Cookie policy
This Cookie Policy applies to the Smoothsailing website. We use cookies and similar tools (JavaScript and tags) to provide a smooth browsing experience, understand how the Websites are used and track the success of our advertising campaigns.
Where we use cookies or similar tools that require your consent, we will ask you for consent via a consent banner.
1. Cookies we use
(a) Strictly Necessary or Essential
Strictly necessary cookies are essential for the website to function and cannot be declined.
- CRAFT_CSRF_TOKEN: to prevent CSRF attacks
- CraftSessionId: maintain sessions across web requests
- cookie-preferences: to save user cookie preferences
(b) Analytics
By default, we only use anonymised audience measurement tools for the sole purpose of measuring the audience of our websites to measure performance, detect navigation problems, optimise technical performance and usability of our websites, estimate the necessary server capacity, and to analyse viewed content, etc.).
We use first-party cookies and JavaScript trackers for audience measurement purposes to produce anonymous statistical data and exclusively on our own behalf. First-party cookies are set by the domain you are visiting. They do not track your activity across different domains and they are not shared with external domains or third parties.
- _ga: registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.
- _ga_#: used by Google Analytics to collect data on the number of times a user has visited the website as well as dates for the first and most recent visit.
- _pk_id: used by Matomo Analytics to store a unique visitor ID
- _pk_ses: used by Matomo Analytics to temporarily store data for the visit
- _pk_ref: used by Matomo Analytics to store attribution information
- _pk_testcookie: used by Matomo Analytics to check if a visitor's browser supports cookies (set in Internet Explorer only)
2. Withdrawal of consent for cookies
The modification or withdrawal of consent for the placement of cookies can be made by clicking on the “Cookie settings” link on the bottom right corner of our website to reopen our CMP (Consent Management Platform) and change your settings.
3. Managing cookie preferences
In the Consent Management Platform (CMP): If necessary, we will ask for your consent to the use of certain cookies described in this Cookie Policy when you access this website. If so, a banner will appear when you first visit our website informing you of the use of such cookies. If you reject the cookies, we will not set any cookies on your device other than those for which consent is not required or those that are strictly necessary (including a cookie to indicate that you do not accept the cookies to be set when you visit the website). If you wish to reject the cookies, please click on the “Cookie settings” link on the bottom right corner of our website to reopen our CMP and change your settings.
In your browser settings: You can also deactivate cookies by changing the settings of your website browser so that cookies are rejected. How to do this depends on the browser you are using. All modern browsers allow you to change your cookie settings, which can usually be found in the Options or Preferences menu of your browser. Use the Help option in your browser for guidance.
Please note that disabling cookies may impact the functionality of some websites and limit your user experience.
4. Contact
If you have any questions about this Cookie policy, please contact us on privacy@smoothsailing.be.