Cookie Policy

COOKIE STATEMENT REALO

In providing its website www.realo.be or any related platform or app thereto (hereinafter the "Website"), Realo NV (hereinafter "the company", "we", "us", "our") will use certain cookies that are placed on the device of the visitor to the Website (hereinafter "you(r)").

The Website is operated by Realo NV, registered in the Crossroads Bank for Enterprises under number 0543.772.595 and with its registered office at Poel 16, 9000 Ghent, Belgium . Questions or comments can be sent by post to this address, by e-mail to privacy@realo.be or via the contact details available on the Website.

1. General information

1.1 This cookie statement (hereinafter the "Cookie Statement") describes the different types of cookies we use on the Website and how you can manage these cookies.

1.2 We have a strict privacy policy and we are committed to being transparent about the technologies used on our Website. To the extent that information collected with cookies contains personal data, the provisions of the apply and complement the Cookie Statement.

2. What exactly are cookies?

2.1 A cookie is a small text file placed by a website's server in your browser or on your computer's hard drive or mobile device when you consult this website. Cookies are used to distinguish you from other users of the website.

2.2 'First-party cookies' are cookies used by the website visited itself. 'Third-party cookies' are cookies that do not come from the website used itself, but rather from another website.

2.3 'Session cookies' are cookies that disappear automatically when you end your session on our Website. 'Persistent cookies', on the other hand, do not disappear immediately but only after a certain preset period of time.

2.4 For the use of strictly necessary cookies, your consent is not required but we inform you about them anyway through this Cookie Statement. However, for non-essential cookies (e.g. functional cookies, analytical cookies, advertising cookies and social media cookies), we always request your explicit consent via the cookie popup on the Website. There you can choose whether to accept all cookies, reject them (except for strictly necessary cookies) or accept only certain categories of cookies.

2.5 The consent you have given can be withdrawn at any time. Further on in this Cookie Statement, we explain how you can easily do this.

3. What cookies are used on the Website?

We use different types of cookies on the Website for the following purposes:

3.1 Strictly necessary cookies

These cookies are essential for browsing our Website or strictly necessary for providing a service specifically requested/expected by a visitor. Removing these types of cookies is therefore not possible and therefore only an information requirement applies. If you do not agree to this, you may not use the Website.

sid_ - Stands for "Session ID cookie." It is a type of cookie used to maintain a user's session on a website.

psid_ - A persistent Session ID cookie.

3.2 List of functional cookies

Functional cookies allow to perform certain functionalities such as sharing Website content on social media, to collect feedback or for other third-party functionalities. You can disable these types of cookies.

_dc_gtm_UA-* - Google Analytics sets this cookie to load the Google Analytics script tag. Duration: 1minute.

lidc - LinkedIn sets the lidc cookie to facilitate data center selection. Duration: 1day.

li_gc - Linkedin set this cookie for storing visitor's consent regarding using cookies for non-essential purposes. Duration: 6months.

UserMatchHistory - LinkedIn sets this cookie for LinkedIn Ads ID syncing. Duration: 1month.

_uetsid - Bing Ads sets this cookie to engage with a user that has previously visited the website. Duration: 1day.

_uetvid - Bing Ads sets this cookie to engage with a user that has previously visited the website. Duration: 1year 24days.

SRM_B - Used by Microsoft Advertising as a unique ID for visitors. Duration: 1year 24days.

3.3 List of analytical cookies

Analytical cookies are used to track how our visitors use the Website. These cookies allow us to collect information on certain metrics such as number of visitors, which website our visitors come from, which pages are visited a lot, etc. You can disable these types of cookies.

_ga_* - Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views. Duration: 1year 1month 4days.

_fbp - Facebook sets this cookie to display advertisements when either on Facebook or on a digital platform powered by Facebook advertising after visiting the website. Duration: 3months.

_ga - Google Analytics sets 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 recognise unique visitors. Duration: 1year 1month 4days.

_gid - Google Analytics sets this cookie to store information on how visitors use a website while also creating an analytics report of the website's performance. Some of the collected data includes the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously. Duration: 1 day.

CLID - Microsoft Clarity set this cookie to store information about how visitors interact with the website. The cookie helps to provide an analysis report. The data collection includes the number of visitors, where they visit the website, and the pages visited. Duration: 1year.

AnalyticsSyncHistory - Linkedin set this cookie to store information about the time a sync took place with the lms_analytics cookie. Duration: 1month.

_clck - Microsoft Clarity sets this cookie to retain the browser's Clarity User ID and settings exclusive to that website. This guarantees that actions taken during subsequent visits to the same website will be linked to the same user ID. Duration: 1year.

_clsk - Microsoft Clarity sets this cookie to store and consolidate a user's pageviews into a single session recording. Duration: 1day.

SM - Microsoft Clarity cookie set this cookie for synchronizing the MUID across Microsoft domains. Duration: session.

MR - This cookie, set by Bing, is used to collect user information for analytics purposes. Duration: 7days.

3.4 List of advertising cookies

Advertising cookies are used to send customised advertising to visitors based on the pages they visit and to measure and analyse the success of such advertising campaigns. You can disable these types of cookies.

li_sugr - LinkedIn sets this cookie to collect user behaviour data to optimise the website and make advertisements on the website more relevant. Duration: 3months.

bcookie - LinkedIn sets this cookie from LinkedIn share buttons and ad tags to recognize browser IDs. Duration: 1year.

daysPerformanceMUID - Bing sets this cookie to recognise unique web browsers visiting Microsoft sites. This cookie is used for advertising, site analytics, and other operations. Duration: 1year 24days.

bscookie - LinkedIn sets this cookie to store performed actions on the website. Duration: 1year.

ANONCHK - The ANONCHK cookie, set by Bing, is used to store a user's session ID and verify ads' clicks on the Bing search engine. The cookie helps in reporting and personalization as well. Duration: 10minutes.

3.5 Social media cookies

These cookies allow you to share Website content with other people via social networks. Some share buttons are integrated via third-party applications that may provide these types of cookies. Social networks that provide such a "share" button are likely to identify you with this button even if you have not used this button when visiting our Website. We invite you to consult the privacy policies of these social networks to find out the purpose of using the information collected through these "share" buttons by going to their respective websites. You can disable this type of cookies.

4. How can you refuse or manage the use of cookies on the Website?

4.1 If you want to know which cookies have been placed on your device or if you also want to delete them, you can use a setting in your browser to do so. Via the links below, you will find further explanations on how to do this. On the following website you will also find the method for refusing cookies for the most commonly used browsers: www.aboutcookies.org.

Browser URL
Firefox https://support.mozilla.org/nl/kb/cookies-verwijderen-gegevens-wissen-websites-opgeslagen
Firefox mobiel https://support.mozilla.org/nl/kb/cookies-privegegevens-geschiedenis-instellingen-wissen
Chrome https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=nl
Chrome mobiel https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=nl&co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid&oco=1
Safari https://support.apple.com/nl-be/HT201265
Internet explorer https://support.microsoft.com/nl-be/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
Microsoft Edge https://support.microsoft.com/nl-be/help/4027947/windows-delete-cookies

4.2 You have the option of withdrawing your consent to the setting of cookies at any time but you understand that such withdrawal will have no effect on the lawful processing we were doing on the basis of your consent until then.

4.3 Adjusting your cookie settings as described above may result in certain parts of the Website not being able to be displayed (correctly) or some interactions not working normally.

4.4 You can set your internet browser to not accept cookies and to alert you when a cookie is installed or to delete cookies from your hard disk afterwards. You can do this via your browser settings (see above).

5. Protection of your data

5.1 All personal data is processed in accordance with our Privacy Statement. This Statement also explains all your rights to access, erasure, etc. Be sure to consult this Privacy Statement if you require further explanation on these rights.

5.2 While we would like to resolve any issue with you, we inform you that you always have the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority. In Belgium, you can contact the Data Protection Authority for this purpose (see www.gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit.be; address: Drukpersstraat 35, 1000 Brussels; Telephone: +32 (0)2 274 48 00; E: contact@apd-gba.be).

6. Do you still have questions regarding the use of cookies?

6.1 Should you have any further questions regarding the use of cookies on the Website, you can always contact us via the contact details provided at the top of this Cookie Statement.

© Realo NV - Last modified October 2023