Introduction
The following information relates to the protection of your personal data. This is the data that allows you to be identified, directly or indirectly, such as your first name, surname, e-mail address and IP address.
This policy applies to all pages of fin.belgium.be which in your browser start with:
- https://(www.)fin.belgium.be
- https://(www.)financiën.belgium.be
- https://(www.)finances.belgium.be
- https://(www.)finanzen.belgium.be
- https://(www.)finance.belgium.be
- https://eservices.minfin.fgov.be [More information soon about the cookies used]
Please note: When a link takes you to a website, another portal site, an online application or a social network, you must check the terms and conditions for the processing of personal data used by those responsible for those services.
What are cookies and why are they useful?
Like almost any other website, our website uses cookies to provide you with the best possible service. Cookies are small text files that servers temporarily store on your computer or any other device through your web browser. Information is stored in these text files.
Our cookies allow us:
- to improve the performance of the website for your convenience
- to save your settings during and between visits (for example choice of language)
- to improve the speed/safety of the website
- to share pages with social networks such as Facebook
- to continuously improve our website (for example statistical and qualitative purposes)
We do not use cookies:
- to collect personally identifiable information (without your explicit consent)
- to collect sensitive information (without your explicit consent)
- to transfer data to ad network providers
- to transfer personal data to third parties
- for commercial purposes.
Use of cookies with your explicit consent
If our cookies are (automatically) accepted by your browser settings, we assume you agree with our cookie policy when using our website. If you wish to remove cookies from your browser, or if you wish to limit or exclude the use of cookies, follow the instructions below. However, deleting or refusing cookies will probably impact the functionality of our website.
Which cookies do we use on our website?
Below, you will find a list of the cookies we use and their purpose.
Our functional cookies
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Name |
Expiration date |
Purpose |
|---|---|---|
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When closing the browser |
To determine whether or not your browser accepts Javascript (session status) |
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Cookies for the choice of language (language_cookie) |
24 hours |
To specify in which language you wish to visit the website |
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SimpleSAMLSessionID |
Duration of the session | To support the management of this site |
|
cookie-agreed |
90 days |
To determine whether or not you accept cookies |
Our social website cookies
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Name |
Expiration date |
Purpose |
|---|---|---|
|
Youtube embedded videos |
See privacy policy www.youtube.com |
To play the content of YouTube videos directly on our website. We try to use 'youtube-nocookie.com' videos as much as possible. |
Our statistical cookies
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Name |
Expiration date |
Purpose |
|---|---|---|
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2 years |
This enables us to distinguish users |
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24 hours |
This enables us to distinguish users |
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10 min. |
To limit the number of visits |
OUR ANALYTIcal cookies
| Name | Expiration | Content | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| _pk_id | 28 days | Token Id | Analysis of the number of website visitors. |
| _pk_ref | 6 months | Analysis of the number of website visitors | |
| _pk_ses | 50 min. | Session Id | Analysis of the number of website visitors |
The domains placing cookies are:
- Financien.belgium.be
- accounts.google.com
- .google.com
How do I manage or delete cookies?
You can manage or delete your cookies by adjusting your browser settings. Below, you will find further explanations on how to make such adjustments.