Cookie Policy

1. What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work efficiently, to provide information to website owners, and to enhance the user experience. Cookies allow a website to recognize your device and remember if you have been to the website before.

2. How We Use Cookies

G EVENTS ASBL uses cookies for the following purposes:

• Essential cookies: These are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable basic features like navigation, access to secure areas, and form submission. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.
• Analytics cookies: These help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. This helps us improve the website and user experience.
• Preference cookies: These allow the website to remember choices you make, such as your language preference or region, to provide a more personalized experience.
• Advertising cookies: These are used to track visitors across websites and display relevant advertisements. We use Google Ads for advertising purposes, and these cookies help us measure the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns.

3. Third-Party Cookies

In addition to our own cookies, we may also use various third-party cookies to report usage statistics of the website and deliver advertisements. These third-party cookies include:

• Google Analytics: Used to analyze website traffic and user behavior. Google Analytics cookies collect information about how visitors use our website, which pages are visited most often, and whether visitors receive error messages.
• Google Ads: Used for advertising and remarketing purposes. These cookies help us serve relevant ads to people who have previously visited our website.
• Google Tag Manager: Used to manage website tags and tracking codes efficiently.

4. Specific Cookies We Use

The following table provides details of the specific cookies used on our website:

• _ga: Used by Google Analytics to distinguish users. Expires after 2 years.
• _gid: Used by Google Analytics to distinguish users. Expires after 24 hours.
• _gat: Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate. Expires after 1 minute.
• CONSENT: Used to store cookie consent preferences. Expires after 2 years.

5. Managing Cookies

You can control and manage cookies in various ways. Most browsers allow you to refuse or accept cookies, delete existing cookies, and set preferences for certain websites. Please note that if you disable or refuse cookies, some parts of our website may become inaccessible or not function properly.

To manage cookies in your browser:

• Chrome: Settings > Privacy and Security > Cookies
• Firefox: Options > Privacy & Security > Cookies and Site Data
• Safari: Preferences > Privacy > Manage Website Data
• Edge: Settings > Privacy, Search, and Services > Cookies

6. Cookie Consent

When you first visit our website, you may be presented with a cookie consent banner that allows you to accept or decline non-essential cookies. You can change your cookie preferences at any time by revisiting this page or adjusting your browser settings.

By continuing to use our website without changing your cookie settings, you acknowledge that we may use cookies as described in this policy.

7. Updates to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated effective date. We encourage you to review this page periodically to stay informed about how we use cookies.

8. Contact Us

If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please contact us:

Effective date: January 1, 2025