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Cookie Policy

What are cookies?

Cookies are small data or text files that websites and applications place on your local computer. Cookies have different purposes: there are technical cookies (e.g. language settings), session cookies (temporary cookies) and tracking cookies (cookies that follow and record your behavior on the website and the application, with the objective of providing you with a more optimal user experience).

The Belgian Telecommunications Act contains certain provisions with regard to cookies and their use on websites and applications. This law is based on the European e-Privacy Directive, which implies that the use of cookies and cookie legislation is regulated differently in each European country. BEARS CO. is a Belgian enterprise and follows Belgian law, but commits to pursuing a European interpretation.

What use do these cookies have?

BEARS CO. wants to inform you as well as possible about this new legislation and about the cookies that it uses. By using the website or application, you agree with the use of cookies. Cookies help BEARS CO. to optimize your visits to its website or webshop, to remember technical choices (for instance the choice of the preferred language, receipt of the newsletter, etc.), and to provide you with more relevant services and offers.

If you want to consult the website or application of BEARS CO., then it is recommended that cookies are activated on your computer or smartphone. If cookies have not been activated, we may not be able to guarantee a trouble-free visit on our website or application. However, if you would rather not do that, then you are free to switch off cookies (also see the section on “How can I manage my cookies?”).

We use cookies to improve your visit of our webshop. The cookies that we use are safe. The information that we collect with the help of cookies enables us to identify possible errors or to display specific services which we think may be important for you. It is possible that we store information that is directly related to you. In addition, we may also use cookies provided by carefully selected partners, with whom we work and who advertise our services on their websites our applications.

Category of Cookie Purpose Examples

Session & Security
(essential)

Authenticate users, protect user data and allow the website to deliver the services users expects, such as maintaining the content of their cart, or allowing file uploads.

The website will not work properly if you reject or discard those cookies.

session_id (Odoo)

Preferences
(essential)

Remember information about the preferred look or behavior of the website, such as your preferred language or region.

Your experience may be degraded if you discard those cookies, but the website will still work.

frontend_lang (Odoo)
Interaction History
(optional)

Used to collect information about your interactions with the website, the pages you've seen, and any specific marketing campaign that brought you to the website.

We may not be able to provide the best service to you if you reject those cookies, but the website will work.

im_livechat_previous_operator (Odoo)
utm_campaign (Odoo)
utm_source (Odoo)
utm_medium (Odoo)

Advertising & Marketing
(optional)

Used to make advertising more engaging to users and more valuable to publishers and advertisers, such as providing more relevant ads when you visit other websites that display ads or to improve reporting on ad campaign performance.

Note that some third-party services may install additional cookies on your browser in order to identify you.

You may opt-out of a third-party's use of cookies by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page. The website will still work if you reject or discard those cookies.

__gads (Google)
__gac (Google)

Analytics
(optional)

Understand how visitors engage with our website, via Google Analytics. Learn more about Analytics cookies and privacy information.

The website will still work if you reject or discard those cookies.

_ga (Google)
_gat (Google)
_gid (Google)
_gac_* (Google)

You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. Each browser is a little different, so look at your browser's Help menu to learn the correct way to modify your cookies.

We do not currently support Do Not Track signals, as there is no industry standard for compliance.