Cookies
What are cookies?
A cookie is a small text file, stored by a website on your computer or mobile device whenever you visit this website. This way, the website can remember the pages you visited, as well as your preferences (such as user name, language settings, font size, and other settings) in order to prevent you from having to reset your preferences every time you visit the website
Cookies have a limited lifespan. Some disappear when you close your browser (session cookies), others remain present (so-called “persistent cookies”). You can always remove all cookies from your device if you follow the instructions referred to below.
What does this website use cookies for?
The primary purpose of cookies on this website is taking care of the communication between the website and your device. The Econopolis website stores certain cookies to ensure the site is adjusted to your settings (such as the language which you read this in). These are the functional cookies. These cookies also allow you to log in on the website. Without these cookies, this would not be possible.
Some cookies (analytical cookies) will store statistical data on the use of this website in order to allow us to improve the website in the future. These cookies only give us information about how many times a page was opened. They only give us quantitative, anonimised data. We cannot identify or target anyone by means of these cookies. These cookies will not result in advertising, nor do we track you when you leave our website.
On this website, you can find certain “social plug-ins” that allow you to share the content on this website on social media such as Twitter, LinkedIn,… These plug-ins will only be activated whenever you click on them. These plug-ins will not store any data on your device before you activate them yourself.
What cookies are being stored?
Name of the cookie |
Purpose |
Lifespan |
Alle bezoekers |
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_ga | This cookie initiates a unique userID for the website visitor, so we can see whether a unique user visits our website. This cookie is not linked to personal data such as your IP address or user name. We only collect aggregated statistical data. | 2 year |
_gat | This cookie measures the requests directed to the servers. This cookie is not linked to personal data such as your IP address or user name. We only collect aggregated statistical data. | 10 minutes |
_gid | This cookie links a unique userID to the visited web pages on our website. This cookie is not linked to personal data such as your IP address or user name. We only collect aggregated statistical data | 24 hours |
pll_language | This cookie stores your language settings, in order to allow you to visit our website in your preferred language. This cookie is not linked to personal data such as your IP address or user name. | 1 year |
Logged in visitors |
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wordpress_[hash] | This cookie stores your log-in credentials in order to allow you to log in on our website. | Session |
wordpress_logged _in_[hash] | This cookie notifies the website about your username and that you are logged in, in order to allow the website to appear with your preferred settings, by means of a settings cookie. | Session |
wp-settings- {time}-[UID] | This settings cookie allows the website to appear with the right settings for the logged in visitor. | Session |
Removing or disabling cookies
You can erase all cookies from your device and set your browser in a way that it blocks all cookies. This means that you will have to reset all your preferences again when you visit any website. In case of the Econopolis website, it could also mean that certain features will no longer work properly.
These links give you more information on the enabling and disabling of cookies:
- Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
- Chrome: http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=95647
- Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/disable-third-party-cookies
- Safari: https://support.apple.com/kb/ph21411?locale=en_GB
For more information about cookies, you can visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org/