Cookie Statement
(version of 2026-26-08)
As the Province of Limburg, we find it important that you can read, view, listen to or experience our information anywhere and at any time via various media platforms. We are also working on interactive services and services tailored to you. For this purpose, we may use cookies or other technologies such as scripts, logs, iframes, plugins, captchas, trackers, pixels and fingerprinting on our websites, in our newsletters or in our other online services, which we hereafter group together under the term "cookies".
In this cookie policy we want to inform you which cookies we use, for which purposes this is done, what happens to the data collected and how you can manage their use. This allows us to tailor our services to your privacy preferences. This cookie policy applies to the website and the online services of the Province of Limburg. We also clearly indicate when we pass on cookies to third parties and under what conditions. Please note: when you click through a link to an external website, a different privacy and cookie policy applies.
What are cookies, scripts, logs, iframes, plugins, captchas, trackers, pixels and fingerprinting?
Cookies are small data or text files that are installed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website or use an online service. They allow us to recognise your web browser or device and keep track of data about your browsing behaviour. In this way, we can remember, for example, how the website can be properly displayed on your device, what you filled in on a form, which pages you visited, whether you read our newsletter and what your social media profiles are. We use them to protect our forms against cyberattacks and also to collect all kinds of statistics about the use and the users of our website. Some cookies are ours, others come from third parties. Cookies usually also have an expiry date.
The following technologies also fall under this cookie policy
- Logs: files that keep track of user information such as your IP address, browser type, date, time and number of mouse clicks. These logs are used to manage and optimise the website.
- Iframes: a field we use to display external content on the website
- Plugins: pieces of software that extend the functionalities of the website and that come from third parties.
How can you refuse or manage the use of cookies?
A number of cookies are necessary to make the website work or to be able to offer you an online service. You cannot refuse these cookies. For the other cookies we ask your consent.
On your first visit to the website, we ask you to set your preferences regarding cookies. On each subsequent visit you can adjust your cookie preferences again by clicking on cookie settings. With every change, we ask you to set your preferences again.
Through your web browser settings you can determine how your web browser handles cookies. You can also always delete cookies already installed on your computer or mobile device. Please consult the help function of your web browser or one of the following web pages for this:
Which cookies do we use?
Functional or necessary cookies: these cookies are necessary for the proper functioning of this website, such as navigation between pages, access to secured parts of the website(s), saving of forms and checking whether the user is a human and not a computer.
| Cookie | Validity | Purpose | Provider | Recipient |
| SSESSxxxxx (where xxxxx is a unique series of characters per user) | session | allows communication between the web server and browser and temporarily stores information from your session as a logged-in user. It ensures, for example, that your language choice is remembered and that you do not have to fill in a form all over again when you reload the page or make a mistake. | Province of Limburg |
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100 days | these cookies keep track of your cookie preferences, such as which categories you agreed to, which version of our privacy policy was in force, etc. This ensures that non-essential cookies are only loaded once you have given consent. If a new version of the privacy policy is activated, the cookie notice is shown again so that you can adjust your choice. | Drupal |
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1 day | This Cloudflare cookie helps distinguish between real users and bots. This is important for correctly compiling usage reports for the website. | Vimeo.com |
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| player | 12 months | Stores preferences for the player settings (such as volume, stream quality, subtitles). | Vimeo.com |
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Analytical cookies: these cookies collect general information that gives us insight into your use of the website.
| Cookie | Validity | Purpose | Provider | Recipient |
| vuid | 2 years | This cookie is used by the Vimeo video player on websites for statistical purposes, only by Vimeo, to keep track of how long a viewer has watched a video. | Vimeo.com | Vimeo |
| COOKIE_ID_PICOX_ID | 1 year | Collects data on visitor interaction for the video publisher and helps optimise the performance and display of embedded video content. | Vimeo.com |
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Who is the controller and how can you exercise your rights?
The administration of the Province of Limburg, Universiteitslaan 1, 3500 Hasselt, company number 0207.725.203, e-mail info@limburg.be, is responsible for this cookie policy.
MediaMixer, Hessenstraatje 1K201, 2000 Antwerpen, with company number 0502.563.334, acts as processor.
Because cookies may contain personal data, you can also request access to your own personal data in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). You can request, view and, if necessary, have your personal data corrected. In certain cases, and if there are good reasons for doing so, you can request that your personal data be deleted. You also have the right to object to the processing and the right to data portability.
You can exercise these rights via
- e-mail to griffie@limburg.be
- by letter to Griffie, provincie Limburg, Universiteitslaan 1, B-3500 Hasselt
In both cases we ask you to enclose a copy of the front of your identity card.
Finally, you have the right to lodge a complaint against or about the processing of your personal data with the Data Protection Authority. For more information, you can contact the Flemish Supervisory Committee or the Data Protection Authority.
Changes
The Province of Limburg reserves the right to make changes to its privacy policy at any time. By using this website, you accept all the terms of the privacy policy as determined at the time of use. Each time you access the website of the Province of Limburg after the privacy policy has been changed, you are deemed to have taken note of the changes and to accept them.