Cookies
Data protection on the website
BVHB attaches great importance to your privacy and the correct processing of your personal data.
Without your consent, BVHB does not pass on any information or lend any data from which your identity can be derived to third parties. However, general data on visitor patterns to the site may be exchanged with professional partners or others, but this is always done in a way that makes it impossible to identify individual visitors.
The website strives to provide the best possible user experience for the surfer. To achieve this, anonymous data is kept on user behaviour. The BVHB website makes use of "cookies".
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device when you visit a website. They are used to distinguish you from other users and to optimise the functionality of the website.
Functional cookies are necessary for the website to function optimally. E.g. a cookie remembers your language choice for subsequent visits.
Analytical cookies collect information to gain insight into your surfing behaviour on the website. This information is then used to improve the website. E.g. this allows us to analyse which pages are popular and which are not.
With marketing cookies, we track information to measure the effectiveness of ads and offer personalised ads. E.g. a cookie ensures that you see ads that match your interests.
How to disable cookies?
You can manage your cookies via your internet browser settings. You can choose to delete existing cookies and block future cookies. Please note that certain functions or graphic elements may not function optimally afterwards.
How to disable or delete cookies is explained here:
What cookies does BVHB use?
| functional cookies | description | duration |
|---|---|---|
| lang | Cookie to save your choice of language. | 1 month |
| devicePixelRatio | This cookie records the pixel ratio of your device. If your screen resolution is a retina or Hi DPI screen, the website may choose to serve you with higher resolution images. | session |
| essentiële cookies | description | duration |
|---|---|---|
| PHPSESSID | Cookie generated by applications based on the PHP language. This is a general identifier used to maintain user session variables. | session |
| _accept_cookies | Cookie that stores your cookie preferences. | 1 month |
| prestatiecookies | description | duration |
|---|---|---|
| _ga | This cookie is associated with Google Universal Analytics. It is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a customer identifier. It is included in every page request from a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for site analytics reports. | 2 years |
| _gat | This cookie is linked to Google Universal Analytics, it is used to limit the number of searches - thus limiting data collection on high-traffic sites. | 1 day |
| _gid | This cookie is linked to Google Universal Analytics, it records a unique identifier that allows the collection of static data about website usage. | 1 day |
| collect | This cookie sends information about the device and behaviour of website visitors to Google Universal Analytics. | session |
Subject to your consent
We only use optional cookies if we have obtained your prior consent. On your first visit to our website, a banner will appear asking for your permission to set optional cookies. If you give your consent, we will place a cookie on your computer and the banner will no longer appear as long as the cookie is active. After the end of the cookie's life or when you delete the cookie, the banner will reappear on your next visit to our website and ask your permission again.
How to prevent the installation of cookies
You can of course use our website without cookies being placed. You can always configure the use of cookies or disable them completely in your browser. However, this may lead to a limitation of functions or have negative consequences for the user-friendliness of our website. You can always refuse the placement of optional cookies by using the relevant refusal option listed on the cookies page.