Cookie policy

To better tailor our website to your needs and preferences, we use cookies. Websites may place marketing (tracking) cookies only after the visitor has given permission. You can decide which cookies you accept or not. Refusing cookies may cause the website to perform less well.

To manage all this, we use Cookiebot, a cookie banner that complies with GDPR requirements. You can change your consent at any time.

A cookie is a text file left in the web browser of your computer, smartphone or tablet by the server of the website you are currently consulting. A cookie contains a code that can only be read by the server that placed it. The server has no access to any other information on your computer or mobile device.

A cookie file consists of:

• the name of the server that placed the cookie file
• an expiry date
• a unique numeric code

Using cookies, we ensure that your browsing experience as a visitor on our website is as optimal as possible. This is done, for example, by making it faster and easier for you to navigate between the different parts of the website or by adapting the content of our site to your personal preferences.

Cookies are placed in a separate browser folder on your computer or mobile device.

What is a session cookie?

This cookie has the function of recognising your browser during your visit to our website.

What is a persistent cookie?

This cookie has the function of recognising your browser with a view to repeated visits to our website.

You will be under the impression that certain parts of our websites do not function or do not function properly if you disable necessary cookies. Maria Middelares uses such cookies, for example, when filling in contact forms.

Functional cookies?

As the word itself suggests, these cookies ensure the optimal functioning of our website, so that you experience the most pleasant and personalised visit to our website. Maria Middelares uses functional cookies to remember your personal preferences and avoid repeating the same communication on repeated visits.

Performance cookies

Maria Middelares uses performance cookies to check how you use our website with a view to adjusting and improving the content and user-friendliness of our website. For example, they track the number of visitors per page or the most common language in which the website is visited.

Third-party cookies

These are cookies that are written from advertisements placed by third parties on Maria Middelares' websites. The purpose of these is to adapt the advertisements and/or the content of the advertisements to your personal preferences. You will only see these cookies if you did not disable them. When using third-party cookies, neither Maria Middelares nor the advertisers (third parties) have your personal data at their disposal.

Maria Middelares can redirect to other sites on its website via a clickable link. This takes you to another organisation's website. It may be that the website referred to also uses cookies. At that point, Maria Middelares advises you to consult the terms of use of the organisation in question, listed on their own website, to inform you of their privacy and cookie policy.

Managing cookies is up to you.

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