Cookies

Alewijnse uses Google Analytics to analyse the way you use our websites, so we can customise their functionalities accordingly. We also use cookies from Facebook, Twitter and Google to enable social media integration on our websites. Our websites do not display (third party) advertisements.

What is a cookie?

This website uses cookies. A cookie is a small file that is sent along with the pages of this website and stored on the hard drive of your computer by your browser. The information it contains can be sent back to our servers at your next visit.

Google Analytics

Through our website, a cookie from the US company Google is placed as part of the Google Analytics service. We use this service to track and receive reports on how visitors use the website. Google may also transfer this information to third parties if this is required by law or to the extent that third parties process the information on Google's behalf. We have no influence on this. We have authorised /not authorised Google to use the analytics information obtained for other Google services. The information collected by Google is anonymised as much as possible. Your IP address is explicitly not provided. The information is transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google states it will adhere to the Safe Harbor principles, and is affiliated with the Safe Harbor programme of the United States Trade Department. This means that there is an adequate level of protection for the processing of any personal data.

Social sharing

Our websites include buttons to promote (‘like’) or share (‘tweet’) websites on social networks like Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, Youtube and Twitter. These buttons work using strings of code generated by these social media. This code is used to place cookies. We have no influence on this. Please read the privacy statements of Twitter and Facebook (which may change from time to time) to find out what they do with your (personal) data that is processed through these cookies. The information collected is anonymised as much as possible. The information is transmitted to and stored by Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and LinkedIn on servers in the United States. LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and Google+ state they will adhere to the Safe Harbor principles, and are affiliated with the Safe Harbor programme of the United States Trade Department. This means that there is an adequate level of protection for the processing of any personal data.

Enabling and disabling cookies

For more information on enabling, disabling and removing cookies, please use the Help function of your browser.

Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on

Website visitors who do not want their visitor information to be reported to Google Analytics can opt to install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on. This add-on prevents the JavaScript code of Google Analytics (ga.js, analytics.js and dc.js) from sending information on visits to Google Analytics. If you wish to disable Google Analytics for the internet, please visit the unsubscribe page for Google Analytics and install the add-on for your browser. Consult the relevant resources for your specific browser for more information on installing and removing the add-on. The Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on does not prevent data from being sent to the website itself or that data is sent to different web analytics services in other ways.

More information about cookies

Your Online Choices: A guide to online behavioural advertising