We would like to inform you about the policy on cookies of Rode Kruis-Vlaanderen, the Flemish community of the Belgian Red Cross, located at Motstraat 40, 2800 Mechelen, KBO number 0406.729.809. Further information on the use of the data we collect from you can also be found in our privacy policy and legal notifications.
The websites of Belgian Red Cross-Flanders (rodekruis.be, websites of local departments and provincial seats, jeugd.rodekruis.be, tracing.rodekruis.be and dienstvoorhetbloed.be) use so-called ‘cookies’. These are small text files that our websites send to your browser. Your computer, tablet, smartphone or other hardware store these files. They allow us to easily track information about your visit to our websites.
Cookies usually have an expiry period. For example, certain cookies are deleted immediately when you close your browser (‘session cookies’), while other cookies remain on your computer for longer, e.g. 2 years or until you delete them yourself (‘persistent cookie’).
We use cookies on our websites to make your visit to our websites as smooth as possible and to provide insight into the visits to our websites.
We primarily use cookies for necessary and functional purposes. This means that these cookies are necessary for the proper functioning of our websites. You cannot refuse the necessary cookies. The cookies are there to make your visit run as smoothly as possible. There are also cookies for analytics and advertising.
| Name cookie | Expiry date | Why |
| language | 1 month | So we know which language you want to access the website in. |
| _dc_gtm_UA-59530668-1 | 1 minute | Google Tag Manager |
We also use cookies for analytical purposes. These cookies collect information about the technical data of the exchange or about the use of the websites (pages visited, average duration of the visit, etc.) in order to improve their functioning. We use Google Analytics for this purpose (in accordance with the Google Analytics Terms of Use: https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/us.html). You cannot refuse these cookies.
We install the following cookies:
| Name cookie | Expiry date | why |
| _Ga | 2 year | This gives us an overall picture of the number of visitors, page visits, sessions and impact campaigns. A randomly generated ID is used for this purpose. |
| _Gid | 24 hour | Tracking the number of page visits. |
| _utma | 2 hour | This cookie tracks how often you visit our sites (unique visits and returns) |
Our websites contain social plugins from Facebook, Twitter, Google (YouTube), Instagram and Linkedin. When you want to use a social plugin (e.g. the share button for Facebook) to share information on your social media or go to the Red Cross-Flanders channel on YouTube, the external party, e.g. Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn, will place cookies on your device. This will only happen when you give your consent. If you give your consent, you agree to the placing of cookies by this external party and the cookie policy of this external party.
You can find the cookie policy of these social media here:
You can find information about which cookies were installed and how to delete them via your browser's support or help function.
This page was last modified 8 october 2024
