Cookie management

What is a cookie?

A cookie is a string of information, generally small in size and identified by a name, which is stored on the terminal equipment (PC, tablet, smartphone, etc.) that you use to connect to the Internet and which can be communicated by your browser to the server of the site that placed it each time the equipment connects to the site again, for as long as the cookie is present.

What are the cookies that the University of Namur uses for this site and what data is used?

This University of Namur site does not collect any data aimed at identifying you. The data associated with cookies is processed internally, on servers located in the territory of the European Union, and is not communicated to third parties.

Two types of cookies are used:

Functional cookie required

A cookie stores the status of your consents to take into account preferences expressed when you subsequently connect to our site with the same browser. It is stored for 6 months. This cookie cannot be refused. Its use is in our legitimate interest.

This cookie is used to remember users' consent preferences so that these preferences are respected on subsequent visits to this site. It does not collect or store any personal information about visitors to the site.

Statistical analysis cookies

These cookies are used if you have consented to them to analyze the audience for our site (such as the number of pages viewed, from which part of the world their users come, the number of visits to the site, as well as visitor activity on the site and how often they return).

Connection IP addresses are also collected as part of site traffic analyses because they make it possible to determine in which region of the world it is assigned, but we do not identify Internet users.

Technical information on the type of terminal device is also collected.

We use the MATOMO open source platform to analyze the site's audience and how it is consulted. This data is processed internally and not shared with third parties.

What about the use of cookies associated with third-party services?

We offer access on our website to videos stored via Google's YouTube service and consent is requested to store cookies for this purpose.

When the video is played, data such as your IP address or browser information may be transmitted to YouTube and, if necessary, merged with existing data by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, which operates this service under its own responsibility, particularly with regard to the settings for accepting or refusing other cookies related to its own activities, and over which the University of Namur has no control.

To find out more about data processing via cookies associated with the YouTube service and the guarantees offered concerning data protection and transfers outside the European Union of data from users of this service, consult their website.

How to configure the use of cookies on this website and on your browser?

You can modify the choice made regarding cookies subject to your consent at any time via the icon present on the website pages.

You can also delete installed cookies via your browser settings.

How to delete or block cookies via your browser.

The information associated with the authentication cookie is used to enable you to edit on the site. Once you've finished your work, you can delete this installed cookie via your browser settings:

• Firefox: via the 'options' button, then 'privacy and security'
• Google Chrome: via the 'more tools' option then 'clear browsing data'
• Microsoft Edge: via 'settings', then 'privacy and security', option 'clear browsing data

You can refuse audience measurement cookies via the dialog box offered at the bottom of this page.

Who to contact for further information or to exercise your rights?

For more information about this use or your rights, you can contact us via dpo@unamur.be.

For more information about data protection at the University of Namur see https://www.unamur.be/vie-privee