Cookies Policy
Use of cookies by bureau veritas
You are informed that the company Bureau Veritas ("Bureau Veritas", "we", "us") uses cookies and other tracking devices on the www.benelux.bureauveritas.com site (the "Site").
These cookies are likely to be installed on your device, subject to the choices and options you have selected or may select at any time, in accordance with this policy.
In the interest of providing information and transparency, Bureau Veritas has defined this policy to allow you to learn more about:
- The origins and purpose of the information processed when you browse the Site;
- Your rights with respect to cookies and other tracking devices used by Bureau Veritas.
WHAT IS A COOKIE?
A "cookie" is a string of information, usually small and identified by name, that can be sent to your browser by a website you connect to. Your web browser will store this information for a certain period of time, and will send it back to the web server each time you reconnect to it.
Cookies have multiple uses: they can be used to memorize your customer identification details for a merchant site or the current contents of your shopping basket, as an identifier to allow you to trace your navigation for statistical or advertising purposes, etc.
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE COOKIES ISSUED ON THE SITE?
We use cookies and other tracking devices, notably for the following purposes:
CATEGORY | NAME | DEPOSITOR | DOMAIN | PURPOSE OF COOKIES | RETENTION PERIOD |
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Targeting/Advertising | 1P_JAR | .gstatic.com | Google advertising cookie used for user tracking and ad targeting | 6 months | |
Analytics | _ga | Google Analytics | .benelux.bureauveritas.com | This cookie is persistent and serves to distinguish unique users. | 6 months |
Functional | Google Tag Manager | .benelux.bureauveritas.com | To manage website tags without editing code, facilitating tracking and analytics. | Persistent | |
Analytics | _gat_UA-110347436-42 | Google Analytics | .benelux.bureauveritas.com | Used to throttle request rate. If Google Analytics is deployed using Google Tag Manager, this cookie will be named _dc_gtm_<property- id>. | 1 minute |
Analytics | _gat_UA-110347436-44 | Google Analytics | .benelux.bureauveritas.com | This cookie is persistent and serves to distinguish unique users. | 1 minute |
Analytics | _gid | Google Analytics | .benelux.bureauveritas.com | This cookie is persistent and serves to distinguish unique users. | 1 day |
Necessary | cookie-agreed | Bureau Veritas | .benelux.bureauveritas.com | This cookie is used to record your consent to the installation of cookies when you visit our site. | 6 months |
Analytical | Leadfeeder | Leadfeeder | .benelux.bureauveritas.com | To identify company visitors and analyze their behavior on the website. | 2 years |
Analytical | Hotjar | Hotjar | .benelux.bureauveritas.com | To collect feedback and track user interactions to improve user experience and design. | 1 year |
Links to the privacy policies of different cookie-leaving sites:
Bureau Veritas | Google Analytics | New Relic | YouTube | Leadfeeder | Hotjar
The social networking applications present on the Site, as mentioned above, may in some cases allow the corresponding social networks to identify you, even if you have not clicked on the application buttons. This type of button can in fact allow the relevant social network to follow your navigation on the Site, simply because your account on that social network is activated on your device (“open session”) while you browse.
We recommend that you review the policies of these social networks in order to be aware of the purposes and uses, including advertising, of the browsing information they may collect. These policies must allow you to make your choices with these social networks, in particular by setting up your account uses for each of them.
HOW DO YOU SET YOUR COOKIE CHOICES?
When you browse the Site, we obtain your express consent prior to the placement of any cookies.
You may at any time be informed of your preferences and modify your choices regarding the acceptance or refusal of cookies saved to your device by clicking on the "Manage Cookies" tab, available at the bottom of every page of the Site.
You are free to accept or refuse individual cookies on a purpose-by-purpose basis, or to accept or refuse them all together.
We would like to draw your attention to the fact that the setting of cookies is likely to modify the functionalities of the Site and limit its performance.
You can also configure your browser software so that cookies are rejected, either systematically or based on the sender. The configuration of each browser is different. Here are a few examples:
To find out more about the protection of the data we process, click here.
Version from April 30, 2024