Cookie policy

According to article 11.7a of the Telecom Act, from 5 June 2012 all Dutch websites are obliged to provide visitors with information about cookies and to ask permission to use cookies.

What are cookies?
Cookies are small pieces of text sent by your web browser by a website you visit. A cookie file is stored in your web browser (on your hard disk) and allows the Service or a third-party to recognize you and make your next visit easier and the Service more useful to you. Cookies can be "persistent" or "session" cookies. The information from said cookie files may be sent back to our servers when you revisit our website.

We may use first party cookies, most commonly referred to as 'essential cookies',  to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts. These are necessary to have a functioning website. Essential cookies do not store any personal or traceable data.

Use of session cookies
By using session cookies we can see what parts of our website you use when you visit. This way we can adjust our websites based on the preferences of our users. These cookies are typically removed or cleared when you close your webbrowser or when you log out.

Third party cookies 
In some cases we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties in order to use their services. Below you can find a detailed list of the third party services we use and how they affect your user experience.

Google Analytics
This site uses Google Analytics which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solution on the web for helping us to understand how you use the site and ways that we can improve your experience. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site and the pages that you visit so we can continue to produce engaging content. Google may provide the collected data to third parties when they are required to do so by law or if they use third parties to process the data on behalf of Google. We have no influence on that process. We have not allowed Google to use the obtained analytics information for other Google services.

The information that Google collects is anonymized as much as possible. Your IP address is explicitly not registered. The information is transferred to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google adheres to the Safe Harbor principles and is affiliated with the Safe Harbor program of the U.S. Department of Commerce. This means that there is an adequate level of protection for the processing of any personal data.

Google Maps
This website uses the service Google Maps. This allows a geographical map to be displayed on our website. It can also be used to create route descriptions. When using Google Maps, various cookies are set, for example to remember the zoom level.

The information that Google collects is anonymized as much as possible. Your IP address is explicitly not registered. The information is transferred to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google adheres to the Safe Harbor principles and is affiliated with the Safe Harbor program of the U.S. Department of Commerce. This means that there is an adequate level of protection for the processing of any personal data.

Video
Our website set a cookie from the U.S. company YouTube (owned by Google) and/or Vimeo. We use this service to play video content on our website.

Social media

We also use social media buttons and/or plugins on this site that allow you to connect with your social network in various ways. For these to work the following social media sites including LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter, will set cookies through our site which may be used to enhance your profile on their site or contribute to the data they hold for various purposes outlined in their respective privacy policies. We have no influence on that process. Please read the privacy statements of the relevant social platforms (which may change regularly) to read what these parties do with your (personal) data that they process via these cookies.

The information said social media companies collect is anonymized as much as possible. The information is transferred to and stored by LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, and Google + on servers in the United States. LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, and Google + adhere to the Safe Harbor principles and are affiliated with the Safe Harbor program of the U.S. Department of Commerce. This means that there is an adequate level of protection for the processing of any personal data.

Google Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/
Twitter Privacy Policy: https://twitter.com/en/privacy
LinkedIn Privacy Policy: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy
Vimeo Privacy Policy: https://vimeo.com/privacy
Facebook Privacy Policy: http: https://www.facebook.com/policy.php

Enabling and disabling cookies and deleting them
If for whatever reason you want to prevent the setting of cookies you can do so by adjusting the settings on your browser. Be aware that disabling cookies will affect the functionality of this and many other websites that you visit. Disabling cookies will usually result in also disabling certain functionality and features of a site. Therefore it is recommended that you do not disable cookies. 
However, if you do not want any cookies set on your computer, you can delete them manually. Please refer to your browser Help for intrductions on how to prevent and/or delete cookies.

More Information

Hopefully this page has clarified things for you and as was previously mentioned if there is something that you aren't sure whether you need or not it's usually safer to leave cookies enabled in case it does interact with one of the features you use on our site. This Cookies Policy was created with the help of the Cookies Policy Template Generator and the WebTerms Generator.

However if you are still looking for more information then you can contact us through one of our preferred contact methods: