Cookie policy Realdolmen

Cookie policy Realdolmen

1. What are cookies?

A cookie is a text file that is installed in the browser of your computer or mobile device by a website's server when you consult a website. The cookie contains a unique code which makes it possible for your browser to be recognized when you visit the website ("session" cookies) or during subsequent, repeated visits ("permanent" cookies). Cookies can be installed by the server of the website you visit or by partners of that website. A website's server can only read the cookies it has installed itself, and has no access to other information found on your computer or mobile device. Cookies are stored in the folder of your browser on your computer or mobile device. A cookie usually consists of the name of the server that placed the cookie, an expiry date, and a unique number code. 

Cookies generally make the interaction between the visitor and the website faster and easier, and help the visitor navigate between the different parts of a website. Cookies can also be used to make the content or advertisement on a website more relevant for the visitor, and can be adapted to his personal taste and needs.

2. Cookies used on Realdolmen’s websites

Different kinds of cookies are used on Realdolmen's websites.

2.1 Strictly necessary cookies 

These cookies are indispensable for visiting our websites and using certain parts of the websites. For instance, they allow you to navigate between the different parts of the website, fill in forms, place orders, and maintain the contents of your shopping cart. Even when you log in with your personal account, e.g. on the web store, these cookies are needed to check your identity in a secure way before you are granted access to your personal data. If you refuse these cookies, certain parts of the website will not work, or will not work optimally. 

2.2 Functional cookies 

Functional cookies are cookies that make it easier for our websites to work, make them more pleasant for visitors, and ensure that you have a more personalized browsing experience. For example, these cookies can remember your language choice so that you are not asked again the next time you visit the website. 

2.3 Performance cookies 

We use performance cookies to obtain information about visitors' use of our websites, in order to improve the content of our websites, adapt them to the wishes of visitors, and make them more user-friendly. For instance, there is a cookie that counts the number of unique visitors, and a cookie that keeps track of the most popular pages.

For performance cookies analysis we use tools and services provided by Google and by ClickDimensions. This requires sending cookie information to the providers’ servers located in the United States (Google) and to Ireland (ClickDimensions).

For performance cookies analysis on our jobsite and recruitment platform we additionally use the tools and services of our recruitment platform provider Lumesse. This requires sending cookie information to Lumesse’s servers located in Germany.   

2.4 Targeting or advertisement cookies 

These cookies are used to deliver adverts more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns. They are placed by advertising networks with our permission. They remember that you have visited a website and this information is shared with the advertiser organizations. The targeting or advertising cookies are linked to site functionality provided by the advertiser organizations.

The advertising partners we work with use various tools and services.

Tools and services of Google are used to enable the display of ads in YouTube, in webistes, Google search results, PlayStore apps... This requires sending cookie information to Google’s servers located in the United States. For more information see: Google’s info page for users.

Tools and services of social media providers are used to enable the display of ads in LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook. This requires sending cookie information to these providers’ servers located in the United States.

We also use tools and services of ClickDimensions, to help us in aligning the content of our E-mail marketing to your interests, based on your usage of our websites. This requires sending cookie information to ClickDimension’s servers located in Ireland.

2.5 Unclassified cookies

Unclassified cookies are cookies that we are in the process of classifying.

3. Managing cookies

You can refuse the installation of cookies via your browser settings. You can also remove cookies already installed on your computer or mobile device at any time. 

On the following websites, you will find the procedure for refusing and removing cookies on the most popular browsers:

If you want to refuse specific advertisement cookies, you can do so via the following website:

http://www.youronlinechoices.com

4. Cookies by website

The following table provides an overview of the cookies used by the Realdolmen websites.

Laws and technologies on the Internet change quickly, Realdolmen reserves the right to modify this Cookie Policy

when required. This is version RD-CP-24-Jan-19 valid in NL, FR and EN from 24-Jan-19 to the next version’s date.