The Department of Finance and Budget with its registered office at Koning Albert II-laan 35 Box 61, 1210 Brussels is responsible for this cookie policy. For any questions or comments, please contact us at the above address or using the contact form.
The Department of Finance and Budget believes it is important for you to be able to view, listen to, read or experience Department of Finance and Budget content using different media platforms in any place and at any time. The Department of Finance and Budget also wishes to work on interactive and customized services. The Department of Finance and Budget online services use technologies to make this possible, for example by using cookies and scripts. These technologies are referred to below as cookies for convenience. In this cookie policy, the Department of Finance and Budget wishes to inform you which cookies are used and for which purposes. It goes on to explain the extent to which you, as a user, can control their use. This is because the Department of Finance and Budget is keen to safeguard your privacy and the user-friendliness of its online services as much as possible. The Department of Finance and Budget has tried to keep this policy as simple as possible.
This cookie policy applies to all “Department of Finance and Budget online services”, in particular all websites, (mobile) applications and internet services offered by the Department of Finance and Budget that provide access to Department of Finance and Budget content.
Certain data collected allows you to be identified or makes it possible to establish a link with you as a natural person and therefore qualifies as personal data. In these cases, the information (including your various rights) set out in our Privacy Policy [link] will also apply to these processing operations that use cookies.
The Department of Finance and Budget may change the cookie policy at any time. This may occur, for example, in the context of changes to its services or to the applicable legislation. The amended policy will then be published on the relevant Department of Finance and Budget online services and will apply from the time it is published.
What exactly are cookies?
Cookies are small data or text files which are installed 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 visits to the online service or during successive, repeated visits. Cookies may be set by the server of the website or application you are visiting, but also by third-party servers which may or may not work with this website or application.
Cookies generally make the visitor’s interaction with the website or application easier and faster and help the visitor navigate between different parts of a website or application.
How can you deny or manage the use of cookies on Department of Finance and Budget Online Services?
You can prevent the installation of cookies via your browser settings. You can also delete previously installed cookies from your computer or mobile device at any time, as follows:
Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/nl-be/help/17479/windows-internet-explorer-11-change-security-privacy-settings (external link)
Chrome: http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=nl&answer=95647 (external link)
Firefox: http://support.mozilla.org/nl/kb/cookies-in-en-uitschakelen-websites-voorkeuren?redirectlocale=nl&redirectslug=Cookies+in-+en+uitschakelen (external link)
Safari: http://support.apple.com/kb/PH5042 (external link)
If you disable cookies, keep in mind that certain graphics may not display correctly, or you may not be able to use certain applications. Below is a detailed list of all the types of cookies used by the Department of Finance and Budget on its websites.
Cookies used
Measuring user visits
- Names of cookies: _ga, _gid, _gat and _umtz, _umta and gaClientId
- Purpose: User visits on VABN.vlaanderen are measured in an anonymous way via Google Universal Analytics in order to optimise the provision of information on the website. The analytics cookies are placed via the global header and footer widget on Vlaanderen.be. Google Analytics is set up such that the IP address is not processed, nor data shared.
- Website:VABN.vlaanderen
- Cookie(s) placed by: The analytics cookies are placed via the Widgets platform that provides the global header and footer (widgets.vlaanderen.be) and not directly by Google.com. To do this, the Widgets platform uses the Google analytics object to create its own ClientIDs.
- Recipient(s) of the data: Google
- Validity: persistent cookies with a validity of up to 2 years