Cookie Policy
Thank you for visiting www.flandersliterature.be (“website”). This cookie notice applies to the website managed by our website administrator Wieni (“the website administrator”)
1. What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your computer, smartphone or tablet when you visit the Flanders Literature website. They record, among other things, information about your browser, operating system and geographical location. A cookie generally includes the name of the website it comes from and the retention period of the cookie.
Cookies are not active, operating software and therefore cannot damage your computer.
2. What kind of cookies can be used on the website?
Flanders Literature may use the following cookies:
- Session cookies
The retention period of session cookies is linked to the duration of your exchange or conversation with the website. As soon as you leave the browser, these cookies are deleted.
- Persistent cookies
Persistent cookies have a predetermined lifespan. They are stored until you remove them manually or until their expiry date is reached.
- Strictly necessary cookies
Strictly necessary cookies are essential for good communication and facilitate the navigation of the website.
- Cookies that share information with the website administrator
‘First Party cookies’ are cookies that are managed by the website and are specific to the website. These cookies can be read only by the website administrator.
- Cookies that share information with third parties
‘Third Party cookies’ are cookies that are placed on your browser by other websites. When you click on the Facebook ‘like’ button on our website, for example, Facebook collects your personal data. Third party cookies therefore send details about you to third parties.
3. What cookies are placed on your browser?
Necessary
If these cookies are turned off, you cannot visit the website:
_gtm
- Purpose Control of Google Tag Manager
- Expiration time Session
- Third party? No
WIENICOOKIE_ANALYTICS
- Purpose Records whether or not you accept analytical cookies
- Expiration time 1 year
- Third party? No
WIENICOOKIE_NECESSARY
- Purpose Records your acceptance of strictly necessary cookies
- Expiration time 1 year
- Third party? No
WIENICOOKIE_THANKS
- Purpose Records whether you have looked through all the panels of the cookie banner
- Expiration time 1 year
- Third party? No
Analytic
These are cookies generated by the website so that statistics can be compiled concerning visitors to the website:
_ga
- Purpose Used by Google Analytics to reduce the request rate
- Expiration time 1 day
- Third party? No
_gid
- Purpose Measures how visitors use the website
- Expiration time 1 day
- Third party? No
_utm.gif
- Purpose Used to store information about the visitor’s browser and computer
- Expiration time Session
- Third party? Yes (Google Analytics)
_utma
- Purpose Used to distinguish each unique visitor to the website. The cookie associates each visitor with a unique client ID.
- Expiration time Two years
- Third party? No
_utmb
- Purpose Records time-outs and the number of page views the website receives. Also registers the start time of each visit.
- Expiration time 30 minutes
- Third party? No
_utmc
- Purpose Records website sessions. As soon as a visit ends and the browser is closed, this cookie will record the visit as one session.
- Expiration time Session
- Third party? No
_utmt
- Purpose Used to reduce the request rate.
- Expiration time 1 day
- Third party? No
_utmz
- Purpose Records where each visitor is located.
- Expiration time 6 months
- Third party? No
Marketing by third parties
These are cookies used by third parties for advertising (including behavioural advertising, advertising partners and so on):
r/collect
- Purpose Used to track the visitor across different devices. Used to send information about device and behaviour to Google Analytics.
- Expiration time Session
- Third party? Yes (Google DoubleClick)
4. Managing cookies
You cannot block the placing of strictly necessary cookies by Flanders Literature, since without them you cannot use the website.
For all other cookies, Flanders Literature requests permission.
If you have given permission for the placing of non-essential cookies, you can withdraw this permission at any time by going to your browser’s cookie settings.
When cookies are placed for a longer period than your visit to flandersliterature.be you always have the option of removing them, by going to your browser’s settings.
Click on the following links to find out how to remove cookies.
- Internet Explorer
- Microsoft Edge
- Google Chrome
- Google Chrome (mobile)
- Firefox
- Firefox (mobile)
- Safari
- Safari (mobile)
If you have any questions about this cookie notice, you can always contact us at privacy@flandersliterature.be.