Cookie Policy

Cookie Policy

1. Why this cookie policy?

1.1. Our website available at www.maesmobility.be uses cookies. We, Maes, with company number 0429.995.654 and with registered office at Reedonk 12, 2880 Bornem (hereinafter also “we” or “us”) are responsible for the use of these cookies and the processing of your data via or in connection with cookies on our website.

You can contact us via email at privacy@maesmobility.be.

1.2. This cookie policy informs you about the use and purpose of the cookies on our website. This policy is made available to you electronically and can be consulted at any time under the ‘Cookie Policy’ section on our website. We reserve the right to change this cookie policy at any time. Changes will be announced on the website.

2. What are cookies and what are they used for?

2.1. Cookies are small data files that are stored by the browser on the hard drive of your computer or device when you visit and/or consult a website or use a (mobile) application, thereby storing certain user information. Cookie files contain unique codes that, for example, allow your browser to recognize you during your visit to the website and thus improve your user experience. Cookies facilitate the interaction between the visitor and a website and are used to improve the user experience and to collect statistics about the visitors of a website. Cookies also ensure that your personal settings and preferences are stored or that image and sound material can be played. Certain cookies can be placed by a third party to measure the use of a website.

2.2. Cookies can help us, among other things, to improve your experience with our website and to ensure that it performs optimally as you expect. For example, we can improve your experience with the use of a website by tracking your use of our website so that it can be improved to meet your needs. We can also ensure that the advertisements you see online are more relevant to you and your interests.

3. Enabling and disabling cookies – managing

3.1. You can change your preferences via your browser at any time by following the instructions on the following links, depending on your browser: [Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Safari].

3.2. The use of cookies can be disabled. Via your browser, you can automatically or manually delete cookies and indicate whether certain cookies may be placed or not. You can also set your browser to notify you when a cookie is placed. However, if you disable cookies, it is possible that the website will no longer function correctly or that certain (graphic) elements or applications on the website will function less well or no longer function at all.

4. Consent

4.1. Your consent is required for the placement and consultation of cookies via the website on your end device, unless it concerns the technical storage of information or the provision of a service expressly requested by you when the placement of a cookie is strictly necessary for this.

For functional or essential cookies, your consent is therefore not required.

Your consent is required for non-functional or non-essential cookies. Your consent must then:

• be obtained before the cookies are placed. If your consent is not given, no cookies may be placed;
• be informed, which is why we inform you about the different cookies via this policy;
• be explicit and active. Your consent is therefore obtained by ticking the boxes in the cookie banner on our website;
• be specific and thus obtained per cookie or per category of cookie.

4.2. Functional or essential cookies are necessary for the optimal functioning of our website, to display certain graphic elements, etc. These cookies are technically necessary for the proper functioning and security of the website. These cookies are therefore placed without your consent as they fall within our legitimate interests insofar as they outweigh your (privacy) rights and interests.

Non-functional or non-essential cookies, on the other hand, are placed for statistical, social, and/or commercial purposes and are unrelated to the technical operation or support of our website. These include the following cookies:

• Analytical cookies: these cookies are used to compile statistics on the number of visitors to the website, the most popular web pages, etc. These cookies show how the website is used. For example, we know how many times a particular page is read, how much time someone spends on our website, etc. Statistical analyses are made of the information we receive in this way. Thanks to these statistical results, we can improve the structure, navigation, and content of our website and associated services. We also use this data to report on our services in general or in the context of research we participate in. No personal data is passed on. The consent of each visitor is required for the placement of these cookies. This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google may provide this information to third parties if Google is legally obliged to do so, or insofar as these third parties process the information on behalf of Google. Google will not combine your IP address with other data held by Google.
• Marketing cookies: these are used to track visitors when they visit different websites. Their purpose is to display ads that are tailored to and relevant to the individual user. These ads thus become more valuable to publishers and external advertisers.
• Social media cookies: these cookies offer the possibility to include buttons from social networking sites. The buttons work via a code originating from these sites. A handy tool to promote web pages such as ‘liking’ and ‘pinning’.

4.3. If you have given consent via our website to use non-functional cookies, you can change this setting at any time and withdraw your consent. The already installed cookies will then be deleted.

You can withdraw your consent for our cookies at any time, even if you have previously given consent. However, remember that if you do not agree with some of our cookies, the user experience may suffer.

5. Third-party cookies

5.1. Our website uses its own cookies (first-party cookies) that are placed directly by our website, but also cookies from third parties whose services are used (or can be used) on the website (third-party cookies) and that are placed by a domain different from the domain of our website. This is also indicated in the second column of the table under article 6.2 below.

5.2. First-party cookies do not involve the transfer of personal data to third parties but may use a third-party processor, for example, to compile statistics. Your consent is also required for the placement of, for example, first-party analytical cookies.

5.3. Third-party cookies make it possible for personal data to be sent to third parties either directly (e.g., through an active component linked to a banner or a spy pixel) or indirectly by placing cookies that are accessible to other websites than those of the advertiser.

For example, we use Google Analytics to collect information about how you use our website. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the website.

Google Analytics stores information about:

• the pages you visit;
• the time you spend on each page;
• how you arrived at the site;
• what you click on while visiting the site.

These securely stored cookies do not collect information that identifies a visitor. All information collected by these cookies is completely anonymous. We use such information only to improve our website.

6. The cookies on our website