Cookie policy
We would like to inform you about Red Cross Flanders' policy on cookies. Further information on how we use the data we collect from you and who we are can also be found in our Privacy policy and Legal Notifications.
What are cookies?
The Red Cross-Flanders websites make use of so-called 'cookies'. These are small text files that our websites send to your browser. Your computer, tablet, smartphone or other hardware store these files. They ensure that we can easily keep track of information about your visit to our websites.
Cookies usually have an expiration period. For example, certain cookies are deleted immediately when you close your browser ("session cookies"), while other cookies remain on your computer for longer periods, e.g., 2 years or until you delete them yourself ("persistent cookie").
What cookies do we use and what for?
We use cookies on our websites to make your visit to our websites as smooth as possible and to provide insight into visits to our websites.
We primarily use cookies for necessary and functional purposes. This means that these cookies are necessary for the proper functioning of our websites. You cannot refuse the necessary cookies, but you can refuse the functional cookies.
In addition, there are analytical cookies that collect information about the use of the websites (pages visited, average length of visit,...) in order to improve their operation. We use Google Analytics for this purpose (in accordance with the Google Analytics Terms of Use: https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/us.html). You can refuse these cookies.
You can also reject the advertising cookies. They are used for advertising and targeting. You can find more explanation about these cookies in the table below
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Type of cookie |
Cookie name |
Due date |
Why |
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Necessary |
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RKV |
As long as the session lasts. The cookie is deleted when the browser is closed. |
You as a user are thus paired with the session info on the Web server. |
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ACCEPTS_COOKIES |
1 year |
Records whether you have accepted cookies. |
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PHPSESSID |
As long as the session lasts. The cookie is deleted when the browser is closed. |
You as a user are thus paired with the session info on the Web server. |
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necessary-cookie-advertising-refused-at |
1 year |
Identification and registration of your cookie preferences. |
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necessary-cookie-advertising-accepted-at |
1 year |
Identification and registration of your cookie preferences. |
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necessary-cookie-advertising-status |
1 year |
Identification and registration of your cookie preferences. |
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necessary-cookie-analytics-refused-at |
1 year |
Identification and registration of your cookie preferences. |
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necessary-cookie-analytics-accepted-at |
1 year |
Identification and registration of your cookie preferences. |
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necessary-cookie-analytics-status |
1 year |
Identification and registration of your cookie preferences. |
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necessary-cookie-functional-refused-at |
1 year |
Identification and registration of your cookie preferences. |
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necessary-cookie-functional-accepted-at |
1 year |
Identification and registration of your cookie preferences. |
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necessary-cookie-functional-status |
1 year |
Identification and registration of your cookie preferences. |
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necessary-cookie-necessary-accepted-at |
1 year |
Identification and registration of your cookie preferences. |
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popup_ |
1 year |
Registration of display of popup screen |
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Functional |
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language |
1 month |
That's how we know what language you want to access the website in. |
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Analytical |
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_ga |
2 years |
This gives us an overall picture of the number of visitors, page visits, sessions and impact campaigns. A randomly generated ID is used for this purpose. |
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_hole |
10 minutes |
This cookie monitors search speed. This allows us to determine which website areas need improvement. |
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_gid |
1 day |
This cookie tracks the number of page visits. |
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_ga4 |
2 years |
Used by Google Analytics 4 to track statistics on website usage and performance. |
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_pk_id.* |
13 months |
Used by Matomo to collect visitor statistics. |
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_pk_ses.* |
30 minutes |
Used by Matomo to store temporary data about the visit |
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hjid |
1 year |
Used by HotJar to give the user a unique ID. |
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hjsession |
As long as the session lasts |
Used by HotJar to track user sessions. |
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Advertising |
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_dc_gtm_UA-59530668-1 |
1 minute |
Google Tag Manager: this allows to load and use scripts and codes on our website. |
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_fbp |
90 days |
Facebook pixel: used by Facebook for advertising. |
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fr |
90 days |
Facebook cookie: used by Facebook for advertising. |
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GPS |
As long as the session lasts. The cookie is deleted when the browser is closed. |
YouTube cookie. |
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VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE |
6 months |
This cookie keeps track of whether YouTube videos on our site (embedded) function properly. |
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YSC |
As long as the session lasts. The cookie is deleted when the browser is closed. |
Youtube cookie that measures movie playback. |
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IDE |
1 year |
Google cookie for online advertising. |
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Test_cookie |
As long as the session lasts. The cookie is deleted when the browser is closed. |
Google cookie that tracks whether the site has cookies. |
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_ttp |
3 months |
Used by TikTok to identify users and track their interactions for targeted advertising. |
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_guid |
6 months |
Used by LinkedIn to identify users and track their interactions for targeted ads. |
What about social media?
Our websites contain social plugins from Facebook, Twitter, Google (YouTube), Instagram and Linkedin. When you want to use a social plugin (e.g. the share button for Facebook) to share info on your social media or go to the Red Cross-Flanders channel on YouTube, the external party, e.g. Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn will place cookies on your device. This will only happen when you give your consent. If you give your consent, you agree to the placement of cookies by this external party and the cookie policy of this external party.
You can find the cookie policy of these social media here:
- Facebook https://www.facebook.com/policies/cookies/
- Twitter https://help.twitter.com/nl/rules-and-policies/twitter-cookies
- LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy
- Instagram: https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388
- Google (Youtube): https://policies.google.com/privacy?gl=BE&hl=nl
How can you delete or reject cookies?
You can find information about which cookies were installed and how to delete them via your browser's support or help function.
- Internet Explorer https://support.microsoft.com/nl-be/products/microsoft-edge
- Google Chrome https://support.google.com/chrome/
- Firefox/ Mozilla https://support.mozilla.org/nl/
- Safari https://support.apple.com
- Opera http://help.opera.com
This page was last modified 17 februari 2025.
