Cookies
Date of last update: 31/07/2024
I. General
LOTANA BV (hereinafter referred to as “LOTANA”, “we”) uses cookies to enhance your browsing experience on https://www.lotana.be (including www.lotana.eu, www.spelmagazijn.be, www.speelgoedmagazijn.be, www.puzzlemagazijn.be, www.creatiefmagazijn.be, www.miniloco.be (hereinafter all collectively referred to as the “Website”) All data that LOTANA obtains from these cookies is anonymous and is only used to improve the customer experience on the Websites understand for the purpose of improving the performance and usability of these Websites.
II. What is a cookie?
A cookie, also known as an HTTP cookie, a web cookie or a browser cookie, is usually a small text file sent from a website and stored in the user's web browser while a user is browsing a website. When the user browses the same website in the future, the data stored in the cookie may be retrieved by the website to notify the website of the user's previous activity. Cookies are designed as a reliable mechanism for websites to remember the status of the website or the activity that user has undertaken in the past. They help us to optimize your visit to the Websites, to remember technical choices (e.g. language choice, etc.) and to show more relevant services and offers. If you wish to consult the Websites, LOTANA recommends that you enable cookies. However, if you choose not to, you are always free not to enable them.
Cookies can include: clicking on certain buttons, a recording of the pages visited by the user, even months or years ago. While cookies cannot contain viruses or install malware on the guest computer, tracking cookies and especially third-party tracking cookies are often used as ways to compile long-term data from individuals' browsing history.
This cookie policy is in accordance with the current Belgian Law (Law of 13/06/2005 regarding electronic communication, BS 20/06/2005) and all future Belgian laws regarding cookies.
III. Types of cookies
- First-party cookies: cookies placed by a website that is currently visited by the user (eg cookies placed by LOTANA / LOTANA mini-sites).
- Third-party cookies: cookies that are placed by a domain name other than that of the website visited by the user. If a user visits a website and a third party places a cookie through that website, this is a third-party cookie (eg cookies placed by Google, Twitter and Facebook).
- Functional cookies: cookies that ensure that a website functions properly (eg cookies for helpdesk cases or registration, language preferences, etc.).
- Non-functional cookies: cookies that can be placed for statistical, social, targeting and commercial purposes. They have nothing to do with the mere technical support of a website. Cookies with statistical purposes allow to check which pages of the website you visit, where your computer is located, etc. Cookies with social purposes allow the user to share the content of the visited website directly with others via social media . Cookies with targeting purposes allow a profile to be built based on your surfing behavior so that the displayed advertisements are tailored to your interests. Cookies with commercial purposes keep track of how many and which advertisements have been shown to a user. Non-functional cookies can be first-party or third-party cookies.
- Permanent cookies: These cookies remain on the user's device for the duration specified in the cookie. They are activated each time the user visits the website that has placed this cookie (e.g. cookies placed by social media such as Twitter, Facebook, Google Analytics, etc.). Most non-functional cookies are permanent cookies.
- Session cookies: These cookies make it possible to simplify the actions of a user and to link them together during a browser session. A browser session starts when a user opens the browser screen and ends when the user closes the browser screen. Session cookies are placed temporarily. As soon as you close the browser, all session cookies are deleted. Most functional cookies are session cookies.
IV. List of cookies used by these Websites
A list and description of all cookies used is available in the cookie pop-up.
V. Disable cookies
There are a number of options available to prevent the storage of cookies. Please visit the websites of the different browsers to learn how to block the storage of cookies.
It is worth remembering that if the user decides to delete all cookies, the user will most likely have to re-enter all usernames and passwords on all websites that the user visits, which the user did not even have to think about before. As already mentioned, cookies can be a real asset to the web browsing experience.
If you would like to know more about cookies, please visit the website https://www.cookiesandyou.com/. This website provides more information about cookies, explains in detail how to delete the cookies you find, and shows you how to allow trusted websites to store cookies on your computer.
VI. Update
LOTANA is entitled to update this cookie policy by posting a new version on the Websites where LOTANA will indicate the date of revision at the top of this document. In this context, it is highly recommended to regularly consult the Websites and the relevant pages on which the cookie policy is displayed to ensure that you are aware of any changes.
VII. Contact LOTANA
If you have any questions or comments about the cookie policy, please contact us:
- Via e-mail: privacy@lotana.be,
or
- Via mail: Ter Voort 20, 2260 Westerlo, Belgium