According to Article 11.7a of the Dutch Telecommunications Act, all Dutch websites are obligated as of 5 June 2012 to provide visitors with information about cookies and to request permission to use cookies.

What is a cookie?
We use first party and third party cookies on this website. A cookie is a simple small file that is sent with pages from this website and stored by your browser on the hard disk of your computer. The information stored therein can be sent back to our servers on a subsequent visit.

First party cookies, also called functional cookies, are cookies installed and addressed by the website itself. These are necessary for the website to function and do not store personal or traceable data.

Use of session cookies
Using a session cookie we can see which parts of the website you have viewed during this visit. They allow us to adjust our service as best as possible to the surfing behavior of our visitors. These cookies are automatically deleted as soon as you close the web browser.

Third party cookies are cookies of services that the site uses.

Google Analytics
Through our website a cookie is placed from the American company Google, as part of the "Analytics" service. We use this service to track and receive reports on how visitors use the website. Google may provide this information to third parties if Google is legally obliged to do so, or if third parties process the information on behalf of Google. We have no influence on this. We have not allowed Google to use the obtained analytics information for other Google services.

The information that Google collects is anonymised as much as possible. Your IP address is explicitly not disclosed. The information is transferred to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google states to maintain the Safe Harbor principles and is affiliated with the Safe Harbor program of the US Department of Commerce. This means that there is an appropriate level of protection for the processing of any personal data.

Google Maps
This website uses the Google Maps service. This allows a geographical map to be displayed on websites. This can also be used to make route descriptions. When using Google Maps, different cookies are set, for example to remember the zoom level.

The information that Google collects is anonymised as much as possible. Your IP address is emphatically not given. The information is transferred to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google states to maintain the Safe Harbor principles and is affiliated with the Safe Harbor program of the US Department of Commerce. This means that there is an appropriate level of protection for the processing of any personal data.

Video
Through our website a cookie can be placed from the American company YouTube (owned by Google) and / or Vimeo. We use this service to play video content on our website as appropriate.

Social media
A Twitter feed can be included on this website. A cookie is placed via this Twitter feed. We have no influence on that. Please read the privacy statement of Twitter (which can change regularly) to read what they do with your (personal) data that they process via this cookie.

On this website buttons are included to promote or share web pages ("like" "tweet", "share") on social networks like LinkedIn, Facebook and possibly also Twitter. These buttons operate through pieces of code that come from LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter respectively. Cookies are placed through this code. We have no influence on that. Please read the relevant privacy statements (which can change regularly) to read what these parties do with your (personal) data that they process via these cookies.

The information they collect is anonymised as much as possible. The information is transferred to and through LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and Google + stored on servers in the United States. LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and Google + state to adhere to the Safe Harbor principles and are affiliated with the Safe Harbor program of the US Department of Commerce. This means that there is an appropriate level of protection for the processing of any personal data.

Google privacy policy: http://www.google.nl/intl/nl/policies/privacy/
Twitter Privacy Policy: https://twitter.com/privacy/
LinkedIn Privacy Policy: http://www.linkedin.com/static?key=privacy_policy&trk=hb_ft_priv
Vimeo Privacy Policy: http://vimeo.com/privacy
Facebook Privacy Policy: http://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/

Switching cookies on and off and deleting them
If you do not want to use cookies, you can disable the acceptance of cookies in your browser settings. Without cookies, some functions of this website may not work well or at all. You can only delete cookies yourself, as they are stored on your computer. Please consult the manual of your browser.