This Cookie Statement was last updated on October 3, 2023 and applies to residents of the European Economic Area.

1. Introduction

Our website, https://acs-online.be (“the Website”) uses cookies and other related technologies (for convenience, all technologies are referred to as “cookies”). Cookies are also set by third parties we have engaged. In the document below, we inform you about the use of cookies on our website.

2. What are cookies?

A cookie is a simple small file sent with pages from this website and stored by your browser on your computer’s or other device’s hard drive. The information stored in there may be sent back to our servers or those of the relevant third parties on your next visit.

3. What are scripts?

A script is a piece of program code used to make our website function properly and interactive. This code is executed on our server, or on your equipment.

4. What is a web beacon?

A web beacon (also pixel tag) is a small, invisible piece of text or image on a website that is used to map traffic on a website. To do this, web beacons are used to store various data about you.

5. Consent

When you first visit our website, we display a pop-up explaining cookies. Once you click ‘All Cookies’ you are giving us permission to use all cookies and plugins as described in the pop-up and this cookie statement. You can disable the placement of cookies through your browser, you should be aware that our website then may no longer work optimally.

6. Cookies

Some cookies make certain parts of the website work properly and keep your user preferences known. By setting functional cookies, we make it easier for you to visit our website. In this way, for example, you do not have to enter the same information over and over again when visiting our website and, among other things, it is possible for the items in your shopping cart to be saved until you have checked out. We may set these cookies without your consent.

We use analytical cookies to make our website as responsive as possible to the needs of our visitors. We gain insight into the use of our website through analytical cookies. We ask your permission to set analytical cookies. We ask your permission to set statistics cookies

We do not use advertising cookies on this website.

Our website includes buttons from Facebook and WhatsApp for promoting (including “liking,” “pinning”) or sharing (including “tweeting”) web pages on social networks such as Facebook and WhatsApp. These buttons work through snippets of code that come from Facebook and WhatsApp themselves. Cookies are set through this code. The social media buttons may also store and process certain data so that personalized ads can be shown to you.

Please read the privacy statements of these social networks (which may change regularly) to read what they do with your (personal) data that, they process using these cookies. The data retrieved is anonymized as much as possible. Facebook and WhatsApp are based in the United States.

7. Posted cookies

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics for website statistics.

Name	Retention	Function
Statistics (anonymous)
_ga	2 years	Saving a unique user ID
_gid	1 day	Track and collect page views
_hole	1 minute	Filter requests from bots

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For more information, read the Google Analytics Privacy Statement.

Facebook

We use Facebook to display recent posts and/or social share buttons.

Name	Retention	Function
Marketing/Tracking
_fbp	3 months	Tracking visits across different websites
actppresence	1 year	Regulating frequency of displayed ads
fbm_	1 year	Saving account details
_fbc	2 years	Stores last visit
fbm_*	1 year	Saving account details
xs	3 months	Store a unique session ID
fr	3 months	Ad delivery
datr	2 years	Preventing fraud
sb	2 years	Saving browser specifications
*_fbm_	1 year	Saving account details
Functional
wd	1 week	Determining screen resolution
act	90 days	Keeping users logged in
c_user	90 days	Saving a unique user ID
csm	90 days	Preventing fraud
presence	session	Track if the browser tab is active

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For more information, read the Facebook Privacy Statement.

Google Fonts

We use Google Fonts for displaying web fonts.

Name	Retention	Function
Marketing/Tracking
Google Fonts API	no	Retrieves the user’s IP address

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For more information, read the Google Fonts Privacy Statement.

8. Your rights regarding personal data

You have the following rights regarding your personal data:

Please contact us if you wish to exercise these rights. Please see the contact information at the bottom of this cookie statement. If you have a complaint about how we handle your data, we would like to hear from you, but you also have the right to file a complaint with the supervisory authority (the Authority for Personal Data).

9. Enabling, disabling and deleting cookies

Your Internet browser allows you to delete cookies automatically or manually. You can also indicate that certain cookies should not be placed. Alternatively, you can set your Internet browser to notify you when a cookie is set. More information about these features can be found in the instructions of your browser’s Help function.

Please note that our website may not work optimally if all cookies are disabled. If you do delete cookies in your browser, they will be placed again after your consent when you visit our websites again.

10. Contact details

For questions and/or comments regarding our cookie policy and this statement, please contact us at: