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Cookie policy

Last updated: 18/09/2023

1. What if this cookie policy does not answer all your questions?

Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnology (“VIB”) uses cookies and similar technologies to facilitate the use of its website(s) and to improve their functionality and user experience. This cookie policy aims to provide you with clear information about this.

Should you still have additional questions or concerns after reading this cookie policy, you can always reach us via the contact details below. 

2. Identification of the controller

Whenever you see a reference to "we" in this cookie policy, this actually refers to VIB:

  • Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie
  • Rijvisschestraat 120, 9052 Ghent
  • Company number: 0456.343.923

The company VIB, as data controller, is responsible for the collection and use (or - as the law calls it - "processing") of your personal data as explained in this cookie policy. 
 

3. Scope of the cookie policy

This cookie policy applies to www.vib.be and all websites linked to VIB, such as, but not limited to, research centers, core facilities and researchers who are an essential part of VIB. The websites of the research centers and core facilities may contain links to webpages of researchers, laboratories and other core facilities. 

This cookie policy applies to all websites of which the domains consist of the following composition: www.(...).sites.vib.be.

Following research centers are linked to the www.vib.be website:

Center for Cancer Biology

https://ccb.sites.vib.be/en

Center for Medical Biotechnology

https://cmb.sites.vib.be/en

Center for Microbiology

https://cfm.sites.vib.be/en

Center for Molecular Neurology

https://cmn.sites.vib.be/en

Center for Structural Biology

https://csb.sites.vib.be/en

NeuroElectronics Flanders – NERF

https://nerf.sites.vib.be/en#/

Center for Brain & Disease Research

https://cbd.sites.vib.be/en

Following core facilities are linked to the www.vib.be website:

VIB Bioimaging Core

https://bioimagingcore-gent.sites.vib.be/en

VIB Flow Core

https://flowcore-gent.sites.vib.be/en

VIB Metabolomics Core

https://metabolomicscore-gent.sites.vib.be/en

VIB Nanobody Core

https://nanobodycore.sites.vib.be/en

VIB Nucleomics Core

https://nucleomicscore.sites.vib.be/en

VIB Protein Core

https://proteincore.sites.vib.be/en

VIB Proteomics Core

https://proteomicscore.sites.vib.be/en

VIB Screening Core

https://screeningcore.sites.vib.be/en

VIB Single Cell Core

https://singlecellcore.sites.vib.be/en

The abovementioned research centers and core facilities are an indication of sites to which this cookie policy applies, but the list is not exhaustive. Additionally, this cookie policy also applies to other websites that are linked to VIB, such as vibconferences for example. 

4. General information about cookies

4.1 What are cookies?

A cookie is a text file placed in the browser of your computer or mobile device by a website's server when you consult a website. The use of cookies makes it possible to recognise visitors' browsers, with the aim of remembering information about you. The cookie usually contains the name of the server that placed the cookie, as well as a unique code that allows your browser to be recognised when you visit the website. It allows us to save certain settings, such as your choice of language, to make your visit to the website faster and easier. 

Cookies can also be used to make content or advertisements on a website more relevant to visitors and tailored to their personal tastes and needs. Certain cookies may be set by a third party. If you do not want a website to place cookies on your computer, you can change your browser settings. This is further explained in this cookie policy.

4.2 What types exist?

Strictly necessary cookies

Strictly necessary cookies are essential to provide you with the services you have requested, which means they cannot be turned off in the cookie banner and we do not need your consent to set them.

Performance and analytics cookies

These types of cookies measure how often you visit our site and how you use the site. We use this information to get a better picture of how our users interact with our website and to improve our services.

Functional cookies

Functional cookies are used to recognise you and remember your preferences or settings when you revisit our website, so that we can provide you with a more personalised experience (e.g. remembering your language settings).

Advertising cookies

Advertising cookies are cookies used within a domain or across domains to record visitors' browsing behaviour. In short, they are used to track marketing activities. Based on the data collected by a cookie, targeted advertising can ultimately be offered.

4.3 How can you disable cookies?

If you wish to block the placement of cookies on your device, you can do so via the settings of the browser you are using:

  • Opera
  • Google Chrome
  • Firefox
  • Safari 
  • Microsoft Edge

Please note that disabling cookies may result in certain graphical elements or applications on the website working less well. VIB will make every effort to ensure the proper functioning of the website. However, certain parts of the website require the use of cookies.

In any case, we will ask your consent again after 1 year for the cookies for which you have given your consent or if our cookie policy changes.

5. Which cookies do we use and why?

5.1 Strictly necessary cookies

Cookie

Provider

Type

Description

Retention period

Cookie-agreed

 

Cookie-agreed-categories

 

Cookie-agreed-version

VIB

First party

These cookies allow the website you access to remember the cookie preferences you indicate through the cookie banner.

12 months

AEC

Google

Third party

 

 

 

This cookie ensures that requests within a browser session are made by the user and not by other sites. These cookies prevent malicious sites from impersonating a user without the user's knowledge.

6 months

__cf_bm

Vimeo

Third party

 

This cookie is used to read and filter requests from bots.

30 minutes

OptanonConsent

Vimeo

Third party

This cookie is set by the cookie compliance solution from OneTrust. It stores information about the categories of cookies the site uses and whether visitors have given or withdrawn consent for the use of each category. This enables site owners to prevent cookies in each category from being set in the users browser, when consent is not given. The cookie has a normal lifespan of one year, so that returning visitors to the site will have their preferences remembered. It contains no information that can identify the site visitor.

1 year

SOCS

Google

Third party

 

It is used to store a user’s state regarding his/her cookies choices

13 months

player

Vimeo

Third party

This cookie saves your settings before you play an embedded Vimeo video. This means that the next time you watch a Vimeo video, you will get your preferred settings back.

1 year

language

Vimeo

Third party

This cookie remembers your language settings.

13 months

5.2 Analytics cookies

Cookie

Provider

Type

Description

Retention period

_ga

Google Analytics

First party

This cookie is used to store information about how visitors use the Website and helps create an analytics report on how the Website is doing. The data collected, including the number of visitors, the source they came from and the pages remain anonymous.

1 day

_gat_UA_*

Google Analytics

First party

 

This cookie is used to store a unique user ID.

1 minute

_gid

Google Analytics

First party

 

This cookie is used to store information about how visitors use the Website and helps create an analytics report about how the Website is doing. The data collected, including the number of visitors, the source they came from and the pages remain anonymous.

1 day

_ga_*

Google Analytics

First party

 

This cookie is used to track and count pageviews

1 year

__Secure-ENID

Google

Third party

 

 

To secure digitally signed and encrypted data from the unique Google ID and store the most recent login time that Google uses to identify visitors, prevent fraudulent use of login data and protect visitor data from unauthorized parties. This can also be used for targeting purposes to display relevant and personalized advertising content.

1 year

NID

Google

 

 

Third party

 

 

This cookie is used to remember your preferences and other information, such as your preferred language, how many results you prefer to have shown on a search results page (for example, 10 or 20), and whether you want to have Google’s SafeSearch filter turned on.

6 months

vuid

Vimeo

Third party

This cookie collects information about your actions on websites that have embedded a Vimeo video.

2 years

_gcl_au

Google Adsense

Third party

 

 

This cookie stores and tracks conversions. It takes information in ad clicks and stores it in a first-party cookie so that conversions can be attributed outside the landing page.

3 months

_fbp

Facebook

First party

This cookie is used to display advertisements when either on Facebook or on a digital platform powered by Facebook advertising, after visiting the website.

3 months

_clsk

Microsoft Clarity

First party

This cookie is being used to store and combine pageviews by a user into a single session recording.

1 day

_insp_targlpt

Inspectlet

First party

This cookie is used to store information regarding mouse position, clicks, scrolls, and highlighted elements and text.

1 year

_insp_nv

Inspectlet

First party

This cookie is used to record website and server performance with each visit to the site. The data is aggregated and analyzed; therefore, it remains anonymous upon use.

Session

_insp_targlpu

Inspectlet

First party

This cookie is used to store information regarding mouse position, clicks, scrolls, and highlighted elements and text.

1 year

_insp_norec_sess

Inspectlet

First party

This cookie is used to record website and server performance with each visit to the site. The data is aggregated and analyzed; therefore, it remains anonymous upon use.

1 year

_insp_slim

Inspectlet

First party

This cookie is used to store information regarding mouse position, clicks, scrolls, and highlighted elements and text.

1 year

_clck

Microsoft Clarity

First party

This cookie is used to store a unique ID when visiting the website.

1 year

_insp_wid

Inspectlet

First party

This cookie is used to record website and server performance with each visit to the site. The data is aggregated and analyzed; therefore, it remains anonymous upon use.

Session

MUID

Microsoft Clarity

First party

This cookie is used to store and track visits across websites.

1 year

CLID

Microsoft Clarity

First party

Identifies the first-time Clarity saw this user on any site using Clarity.

1 year

Prism_*

ActiveCampaign

First party

 

This cookie is being used to give a unique ID to the visitors of the website so their interaction can be measured and stored.

1 month

6. Changes to this cookie policy

By continuing to use this website, you acknowledge that you have read the terms of this cookie policy and agree to our use of cookies as set out above (unless you have expressly stated otherwise). We may update this cookie policy from time to time. Any changes we make to our cookie policy in the future will be posted on this page. Please check back regularly for any updates or changes to this cookie policy.