1: Cookie controller
The controller of this cookie policy is EIT FOOD, with its registered office at EIT Food iVZW Ubicenter A Philipssite 5 bus 34 in Belgium and with company number 0672423992.
For any questions, concerns or complaints regarding this policy, we can be contacted via e-mail at: privacy@eitfood.eu
2: What are cookies?
Cookies are small pieces of data that a website asks your browser to store on your computer or mobile device when you visit the website or certain pages. The cookie allows the website to “remember” your actions or preferences over time. These cookie preferences are personal and you can manage them yourself, in line with the relevant privacy regulations.
Cookies will usually contain the name of the website where the cookie has come from, how long the cookie will remain on your device, and a value which is usually a randomly generated unique number.
Some cookies will be deleted as soon as you leave the website (“session cookies”), other cookies will remain stored on your computer or mobile device and will help us identify you as a visitor of our website (“permanent cookies”).
3: Why do we use cookies?
Cookies on our Website are used for a variety of different purposes.
We use cookies to improve the user-experience on the website and to map your surfing behaviour (e.g. the pages you have visited and the time you spent on that page). Cookies make our website easier to use and allow us to better tailor it to your interests and needs. Cookies are also used to help speed up your future activities and experience on the website; for example, we use cookies to remember your language preferences.
We also use cookies to compile anonymous, aggregated statistics that allow us to understand how our Website is being used and how we can improve our services.
In addition, we also use the User ID feature from Google analytics which enables the association of one or more sessions (and the activity within those sessions) with a unique and persistent ID that we send to Google Analytics. This allows us to identify related actions and devices and connect these data points. The purpose is to provide more accurate user count in our reports and to have a more unified holistic story about a user’s relationship with EIT Food.
4: Which cookies do we use?
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Strictly necessary cookies
These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly and cannot be switched off. Without these cookies, services you have asked for cannot be provided. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.
Cookie list:
Cookie
Provider
Description
Type
Expiry
exp_csrf_token
eitfood.eu
Ensures visitor browsing security by preventing cross-site request forgery. This cookie is essential for security of the website and visitor.
HTTP
1 day
PHPSESSID
Eitfood.eu
Preserves user session state across page requests.
HTTP
Session
-
Functional (preference) cookies
These cookies allow a site to remember choices you make (such as language or the region you are in) and provide more enhanced, personal features. These cookies cannot track your browsing activity on other websites. They don’t gather any information about you that could be used for advertising or remembering where you’ve been on the Internet outside our site.
Cookie list:
Cookie
Provider
Description
Type
Expiry
lang
ads.linkedin.com
Remembers the user’s selected language version of a website.
HTTP
Session
lang
Linkedin.com
Set by LinkedIn when a webpage contains an embedded “follow up” panel.
HTTP
Session
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Analytics cookies
These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources, so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous.
Cookie list:
Cookie
Provider
Description
Type
Expiry
_ga
eitfood.eu
Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.
HTTP
2 years
_gat
eitfood.eu
Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate.
HTTP
1 day
_gid
eitfood.eu
Register unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.
HTTP
1 day
collect
google-analytics.com
Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor’s device and behavior. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels.
Pixel
Session
exp_last_activity
eitfood.eu
Contains information on what date the user last visited the website. Used to generate statistical data.
HTTP
1 year
exp_last_visit
eitfood.eu
Contains information on what date the user last visited the website. Used to generate statistical data.
HTTP
1 year
exp_tracker
eitfood.eu
Contains information on what date the user last visited the website. Used to generate statistical data.
HTTP
Session
personalization_id
twitter.com
This cookie is set by twitter. The cookie allows the visitor to share content from the website on to their Twitter profile.
HTTP
2 years
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Marketing cookies
These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. They do not store directly personal information, but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device.
Cookies details:
Cookie
Provider
Description
Type
Expiry
_fbp
eitfood.eu
Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers
HTTP
3 months
bcookie
Linkedin.com
Used by LinkedIn for tracking the use of embedded services
HTTP
2 years
bscookie
Linkedin.com
Used by LinkedIn for tracking the use of embedded services
HTTP
2 years
fr
Facebook
Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party
HTTP
3 months
i/adsct
t.co
Used by Twitter in order to determine the number of visitors accessing the website through Twitter advertisement content
Pixel
Session
IDE
doubleclick.net
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
HTTP
1 year
lidc
Linkedin.com
Used by Linkedin for tracking the use of embedded services
HTTP
1 day
lissc
Linkedin.com
Used by Linkedin for tracking the use of embedded services
HTTP
1 year
r/collect
doubleclick.net
Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor’s device and behavior. It tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels.
Pixel
Session
test_cookie
doubleclick.net
Used to check if the user’s browser supports cookies
HTTP
1 day
tr
facebook.com
Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers
Pixel
Session
UserMatchHistory
linkedin.com
Used to track visitors on multiple websites. In order to present relevant advertisement based on the visitor’s preferences.
HTTP
29 days
5: How can you manage or delete cookies?
You can manage or delete cookies at any time using the settings on your internet browser, which also enable you to refuse some or all cookies. Turning off cookies will limit the service that we are able to provide and may effect your user-experience. Deleting cookies may result in manually adjusting preferences every time you visit our website. For more details about controlling and/or deleting cookies, visit the page corresponding to your browser for more information:
For other browsers, please consult the documentation provided by the browser operator.
6: New developments and new cookies
We will adapt this policy from time to time, for example when we change our website or when the regulations regarding cookies change. The latest version of our policy will always be published on this web page.
In addition, it is possible that cookies are placed on our website by others that we are not always aware of. If you come across cookies on our website that you cannot find in our overview, let us know via privacy@eitfood.eu.