Cookies

COOKIE POLICY
VERSION 1.02

24/08/2018

This is the cookie policy (”Policy”) of the websites of Balta Group NV and all of its subsidiaries and affiliates, including but not limited to Balta Industries NV, Modulyss NV, and Balta Oudenaarde NV (hereinafter “BALTA”, “we”, “us”, “our”). Balta Group NV is a public limited liability company incorporated under Belgian law, with registered office at Wakkensteenweg 2, 8710 Sint-Baafs-Vijve, Belgium.

This Policy aims at informing you about the use of cookies by BALTA. This Policy should be read together with BALTA’s privacy policy, which is available here.

The Policy can be modified, e.g. as a result of new functionalities on the websites that require the processing of personal data. We thus advise you to check this Policy regularly. Any major changes will be announced via our homepages.

BALTA AND COOKIES

When you visit our websites, we collect certain information (see below) by automated means, using cookies. We may also use other technologies such as pixel tags, browser analysis tools, server logs and web beacons for similar purposes as described in this Policy. The information provided in this Policy also applies to these other technologies. We may include these cookies or technologies e.g. on our websites, on our affiliated websites, in marketing e-mail messages or our newsletter to determine whether messages have been opened and links clicked on. 

The information we collect via cookies and other technologies is used in a non-identifiable way without any reference to your personal information.

WHAT ARE COOKIES?

Cookies are small text files that are installed on your browser or your device. They allow a website to recognize your device. Cookies can have several purposes: to ensure that the website takes into account the user’s preferences by for example remembering language preferences, to collect statistical data, to adapt the content, etc.

WHICH COOKIES DO WE USE?

We use cookies for different reasons: for the technical and functional management of the websites, to help us to improve your visit to our websites, to personalize your website visit, to collect statistical data, to give us commercial and marketing information and to enable users to share content.

Below you will find a summary of the cookies that BALTA uses on its websites:

Strictly necessary cookies

These cookies are strictly necessary for the websites to function properly. These cookies allow our web servers to respond to your actions on the websites or your browsing of the websites (e.g. to keep track of your input when filling online forms).

Functional cookies

We use functional cookies to allow our websites to remember the choices you make (such as your language preference) and to provide more enhanced, personal features. These cookies cannot track your browsing activity on other websites and they do not gather any information about you that could be used for advertising or remembering where you have been on the internet other than our websites.

Performance cookies

These cookies collect information about your visit and use of our websites, for instance which pages you visit most often or when you receive error messages. These cookies do not collect information that identifies a user. All information collected by these cookies is anonymous and is only used to manage and improve the functioning of the website.

Analytical and tracking cookies

We use (mainly) third party cookies from companies such as Google Analytics, Mailchimp etc. to count the number of visitors to our websites, to understand how users arrive on our websites and how they interact with us on our websites. This information is used to evaluate and improve the content of our websites and our advertisements and ultimately to improve user experience.

Security cookies

We may use security cookies to ensure the security of our websites.

Social sharing cookies

We may use social sharing cookies from LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram and Facebook to enable you to share any content of interest on social networks. Sometimes we may use these cookies to present targeted advertisements on these networks based on your interaction with our websites.

Some cookies we use originate from third parties, such as Google Analytics or MailChimp, to provide us with web analytics and intelligence about our websites and marketing messages. These companies use programming codes to collect information about your interaction with our websites, such as the pages you visit, the links you click on and how long you visit our websites. For more information on how these companies collect and use your information, please refer to their privacy and cookie policies.

HOW CAN YOU DELETE OR BLOCK OUR COOKIES OR CHANGE YOUR COOKIE SETTINGS?

Unless you have adjusted your browser settings to refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies as soon as you visit our websites. By using our websites, you agree that we can place cookies on your device.

Users can delete the already installed cookies on their device at any given moment using their browser’s cookie settings. These settings are usually found in the 'options' or 'preferences' menu of your browser. Otherwise, you should use the 'help' option of your browser for more details.

However, remember that, if you turn off cookies, certain parts of our websites and some graphic elements may not be accessible or not look as good and you may not be able to use certain applications.

QUESTIONS?

If you have further questions or complaints about our websites or about this Policy, you can contact us:

• By e-mail at dataprotection@baltagroup.com
• By mail to:
  Balta
  Data protection
  Wakkensteenweg 2
  8710 Sint-Baafs-Vijve
  Belgium