I. What are cookies?

Cookies are small files placed on your computer or mobile phone browser by the websites you visit. Cookies are widely used to help websites work, improve the user experience and communicate certain information to website owners.

Users always have the option of adjusting their browser configuration to accept all cookies, disable cookies or notify them when a cookie is used. Refusing cookies may mean that certain personalized services cannot be offered to that user or that a website no longer functions as it should, which may mean it is not possible to make full use of all the features of the website.

If you wish to disable the use of all or certain cookies, you will need to adjust your browser settings. As each browser is different, we recommend that you consult your browser’s ‘Help’ menu to find out how to change your cookie preferences.

The personal data we collect via cookies accepted by you will be processed by us in accordance with privacy and cookie legislation, in line with our privacy policy and in keeping with this cookie policy.

II. What cookies do we use on this website?

On our website, cookies are classified according to their use. In general, we distinguish between four types of cookies: technically necessary cookies, statistical cookies, cookies relating to preferences and marketing/social media cookies, the functionalities of which are explained in more detail below.

Within these four types of cookies, we also separate cookies based on their origin into first-party and third-party cookies:

• First-party cookies: these are cookies that are placed and used by us.

• Third-party cookies: these cookies are created and placed by third parties.

A. Technically necessary cookies

Technically necessary cookies are required to ensure the website operates smoothly. These cookies also allow us to improve the functioning of our website. These cookies cannot be refused when using the website.

The following technically necessary cookies are used:

Name	Placed by	Description	Expiry period
XSRF-TOKEN	www.animalfriends.be	XSRF-TOKEN provides protection against cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks. This cookie is session-specific and is deleted as soon as the browser is closed.	1 minute
Animalfriends_session	www.animalfriends.be	Internally, the framework uses Animalfriends_session to identify a user session.	1 minute
Cookies-consent-box	www.animalfriends.be	Determines whether the cookies consent message is visible.	1 year
Cookies-necessary	www.animalfriends.be	Determines acceptance of strictly necessary cookies.	1 year
Cookies-analytical	www.animalfriends.be	Determines acceptance of statistical cookies.	1 year

B. Statistical cookies

Name	Placed by	Description	Expiry period
_ga	www.animalfriends.be	Used by Google Analytics to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as e.g. customer id.	2 years

III. How to contact us?

If you have any questions about how we use cookies, please contact us using the details below:

• Email: info@animalfriends.be