Cookie Policy
Cookies are small files that are stored on your device (computer, tablet, phone, ...) when you visit a website. The Vandersanden websites also use cookies; they allow user preferences to be stored and statistical data to be collected, among other things. Because we want to ensure your privacy, improve our service and offer you optimal ease of use, it is important to us to inform you why we use cookies and for what purposes.
There are also other technologies that enable the collection and transfer of data, such as JavaScript and Web Beacons. These technologies and cookies are used on almost all of today's modern websites.
Our websites use our own cookies and third-party cookies. We recommend that you consult the relevant privacy and cookie policies for third-party cookies.
1. Types of cookies
There are different types of cookies:
1.1 Functional cookies
Functional cookies are cookies that are necessary to provide an accurate and user-friendly website. Some examples:
- To save your language preferences
- To detect abuse or fraud
- To save browser settings, so the website is displayed to fit the monitor dimensions
1.2 Analytical cookies
These cookies are typically third-party cookies that we use to collect statistical information regarding the use of our website, including:
- Average loading time of pages
- Pages visited
- Browser Data
- IP address
- MAC address
- Duration of a (page) visit
- Viewing duration of a video
- Downloads
- Information about the operating system
- Information about the device used
- Click behaviour and other interactions on one or more pages
These cookies and their statistical data are primarily intended to optimise our performance, security, user-friendliness, content and services after analysis.
1.3 Advertising cookies
Vandersanden can place ads on third-party websites. Advertising cookies are used to do this. Our websites may also contain these cookies in order to link the third party cookies with each other. Based on your online behaviour, which includes clicks, purchases, websites you visit, we can offer you targeted advertising. These cookies also track whether you have already viewed a specific ad.
1.4 Social media cookies
Social media cookies are always third-party cookies. They are typically used when you download and/or click a social media button.
For more information, please refer to the privacy and cookie policy of these third parties:
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/policies/cookies/
- Google / Youtube: https://policies.google.com/privacy
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/privacy
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/about/legal/privacy
- Pinterest: https://policy.pinterest.com/en/privacy-policy
2. Cookies used
2.1 List of websites
Vandersanden owns the following websites and/or sub/domains on which cookies may be active:
- vandersanden.com
- forms.vandersanden.com
- ref.vandersanden.com
- portal.vandersanden.com
- *.calculationtool.com
- bricktool.pl
2.2 Cookie table
Here is an overview of the cookies that might be used on our websites:
| Type | Name | Retention period | Description/Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Functional | ARRAffinity | session | Used to distribute traffic to the website on several servers in order to optimise response times. |
| Functional | ARRAffinitySameSite | session | Used to distribute traffic to the website on several servers in order to optimise response times. |
| Functional | ARRAffinity | session | Used to distribute traffic to the website on several servers in order to optimise response times. |
| Functional | ARRAffinitySameSite | session | Used to distribute traffic to the website on several servers in order to optimise response times. |
| Functional | ARRAffinitySameSite | session | Used to distribute traffic to the website on several servers in order to optimise response times. |
| Functional | _GRECAPTCHA | 179 days | This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, in order to make valid reports on the use of their website. |
| Functional | rc::a | persistent | This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, in order to make valid reports on the use of their website. |
| Functional | rc::b | session | This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. |
| Functional | rc::c | session | This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. |
| Functional | li_gc | 2 years | Stores the user's cookie consent state for the current domain |
| Functional | 13457799:state | persistent | Necessary for the functionality of the website's chat-box function. |
| Functional | _grecaptcha | persistent | This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, in order to make valid reports on the use of their website. |
| Functional | tADe | persistent | This cookie is part of a bundle of cookies which serve the purpose of content delivery and presentation. The cookies keep the correct state of font, blog/picture sliders, color themes and other website settings. |
| Functional | tADu | persistent | This cookie is part of a bundle of cookies which serve the purpose of content delivery and presentation. The cookies keep the correct state of font, blog/picture sliders, color themes and other website settings. |
| Functional | tAE | persistent | This cookie is part of a bundle of cookies which serve the purpose of content delivery and presentation. The cookies keep the correct state of font, blog/picture sliders, color themes and other website settings. |
| Functional | tC | persistent | This cookie is part of a bundle of cookies which serve the purpose of content delivery and presentation. The cookies keep the correct state of font, blog/picture sliders, color themes and other website settings. |
| Functional | tMQ | persistent | This cookie is part of a bundle of cookies which serve the purpose of content delivery and presentation. The cookies keep the correct state of font, blog/picture sliders, color themes and other website settings. |
| Functional | tnsApp | persistent | This cookie is part of a bundle of cookies which serve the purpose of content delivery and presentation. The cookies keep the correct state of font, blog/picture sliders, color themes and other website settings. |
| Functional | tSP | persistent | This cookie is part of a bundle of cookies which serve the purpose of content delivery and presentation. The cookies keep the correct state of font, blog/picture sliders, color themes and other website settings. |
| Functional | tTDe | persistent | This cookie is part of a bundle of cookies which serve the purpose of content delivery and presentation. The cookies keep the correct state of font, blog/picture sliders, color themes and other website settings. |
| Functional | tTDu | persistent | This cookie is part of a bundle of cookies which serve the purpose of content delivery and presentation. The cookies keep the correct state of font, blog/picture sliders, color themes and other website settings. |
| Functional | tTE | persistent | This cookie is part of a bundle of cookies which serve the purpose of content delivery and presentation. The cookies keep the correct state of font, blog/picture sliders, color themes and other website settings. |
| Functional | tTf | persistent | This cookie is part of a bundle of cookies which serve the purpose of content delivery and presentation. The cookies keep the correct state of font, blog/picture sliders, color themes and other website settings. |
| Functional | __lc_cid | 2 years | Necessary for the functionality of the website's chat-box function. |
| Functional | __lc_cst | 2 years | Necessary for the functionality of the website's chat-box function. |
| Functional | lang | session | Remembers the user's selected language version of a website |
| Functional | @@lc_auth_token:10434997 | persistent | Identifies the visitor across devices and visits, in order to optimize the chat-box function on the website. |
| Functional | side_storage_# | persistent | Identifies the visitor across devices and visits, in order to optimize the chat-box function on the website. |
| Functional | CookieConsent | 1 year | Stores the user's cookie consent state for the current domain |
| Functional | lang | 1 year | Remembers the user's selected language version of a website |
| Functional | skip_country_popup | 29 days | Stores the chosen country and language if a visitor comes to the website from another country |
| Functional | yt-player-bandaid-host | persistent | Used to determine the optimal video quality based on the visitor's device and network settings. |
| Analytical | AnalyticsSyncHistory | 29 days | Used to store information about the time a sync with the lms_analytics cookie took place |
| Analytical | _livechat_has_visited | persistent | Identifies the visitor across devices and visits, in order to optimize the chat-box function on the website. |
| Analytical | _ga | 2 years | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. |
| Analytical | _ga_# | 2 years | Used by Google Analytics to collect data on the number of times a user has visited the website as well as dates for the first and most recent visit. |
| Analytical | _gat | 1 day | Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate |
| Analytical | _gd# | session | Used by Google Analytics to collect statistics |
| Analytical | _gid | 1 day | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. |
| Analytical | _pk_id# | 1 year | Collects statistics on the user's visits to the website, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been read. |
| Analytical | _pk_ses# | 1 day | Used by Piwik Analytics Platform to track page requests from the visitor during the session. |
| Advertisement | IDE | 1 year | Used by Google DoubleClick to register and report the website user's actions after viewing or clicking one of the advertiser's ads with the purpose of measuring the efficacy of an ad and to present targeted ads to the user. |
| Advertisement | test_cookie | 1 day | Used to check if the user's browser supports cookies. |
| Advertisement | fr | 3 months | Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers. |
| Advertisement | bcookie | 2 years | Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services. |
| Advertisement | bscookie | 2 years | Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services. |
| Advertisement | lang | session | Set by LinkedIn when a web page contains an embedded "Follow us" panel. |
| Advertisement | lidc | 1 day | Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services. |
| Advertisement | UserMatchHistory | 29 days | Used to track visitors on multiple websites, in order to present relevant advertisement based on the visitor's preferences. |
| Advertisement | _pinterest_ct_ua | 1 year | Used by Pinterest to track the usage of services. |
| Advertisement | _pinterest_sess | 1 year | Necessary for the integration of Pinterest on the website. Pinterest.com provides an audio-visual service on the website. |
| Advertisement | sbss_e9f7b3b9-3075-49ca-bd64-ae5109e89849 | 1 year | To track users, show dynamic content and segment for advertising. |
| Advertisement | sp_landing | 1 day | Used to implement audio-content from Spotify on the website. Can also be used to register user interaction and preferences in context with audio-content - This can serve statistics and marketing purposes. |
| Advertisement | sp_t | 1 year | Used to implement audio-content from Spotify on the website. Can also be used to register user interaction and preferences in context with audio-content - This can serve statistics and marketing purposes. |
| Advertisement | __atuvc | 13 months | Updates the counter of a website's social sharing features. |
| Advertisement | __atuvs | 1 day | Ensures that the updated counter is displayed to the user if a page is shared with the social sharing service, AddThis. |
| Advertisement | _at.cww | persistent | Used by the social sharing platform AddThis |
| Advertisement | _fbp | 3 months | Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers. |
| Advertisement | _gcl_au | 3 months | Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services. |
| Advertisement | _pin_unauth | 1 year | Used by Pinterest to track the usage of services. |
| Advertisement | at-lojson-cache-# | persistent | Used by the social sharing platform AddThis |
| Advertisement | at-rand | persistent | Used by the social sharing platform AddThis |
| Advertisement | sb_test | 1 day | Used to track visitors on multiple websites, in order to present relevant advertisement based on the visitor's preferences. |
| Advertisement | sbt_i | 1 year | To track users, show dynamic content and segment for advertising. |
| Advertisement | sbt_p | 1 year | To track users, show dynamic content and segment for advertising. |
| Advertisement | VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | 179 days | Tries to estimate the users' bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos. |
| Advertisement | YSC | session | Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. |
| Advertisement | yt.innertube::nextId | persistent | Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. |
| Advertisement | yt.innertube::requests | persistent | Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. |
| Advertisement | ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY | persistent | Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video |
| Advertisement | yt-remote-cast-available | session | Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video |
| Advertisement | yt-remote-cast-installed | session | Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video |
| Advertisement | yt-remote-connected-devices | persistent | Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video |
| Advertisement | yt-remote-device-id | persistent | Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video |
| Advertisement | yt-remote-fast-check-period | session | Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video |
| Advertisement | yt-remote-session-app | session | Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video |
| Advertisement | yt-remote-session-name | session | Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video |
2.3 Third-party cookies
3. Browser settings
If you want to prevent cookies from being stored on your device, you can change your browser settings. You can also delete cookies that have already been stored. For more information, see your browser's help function.
4. Final clauses
Vandersanden expressly reserves the right to change this Cookie Statement at any time without prior notification.