Cookie policy

The controller of this cookie policy is EIT FOOD, with its registered office at EIT Food iVZW Ubicenter A Philipssite 5 bus 34 in Belgium and with company number 0672423992.

For any questions, concerns or complaints regarding this policy, we can be contacted via e-mail at: privacy@eitfood.eu.

Cookies are small pieces of data that a website asks your browser to store on your computer or mobile device when you visit the website or certain pages. The cookie allows the website to “remember” your actions or preferences over time. These cookie preferences are personal and you can manage them yourself, in line with the relevant privacy regulations.

Cookies will usually contain the name of the website where the cookie has come from, how long the cookie will remain on your device, and a value which is usually a randomly generated unique number.

Some cookies will be deleted as soon as you leave the website (“session cookies”), other cookies will remain stored on your computer or mobile device and will help us identify you as a visitor of our website (“permanent cookies”).

Cookies on our Website are used for a variety of different purposes.

We use cookies to improve the user-experience on the website and to map your surfing behaviour (e.g. the pages you have visited and the time you spent on that page). Cookies make our website easier to use and allow us to better tailor it to your interests and needs. Cookies are also used to help speed up your future activities and experience on the website; for example, we use cookies to remember your language preferences.

We also use cookies to compile anonymous, aggregated statistics that allow us to understand how our Website is being used and how we can improve our services.

In addition, we also use the User ID feature from Google analytics which enables the association of one or more sessions (and the activity within those sessions) with a unique and persistent ID that we send to Google Analytics. This allows us to identify related actions and devices and connect these data points. The purpose is to provide more accurate user count in our reports and to have a more unified holistic story about a user’s relationship with EIT Food.

Strictly necessary cookies

These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly and cannot be switched off. Without these cookies, services you have asked for cannot be provided. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.
 

Cookie list:
CONSENT
Provider: google.com
Description: Used to detect if the visitor has accepted the marketing category in the cookie banner. This cookie is necessary for GDPR-compliance of the website.
Type: HTTP
Expiry: 2 years

CONSENT
Provider: youtube.com
Description: Used to detect if the visitor has accepted the marketing category in the cookie banner. This cookie is necessary for GDPR-compliance of the website.
Type: HTTP
Expiry: 2 years

CRAFT_CSRF_TOKEN
Provider: eitfood.eu
Description: Ensures visitor browsing-security by preventing cross-site request forgery. This cookie is essential for the security of the website and visitor.
Type: HTTP
Expiry: Session

CraftSessionId
Provider: eitfood.eu
Description: Sets a unique ID for the session. This allows the website to obtain data on visitor behaviour for statistical purposes.
Type: HTTP
Expiry: Session

li_gc
Provider: linkedin.com
Description: Stores the user's cookie consent state for the current domain
Type: HTTP
Expiry: 2 years

test_cookie
Provider: doubleclick.net
Description: Used to check if the user's browser supports cookies.
Type: HTTP
Expiry: 2 years

Functional (preference) cookies
 

These cookies allow a site to remember choices you make (such as language or the region you are in) and provide more enhanced, personal features. These cookies cannot track your browsing activity on other websites. They don’t gather any information about you that could be used for advertising or remembering where you’ve been on the Internet outside our site.

Cookie list:
lang
Provider: ads.linkedin.com
Description: Remembers the user’s selected language version of a website.
Type: HTTP
Expiry: Session

Analytics cookies
 

These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources, so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous.

Cookie list:
_ga
Provider: eitfood.eu
Description: Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.
Type: HTTP
Expiry: 2 years

_ga_#
Provider: eitfood.eu
Description: Used by Google Analytics to collect data on the number of times a user has visited the website as well as
dates for the first and most recent visit.
Type: HTTP
Expiry: 2 years

_gat
Provider: eitfood.eu
Description: Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate.
Type: HTTP
Expiry: 1 day

_gid
Provider: eitfood.eu
Description: Register unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.
Type: HTTP
Expiry: 1 day

_hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress
Provider: eitfood.eu
Description: This cookie is used to count how many times a website has been visited by different visitors - this is done by assigning the visitor an ID, so the visitor does not get registered twice.
Type: HTTP
Expiry: 1 day

_hjFirstSeen
Provider: eitfood.eu
Description: This cookie is used to determine if the visitor has visited the website before, or if it is a new visitor on the website.
Type: HTTP
Expiry: 1 day

_hjIncludedInPageviewSample
Provider: eitfood.eu
Description: Used to detect whether the user navigation and interactions are included in the website’s data analytics.
Type: HTTP
Expiry: 1 day

_hjRecordingLastActivity
Provider: eitfood.eu
Description: Sets a unique ID for the session. This allows the website to obtain data on visitor behaviour for statistical purposes.
Type: HTTP
Expiry: Session

_hjSession_#
Provider: eitfood.eu
Description: Collects statistics on the visitor's visits to the website, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been read.
Type: HTTP
Expiry: 1 day

_hjSessionUser_#
Provider: eitfood.eu
Description: Cookie purpose description: Collects statistics on the visitor's visits to the website, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been read.
Type: HTTP
Expiry: 1 year

_hjTLDTest
Provider: eitfood.eu
Description: Registers statistical data on users' behaviour on the website. Used for internal analytics by the website operator.
Type: HTTP
Expiry: Session

AnalyticsSyncHistory
Provider: eitfood.eu
Description: Used in connection with data-synchronization with third-party analysis service.
Type: HTTP
Expiry: 29 days

fonts
Provider: eitfood.eu
Description: Keeps track of special fonts used on the website for internal analysis. The cookie does not register any visitor data.
Type: HTTP
Expiry: Persisten

hjViewportId
Provider: eitfood.eu
Description: Sets a unique ID for the session. This allows the website to obtain data on visitor behaviour for statistical purposes.
Type: HTTP
Expiry: Session

personalization_id
Provider: eitfood.eu
Description: This cookie is set by Twitter - The cookie allows the visitor to share content from the website onto their Twitter profile.
Type: HTTP
Expiry: 2 years
 

Marketing cookies

_fbp
Provider: eitfood.eu
Description: Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers
Type: HTTP
Expiry: 3 months

_gcl_au
Provider: eitfood.eu
Description: Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services.
Type: HTTP
Expiry: 3 monts

_hjRecordingEnabled
Provider: eitfood.eu
Description: This cookie is used to identify the visitor and optimize ad-relevance by collecting visitor data from multiple websites – this exchange of visitor data is normally provided by a third-party data-center or ad-exchange.
Type: HTTP
Expiry: Session

ads/ga-audiences
Provider: eitfood.eu
Description: Used by Google AdWords to re-engage visitors that are likely to convert to customers based on the visitor's online behaviour across websites.
Type: HTTP
Expiry: Session

bcookie
Provider: Linkedin.com
Description: Used by LinkedIn for tracking the use of embedded services
Type: HTTP
Expiry: 2 years

bscookie
Provider: Linkedin.com
Description: Used by LinkedIn for tracking the use of embedded services
Type: HTTP
Expiry: 2 years

fr
Provider: Facebook
Description: Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party
Type: HTTP
Expiry: 3 months

i/adsct
Provider: t.co
Description: Used by Twitter in order to determine the number of visitors accessing the website through Twitter advertisement content
Type: Pixel
Expiry: Session

IDE
Provider: doubleclick.net
Description: Used by Google DoubleClick to register and report the website user’s actions after viewing or clicking one of the advertiser’s ads with the purpose of measuring the efficacy of an ad and to present targeted ads to the user
Type: HTTP
Expiry: 1 year

lidc
Provider: Linkedin.com
Description: Used by Linkedin for tracking the use of embedded services
Type: HTTP
Expiry: 1 day

lissc
Provider: Linkedin.com
Description: Used by Linkedin for tracking the use of embedded services
Type: HTTP
Expiry: 1 year

r/collect
Provider: doubleclick.net
Description: Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor’s device and behavior. It tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels.
Type: Pixel
Expiry: Session

test_cookie
Provider: doubleclick.net
Description: Used to check if the user’s browser supports cookies
Type: HTTP
Expiry: 1 day

tr
Provider: facebook.com
Description: Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers
Type: Pixel
Expiry: Session

UserMatchHistory
Provider: linkedin.com
Description: Used to track visitors on multiple websites. In order to present relevant advertisement based on the visitor’s preferences.
Type: HTTP
Expiry: 29 days

VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE
Provider: youtube.com
Description: Tries to estimate the users' bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos.
Type: HTTP
Expiry: 179 days

YSC
Provider: youtube.com
Description: Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen.
Type: HTTP
Expiry: Session

ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY
Provider: youtube.com
Description: Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video
Type: HTTP
Expiry: Persistent

yt-remote-cast-available
Provider: youtube.com
Description: Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video
Type: HTTP
Expiry: Session

yt-remote-cast-installed
Provider: youtube.com
Description: Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video
Type: HTTP
Expiry: Session

yt-remote-connected-devices
Provider: youtube.com
Description: Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video
Type: HTTP
Expiry: Persistent

yt-remote-device-id

Provider: youtube.com
Description: Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video
Type: HTTP
Expiry: Persistent

yt-remote-fast-check-period

Provider: youtube.com
Description: Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video
Type: HTTP
Expiry: Session

yt-remote-session-app
Provider: youtube.com
Description: Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video
Type: HTTP
Expiry: Session

yt-remote-session-app
Provider: youtube.com
Description: Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video
Type: HTTP
Expiry: Session

You can manage or delete cookies at any time using the settings on your internet browser, which also enable you to refuse some or all cookies. Turning off cookies will limit the service that we are able to provide and may effect your user-experience. Deleting cookies may result in manually adjusting preferences every time you visit our website. For more details about controlling and/or deleting cookies, visit the page corresponding to your browser for more information:

For other browsers, please consult the documentation provided by the browser operator.

Safari

Google Chrome

Mozilla Firefox

Internet Explorer

We will adapt this policy from time to time, for example when we change our website or when the regulations regarding cookies change. The latest version of our policy will always be published on this web page.

In addition, it is possible that cookies are placed on our website by others that we are not always aware of. If you come across cookies on our website that you cannot find in our overview, let us know via privacy@eitfood.eu.