Cookie Policy

1. WHICH PARTIES ARE THERE?

In this Cookie Policy, the following terms have the following meanings:

"ESPA": Espa NV, with registered office at Europark 1030, B-3530 Houthalen, Belgium, registered under company number 0401.296.522, RPR Antwerp, Hasselt department

"User": iany natural or legal person who is or will be in a contractual relationship of any kind with ESPA through its online platform.

"Law": Art. 129 Act on electronic communications, as amended by W 2012-07-10 / 04, art. 90,017; (effective: 04-08-2012).

2. WHAT ARE COOKIES AND WHY ARE THEY IMPORTANT?

Cookies are small text files that websites store on the hard drive of your computer or mobile device. For example, they collect information about your personal preferences, website visits and device in order to improve the functionality and user experience of the websites. The cookie contains a unique code that allows you to recognize your browser during the visit to the website (a so-called 'session' cookie) of bij latere, herhaalde bezoeken (een zogenaamde 'permanente' cookie). or during later, repeated visits (a so-called 'permanent' cookie). A cookie consists of a (unique) number or value. It does not contain any personal data. The use of cookies is regulated by the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union through e-Privacy Directive 2002/58/EC. All EU Member States have now transposed that directive into national law. This implies that cookie usage and cookie legislation are regulated differently in each European country. In Belgium this is done through an adapted version of art. 129 of the law of 13 June 2005 on electronic communications.

3. WHICH COOKIES DOES ESPA USE AND FOR WHAT PURPOSES?

Types of cookies

On the ESPA website, 4 different types of cookies are used:

I. Essential cookies
Essential cookies are cookies that are necessary for a website to function (better), for example cookies that manage the loading time of web pages. If you refuse these cookies, certain parts of the website will not work or will not work optimally.

II. Functional cookies
Functional cookies collect information about visitors' choices and preferences and provide the ability to remember and personalize language and other local settings. These cookies facilitate the functioning of our website and make the use more pleasant for the user.

III. Analytical or performance cookies
Analytical or performance cookies collect information about user behavior to measure the performance of the website in question and improve the user experience. For example, there is a cookie that helps us count the number of unique visitors and a cookie that keeps track of which pages are the most popular.

IV. Third party cookies
The website also contains elements from other third parties, such as video services and social media buttons.

SPECIFIC OVERVIEW

Below is an overview of the specific cookies used on the ESPA website:

ESPA Session
Name Purpose Type Retention	: PHPSESSID : Saving temporary information of your session (website visit) : Functional : Deleted immediately after the session is closed

Google Analytics
Names Purpose Type retention	: _ga, _gat, _gali, _utma, _utmb, _utmz, _utmv : Distinguish and track users and sessions, keep statistics : Analytical / performance : Maximum 2 years

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4. HOW CAN I MANAGE MY COOKIES?

You can always manage the use of cookies via the settings of the browser you use. Below you will find the procedure for refusing cookies for the most used browsers:

5. QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?

If you still have questions or comments about cookies after reading this Cookie Policy, you can always contact the person responsible:

by e-mail	: privacy@espa.be
By phone	: +32 (0)11 52 42 67
By mail	: ESPA NV, Europark 1030, BE-BE-3530 Houthalen, Belgium