EOLIAN PROJECT
Cookie Policy
Last updated: September 2024
1. About this Notice
1.1 This Cookie Notice (“Notice“) explains how European Composites Industry Association (EuCIA), with registered office at Auguste Reyerslaan 80, 1030 Schaarbeek and registered with the Crossroads Bank of Enterprises under number 0511.958.278 and with VAT BE0511.958.278 (collectively “EuCIA”, “we“, “us“, and “ours“) use cookies and similar technologies to recognise you when you visit our website at www.eolian-project.eu (“Website“). It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them.
1.2 Please take the time to read this Notice carefully. If you have any questions or comments, please contact info@eucia.eu.
2. What are cookies?
2.1 Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website or use a mobile application. Cookies are widely used by website or mobile application owners in order to make their websites or mobile applications work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information.
2.2 Cookies have many different features, such as allowing you to navigate between pages efficiently, remembering your preferences, and generally improving the user experience. They can also help ensure that the advertisements you see online are more relevant to you and your interests.
2.3 Cookies set by the website or app owner (in this case, EuCIA) are called “first party cookies“. Cookies set by parties other than the website or app owner are called “third party cookies“. Third party cookies enable third party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website or mobile application (e.g. like advertising, interactive content and analytics). The parties that set these third party cookies can recognise your computer or mobile device both when it visits the website in question and also when it visits certain other websites.
3. How long do cookies last?
3.1 Cookies can remain on your computer or mobile device for different periods of time. Some cookies are ‘session cookies’, which means they only exist when your browser is open and are automatically deleted when you close your browser or quit the app. Other cookies are ‘persistent cookies‘, meaning they survive after your browser or app is closed and can be used by websites or apps to recognize your computer when you re-open your browser or app later. The length of the cookies used on our Website is explained in more detail in the table below.
4. Why do we use cookies?
4.1 When you visit our Website, we may place the following types of cookies:
| Types of cookies | How to refuse |
|---|---|
| Essential websites and apps cookies: These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our Website and to use some of its features, such as access to secure areas. | Because these cookies are strictly necessary to deliver the Website to you, you cannot refuse them.
You can block or delete them by changing your browser settings however, as described below under the heading “How can I control cookies?”. |
| Performance and functionality cookies: These cookies are used to enhance the performance and functionality of our Website, but are not essential to its use. However, without these cookies, some functionalities may become unavailable. | We will only place these cookies if you expressly accept them when you first visit our Website via our cookie preference banner.
Please note that you can withdraw your consent for this type of cookie at any time by reopening the cookie preference banner (accessed by clicking the blue cookie icon at the bottom left corner of each page). |
| Analytics and customisation cookies: These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our Website is being used or to help us customise our Website for you. | We will only place these cookies if you expressly accept them when you first visit our Website via our cookie preference banner (accessed by clicking the blue cookie icon at the bottom left corner of each page).Please note that you can withdraw your consent for this type of cookie at any time by re-opening our cookie preference banner (accessed by clicking the blue cookie icon at the bottom left corner of each page). |
| Audience measurement cookies: These cookies allow us to measure the audience on our Website or to test different versions in order to optimize editorial choices according to the respective performances of different versions of the Website. These cookies also allow us to detect navigation problems or to organize the content displayed on our Website. | Please note that you can withdraw your consent for this type of cookie at any time by re-opening our cookie preference banner (accessed by clicking on the blue cookie icon at the bottom left corner of each page). |
4.2 More specifically, you will find below a complete list of the cookies we may place when you visit our Website:
| Cookie provider | Type of cookie | Cookie name | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google Analytics | Analytics cookie | _ga | To help us understand how (often) our Website is used. | 375 days |
| Google Analytics | Analytics cookie | _ga_* | To help us understand how (often) our Website is used. | 375 days |
| CookieYes | Necessary cookie | cookieyes-consent | CookieYes sets this cookie to remember users’ consent preferences so that their preferences are respected on subsequent visits to this site. It does not collect or store any personal information about the site visitors. | 1 Year |
5 How can I control cookies?
5.1 You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject specific cookies. You can exercise your cookie preferences by saving them in our cookie preference banner (accessed by clicking on the blue cookie icon at the bottom left corner of each page).
5.2 You can set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse some cookies. If you choose to reject cookies, you may still use our Website though your access to some functionality and areas of our Website may be restricted. As the means by which you can refuse cookies through your web browser controls vary from browser-to-browser, you should visit your browser’s help menu for more information.
5.3 In addition, most advertising networks offer you a way to opt out of targeted advertising. If you would like to find out more information, please visit http://www.aboutads.info/choices/ or http://www.youronlinechoices.com.
6. The cookies that were sent in the past
6.1 If you have disabled one or more cookies, we can always use information collected by these cookies before the deactivation. However, we cease to collect information via the opted-out cookie.
7. More information about cookies
7.1 For more information about cookies, including explanation about how cookies are placed on your device, or how to manage and delete them, visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org.
8. Updates to this Notice
8.1 We may update this Notice from time to time in response to changing legal, technical or business developments. When we update our Notice, we will take appropriate measures to inform you, consistent with the significance of the changes we make.
8.2 You can see when this Notice was last updated by checking the “last updated” date displayed at the top of this Notice.