What are cookies?
A cookie is a small text file that a website stores on your computer or mobile device when you visit the site.
- First party cookies are cookies set by the website you’re visiting. Only that website can read them. In addition, a website might potentially use external services, which also set their own cookies, known as third-party cookies.
- Persistent cookies are cookies saved on your computer and that are not deleted automatically when you quit your browser, unlike a session cookie, which is deleted when you quit your browser.
When you visit the IDIBELL’s websites, you will be prompted to accept or refuse cookies.
Cookies can also be used to establish anonymised statistics about the browsing experience on our sites.
How do we use cookies?
IDIBELL mostly use “first-party cookies”. However, to view some of our pages, you will have to accept third-party cookies.
The 3 types of first-party cookie we use are to:
- Store visitor preferences: These are set by us and only we can read them. They remember if you have agreed to (or refused) this site’s cookie policy
- Make our websites operational: There are some cookies that we have to include in order for certain web pages to function. For this reason, they do not require your consent. In particular, authentication cookies and technical cookies required by certain IT systems.
- Gather analytics data (about user behaviour): We use these purely for improve the service we provide for all our users. The cookies simply assess how you interact with our website – as an anonymous user (the data gathered does not identify you personally). Also, this data is not shared with any third parties or used for any other purpose. The anonymised statistics could be shared with contractors working on communication projects under contractual agreement with the IDIBELL.
However, you are free to refuse these types of cookies via the cookie banner you’ll see on the first page you visit.
Third-party cookies
Some of our pages display content from external providers, e.g. YouTube, Facebook, Linkedin, Instagram and Twitter.
To view this third-party content, you first have to accept their specific terms and conditions. This includes their cookie policies, which we have no control over.
But if you do not view this content, no third-party cookies are installed on your device.
These third-party services are outside of the control of the IDIBELL. Providers may, at any time, change their terms of service, purpose and use of cookies, etc.
How can you manage cookies?
Removing cookies from your device
You can delete all cookies that are already on your device by clearing the browsing history of your browser. This will remove all cookies from all websites you have visited.
Be aware though that you may also lose some saved information (e.g. saved login details, site preferences).
Managing site-specific cookies
For more detailed control over site-specific cookies, check the privacy and cookie settings in your preferred browser.
Blocking cookies
You can set most modern browsers to prevent any cookies being placed on your device, but you may then have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit a site/page. And some services and functionalities may not work properly at all (e.g. profile logging-in).
Managing our analytics cookies
You can manage your preferences concerning cookies, here.