Cookie notice Vlaanderen.be
Digital Flanders cookie policy
Digital Flanders, with its registered office at Havenlaan 88, bus 30, 1000 Brussels, is responsible for this cookie policy. For information and general questions about how Digital Flanders processes your data, you can always contact Digital Flanders’s data protection officer at privacy@digitaal.vlaanderen.be(opens in your email application) (opens in your e-mail application). Here, you can also give comments and suggestions, as well as exercise the rights granted to you by law.
Digital Flanders believes it is important that you can access, listen to, read or experience content anywhere and at any time through various media platforms. It also aims to develop interactive services and solutions tailored to your specific needs. It uses technologies such as cookies and scripts on its websites and applications to make this possible. For the sake of convenience, these technologies are referred to below as cookies. In this cookie policy, Digital Flanders wants to inform you about which cookies are used and why. It also explains to what extent you, as a user, can control their use. Digital Flanders aims to ensure your privacy and the user-friendliness of its websites and applications to a maximum extent.
This cookie policy applies to the Vlaanderen.be website.
Digital Flanders may amend its cookie policy at any time. This may be done, for example, in the context of changes to its services or the legislation in force. The amended policy will then be posted on the relevant website and will apply from the time it is posted.
What exactly are cookies?
Cookies are small data or text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website or use a (mobile) application. The cookie file contains a unique code that allows your browser to be recognised during your visit to the online service or during subsequent repeat visits. Cookies can be placed by the server of the website or application you are visiting, as well as by third-party servers that may or may not cooperate with this website or application.
Cookies generally make the interaction between the visitor and the website or application easier and faster, and help the visitor to navigate between the different sections of a website or application.
How can you refuse or manage the use of cookies on this website?
You can refuse the placement of cookies via your browser settings. You can also delete cookies already placed on your computer or mobile device at any time. Instructions can be found on your browser’s website:
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If you disable cookies, please note that some graphics may not display optimally, and you may not be able to use certain applications. Below, you will find a detailed list of all types of cookies used by Vlaanderen.be.
Cookies used
Component | MTCaptcha on contact forms |
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Purpose | MTCaptcha is a security measure that checks whether you are a legitimate visitor to prevent bots or scripts from abusing the form to send spam. These cookies do not collect or store any personal data. |
Type | Cookie |
Domain | service.mtcaptcha.com |
Processor | MTCaptcha |
Validity | Browser session |
Component | Ordering publications of the Flemish public administration (in Dutch) |
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Name | SSESS* (vb. “SSESS8d910012bf7d5f60012be2880f590bf0”) |
Purpose | Maintaining the basket of ordered publications and successfully handling the ordering and payment process |
Type | Cookie |
Domain | .publicaties.vlaanderen.be |
Processor | Flemish public administration |
Validity | Permanent cookie valid for three weeks |
Component | Measuring usage behaviour on Vlaanderen.be |
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Purpose | Usage behaviour on Vlaanderen.be is measured in an anonymised way via Google Universal Analytics to optimise the information offering on Vlaanderen.be. These analytical cookies are placed on Vlaanderen.be via the global header. The global header is the horizontal bar at the top of this website, where you can log in via Flemish access management and navigate to My Citizen Profile. Google Analytics is configured in a manner that prevents the IP address from being processed, and no data is shared with Google or other third parties. |
Type | Cookie |
Domain | .vlaanderen.be |
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Validity | Permanent cookies with a validity of one minute to a maximum of two years |
Component | Tracking usage behaviour on Vlaanderen.be |
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Purpose | These cookies allow a user’s visitor behavior to be tracked anonymously. Specific sessions (a visit to the website) are distinguished anonymously from other sessions. This helps us understand how visitors navigate the website during a single visit. The times at which the session starts and ends are also stored. |
Type | Cookie |
Domain | .vlaanderen.be |
Processor | Flemish public administration |
Validity | These codes are permanently stored in local storage, so that the user can still be recognized anonymously on a subsequent visit. |
You can log in to Vlaanderen.be (top right) and navigate to My Citizen Profile (in Dutch). Functional cookies are used for this purpose as well. View the overview of cookies used to log in and for My Citizen Profile. (in Dutch)