Cookie Policy

As required by Article 10/2 of the Act of 30 July 2018 on the protection of individual persons regarding the processing of personal data, Andersen in Belgium wishes to inform visitors to its website about the use of cookies. This Cookie Policy should be read in conjunction with our privacy policy.

This website is owned by Andersen in Belgium (Peeters Advocaten-Avocats BV, KBO/BCE 0816.588.065, 1050 Elsene, Marsveldplein 5-5, Tel. +32 (0) 2 747 40 07, be.andersen.com, info@be.Andersen.com).

WHAT IS A COOKIE?

A cookie is a small text file that is placed on your computer, tablet or smartphone when visiting a website. Information is stored in this text file. This information may be retrieved during a subsequent visit to the same website.

Some of these cookies are necessary for the proper functioning of the website. Other cookies are useful for the visitor, for example to securely remember your username and language preferences. As a result, you do not need to re-enter this information each time you visit the website.

WHY DOES ANDERSEN IN BELGIUM USE COOKIES?

Some of the cookies we use are essential for the technical operation of the website and for ease of use. They enable us to provide you with a better user experience tailored to your personal preferences. Using cookies, Andersen in Belgium ensures for example that you do not repeatedly receive or have to enter the same information and that your preference settings are remembered.

Cookies are also placed through our analytics tools, Google Analytics and Hotjar. Andersen in Belgium wishes to understand how visitors use the website and how many people access the website on a daily basis, to optimise the use of the website and to improve our services as much as possible. The information collected is anonymised to the greatest extent possible. Your IP address is not used for this purpose.

By continuing to use this website, you acknowledge that you have read the terms of this Cookie Policy and that you consent to our use of cookies as described above (unless you have explicitly indicated otherwise).

To safeguard your personal data as effectively as possible against loss or any form of unlawful processing, Andersen Global has implemented appropriate organisational and technical measures.

For further information, please refer to our privacy policy.

WHICH COOKIES DOES ANDERSEN IN BELGIUM USE?

• Essential cookies

Essential cookies are cookies that are necessary for a website to function. They ensure that basic functions such as page navigation, security and loading times operate properly. These cookies are placed without your consent.

• Functional cookies

These cookies do not register specific personal data of the user but are necessary to ensure that the website functions properly and can be used in an optimal manner. Functional cookies store information about your choices and preferences on a website. For example, they remember your language preference, login details or the region in which you are located. These cookies are placed without your consent.

• Analytical cookies

These cookies provide us with greater insight into how you use our website, enabling us to continuously improve its design and functionality. These cookies do not contain specific personal data but only collect information about general browsing behaviour and are not used for marketing purposes. They are placed only with your consent.

Cookies used:

_ga (Google Analytics) – Session: This cookie assigns a unique identification code, allowing a distinction to be made between different visitors and to determine whether a visitor is new or returning.

_gid (Google Analytics) – 1 day: This cookie assigns a unique identification code so that website usage can be recorded and statistics can be compiled accordingly. This supports the proper functioning of the website.

_gat_gtag (Google Analytics) – 1 hour: This cookie is used to limit the number of requests in case of high activity on the website, ensuring that the website continues to function properly.

_hjSessionUser _* (Hotjar) – 1 year: This cookie ensures that data from successive visits to our website are attributed to the same user/ID. This identification code per user is stored in the Hotjar User ID.

hjSession_* (Hotjar) 1 hour: This cookie ensures that data from successive visits to our website are attributed to the same user/ID. This identification code per user is stored in the Hotjar User ID.

hjActiveViewportIds (Hotjar): This cookie ensures that active IDs are tracked and verifies whether an expiration has occurred during the initialisation of the scripts.

hjViewportId – Session: This cookie is used to identify a first session of a new user. It stores a true/false value indicating whether or not this is the first time a user is using Hotjar. This allows user sessions to be identified.

• Social media buttons

Our website includes buttons to promote or share pages on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. These buttons are pieces of code provided by the social media platforms themselves and use their own cookies to function. These cookies remember that you are logged in, so that you do not have to log in again each time you wish to share content on Twitter or Facebook. These cookies may also collect information about your browsing and search behaviour to offer personalised content and advertisements.

A social media cookie will only be placed once you visit the Andersen in Belgium website and click on the relevant button. To understand how these platforms process the personal data they obtain through this code, please consult the privacy policies of Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn (which may be updated from time to time). These cookies are only placed if you have given your consent.

HOW CAN YOU MANUALLY DISABLE COOKIES?

If you wish to disable or delete cookies, you can do so by configuring your internet browser so that it no longer stores cookies. You may also delete information previously stored via your browser settings.

Cookies can be easily disabled manually in each browser. Please note that if you disable cookies, your usernames and passwords will no longer be stored on any website.

FIREFOX:

1. Open Firefox.
2. Press the “Alt” key on your keyboard.
3. In the menu bar that appears at the top of your screen, select “Tools” and then “Options”.
4. Go to the “Privacy” tab.
5. Under “Firefox will”, choose “Use custom settings for history”. Adjust your preferences and save your changes.

INTERNET EXPLORER:

1. Open Internet Explorer.
2. In the menu, select “Tools” and then “Internet Options”.
3. Click on the “Privacy” tab.
4. Under “Advanced”, you can select your preferred settings and save them.

GOOGLE CHROME:

1. Open Google Chrome.
2. Click on the settings icon.
3. Select “Settings”.
4. Under “Advanced settings”, go to “Content settings”.
5. Under “Cookies”, you can select the recommended options and save your preferences.

SAFARI:

1. Open Safari.
2. Select “Preferences” from the menu and click on “Privacy”. (The menu is in the top right corner of the Safari window and appears as a gear icon.)
3. In the “Cookies and website data” section, specify whether and when Safari should accept cookies from websites. For more information about the available options, click on the help button.
4. If you wish to see which cookies are stored on your computer, click on “Manage Website Data”.

AMENDMENTS

Andersen in Belgium reserves the right to amend this Cookie Policy at any time. The most recent version will always be published on its website. This Cookie Policy was last updated on 17 February 2026.

If you have any questions in this regard, please do not hesitate to contact us:

Andersen in Belgium (Peeters Advocaten-Avocats BV)

info@be.Andersen.com 

Marsveldplein 5-5, 1050 Brussels

+32 (0) 2 747 40 07

Tel. +32 (0) 2 747 40 07

be.andersen.com