When you visit our website, the server sends small text files with information. Your browser stores those small text files on the hard drive of your computer or mobile device: these are cookies. They contain information about your identity, personal preferences, location, etc.

The cookie allows the website to “remember” your actions or preferences over time. The main purpose of the cookies is to improve your user experience. The cookies namely remember your preferences, learn from your click behaviour and make your experience more pleasant.

The Belgian law under which this website operates states that we can store cookies if they are necessary for the functioning of the website. For all other types of cookies, we will need your consent.

We use different types of cookies:

• Necessary cookies: This type of cookies ensure that our website functions properly. They ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously.
• Analytical cookies: These cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website, allowing us to improve our contents and services. They provide information about user demographics and behaviours such as the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.
• Third party cookies: On some pages of our website, other organisations may also set their own anonymous cookies. They do this to track the success of their application, or to customise the application for you. We cannot access these cookies, nor can we influence them.

A. DETAILED OVERVIEW OF THE COOKIES WE USE
We make a distinction between first party cookies and third party cookies.

• First party cookies: are the cookies that we completely control. We determine the information that is been collected through these cookies and for which purpose(s). For TechEthos, these are related to the PlugIns that provide different functions for our WordPress website.
• Third party cookies: are cookies that third parties with a different domain name place on our website. For TechEthos, these are related to the analytical cookies that allow us to understand how visitors interact with our website.

a) First party cookies
Overview of the most used first party cookies on our website:

• Name of cookie: cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary
• Purpose of cookie: remember user consent for the cookier under the category ‘Necessary’
• Type of cookie: necessary cookie
• Retention period: 1 year

• Name of cookie: cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics
• Purpose of cookie: remember user consent for the cookier under the category ‘Analytics’
• Type of cookie: necessary cookie
• Retention period: 1 year

b) Third party cookies
Overview of the most used third party cookies on our website:

• Name of cookie: _ga
• Purpose of cookie: used by GA to distinguish users anonymously and generate website analytics
• Type of cookie: analytical cookies
• Retention period: 2 years

• Name of cookie: _ga_HSRCLTNCVY
• Purpose of cookie: used by GA to distinguish users anonymously and generate website analytics
• Type of cookie: analytical cookies
• Retention period: 2 years

We also recommend you to read our privacy policy. Our cookie and privacy policies are related. Sometimes we use cookies to collect certain information about your use of our services. In our privacy policy you can read which personal data we may collect from you, how we collect this data, for which purposes we collect this data and how we want to deal with it. Moreover, you can find additional information in our privacy policy regarding your rights concerning your personal data.

You choose which cookies you approve. Do you prefer to delete or disable certain cookies? That is possible, but keep in mind that some functions of this website will be no longer available for you.

If you want to change your cookies settings: most internet browsers allow you to change your cookies settings. Here are the most common browsers’ help pages about cookies:

• Firefox
• Explorer
• Chrome
• Safari

This cookie policy may be changed from time to time if required by our services or the applicable legislation. We will notify you when there are important changes, and ask for your permission if necessary.

If you still have questions or remarks about cookies after reading this cookie policy, please contact us:

European Collaborative for Science Industry and Technology Exhibitions
Avenue Louise 89/7
1050 Ixelles (Belgium)
info@ecsite.eu
+32 2 649 7383

Sources / thanks:

• Ecsite for the template of this cookie policy which was adapted to the needs of TechEthos
• European Commission and allaboutcookies for the definition of cookies
• Guardian website for the explanation of Third parties cookies