Cookie statement

This cookie statement explains what cookies are, which ones we use, how you can change your cookie preferences and how we protect your privacy. In the detailed list of our cookies, you'll find an overview of all the cookies we can place, grouped by category. We also state why we use these cookies and how long we store them. You yourself decide which cookies ADD may use for you.

You can change your choice at any time by clicking here.

If you have any questions, please contact privacy@add.be.

1. What are cookies?

Cookies are small information files that are sent to your browser when you visit a website that are stored on your computer, smartphone or tablet. These files are read in every time you visit this website. They contain information like your preferred language for viewing a website, so you don't need to switch languages every time you visit it.

The cookies we sometimes use are:

• Temporary (or session) cookies that are deleted when you close the browser
• Permanent (or persistent) cookies that remain until they expire, you delete them or a new version of the cookie is installed
• First-party cookies placed by ADD
• Third-party cookies placed by other domains outside our organisation. These cookies result in certain information being sent to third parties.

See our detailed cookie list for more details. You can consult this list per category via the cookie banner or, for an entire view, under point 5.

2. What type of cookies are there?

ADD distinguishes between 4 types of cookies. You will find a list of all the specific cookies that ADD uses in point 5.

• Necessary cookies help make a website usable by enabling basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies, which is why these cookies cannot be rejected when visiting our website. Your consent is not required for these cookies.
• Preference cookies enable a website to remember information that changes the way the website behaves or looks, like your preferred language.
• Statistic cookies help website owners to understand how visitors interact with websites by collecting and reporting information on an aggregated level.
• Marketing cookies are used to track visitors. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user and thereby more valuable for publishers and third party advertisers.

3. What about your privacy?

The ADD privacy statement contains more information about how ADD processes your personal data.

4. How to manage your cookies?

4.1 Accepting or refusing cookies for ADD websites and ADD applications
You can indicate your choice by clicking on one of the following buttons:

• “Use necessary cookies only”: in this case only the strictly necessary cookies are used.
• “Allow selection”: in this case necessary cookies are placed on your device together with the other types of cookies that were chosen by you.
• “Allow all cookies”: in this case you allow all “Preferences”, “Statistics” and “Marketing” cookies.

If you accept cookies on the website www.add.be and you use different browsers (e.g. Internet Explorer, Safari, Chrome) then you must select a preference for each browser separately.

4.2 Accepting or rejecting third party cookies

You can manage the use of third-party cookies using these links: Google.

4.3 Do not track

In certain browsers you can choose not to be followed by websites (“Do not track”).

4.4 Accepting, refusing or deleting all cookies

You can refuse the installation of cookies via your browser settings. You can also remove all installed cookies from your computer or mobile device at any time. The method for refusing cookies in the most common browsers can be found on the following website: https://www.aboutcookies.org

5. Which cookies does ADD use and why?

Here is a list containing the cookies that ADD uses, who installs and manages them, their lifespan and purpose.