The VISITFLANDERS website is an intiative of Visit Flanders.
VISITFLANDERS is an agency of the Flemish government which has its headquarters in Brussels and has the following company registration number: 0225.944.375 and we are responsible for this cookie policy. For more information, general questions, remarks or suggestions about the way Visit Flanders processes your personal data, you can contact our data protection officer (DPO) through privacy@toerismevlaanderen.be. For more information on how we process your personal data, we refer to our privacy policy.
Visit Flanders believes it is important that you can watch, listen to, read or experience content at any place and any time through different media platforms. We therefore want to work on interactive services tailored to you. To make this possible, certain technologies are used, including cookies and scripts. These technologies are hereinafter referred to as "cookies" for simplicity. This document gives you more information about which cookies may be used on our website and for what purposes, so that you can set your own preferences regarding cookies.
This cookie statement applies to the visitflanders.be.
1. What are cookies exactly?
Cookies are small data or text files that are installed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website or use a (mobile) application. The cookie file contains a unique code that allows your browser to be recognized when you visit the online service or during subsequent, repeated visits. Cookies may be set by the server of the website or application you are visiting, but also by third-party servers that may or may not work with that website or application.
Cookies generally make interaction between the visitor and the website or application easier and faster, and help the visitor navigate between different parts of a website or application.
2. What cookies do we use?
The following categories of cookies are possibly used on this website:
Here is an overview of the cookies we use on our website:
| Name cookie | Purpose | Duration | Owner |
Functional cookies | Cookie-agreed Cookie-agreed-categories Cookie-agreed-version | These cookies are set when a visitor indicates which cookies they agree or disagree with. This is used to not display the banner after the visitor has made a choice and to remember the visitor’s preferences. | 3 months | Visit Flanders |
Has_js | This cookie is used to indicate whether the user's browser has enabled JavaScript. | session | Visit Flanders | |
DS_VARY_language | This cookie is used to store your preferred language. | 1 year | Visit Flanders | |
Analytical cookies | _gid | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to store information of how visitors use a website and helps in creating an analytics report of how the website is doing. The data collected including the number visitors, the source where they have come from, and the pages visted in an anonymous form. | 1 day | |
_ga | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to calculate visitor, session, campaign data and keep track of site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookies store information anonymously and assign a randomly generated number to identify unique visitors. | 2 year | ||
_gat | This is a cookie which is used to limit the amount of data recorded by Google on high traffic volume websites. | 1 minute | ||
Mtc_sid Mtc_id
| These are third-party cookies used by Mautic that allow us to use the Mautic service. We use Mautic to support our marketing activities. | session | Mautic | |
Mautic_session_id Mautic_device_id | These are third-party cookies used by Mautic that allow us to use the Mautic service. We use Mautic to support our marketing activities. | 1 year | Mautic | |
Mautic_focus_x | This cookie is saved to indicate a focus paragraph has been seen. | Persistent | Mautic | |
| CLID | This cookie identifies the first time MS Clarity saw a user using Clarity on a tracked page on the website. | 1 year | MS Clarity | |
| _clck | Persists the Clarity user ID and preferences unique to the site is attributed to the same user ID in case of a return visit to a tracked page | Persistent | MS Clarity | |
| _clsk | Connects multiple page views by a user into a single Clarity session recording | session | MS Clarity | |
| MUID | identifies unique web browsers visiting Microsoft sites. This cookie is used for site analytics and other operational purposes. | 18 months | MS Clarity | |
| SM | Used in synchronizing the MUID across Microsoft domains | session | MS Clarity | |
| MR | Indicates whether to refresh the MUID | 7 days | MS Clarity | |
Advertising cookies | _fbp | This cookie is set by Facebook to deliver advertisements when they are on Facebook or a digital platform powered by Facebook advertising after visiting this website. | 2 months | |
Fr | The cookie is set by Facebook to show relevant advertisments to the users and measure and improve the Advertentions. The cookie also tracks the behavior of the user across the web on sites that have Facebook pixel or Facebook social plugin. | 2 months | ||
APISID | Personalises Google ads on websites based on recent searches and interactions. | 2 year | ||
_Secure-1PSID _Secure-3PSIDCC _Secure-3PAPISID _Secure-3PSID _Secure-1PAPISID | Targeting cookie. Used by for targeting purposes to build a profile of the website visitor's interests in order to show relevant & personalised Google advertising. | 2 year | ||
_derived_epik | Placed when the Pinterest tag reports a match identified without using cookies, such as through enhanced match. The Pinterest tag caches information to make matching on future pages easier. | 1 year | ||
_pinterest_ct_rt _pinterest_ct | This cookie is set in the person’s in-app browser whenever the person views offsite content, such as a third-party website, from within the Pinterest app. | 1 year | ||
_epik | Set when a person visits a page from a Pinterest ad. When someone clicks on a Pinterest ad, information is added to the URL to help the Pinterest tag find a match. The Pinterest tag caches this information in this cookie. | 1 year | ||
_pinterest_sess | The Pinterest login cookie and is used to store a person’s login state within a web browser. It’s updated whenever a person logs into or out of Pinterest. This cookie contains the person’s Pinterest ID as well as the person’s authentication tokens if the person is logged into Pinterest. | 1 year | ||
_pin_unauth | A first party cookie placed by the Pinterest tag when we are unable to match the user. It contains a unique UUID to group actions across pages. | 1 year | ||
_routing_id | A first party cookie placed by the Pinterest tag that helps ensure that our website users are being directed to the latest version of Pinterest. com. The _routing_id cookie contains a randomized value that we use to help manage the rollout of new changes we make to our website. | 1 year | ||
_pinterest_ct_ua | A third party cookie placed by the Pinterest tag when we are unable to match the user. It contains a unique UUID to group actions across pages.
| 1 year | ||
Personalization_id ct0 | These cookies enable us to track visitor activity from our Twitter ads on our website, and also to allow users to share content from our websites. They cookies do not provide us with any confidential information relating to your account. | Persistent | ||
Eu_cn Muc_ads twid | These cookies enable us to track visitor activity from our Twitter ads on our website, and also to allow users to share content from our websites. They cookies do not provide us with any confidential information relating to your account. | 2 years | ||
Guest_id | This cookie lets website visitors use Twitter related features from within the web page they are visiting. | Persistent | ||
Twtr_pixel_opt_in | This cookie lets website visitors use Twitterrelated features from within the web page they are visiting. | Persistent | ||
_twitter_sess | his cookie lets website visitors use Twitterrelated features from within the web page they are visiting. | session | ||
External_reference | These cookies enable us to track visitor activity from our Twitter ads on our website, and also to allow users to share content from our websites. They cookies do not provide us with any confidential information relating to your account. | 7 days | ||
kdt | This cookie lets website visitors use Twitterrelated features from within the web page they are visiting. | 2 years | ||
Tfw_exp | These cookies enable us to track visitor activity from our Twitter ads on our website, and also to allow users to share content from our websites. They cookies do not provide us with any confidential information relating to your account. | 14 days | ||
Remember_check_on | This cookie lets website visitors use Twitterrelated features from within the web page they are visiting. | never | ||
| MUID | Identifies a unique web browser visiting a Microsoft site for advertising purposes on Microsoft sites. | 18 months | MS Clarity | |
Social media cookies | SSID | Google collects visitor information for videos hosted by YouTube on maps integrated with Google Maps. | persistent |
3. How can I refuse or modulate the use of cookies?
You can refuse the use of cookies through your browser settings. You can also delete already installed cookies from your computer or mobile device at any time. Instructions can be found on your browser's website:
Please note that if you disable cookies, please note that certain graphics may not look nice, or you may not be able to use certain features.
Contact
Do you have any questions about this cookie statement or the processing of your personal data? Please feel free to contact our data protection officer at the following contact details: privacy@toerismevlaanderen.be