Cookie Policy
1. General
European Federation of Public, Cooperative & Social Housing (hereafter “Housing Europe, “we”, “us”) uses cookies and similar technologies on its websites. The aim of this cookie statement (hereafter “Cookie Statement”) is to inform you as a visitor about the use of cookies on our website. This Cookie Statement applies to the following (sub)domains which are managed by Housing Europe, and which are for the purpose of this Cookie Statement to be considered as one website: www.housingeurope.eu
In addition to this Cookie Statement, Housing Europe also provides a Privacy Statement, of which this Cookie Statement forms an integral part, and which is available here. In this Privacy Statement, we set out (1) which personal data we can collect by the use of cookies, (2) the legal bases for our use of cookies, and (3) the general purposes of our use of cookies. For the aforementioned information, and other information concerning the collection of your personal data in general and your rights in that regard, please refer to this Privacy Statement[MRF1] [A2] .
2. What are cookies?
Cookies are small information files that are stored by the internet browser on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website or when you use a (mobile) application. They function as a kind of reminder for a website. Thanks to cookies, our website can easily keep track of specific information about our visitors and their surfing behaviour. The term “cookies” also includes technologies similar to cookies, such as pixels, social plug-ins and certain scripts, as these may also collect data from you.
Cookies can be placed both by Housing Europe itself (“first-party cookies”) and by third parties (“third-party cookies”). Third-party cookies ensure that when you visit or use our website, certain data is forwarded to the third party that placed the cookies.
Cookies are sometimes placed for the duration of your browsing session (“session cookies”, these are deleted when you close the browser) and sometimes for a longer duration (“persistent cookies”, which remain until they expire or until you delete them).
3. For which cookies is my consent needed, and how can I give it?
In making its website available, Housing Europe distinguishes the following types of cookies: (1) strictly necessary cookies, (2) analytical cookies and (3) marketing cookies.
The use of strictly necessary cookies does not depend on your consent as a visitor. These cookies are necessary for the proper functioning of the website and, where relevant, to provide you with services that you explicitly requested. Therefore, you cannot refuse their use.
Before we place any cookies on your device that fall under the other categories mentioned above, we will ask for your prior consent via our cookie banner, as specified hereafter. You can, fully or partially, withdraw this consent at any time. To do so, please refer to the explanations under title 5.
4. Which cookies does Housing Europe use?
As mentioned above, Housing Europe makes use of the following types of cookies: (1) strictly necessary cookies, (2) analytical cookies and (3) marketing cookies.
We give a general description of these three types of cookies below.
For each type we hereunder also provide you with a list of the specific cookies we use that fall under this type, along with their specific purposes and technical properties.
4.1 Strictly necessary cookies
Strictly necessary cookies include technically essential cookies on the one hand and functional cookies on the other.
Technically essential cookies are necessary for purely technical reasons, to enable communication between your device and our website.
Functional cookies ensure that the basic functionalities of our website work properly. These cookies are only placed once you, as a visitor, have taken a certain action on our website (e.g. submitting your cookie preferences via our cookie banner).
The use of technically essential and functional cookies is necessary for the security and proper working of the basic functionalities of our website. In any case, these cookies are only stored on your device in order to perform the functions mentioned above, so that the impact on your privacy is limited.
4.2 Analytical cookies
Analytical cookies allow us to find out more about how you, as a visitor, interact with and respond to the content of our website. This helps us make our website even more attractive. The information in question is used to create and analyse aggregated statistics about the use of our website.
4.3 Marketing cookies
Marketing cookies refer to advertising, tracking and social media cookies. This category mainly concerns cookies used for the purposes of displaying advertisements, implementing features on our website provided by social media, and measuring how often these advertisements and features are respectively displayed and used.
5. How can I manage my cookie preferences?
Below is an explanation of how you can manage your cookie preferences, including by fully or partially withdrawing your consent for the use of cookies. Since the strictly necessary cookies, as identified above, are necessary for the proper functioning of the website, they cannot be disabled by managing your cookie preferences via the website (however they can be deactivated manually via your browser).
If you disable the use of cookies, some parts of the website might not function optimally as a result.
5.1 via Housing Europe’s website
At any time, you can withdraw your consent or manage your cookie preferences in any other way by modifying the settings in the cookies management platform.
5.2 via your internet browser
You can also manage your cookie preferences via your browser. This way you can control for yourself whether or not certain cookies may be placed and you can set your browser to notify you when a cookie is being placed. You can also delete cookies manually via the option that allows you to delete your browsing history. You can find more information on how to do so on the following pages, depending on which browser you use:
Deleting or disabling cookies may cause certain applications of our website and related services not to function optimally.
6. Modifications
We reserve the right to unilaterally modify our Cookie Statement at any time. Any modified version will be made available online and can be found on our website. The amended Cookie Statement applies immediately upon publication. If we have implemented new cookies on our website that require your consent, we will request you to pass on your preferences again. The date on which our Cookie Statement was last modified is displayed at the top of this page.
7. Any questions?
If you have any questions about our Cookie Statement, you can always reach us via the following contact details:
The European Federation for Public, Cooperative and Social Housing
18, Square De Meeus
1050 – Ixelles, Brussels
BELGIUM
communications@housingeurope.eu
For general information about your rights and the possibility to lodge a complaint with your data protection authority or to file a claim with the competent court, please refer to the explanations under titles 9 and 10 of our Privacy Statement.