Cookies Policy
The Department of Economy, Science and Innovation with registered office at Koning Albert II laan 35 bus 10, 1030 Brussels is responsible for this cookies policy. For all questions and/or comments, please contact us at the address above or at the e-mail address dpo.ewi@vlaanderen.be.
What are cookies?
This website uses so-called cookies. Cookies are small files which are automatically stored on the hard drive of your computer or mobile device and can be read by this website only. Cookies are used to make websites work better and more efficiently. Cookies recognise your device by a unique identification number when you return to the website and collect information about your browsing behaviour on the website. This data is not used for marketing purposes.
Certain cookies may also be placed by a third party, for example Google Analytics, [ZDR1] to measure the use of the website (so-called third-party cookies), with the aim of making analyses and improving the website, (e.g. making it more user-friendly). If you do not want such cookies to be placed on your computer, you can change your browser settings accordingly.
There are different types of cookies, which can be distinguished according to their purposes:
Essential or strictly necessary cookies: These cookies are essential to the functioning of the website and cannot be disabled in our systems.
Non-essential cookies: These cookies are not necessary for the functioning of the website, but ensure that we can offer an optimised and personalised website. Different types can be distinguished:
Functional cookies: These cookies keep track of your preferences and remember if you visited the website before.
Performance cookies: These cookies allow us to measure visits to and traffic on the website in order to improve the website. They also allow us to know which pages are visited most frequently, how a visitor behaves on the website, etc.
What does the Department of Economy, Science and Innovation use cookies for?
The Department of Economy, Science and Innovation uses cookies to optimise your visit to our website, to make it more user-friendly and to improve your user experience. You will be given the opportunity to agree to the use of cookies so that you can use all the functions of the website without restrictions. You may at any time decide to delete or restrict the use of cookies by adjusting your browser settings (see below).
Please note that by adjusting these settings, the use and functioning of the website may change. Some applications will be limited or no longer accessible and some graphical elements may be displayed incorrectly.
Which types of cookies does the Department of Economy, Science and Innovation use?
Essential cookies:
These cookies are necessary for purely technical reasons in order to visit the website. Because of the technical necessity, only an information requirement applies and these cookies are set as soon as you visit the website.
Name of cookie: Cookie-agreed
Type of cookie: Functional cookie indicating whether cookies have been accepted.
Lifespan: 100 days
Name of cookie: Has-js
Type of cookie: Functional cookie indicating whether the user is using JavaScript.
Lifespan: Duration of the session
Analytical cookies:
The cookies below are not necessary and are only set if you give permission in the drop-down menu.
Name of cookie: _ga, _gid
Type of cookie: Cookies from Google Analytics which are used to keep visitor statistics.
Lifespan: 2 years
Name of cookie: OTZ
Type of cookie: Cookie from Google Analytics which is used to keep visitor statistics.
Lifespan: 1 month
Name of cookie: SID, HSID
Type of cookie: Security cookies from Google Analytics to authenticate users, prevent fraudulent use of login credentials, and protect user data from unauthorised parties.
Lifespan: 2 years
Name of cookie: CONSENT
Type of cookie: This cookie is used by Google to measure which words and banners are effective.
Lifespan: 20 years
Name of cookie: APISID, ANID
Type of cookie: These cookies are used by Google to display customised ads on Google-sites on the basis of recent searches and previous interactions.
Lifespan: 1 year
Name of cookie: NID
Type of cookie: This cookie is used by Google to display customised ads on Google-sites on the basis of recent searches and previous interactions.
Lifespan: 6 months
Name of cookie: SID
Type of cookie: This cookie is used by Google to display customised ads on Google-sites on the basis of recent searches and previous interactions.
Lifespan: 2 years
Name of cookie: 1P_JAR
Type of cookie: This cookie is used by Google to display customised ads on Google-sites on the basis of recent searches and previous interactions.
Lifespan: 1 month
Name of cookie: SSID, SAPISID
Type of cookie: Analytical and functional cookies that store preferences and information of users when they visit pages that integrate Google Maps or YouTube.
Lifespan: 1 year
Name of cookie: SIDCC
Type of cookie: Analytical and functional cookie that stores preferences and information of users when they visit pages that integrate Google Maps or YouTube.
Lifespan: 3 months
Name of cookie: _fbp
Type of cookie: Facebook Pixel Tracking cookie
Lifespan: 1 year
(Website) Facebook Custom Audiences / Conversion (“Facebook Pixel”)
Purpose/Information:
This website uses the “Facebook Pixel” and the Conversions API of the social network “Facebook” by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland (Meta) for the following purposes:
Facebook (website) Custom Audiences
We use the Facebook pixel and the Conversions API for remarketing purposes to be able to contact you again within 365 days. This allows us to display interest-based advertisements (“Facebook Ads”) to users of the website when they visit the social network “Facebook” or other websites also using this tool. In this way, we pursue the interest in displaying advertisements that are of interest to you in order to make our website or offers more interesting for you.Facebook conversion
We also use the Facebook Pixel and the Conversions API to ensure that our Facebook Ads match the potential interest of users and are not annoying. With the help of the Facebook Pixel, we can track the effectiveness of Facebook ads for statistical and market research purposes by seeing whether users were redirected to our website after clicking on a Facebook ad (so-called “conversion”).
How can you disable cookies?
If you choose to disable cookies, you can do so - depending on the browser - as explained at the links below:
By disabling cookies, there is a possibility that certain graphical elements are displayed incorrectly or that certain applications cannot be used.
Rights of website visitors
Cookies may involve the processing of personal data. As a result, as a website visitor you have certain rights under the General Data Protection Regulation. More information about which rights you have and how you can exercise them, can be found in our Privacy Policy.
If you have any further questions or remarks, please contact us at dpo@ewi.vlaanderen.be.