This Cookies Policy forms an integral part of the Privacy Policy of www.be-wide.com (hereinafter referred to as “BE-WIDE”, the “Site” or the “Website”). Accessing and browsing the website, or using its services, implies acceptance of the terms and conditions contained in the Privacy Policy.
To make browsing the website easier and to provide a better user experience, www.be-wide.com (hereinafter referred to as “BE-WIDE”, the “Site” or the “Website”) hereby informs you that it uses cookies or other files with similar functionality (hereinafter “cookies”).
Due to the way in which Internet communication standards work, accessing websites may involve the use of cookies. In any event, we would like to inform you that Be-Wide is responsible for cookies and for the processing of data obtained through its own and third-party cookies, and determines the purpose, content and use of the information collected.
1. What is a cookie?
Cookies are files containing small amounts of information that are downloaded to the user’s device when they visit a web page. Their main purpose is to recognise the user whenever they access the website, whilst also helping to improve the quality of the site and enhance the user experience. In short: they are designed to make your browsing experience on Be-Wide easier.
Cookies are essential for the Internet to function; they do not cause any damage to the user’s computer or device and, if enabled in your browser settings, help to identify and resolve any errors in the website’s operation.
2. BE-WIDE’s use of cookies.
By accessing the website, you expressly consent to the use of this type of cookie on your devices. If you disable cookies, your browsing experience on the website may not be optimised and some of the features available on the website may not function correctly.
Specifically, BE-WIDE uses cookies for the purposes set out below. Should BE-WIDE use other cookies in the future with a view to providing more and better services, the user will be duly informed of this.
3. Cookies Used
– Preference
Cookies These cookies allow websites to store information that changes the behaviour and appearance of the website. These cookies can also help you to change the text size, font and other customisable parts of web pages. The loss of information stored in a preference cookie may make the website experience less functional, but should not prevent the website from working.
– Security cookies Security
cookies are used to authenticate users, prevent the fraudulent use of login credentials and protect data from unauthorised access. For example, they help block many types of attack, such as attempts to steal the content of forms you fill in on web pages.
– Session Cookies Session
cookies help the Website to function and provide the services that visitors to the Website expect, such as browsing web pages or accessing secure areas of the Website. Without these cookies, the Website cannot function properly.
– Session
State Cookies Websites often collect information about how users interact with a particular web page. This may include the pages users visit most frequently and whether users receive error messages from certain pages. So-called ‘session state cookies’ help to improve companies’ services, thereby enhancing our users’ browsing experience. Blocking or deleting these cookies does not render the website unusable.
– Analytics
cookies: These cookies help website and app owners to understand how their visitors interact with their web pages. They may use a set of cookies to collect information and report on website usage statistics without personally identifying individual visitors.
– Advertising Cookies
These cookies (for example, from platforms such as Google or Facebook) help the owner of the website and/or apps to generate leads with a view to attracting new advisers, clients or website users. The data collected is anonymous and it is not possible to identify the user. It is used to limit the number of times an advert is displayed and helps to measure the effectiveness of an advertising campaign.
– Social media cookies and plug-ins (social media buttons)
These social media cookies are designed to enable users to share pages and content via third-party social media platforms. They also enable the targeting of advertising on social media.
Our website also uses plug-ins or social media buttons.
Social media plug-ins make it easier to share pages and content from the website www.be-wide.com across various social media platforms. For example, they allow users to ‘like’ and share information from our website with their friends on social media.
To this end, plug-ins use cookies to track users’ browsing activity, whether or not they are users of these platforms, and to check whether or not they are logged into the social network whilst browsing. These cookies also enable the targeting of advertising on these platforms.
For further information on the use of personal data in relation to social media, please refer to the privacy policies of the relevant third-party social media platforms.
All cookies are retained only for as long as is strictly necessary for their use.
4. User settings to block cookies
In accordance with current legislation, we provide information to enable users to configure their browser to manage and safeguard their privacy and security in relation to cookies. We therefore provide information and links to the official support websites of the main browsers so that you can decide whether or not to accept the use of cookies.
Cookie settings can be changed in your browser preferences by following the instructions provided via the links below:
Chrome
, Firefox
, Internet Explorer
, Safari
For further information about cookies, including which cookies have been set and how they can be managed and deleted, please visit www.allaboutcookies.org. If you do not wish your visits to websites to be tracked by Google Analytics, please visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Please note that by continuing to browse this page without first disabling cookies, you are deemed to have accepted their use.
Last updated: 25 May 2018