Cookie Statement

Last updated at 3 December 2024

Table of Contents

1. Introduction

The website www.prismos.co uses cookies and similar technologies. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our Website and also allows us to improve our Website.

PRISMOS, a private limited company, with registered office at Bekaflaan 54, 3200 Aarschot, Belgium and registered in the Belgian Crossroads Bank for Enterprises under the number 1013.252.201 (hereinafter "Prismos" or "we"), is responsible for processing your data as described in this Cookie Statement. We want to inform you, as a visitor of the Website, that you are not obligated to accept all cookies. Accepting them is not a condition for visiting the Website. However, if you reject them, certain applications of our Website may not function optimally. For detailed guidance on managing your cookie preferences, controlling, disabling, and deleting cookies, please refer to section 5 below. It is important that you read this Cookie Statement carefully. If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us:

  • Via email: privacy@prismos.co
  • Via letter:
  • Prismos BV FAO: the data protection manager Bekaflaan 54 3200 Aarschot, Belgium

In general, as regards the collection and processing of your personal data and your rights in this respect, we wish to refer to our privacy statement, see Privacy Statement.

3. What are cookies?

Cookies are small information files stored by the internet browser on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website or use a (mobile) application. They act as a kind of memory aid for a website. Thanks to cookies, our Website can easily track specific information about our visitors and their browsing behaviour.

  • First-party and third-party cookies:whether a cookie is a 'first-party' or 'third-party' cookie depends on the domain that places the cookie.
    • First-party cookies are cookies placed by a website currently visited by the user (e.g. cookies placed by www.prismos.co).
    • Third-party cookies are cookies placed by a domain other than the website being visited by the user. If a user visits a website and another entity places a cookie through that website, this would be a third-party cookie.
  • Persistent cookies: these cookies remain on a user's device for the period of time specified in the cookie. They are activated each time the user visits the website that created this specific cookie.
  • Session cookies: these cookies allow website administrators to link a user's actions during a browser session. A browser session starts when a user opens the browser window and ends when he closes the browser window. Session cookies are created temporarily. Once you close the browser, session cookies are deleted.

4. What cookies do we use on our Website?

Given that some of the cookies and/or technologies used may contain data that could potentially identify you directly or indirectly, the following will be individually outlined: who places these cookies, the purposes for which they are placed, and the duration for which the data collected from them is retained.

4.1. Necessary cookies

Essential or strictly necessary cookies guarantee functions without which you would not be able to use our Website as intended. These cookies are necessary for purely technical reasons in order to use the Website.

NameDescriptionExpirationProvider
_sessionThis cookie allows us to store the session ID on the server and allows us to identify you as an individual user.SessionFirst-party
__cf_bmThis cookie is necessary to read and filter requests from bots and enhance website security.30 minutesFirst-party
_cfuvidThis cookie is used to distinguish individual users who share the same IP address and enhances website security.SessionFirst-party

4.2. Preference and functional cookies

Preference and functional cookies enable our Website to remember information that changes the way the Website behaves or looks, such as your preferred language, and improve your browsing experience by saving certain settings or preferences.

NameDescriptionExpirationProvider
VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATAThis cookie is used by Youtube to store the state of a user regarding their cookie choices and privacy. 6 monthsThird-party: Youtube
YSCThis cookie is used by YouTube to remember user input and associate a user’s actionsSessionThird-party: Youtube
_clientThis cookie helps to improve your online experience by saving browsing data. It remembers parts of pages, such as images, to help them load faster during your next visit.1 year, 1 monthFirst-party
_client_uatThis cookie makes your online experience easier by saving browsing data. The cache remembers parts of pages, like images, to help them open faster during your next visit.1 year, 1 monthFirst-party
__client_uat_JktVtCbqThis cookie makes your online experience easier by saving browsing data. The cache remembers parts of pages, like images, to help them open faster during your next visit.1 year, 1 monthFirst-party

4.3. Analytics cookies

Statistics or analytics cookies allow us to learn more about how you, as a visitor, interact with and respond to the content on our Website. This enables us to design our Website even better.

NameDescriptionExpirationProvider
__Secure-ROLLOUT_TOKENThis cookie is used to track users interaction with embedded content.180 daysThird-party: Youtube
ph_phc_sIUCRqIEQhyYO6hRTAwWmrU6Op28DwOVgIZzEppKYRF_posthogThis cookie collects analytical data on user interactions and Website usage to improve performance and experience.SessionThird-party: PostHog

4.4. Marketing cookies

Marketing cookies are employed to monitor visitors' activities across various websites. The aim is to present advertisements that are pertinent and captivating to the individual user, thereby enhancing their value for publishers and third-party advertisers.

NameDescriptionExpirationProvider
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVEThis cookie is used by Youtube to provide ad delivery or retargeting, store and track a visitors identity, Store and track interaction.6 monthsThird-party: Youtube