Cookie policy
What are cookies?
We use cookies on our website www.lionfoods.nl. Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer and/or mobile device when you visit our website. These text files are sent along to your browser and are then stored on the hard disk or in the memory of your computer or mobile device. This allows us as the owner of our website to collect or store information about your website visit or about (the device of) you as a visitor. When you return to our website at a later time, your information is recognised and the cookies record that you visited the website again.
Why are cookies placed?
Information from cookies enables us to discover what interests you and to personalise and optimise our services for you. In doing so, we have a commercial interest. By setting cookies, we can make the structure, navigation on our website and the content of our website as user-friendly as possible. This allows you to visit our website and access information at any time and at any location.
What types of cookies are placed?
On our website, we use functional, analytical and tracking cookies. We think it is very important for you to know which cookies are used on our website and for what purposes. These can be found below. These cookies will not damage your devices.
Functional cookies
Functional cookies are set to make our website work as well as possible. Among other things, these anonymous cookies ensure that your preferences (such as language) and search results are saved. They also save your browser settings so that you can view our website optimally on your screen. No consent is required for the use of these cookies. This means it is not possible to opt-out of these cookies.
Analytical cookies
Analytical cookies are placed to investigate the use of our website and to improve our website. By using these cookies, we can map your (surfing) behaviour on our website in an anonymous way. Your personal data are not used for this purpose. This does enable us to check which parts of our website are (well) viewed and, if necessary, make adjustments. We have a commercial interest in this. We use GoogleAnalytics and Leadinfo. We have (a) processing agreements with Leadinfo. Google and Leadinfo place analytical cookies on your device. This makes it possible to determine which parts of our website are of most interest to our visitors. It also measures how many visitors come to our website. We only use your anonymised IP address for Google Analytics. Among other things, the following data is stored in our systems:
- the number of visitors visiting our website;
- how much time visitors spend on our website;
- which browser is used by you;
- from which web page you arrived at our website;
- at what time and for how long you visit our website;
- which pages you visit on our website;
- completed contact forms.
You can read more about the setting of cookies by Google Analytics and Leadinfo later in our cookie policy.
Tracking cookies
Tracking cookies track your visit to our website with the aim of building a profile of our website visitors. This way, advertisements can be shown to you that you might be interested in. Your user experience is also optimised and your surfing behaviour can be tracked across multiple websites. We do this partly by using social media buttons (plugins) on our website. These share buttons allow you to interact with us through our social media channels. You can also share our posts on your social media channels. These cookies ensure the ease of use of the website and map your browsing behaviour. Finally, embedded content (a photo, video or audio file) on our website may contain (marketing) cookies. These cookies are only set when you click or play this content. Retargeting is also used for our Google Ads.
What are the other techniques?
In addition to cookies, we use JavaScripts and web beacons (via third parties). These are standard internet techniques that, together with cookies, allow a system to collect certain information, such as in our case about your interactions with our website. The collection of information is done by JavaScripts. Cookies store this information in small text files. Sending this information is done by web beacons. By using cookies and other techniques, we ensure, among other things:
- you do not receive or have to enter the same information repeatedly when using our website;
- we can measure the number of website visitors;
- the effectiveness of our advertisements can be evaluated;
- general usage patterns can be analyzed;
- we can track how our website is used and identify which functions or topics need improvement;
- we can offer you special functionalities;
- we can track how often an advertisement is displayed.
Detailed cookie description:
| Cookie | Description | Duration | Type |
| _ga_* | Google Analytics places this cookie to store and count the pages viewed. | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Analytical (Google Analytics) |
| _ga | Google Analytics places this cookie to calculate visitor, session, and campaign data and track site usage for the site’s analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognize unique visitors. | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Analytical (Google Analytics) |
| _gcl_au | Google Tag Manager sets the cookie to experiment with the efficiency of advertisements on websites that use their services. | 3 months | Analytics |
| test_cookie | doubleclick.net sets this cookie to determine whether the user’s browser supports cookies. | 15 minutes | Tracking (Advertisement) |
| wp-wpml_current_language | A multilingual plugin sets this cookie to store the current language/language settings. | Session | Functional |
| IDE | Google DoubleClick IDE cookies store information about how the user interacts with the website to show relevant advertisements based on the user’s profile. | 1 year 24 days | Tracking (Advertisement) |
| _gid | Google Analytics places this cookie to store information about how visitors use a website and to generate an analytics report on website performance. Some of the collected data include the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously. | 1 day | Analytical (Google Analytics) |
| _gat_gtag_UA_* | Google Analytics places this cookie to store a unique user ID. | 1 minute | Analytical (Google Analytics) |
| _li_id | A first-party cookie to determine whether the visitor is new or has visited the site before. | Only used in the current session | Analytical (Leadinfo) |
| _li_ses | A first-party cookie to track which pages were accessed during a session. | 2 years | Analytical (Leadinfo) |
Google
We use Google Analytics 4, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses cookies, JavaScript, and web beacons to collect data about the use of our website and to generate reports on its activity. This information may include, but is not limited to, your device’s IP address, browser type, operating system, referral URLs, visited pages, geographic location, and visit timestamps. This data is used to analyze website usage, track user behavior, and generate website traffic statistics. Google may also use this information for targeted advertising based on your interests.
For more information on how Google collects and processes data, please refer to Google’s privacy policy. You can opt out of data collection by Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on or by configuring your internet browser to disable cookie storage.
By using our website, you consent to the processing of data by Google as described above.
Leadinfo
We also use the lead generation service of Leadinfo B.V., based in Rotterdam (Netherlands). This tool identifies business visits to our website based on IP addresses and provides us with publicly available information, such as company names or addresses. Additionally, Leadinfo places two first-party cookies to evaluate user behavior on our website and processes domain entries from form submissions (e.g., “Leadinfo.com”) to correlate IP addresses with businesses and improve services. More information is available at www.leadinfo.com.
On this page: www.leadinfo.com/en/opt-out, you have an opt-out option. If you choose to opt out, your data will no longer be recorded by Leadinfo.
Consent
We only use (certain) analytical and technical cookies and other technologies if you have given your explicit prior consent. It is your choice to accept or decline cookies, and you can adjust your preference at any time. If you no longer wish to receive cookies and/or want to delete stored cookies, please adjust your browser settings to fully block the use of cookies. You can also remove all previously stored information through these settings. However, this may result in some website functionalities being disabled. You will still be able to access our website. Note: You must adjust these settings per browser. Be mindful of this if you use multiple browsers, such as Internet Explorer and Google Chrome.
Your Cookie Settings
We handle the data we collect from you with the utmost care. It is your choice what we are allowed to track. You may have already given consent for cookie placement, but you can modify this at any time via our website. In the bottom right corner, there is a white bar (manage consent) where you can click to adjust your preferences.
Our Privacy Policy
With the use of (certain) analytical and technical cookies, we process your data. Would you like to know which of your data is processed, on what basis we do this, for what purposes, the retention period and protection of this data and your rights? Then read our privacy statement.
Questions?
Changes may be made to our cookie policy, for example, if there are updates to the use of cookies on our website. We recommend checking this policy regularly. If you have any further questions about the cookies we use, please contact us via the contact form (by clicking on one of the products) or send an email to info@lionfoods.nl.