Cookie policy
This Cookie Policy relates to all cookies and similar technologies placed and used on this website by Aqualex NV, with registered office at Nijverheidslaan 60A, 8540 Deerlijk, with company number VAT BE0822.110.137, which is the data controller of this website.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small data or text files stored on your device by the browser. Similar technologies such as Pixels, plug-ins and scripts are also fully subject to this policy. Cookies can have different purposes. For instance, you have technical cookies that track preferences on a website such as language settings or shopping basket. Cookies can be used to check your login and can track information about the user, such as your browsing history. There are cookies that are only kept for a particular session, or they are stored on your device for a defined period of time.
Cookies may be set by the server of the website you are visiting or by a partner, with which this website cooperates. The website's server can only read the cookies it has placed itself. It has no access to other information located on your computer or mobile device.
Cookies can be set either by the controller itself ("first-party cookies") or by a third party as a service provider for the controller ("third-party cookies").
We can divide cookies into the following categories:
Strictly necessary cookies
These cookies are essential to enable you to visit the website and use certain parts of it. For example, these cookies allow you to navigate between different parts of the website or, for example, to fill in forms or ensure the security of the website. No consent is requested for setting this cookie.
Functional cookies
Functional cookies are cookies that make the website more user-friendly and pleasant for visitors and ensure that you have a better browsing experience. These cookies may track your login details, remember a language choice or track a shopping basket. No consent is requested for setting these cookies.
Analytical cookies
These cookies collect information about how users use the website, such as which pages are visited and which links are clicked on. Their sole purpose is to improve the functionality of the website and to provide statistics on the number of visitors to a particular page. These cookies will only be placed if the user has given express consent.
Advertising and/or social media cookies
These cookies track your online activity to help advertisers display more relevant ads or limit how often you see an ad. These cookies have a lifetime of up to 24 months and are set by third parties.
These cookies are set only after the user has given us explicit consent.
This website uses the following Third-party cookies:
- Google Ads: tracking & remarketing
- Google Analytics: tracking
- Bing UET tag: tracking & remarketing
- Hotjar: tracking
- Facebook: tracking & remarketing
- LinkedIn: tracking & remarketing
- Pinterest: tracking & remarketing
- TikTok: tracking
Read more about how our external partners handle your data:
- Google: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/ , https://policies.google.com/te...
- Microsoft: https://privacy.microsoft.com/...
- Hotjar: https://www.hotjar.com/privacy...
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/priva...
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/legal...
- Pinterest: https://policy.pinterest.com/e...
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/legal/p...
Google (services: Google 360, Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager)
This website uses Google Analytics. These are web analytics services that are part of "Google Ireland Limited" (hereinafter "Google"). Google uses cookies to help us analyse our website. The information collected by the cookies regarding the use of visitors to our website is transmitted by the browser and will be processed on Google's servers. Aqualex NV has taken the precaution of setting up the service in a privacy-friendly manner so that no more data than necessary is processed and so that the data may only be used for Aqualex NV. The user can choose to prevent the installation of cookies by not granting permission via the cookie banner on our website. The user can also stop the transmission of information about the use of the website and the user's IP address generated by the cookie by downloading and installing the Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser Add-on via the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/
For more information on the processing of data concerning this tool, visit the following page: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites
The lifespan of the cookie will be a maximum of 24 months.
Hotjar
This website uses "Hotjar" to better understand users' needs and optimise the service and experience. "Hotjar" is a technology service that helps us better understand the user experience (e.g. how much time a user spends on a page, what links they click, what users like or dislike, etc.) and this allows us to build and maintain our service with user feedback. Hotjar uses cookies and other technologies to collect data from users' behaviour and their devices (in particular, a device's IP address (collected and stored only in anonymised format), screen size, device type (unique device identifier), browser information, geographical location (country only) and the preferred language in which the website is displayed.
Hotjar stores this information in a pseudonymised user profile. Neither "Hotjar" nor Aqualex NV will ever use this data to identify a user or to link it to other data of an individual user. For more details, please view Hotjar's privacy policy by clicking this link: https://www.hotjar.com/legal/policies/privacy/
The user can choose not to be subjected to the creation of a user profile, the processing of data on the use of this website and the use of analytical cookies by "Hotjar" on other websites by indicating your preference at the following link: https://www.hotjar.com/legal/compliance/opt-out/
The lifetime of the cookie will be a maximum of 24 months.
MANAGING COOKIE PREFERENCES
The following clarifies how to manage your cookie preferences. Strictly necessary cookies and functional cookies cannot be switched off. However, they can always be removed manually via your browser.
Via the website
You can change your cookie preferences at any time via our website by recalling the cookie banner and adjusting previously made choices.
Via your browser
You can also adjust your cookie preferences via your browser. That way, you can indicate whether certain cookies may be placed and you can set the browser to display a message when a cookie is placed. In addition, you can also delete cookies manually via the option that allows you to clear your browsing history. More information on this can be found on the pages below, depending on which browser you use:
Deleting or disabling cookies may result in certain applications of our website and additional services not functioning optimally.
CHANGES
We reserve the right to unilaterally amend our Cookie Statement at any time. Any amended version is posted online and can be found on our website. From its publication, the amended Cookie Statement will apply immediately. If we have hereby implemented new cookies on our website, we will ask for your consent again if required. The date on which our Cookie Statement was last amended can be found at the top of this page.
CONTACT IN CASE OF QUESTIONS
Should you still have questions or comments about our cookie policy after reading this Cookie Policy, you can always contact us at info@aqualex.com.