Cookie statement

Last modified on: November 2024

1. Introduction

This website www.evolane.eu (“Our website”) uses cookies and similar technologies to distinguish you from other users. By using cookies, We can provide you with a better experience and improve Our website and services by better understanding how you use them. To the extent that these cookies are not strictly necessary for the provision of Our website and services, We will ask you to consent to the use of cookies.

2. Contact details

Our website is provided and operated by Evolane NV (“We/Our”). We are registered in Belgium under registration number 0654.925.093 and Our registered office is located at Veldkant 33A, 2250 Kontich.

You can contact us:
(a) by post, to the postal address set out above;
(b) via the contact form on Our website;
(c) by telephone, in Belgium at +32 3 246 04 50 and in The Netherlands at +31 3 074 50 021; or
(d) by e-mail, using info@evolane.eu.

3. How does our website use cookies and what types of cookies are there?

Our website may place certain First party cookies on your computer or device and access them. First party cookies are cookies placed directly by Us and are only used by Us. We use cookies to make Our website work technically and to facilitate and improve your experience.

By using Our website, you may also receive certain third party cookies on your computer or device (Third party Cookies). Third party cookies are cookies that are placed by websites, services and/or parties other than Us.

For more information about the personal data We collect and use, the measures We have taken to protect personal data, your legal rights and Our legal obligations, please refer to the Privacy Statement on this website.

We have carefully selected all cookies and have taken steps to ensure that your privacy and personal data are protected and respected at all times. All cookies on Our website are used in accordance with current cookie legislation.

4. What cookies does our website use?

Cookie Provider Third/first party Description/Purpose Duration (by category)
_gcl_au Google Tag Manager First party This cookie is necessary for the proper functioning of google tag manager 3 months
_gid Google Analytics First party This cookie is used to store information about how visitors use the Website and helps create an analysis report on how the Website is doing. The data collected, including the number of visitors, the source they came from and the pages they visited, remains anonymous. 24 hours
_ga Google Analytics First party This cookie is used to calculate visitor, session, campaign data and track site usage for the site’s analytics report. The cookies store information anonymously and assign a randomly generated number to identify unique visitors. 2 years
_gat_UA-180996594-1 Google Analytics First party Cookie placed for the functionality of Google Tag Manager

24 hours

ak_bmsc

Akamai

First

This cookie is used to detect requests tampering and also used as the identifier instead of the IP address for bot rate control rules.

2 hours

bm_mi

Akamai

First

This cookie is used to confirm that requests are coming from a real browser using the browser validation detection method.

2 hours

bm_sv

Akamai

First

This cookie is used as part of the session validation detection method to keep track of the number of HTML page requests and AJAX requests that the client makes.

2 hours

ak_wfSession

Akamai

First

This cookie is used for workflow validation feature to detect deviant workflow behaviour.

2 hours

The cookies we set

Leadinfo
To measure the business use of our website, we use the Leadinfo service from Rotterdam. This service shows us company names and addresses based on IP addresses of our visitors. The IP address is not recorded.

Akamai
The Akamai security cookies are used to identify and protect against bots.

Email newsletters related cookies
This site offers newsletter or email subscription services and cookies may be used to remember if you are already registered and whether to show certain notifications which might only be valid to subscribed/unsubscribed users.

Surveys related cookies
From time to time we offer user surveys and questionnaires to provide you with interesting insights, helpful tools, or to understand our user base more accurately. These surveys may use cookies to remember who has already taken part in a survey or to provide you with accurate results after you change pages.

Forms related cookies
When you submit data to through a form such as those found on contact pages or comment forms cookies may be set to remember your user details for future correspondence.

Site preferences cookies
In order to provide you with a great experience on this site we provide the functionality to set your preferences for how this site runs when you use it. In order to remember your preferences we need to set cookies so that this information can be called whenever you interact with a page is affected by your preferences.

Third party cookies
In some special cases we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following section details which third party cookies you might encounter through this site.
This site uses Google Analytics which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solution on the web for helping us to understand how you use the site and ways that we can improve your experience. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site and the pages that you visit so we can continue to produce engaging content.
For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google

Analytics page
Third party analytics are used to track and measure usage of this site so that we can continue to produce engaging content. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site or pages you visit which helps us to understand how we can improve the site for you.
From time to time we test new features and make subtle changes to the way that the site is delivered. When we are still testing new features these cookies may be used to ensure that you receive a consistent experience whilst on the site whilst ensuring we understand which optimisations our users appreciate the most.

We improve our products and advertisements by using Microsoft Clarity to understand how you use our website. By using our site, you agree that we and Microsoft may collect and use this data.

As we sell products it’s important for us to understand statistics about how many of the visitors to our site actually make a purchase and as such this is the kind of data that these cookies will track. This is important to you as it means that we can accurately make business predictions that allow us to monitor our advertising and product costs to ensure the best possible price.

The Google AdSense service we use to serve advertising uses a DoubleClick cookie to serve more relevant ads across the web and limit the number of times that a given ad is shown to you.
For more information on Google AdSense see the official Google AdSense privacy FAQ.

We use adverts to offset the costs of running this site and provide funding for further development. The behavioural advertising cookies used by this site are designed to ensure that we provide you with the most relevant adverts where possible by anonymously tracking your interests and presenting similar things that may be of interest.

Several partners advertise on our behalf and affiliate tracking cookies simply allow us to see if our customers have come to the site through one of our partner sites so that we can credit them appropriately and where applicable allow our affiliate partners to provide any bonus that they may provide you for making a purchase.

We also use social media buttons and/or plugins on this site that allow you to connect with your social network in various ways. For these to work the following social media sites including; {Facebook @ LinkedIn}, will set cookies through our site which may be used to enhance your profile on their site or contribute to the data they hold for various purposes outlined in their respective privacy policies.

5. Consent and managing cookies

Before cookies are placed on your computer or device, you will receive a banner asking your permission to set these cookies. By giving your consent to the placement of cookies, you enable Us to provide you with the best possible experience and service. You can, if you wish, refuse permission for cookies to be set unless they are strictly necessary. You can delete the cookies you had previously accepted at any time through your browser settings.

6. Changes

We may change this Cookie Statement at any time. You are therefore advised to check this page from time to time.

7. Your rights and information regarding processing of personal data

Some rights are complex and not all details are included here. Therefore, read the relevant provisions and guidelines from supervisory authorities for a full explanation of these rights.

Your most important rights under the AVG are:
• the right of inspection;
• the right of correction
• the right to erasure (oblivion);
• the right to restrict processing;
• The right to object to processing;
• the right to data portability;
• the right to file a complaint with a supervisory authority, and
• the right to withdraw your consent.

The exercise of these rights is done in accordance with the modalities set forth in Our Privacy Statement. More information about privacy, data protection and your rights can be found in the Privacy Statement.