Luceda Cookie Policy

Update: July 2024

Luceda uses cookies to improve your browsing experience on its “Website” (including both https://www.lucedaphotonics.com/, and related subdomains). Therefore, this policy will provide you with the necessary information about the use of these cookies by Luceda (“Cookie Policy”).


Please read this Cookie Policy carefully, together with our Privacy Policy.

1. WEBSITE OWNER

This Website is owned and managed by Luceda N.V., a public limited liability company incorporated and existing under the laws of Belgium, with registered address at Noordlaan 21, 9200 Dendermonde, Belgium, and registered with the Crossroads Bank for Enterprises under number 0553.769.733.

2. ABOUT COOKIES

2.1 “Cookies” you say?

Cookies, also known as ‘HTTP cookies’, ‘web cookies’ or ‘browser cookies’, are small text files that are sent to and stored on your computer or mobile device through your browser when you visit a website, resp. use a mobile application. When you surf the same website later on, the data stored in that cookie can be retrieved by the website in order to notify the website of the last activity.


Cookies were designed as a reliable mechanism for websites to remember the status of the website or the previous activity of a certain user. They help us to optimize your visit to the Website, to remember technical choices (e.g. choice of language, newsletter, etc.) and to offer more relevant services and offers.


If you wish to consult/use the Website to its full potential, Luceda encourages you to enable cookies (See Section 4 on how to enable/disable cookies).


2.2 Types of cookies

There are different types of cookies, based on their (i) duration, (ii) provenance or (iii) processing purpose:


Based on duration


Session cookies:

these cookies allow a user's actions to be simplified and linked to each other during a browser session. A browser session starts when a user opens the browser screen and ends when the user closes the browser screen. Session cookies are placed temporarily. As soon as you close the browser, all session cookies are deleted. Most functional cookies are session cookies;

Persistent cookies:

these cookies remain on your hard drive until you erase them or your browser does, depending on the cookie’s expiration date.


Based on provenance


First-party cookies:

these cookies are placed by the owner of the visited website;

Third-party cookies:

these cookies are placed by a domain name other than the one of the websites visited by the user. If a user visits a website and a third-party places a cookie through that website, then this is to be considered a third party cookie (e.g. cookies placed by Google, Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook).


Based on processing purpose


Strictly necessary cookies

these cookies are essential for you to browse a website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the site. These cookies will generally be first-party session cookies;

Functional cookies 

(or “preference cookies”)

these cookies allow a website to remember choices you have made in the past, like what language you prefer, or what your username and password are so you can automatically log in;

Analytical cookies

(or “statistical cookies”)

these cookies collect information about how you use a website, like which pages you visited and which links you clicked on. None of this information can be used to identify you. It is all aggregated and, therefore, anonymised. Their sole purpose is to improve website functions. This includes cookies from third-party analytics services as long as the cookies are for the exclusive use of the owner of the website visited;

Targeting cookies

(or “tracking/marketing cookies”)

these cookies track your online activity to help advertisers deliver more relevant advertising or to limit how many times you see an ad. These cookies can share that information with other organisations or advertisers. These are persistent cookies and almost always of third-party provenance.


3. OVERVIEW OF THE COOKIES USED BY LUCEDA ON THEIR WEBSITE

Strictly necessary cookies


Name

Provider

Description

Retention

session_id

Odoo

Used on web applications to keep track of a user's login status, shopping cart contents, and other session-specific information.

1 week

fileToken

Odoo

Used on web applications to keep allow for the uploading of files.

Session

website_cookies_bar

Odoo

Used to record and maintain user cookie consent.

2 years

AEC

Google

Security focused cookie used to prevent cross site request forgery and authenticate the user.

6 months

Functional cookies


Name

Provider

Description

Retention

frontend_lang

Odoo

Used to display the content on the website or web application in the user’s preferred language.

1 year

utm_campaign

Odoo

Used to store this information so that website owners can track the effectiveness of their marketing campaigns and make data-driven decisions about future marketing efforts.

2 years

utm_source

Odoo

Used to store this information so that website owners can track the effectiveness of their marketing campaigns and make data-driven decisions about future marketing efforts.

2 years

utm_medium

Odoo

Used to store this information so that website owners can track the effectiveness of their marketing efforts and make data-driven decisions about future marketing strategies.

2 years

_cids

Odoo

Used for tracking and analytics to understand user behaviour and improve user experience.

1 year

SOCS

Google

Managing user consent and preferences for GDPR purposes.

13 months

NID

Google

Storing user preferences and interactions with Google services including but not limited to Google Search.

6 months

oe_instance_hide_panel

Luceda

Serves to store information related to the state or preferences of the editor’s user interface panel.

1 day

Analytical cookies


Name

Provider

Description

Retention

_ga

Google

Used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier to track user behaviour and measure the effectiveness of a website or web application.

2 years

_ga_6G0EY7XEY6

Luceda

Used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier to track user behaviour and measure the effectiveness of a website or web application.

1 year and 4 days

_gat

Google

Used to throttle the request rate to the Google Analytics service. It limits the collection of data on high-traffic websites, ensuring that the service is not overwhelmed with requests.

1 minute

_gat_gtag_UA_43898285_7

Luceda

Used to throttle the request rate to the Google Analytics service. It limits the collection of data on high-traffic websites, ensuring that the service is not overwhelmed with requests.

Session

_gid

Google

Used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier to track user behaviour and measure the effectiveness of a website or web application.

1 day

_gac_*

Google

Used to store campaign information for AdWords users to track user behaviour and measure the effectiveness of AdWords campaigns.

90 days

visitor_uuid


Stores information on the user behaviour on the website or web application.

1 year

tz

Odoo

Stores information on the user’s local time to best represent time-sensitive information.

Session

Targeting cookies


Name

Provider

Description

Retention

_gads

Google

Used to store information about how a user interacts with advertisements on a website to track user behaviour and measure the effectiveness of AdSense campaigns.

13 months

_gac

Google

Used to store campaign information for AdWords users to track user behaviour and measure the effectiveness of AdWords campaigns.

90 days

4. MANAGING AND ENABLING COOKIES

4.1 Your cookie preferences

When you visit our Website for the first time, you will be prompted via our cookie banner to indicate whether you agree to enable non-strictly necessary cookies. You have the possibility to access this Cookie Policy before doing so.


You can change your cookie preferences at all times through the cookie banner, which can be found at the bottom of the Website.


Please keep in mind that limiting or blocking the use of cookies may negatively impact your experience with respect to our Website. 

4.2 Via browser settings

You can also modify your browser settings to decline certain cookies and/or to delete cookies that are already installed on your computer or mobile device. There are several possibilities to avoid the storage of cookies. Please visit the websites of the different browsers to learn how you can block the storage of cookies. Here you can find such websites regarding the most common browsers:


Chrome: Clear, enable and manage cookies in Chrome - Android - Google Chrome Help

Safari: Manage cookies and website data in Safari on Mac - Apple Support

Firefox: How to clear the Firefox cache | Firefox Help (mozilla.org)

Microsoft Edge: Delete cookies in Microsoft Edge


Please realize that when you decide to delete all your cookies, you probably will have to fill in all your usernames and passwords again on the websites you visit, where before the cookies stored your passwords for you. As already mentioned, cookies have benefits to your surfing experience on the web.

4.3 More information

If you want to know more about cookies, please visit the site: What are cookies? | Cookies & You (cookiesandyou.com). This website provides more information on cookies, explains in detail how to delete the cookies and shows you how you can allow familiar websites to store cookies on your device.

5. UPDATES

Luceda may alter, amend or update this Cookie Policy as deemed necessary to accommodate the use of new/different cookies, changes in technology, industry practice and legal or regulatory development, etc. When posting a new version on the Website, Luceda will indicate the revision date at the beginning of this Cookie Policy. Previous versions of the Cookie Policy shall be archived and accessible here.


Once a new cookie policy is implemented, your consent regarding the use of cookies (with the exception of strictly necessary cookies) will be requested again in our cookie banner.

6. COMPLAINTS

Note that you also have the right to lodge a complaint with the authorized supervisory authority (either the Belgian Data Protection Authority or the data protection authority of (i) your residence or (ii) your workplace) should you consider that the processing of your Personal Data infringes the Privacy Legislation. You can send an email to the Belgian Data Protection Authority at contact@apd-gba.be  or any other email address provided by the Belgian Data Protection Authority (https://www.dataprotectionauthority.be/contact-us).

6. QUESTIONS?

If you have any further questions about this Cookie Policy or its implementation, you may always contact: privacy@lucedaphotonics.com.