Cookies

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 VISITFLANDERS 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.  

VISITFLANDERS 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 cyclinginflanders.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:  

  • Functional cookies: these are necessary for the proper functioning and security of the website. Furthermore, they enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalization, such as remembering choices, users' preferred language or location. We inform you about the use of these cookies but cannot be disabled in our systems.
  • Analytical cookies: these allow us to count the number of visitors and traffic sources so that we can measure and improve the performance of our website. They allow us to know which pages are most and least popular and to see how visitors move around the website. All the information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies, we do not know when you have visited our website and cannot measure its performance. 
  • Advertising cookies: These may be placed by us or by our advertising partners. They are used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and to show you relevant advertisements about Visit Flanders services on other websites. They do not store personal information directly, but they do work by uniquely identifying your browser and device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will see less targeted ads on third-party channels.

   Sociale media cookies: these cookies are used to connect to a third-party social media platform. They remember data from a user if they have logged into a social media account from a website.  

Here is an overview of the cookies we use on our website:  

 
 
 
 
 

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 

 
 
 
 

Google 

 
 
 
 

_gcl_au  

 
 
 
 

This cookie is used by Google Analytics to understand user interaction with the website.

 
 
 
 

2 months

 
 
 
 

Google 

 
 
 
 

_ga_XXXXXXXXXX  

 
 
 
 

Contains campaign related information for the user. If you have linked your Google Analytics and Google Ads accounts, Google Ads website conversion tags will read this cookie unless you opt-out.

 
 
 
 

4 months

 
 
 
 
 Google 
 
 
 
 

_gat  

 
 
 
 

This is a cookie which is used to limit the amount of data recorded by Google on high traffic volume websites. This throttles request rate 

 
 
 
 

1 minute

 
 
 
 

Google 

 
 
 
 

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 

 
 
 
 

mtc_id  mtc_sid 
mautic_referrer_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 

 
 
 
 

Expires on session end 

 
 
 
 

Mautic 

 
 
 
 

Mautic_focus_x 

 
 
 
 

This cookie is saved to indicate a focus paragraph has been seen. 

 
 
 
 

Persistent

 
 
 
 

Mautic 

 
 
 
 
 

Advertising cookies 

 
 
 
 

_fbp 

 

Fr

 
 
 
 

The cookie is set by Facebook to show relevant advertisments to the users and measure and improve the advertisements. The cookie also tracks the behavior of the user across the web on sites that have Facebook pixel or Facebook social plugin. 

 
 
 
 

2 months

 
 
 
 

Meta

 
 
 
 

oo

 
 
 
 

A cookie to store your advertising preferences for Meta.   

 
 
 
 

400 days

 
 
 
 

Meta

 
 
 
 

datr

 
 
 
 

This is a unique identifier for your browser that, amongst other things, helps protect against fraud. This cookie also helps to identify browsers used by malicious actors and to prevent cyber security attacks

 
 
 
 

400 days

 
 
 
 

Meta

 
 
 
 

sb

 
 
 
 

A cookie to help identify your browser securely

 
 
 
 

400 days

 
 
 
 

Meta

 
 
 
 

wd

dpr

 
 
 
 

A cookie to help deliver an optimal experience on all screens. 

 
 
 
 

400 days

 
 
 
 

Meta

 
 
 
 

locale

 
 
 
 

A cookie to store your (advertising) preferences for Meta.  

 
 
 
 

400 days

 
 
 
 

Meta

 
 
 
 

_gads   

 
 
 
 

The __gads cookie is associated with the DoubleClick for Publishers service from Google. It serves purposes such as measuring interactions with the ads on our domain and preventing the same ads from being shown to you too many times.

 
 
 

 

1 minute

 
 
 
 

Google Doubleclick 

 
 
 
 

IDE 

 
 
 
 

Used by Google DoubleClick and stores information about how the user uses the website and any other advertisement before visiting the website. This is used to present users with ads that are relevant to them according to the user profile.

 
 
 
 

1 year

 
 
 
 

Google Doubleclick

 
 
 
 

APISID 

 
 
 
 

They are used by Google to store user preferences and information while viewing pages with embedded videos or Google Maps on them. 

 
 
 
 

2 year

 
 
 
 

Google

 
 
 
 

_Secure-1PSID 
_Secure-1PAPISID 

 
 
 
 

Targeting cookie. These cookies are intended for storing user’s settings in the search engine, for advertising and for analysing the use of the search engine recorded by Google for its purposes. 

 
 
 
 

2 months

 
 
 
 

Google

 
 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 

__Secure-3PAPISID 
__Secure-3PSIDCC 
__Secure-3PSID 

 
 
 
 

Builds a profile of website visitor interests to show relevant and personalized ads through retargeting.

 
 
 
 

2 year

 
 
 
 

Google

 
 
 
 
 

Social media cookies 

 
 
 
 

SSID

 
 
 
 

Google collects visitor information for videos hosted by YouTube 

 
 
 
 

Persistent

 
 
 
 

Google

 

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. 

4. 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

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