Cookies

Digitalnorthsea.nl uses cookies for, among other things, anonymous research into the behavior of visitors to the website. Below you can read exactly which cookies Digitalnorthsea.nl places and for what purpose.

Cookies do not contain any personal data

A cookie is a small text file with a (unique) number. Are you visiting a website? The website then often places cookies on your computer, tablet or telephone. The Rijksoverheid.nl cookies do not contain any personal data. So you remain anonymous.

Purpose of the cookies: improvement of the website

Digitalnorthsea.nl uses so-called analytical cookies. These are cookies for research and web statistics, to understand how visitors use the website. This information helps improve the website. For example, by supplementing information or increasing user-friendliness.

No permission is required for analytical cookies

According to the Telecom Act (cookie law), the visitor does not have to give permission for the cookies that Digitalnorthsea.nl places. This is because the analytical cookies have little impact on privacy.

Placed cookies for web statistics

Rijksoverheid.nl places cookies to measure web statistics with the Piwik program. In Piwik, the Ministry of General Affairs collects the following data:

  • Equipment and software used (devices, browsers, operating system)
  • Links used to get to our website
  • Links used within the website
  • Search terms used in the search engine on the website itself
Name, purpose and retention period of cookies for web statistics
Name Cookie Purpose Retention period
_pk_id Is it a new or returning visitor? The value of the cookie is a unique number (id) for each visitor. 13 months
_pk_ses Which web pages did the visitor view? 30 minutes
stg_externalReferrer From which website or web page did the visitor come to the website? Duration of the visiting session
stg_last_interaction Is the visitor continuing from a previous visit (more than 30 minutes ago) or has a completely new visit started? Value of cookie is the last time of the visitor's action. 365 days
stg_returning_visitor Has the visitor visited the site before? Value of cookie is Yes or No. 365 days
stg_traffic_source_priority

What type of channel did the visitor come to the site through? This cookie may contain the following values:

  1. Straight away
  2. Referring website
  3. Social media
  4. Search engine (such as Google or Bing)
  5. Campaign or advertisement
30 minutes

Disable cookies

If you do not want Digitalnorthsea.nl to place cookies on the device you use to visit the website, you can adjust this via the settings of your web browser. If your web browser does not accept cookies, the website will not function fully. For example, you cannot submit forms or use the search engine.