Introduction

General

Our Website (“our website“) uses cookies and similar technologies to distinguish you from other users. By using cookies, we can provide you with a better experience and improve our website by better understanding how you use it. To the extent that these cookies are not strictly necessary for the provision of our website, we will ask you to consent to the use of cookies when you first visit our platform.

Glossary

In this Cookie Statement, unless the context requires otherwise, the following terms have the following meanings:

Cookie” means a small file placed by our platform on your computer or device when you visit certain parts of our platform and/or when you use certain features of our platform. Cookies generally do not contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies;

“Cookie law” means the relevant provisions of the EU 2002/58 Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications 2002 (“E-Privacy Directive“) and of the EU Regulation 2016/679 General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR“);

Personal data” means any data relating to an identifiable person who can be identified, directly or indirectly, by that data, as defined in GDPR.

Contact details

Our website and services are offered and operated by ArtiQ NV/SA a limited liability company incorporated and existing under the laws of Belgium with registered address at Boskouter 15 3010 Leuven, Belgium and with company number 0720.636.061.

You can contact us by e-mail, using info@artiq.eu.

How does our platform use cookies and what types of cookies are there?

Strictly necessary cookies

A cookie falls into this category if it is essential for the operation of our platform, supporting features such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in, payment transactions or filling out forms. In other words, these cookies are used to enable the platform to function and cannot be disabled in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions you have taken

Analytical cookies

It is important for us to understand how you use our platform, for example, how efficiently you navigate and what features you use. These cookies allow us to track visits and traffic so that we can measure and improve the performance of our platform. They help us know which pages are the most and least popular and how users move through the platform. Analytical cookies allow us to collect this information and help us to improve our platform and your experience of it.

Tracking cookies

These cookies record analytical (anonymous) information about how you visit the platform, in order to improve the platform and user experience, but also to be able to advertise in a more targeted way.

Third party cookies

Third party cookies are not placed by us, but by third parties who provide services to us and/or to you. Third party cookies may be used by advertising services to provide you with customised advertising on our platform, or by third parties providing analytical services to us (these cookies work in the same way as the analytical cookies described above).

Persistent cookies

Each of the above types of cookie can be a persistent cookie. Persistent cookies are cookies that remain on your computer or device for a predetermined period of time and are activated each time you visit our platform.

Session cookies

Each of the above types of cookie can be a session cookie. Session cookies are temporary and only remain on your computer or device from the moment you visit our platform until you close your browser. Session cookies are deleted when you close your browser.

What cookies does our website use?

Tracking cookies

The following tracking cookies may be placed on your computer or device:

Name of cookiesPurposeStorage period
ads/ga-audiencesUsed by Google AdWords to re-engage visitors that are likely to convert to customers based on the visitor ’s online behaviour across websites.Session

Analytical Cookies

It is important for us to understand how you use our Website, for example, how efficiently you navigate and what features you use. These cookies allow us to track visits and traffic so that we can measure and improve the performance of our Website. They help us know which pages are the most and least popular and how users move through the Website. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies, we will not know when you have visited our Website.

Name of cookiesPurposeStrictly necessaryStorage period
_gaRegisters a unique Id that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor used the website.No2 years
_ga_#Used by Google Analytics to collect data on the number of times a u ser has visited the website as well as dates for the first and most recent visit.No2 years
_gatUsed by Google Analytics to throttle request rateNo1 day
_gidRegisters a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.No1 day
_hjAbsoluteSessionInProgressRegisters a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.No1 day
_hjFirstSeenTh is cookie is used to determine if the visitor has visited the website before, or if it is a new visitor on the websiteNo1 day
_hjIncludedInPageviewSampleDetermines if the user’s navigation should be registered in a certain statistical place holder.No1 day
_hjSession_#Collects statistics on the visitor’s visits to the website, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been read.No1 day
_hjSessionUser_#Collects statistics on th e visitor’s visits to th e w ebsite, su ch as th e n umber of visits, average time spen t on th e w ebsite an d w h at pages h ave been read.No1 year
_hjTLDTestRegisters statistical data on u sers’ beh aviou r on th e w ebsite. Used for in tern al an alytics by th e w ebsite operator.NoSession
_hjSession_#Collects statistics on the visitor’s visits to the website, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been read.No1 day
collectUsed to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor’s device and behavior. Tracks the visitor across de vices and marketing channels.Nosession

Third Party Cookies

On our Website, we also may utilize third party Cookies like; Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google, to better understand your use of the Website and services. Google Analytics collects information such as how often users visit the Websites, what pages they visit and what other sites they used prior to visiting. Google uses the data collected to track and examine the use of the Websites, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services. Google may use the data collected on the Websites to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network. Google’s ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics about your visits to the Websites is restricted by the Google Analytics Terms of Use and the Google Privacy Policy.

Google offers an opt-out mechanism for the web available here.

Consent and retention control

Before cookies are placed on your computer or device, you will receive a a pop-up banner asking your permission to set these cookies. By giving your consent to the placing of cookies, you enable us to provide you with the best possible experience and service. You can, if you wish, refuse permission to place cookies, unless these cookies are strictly necessary. However, it is possible that certain functions of our platform do not function fully or properly. You have the option to allow and/or refuse different categories of cookies that we use. You can return to your Cookie Preferences at any time to view and/or change them.

In addition to the controls, we offer above, you can choose to enable or disable cookies in your Internet browser. Most Internet browsers also allow you to choose whether to disable all cookies or only third-party cookies. By default, most Internet browsers accept cookies, but this can be changed. For more information, refer to the help menu of your Internet browser or the documentation that came with your device.

The links below provide instructions on how to manage cookies in all common browsers:

Changes

We may change this Cookie Statement at any time. You are therefore advised to check this page from time to time.

In case of inconsistency between the current version of this Cookie Statement and one or more previous versions of this Cookie Statement, the current and applicable provisions shall prevail, unless explicitly stated otherwise.

Your rights and information with regard to the processing of personal data

 More information about privacy, data protection and your rights can be found in the Privacy Policy.

Last Updated February 24, 2022