Cookie Policy

HILDE LEDEGANCK 

COOKIES POLICY 

This website is operated by Hilde Ledeganck Ltd (“we”, “us”, “our”).  

This policy explains the way in which cookies are used on our website. Please ensure you have read and understood this policy before continuing to use our website. If you have any questions about our use of cookies, you can contact us at hl@hildeledeganck.com. 

We use necessary cookies to make this website work. We would also like to set optional cookies to improve your experience and our site. 

1. WHAT ARE COOKIES? 

Cookies are text files containing small amounts of information which are downloaded to your device when you visit a website. Cookies are then sent back to the originating website on each subsequent visit, or to another website that recognises that cookie. Cookies are useful because they allow a website to recognise a user’s device. They are widely used in order to make websites work, and to work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the website (and any third parties they work with) and to manage elements of their business. 

Cookies do lots of different jobs, like letting you navigate between pages efficiently, remembering your preferences, and generally improve the user experience. They can also help to ensure that adverts you see online are more relevant to you and your interests. 

If you would like to find out more about cookies please visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org/, which explains how cookies work and how you can manage their use. 

1. WHICH COOKIES ARE USED ON THIS WEBSITE?  

A list of all the cookie types used on this website by category is set out below. 

Strictly necessary cookies 

These cookies are essential in order to enable you to move around the website and use its features. Without these cookies, services you have asked for cannot be provided. 

Performance cookies 

These cookies collect information about how visitors use a website, for instance which pages visitors go to most often, and if they get error messages from web pages. These cookies don’t collect information that identifies a visitor. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. It is only used to improve how a website works. 

Functional cookies 

These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make (such as your user name, language or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features. These cookies can also be used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts and other parts of web pages that you can customise. The information these cookies collect may be anonymised and they cannot track your browsing activity on other websites. 

A list of all the cookie types used on this website by category is set out below. 

Cookie name 

Purpose of the cookie 

More information 

Essential cookies  

[COOKIE NAME e.g. “ASP.NET_SessionId”] 

This cookie is essential for to enable core site functionality, to measure a session and enable a user to move around the website. 

[LINK to external information if appropriate] 

[Functionality cookies] 

[COOKIE NAME] 

[DESCRIPTION OF THE PURPOSE FOR WHICH THE COOKIE IS USED AND ITS DURATION] 

For example, this cookie [is essential for our site to OR enables us to]: 

[(a) [(as above)]]. 

[LINK to external information if appropriate] 

[Performance cookies] 

[We also include cookies that allow us to analyse site usage so that we can measure and improve performance and provide customer support.] 

[LINK to external information if appropriate] 

1. HOW TO GIVE OR WITHDRAW CONSENT TO THE INSTALLATION OF COOKIES 

You can change your cookie preferences on this website at any time by clicking on the link shown on the home page of the website or cookies banner. You may need to refresh your page for the changes to take effect. Changing your preferences in this way will set a cookie on your device to remember your preferences.  

You may refuse to accept cookies by activating the setting on your internet browser which allows you to refuse the setting of cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our site. 

If you use different computers/mobile devices in different locations you will need to ensure that each browser is adjusted to suit your cookie preferences. Through browser preferences, it is also possible to delete Cookies installed in the past, including the Cookies that may have saved the initial consent for the installation of Cookies by this website. 

You can also find information about how to manage Cookies in the most commonly used browsers at the following addresses: Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari and Microsoft Internet Explorer. 

We also suggest that you consider the following resources for further information on blocking or opting out of certain cookies:  

• The EDAA initiative (EU/UK): this allows Users to select their tracking preferences for most advertising tools; 
• Microsoft Edge, Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Safari (mobile and desktop) and Opera: browser support pages, which provide more information on how private browsing works as well as its limitations; 
• Tracking Protection Lists: this Internet Explorer feature which allows the user to import a list of websites you want to block;  
• AboutCookies.org and AllAboutCookies.org: for more detailed information on cookies.