Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy explains what cookies and similar technologies are, how this website uses them, and how you can manage your preferences. It should be read together with the Privacy Policy in Part 1. The use of cookies on this website is governed by the GDPR and by Article 11.7a of the Dutch Telecommunications Act (Telecommunicatiewet).

1. What are cookies

A cookie is a small text file that a website places on your device, such as your computer, tablet, or phone, when you visit it. Cookies allow the website to recognise your device, remember your actions and preferences, and collect information about how the website is used. Similar technologies, such as pixels, tags, and local storage, perform comparable functions, and references to “cookies” in this policy include those technologies.

2. Why we use cookies

We use cookies to make the website work correctly and securely, to remember your choices, to enable the shopping cart and checkout, and, with your consent, to understand how visitors use the website so that we can improve it.

3. Categories of cookies we use

3.1 Strictly necessary cookies

These cookies are essential for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They enable core features such as security, network management, the shopping cart, and the checkout process. Because they are strictly necessary to deliver a service you have requested, they do not require your consent. Most of these cookies are set by our e-commerce platform, Shopify.

3.2 Functional cookies

These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make, such as your language or region, in order to provide a more personal experience. Depending on how they are used, they may require your consent.

3.3 Analytics cookies

These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with the website by collecting and reporting information, generally on an aggregated basis. We use Shopify analytics and Google Analytics for this purpose. Analytics cookies are not strictly necessary, and we place them only after you have given your consent through the cookie banner.

4. Overview of cookies used

The table below describes the main cookies and similar technologies used on this website. The exact names and durations of cookies set by third parties may change over time. The categories below give an accurate picture of their purpose.

5. Consent

1. When you first visit the website, a cookie banner asks for your consent to the use of non-essential cookies, including analytics cookies.

2. Strictly necessary cookies are placed without consent, because they are required to deliver the website and the services you request.

3. Analytics and other non-essential cookies are placed only after you have given consent. You may accept or refuse them, and you may accept some categories and refuse others where the banner allows this.

4. You can change or withdraw your consent at any time through the cookie settings available on the website. Withdrawing consent does not affect cookies already placed, which you can remove through your browser as described in Section 6.

6. How to manage and delete cookies

In addition to the cookie banner, you can manage cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers let you see which cookies are stored, delete them individually or all at once, and block cookies from being set. Instructions are available in the help section of your browser, including for Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge.

Please note that if you block or delete strictly necessary cookies, parts of the website, including the shopping cart and checkout, may not work properly.

7. Third-party cookies and data transfers

Some cookies are set by third parties, such as Shopify and Google. These providers may process the resulting data outside the European Economic Area. Where that happens, an appropriate safeguard recognised under the GDPR is applied, as described in Section 6 of the Privacy Policy. For more information about how these providers use data, please consult their own privacy and cookie statements.

8. Changes to this Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time, for example when we add or remove cookies or when the law changes. The date at the foot of this document shows when it was last updated. Please review this policy periodically to stay informed about our use of cookies.

9. Contact

If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy, please contact us at patrick.van.der.pijl@businessmodelsinc.com.