your specific searches. You cannot, therefore, refuse these cookies.

PHPSESSID

Type: Functional cookie
Life: Session
Description: The PHPSESSID cookie is a type of session cookie that maintains a user’s session on the Website. It stores information about the user’s activity during a single browsing session by assigning a unique identifier to the user’s session and updating the cookie as the user interacts with the Website. This cookie is essential for our Website’s functionality as it allows the server to recognize users and maintain their session.

SERVERID

Type: Functional cookie
Life: Session
Description: The SERVERID cookie is another type of session cookie that identifies the server that supplied the last page to the browser, providing task allocation to optimize Website performance. This cookie contains a unique identifier assigned to the server that handles the user’s requests. It is used by the load balancer or other infrastructure components to route subsequent requests to the same server, improving the user’s experience by reducing response times and minimizing disruptions during the session.

3.2 Analytical cookies

Analytical cookies allow us to learn more about how you as a visitor interact with and respond to the content on our website. This allows us to improve our website and make it more secure. The information in question is used to create and analyse statistics on the use of our website at a global level.

Before we place these cookies on your device, we will ask for your prior consent via the acceptance button in our cookie banner and the corresponding cookie preferences menu. By clicking on the ‘Accept all cookies’ button in the cookie banner, you accept the use of all cookies that are not strictly necessary. In addition, you also have the opportunity to indicate your specific preference by clicking on the ‘Choose’ button. Besides the strictly necessary cookies, only analytical cookies are used on our website. You may withdraw your consent to the use of these additional cookies at any time. Consult Title 5 for an explanation on how to do this.

_ga

Type: Analytical cookie
Life: 2 years
Description: The _ga cookie is a Google Analytics cookie that helps to generate statistical data on how our Website is used. It distinguishes unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier (unique ID) and identifies the user’s browser, timestamp of access, source of traffic, and campaign associated with it. The data collected by the _ga cookie is then sent to the Google Analytics server, where it is analyzed and presented in reports and dashboards to improve performance and user experience.

_gat

Type: Analytical cookie
Life: 1 minute
Description: The _gat cookie is a Google Analytics cookie that throttles the request rate and limits data collection on our Website to improve tracking data’s accuracy, reliability, and efficiency. It includes a unique identifier and information about the user’s Website activities, such as the time and date of the visit, the pages viewed, and the session’s duration.

_gid

Type: Analytical cookie
Life: 24 hours
Description: The _gid cookie is a Google Analytics cookie that registers a randomly generated unique identifier that is used to identify a user across multiple sessions. It stores information about the date and time of the user’s visit, the pages visited, the duration of the visit, the browser and device used, and other related data. The information collected by the _gid cookie is then sent to Google Analytics servers, and analyzed and presented in reports and dashboards. We use this cookie to generate statistical data on how users interact with our Website.

4. What information do the log files of this website contain?

4.1 For each visit to this website we record the IP address, the browser, the operating system, the screen resolution, the external website which referred to this website, the pages visited, the date and time of the visit to the pages, the search query which led to the visit to this website and whether it is a new or returning visitor.

4.2 This information is not linked to you personally. It is only collected for statistical purposes and for the further improvement of this website.

5. How do I manage my cookie preferences?

The following explains how you can manage your cookie preferences. As the strictly necessary cookies, as listed above, are necessary for the functioning of our website, they cannot be switched off.

5.1. Via your browser
You can change your cookie preferences via your browser. In this way, you can indicate whether certain cookies may be placed and also set the browser to display a message when a cookie is placed. You can also delete cookies manually via the option that allows you to delete your browsing history. More information can be found on the pages below, depending on which browser you are using:

Deleting or disabling cookies can result in certain applications on our website and additional services not functioning optimally.

6. Changes

We reserve the right to unilaterally amend our Cookie Policy at any time. Every modified version is online and can be found on our website. The amended Cookie Policy is immediately applicable from its publication. If we have implemented new cookies on our website, we will ask for your permission again if required. The date on which our Cookie Policy was last amended can be found at the top of this page.

7. What if I still have questions?

If you still have questions about our Cookie Policy, you can contact us via the contact form.

For general information on your rights and the possibility to lodge a complaint with your data protection supervisory authority or the competent court, please refer to the explanations under Title 9 of our Privacy Policy.

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