Privacy

Introduction

Websites handle handy and useful techniques that increase flexibility of use and make the site as interesting as possible for every visitor. Known examples of such techniques are cookies and scripts (hereinafter together referred to as “cookies”). Cookies may be used by website owners or by third parties – for example, advertisers – to communicate through the website that you visit.

The use of cookies is safe. There can be no personal information, such as a phone number or email address, be traced back from cookies. Therefor cookies can not be used for e-mail and telemarketing campaigns.

We find it very important that you know which cookies our website uses and for what purposes they are used. We want to safeguard and your privacy and the use and financing of our website as much as possible. Below you can read more about the cookies that are used by and through our website and for what purposes.

This cookie statement applies to alpelino.com and is realized in collaboration with branch organizations and discussed with the Dutch regulator OPTA. The explanation of cookies on the site (s) of the branch organizations as much as possible are the same. The texts are naturally adapted to the actual used cookies and therefore will not be on any website exactly the same text.

Cookies to ensure that the website is functioning properly

Our website uses cookies for:

1. remembering products that you add to your shopping basket when shopping online
2. remembering information that you enter on different pages during the checkout or order, so you do not have to fill in all your data again
3. passing information from one page to the next page, for example if there is a long survey to be completed or with a lot of data to fill in an online order
4. storing preferences, such as language, location, displaying the desired number, search results, etc.
5. saving settings for optimal video performance, such as the required buffer size and resolution data of your screen
6. reading your browser settings to optimize our website to display on your screen
7. detect abuse of our website and services, such as registering a number of consecutive failed login attempts
8. the uniform loading of the website, making the site remain accessible
9. offering the ability to store log data, so you do not have to enter the data every time
10. make it possible to comment on our website

See below for a list of the cookies we use, what data they collect and how long they are used

Cookies that we use to measure the use of the website

To determine which parts of the site are most interesting to our visitors, we try to continuously measure using Google Analytics how many visitors come to our website and what the most viewed content is. We use cookies for this.

From the information we collect statistics are created These statistics give us insight into how often our web page is visited, exactly where visitors spend most of their time, and so on. Because of this we are able to make structure, navigation and content of the website as easy as possible for you. The statistics and other reports are never traced back to individuals.

We use cookies for:

1. tracking the number of visitors to our web pages
2. tracking the length of time each visitor spends on our websites
3. determining the order in which a visitor visits the various pages of our website
4. assess which parts of our site require adaptation
5. the optimization of the website

See below for a list of cookies that we use to collect statistics, what information they collect and how long they are used

For the cookies that our third-parties place and the possible data they collect, we refer to the statements made by these parties on their websites; see the links below. Note that these statements can regularly change. Alpelino.com has no influence on this.

• Google Analytics

Cookies to share content of our website on social media

The articles and videos that you view within our site, you can share through the social media buttons. For the functioning of these buttons, social media cookies are used by the social media parties, so that they can recognize when you want to share an article or video.

These cookies make it possible that:

1. users logged on to selected social media can share content from our website directly

For the cookies that the social media parties use, and the possible data they collect, we refer to the explanations that these parties have on their websites; see the links below. Note that these statements can regularly change. Alpelino.com has no influence on this.

• AddThis

Cookies for showing ads

Our website shows you ads. These ads are for us an essential source of income with which we finance our website

Some ads (or video messages) use cookies. These ads are placed by us and Google Adsense on our website.

The cookies make it possible for:

1. to track which ads you’ve already seen, to avoid that you get to see the same ads over and over
2. to track how many visitors click on the ad for settlement with the advertiser
3. to track how many orders occur through the advertisement for settlement with the advertiser

If such cookies are not used you will still see ads. There are also printed ads shown which do not use cookies. These ads can for example be appropriate to the content of the website. You can compare this kind of web content related ads with advertising on television. For example, a TV show about cooking often have associated advertising blocks with an ad about cooking products

See below for a list with the cookies that media agencies, ad networks and / or we use in conjunction with advertising, what data they collect and how long they are used. Ad networks and media agencies are companies that act as intermediaries between website owners and advertisers.

For the cookies that our third-parties place for advertising purposes, we refer to the statements made by these parties on their websites; see the names and links below. Note that these statements can regularly change. Alpelino.com has no influence on this.

• Google Adsense
• Interhome
• Bungalow.net

Other / unforeseen cookies

By the way the Internet and websites work, it may be that we do not always have insight in the cookies placed from our website by third parties. This is particularly the case if our web pages use so called embedded elements, which are texts, documents, images or videos that are stored with another party but who will be displayed on or through our website.

If you encounter cookies on this website that fall into this category and whch are not mentioned above, please let us know. Or please directly contact the third party and ask which cookies they place, what the reason for this is, the lifetime of the cookie, and how they ensure your privacy.

Browser settings

If you do not want that websites place cookies your computer, you can define your browser settings so that you receive a warning before a cookie is placed. You can also adjust the settings so that your browser refuses all cookies or just third party cookies. You can also delete cookies that have already been placed. Make sure that you set up each browser and computer you use individually.

Be aware that if you do not want cookies, we can not guarantee that our website works quite right. It may be that some functions of the site are lost or even some websites will not function at all. In addition rejecting cookies does not mean you’ll see no ads. The ads are no longer only tailored to your interests and will be repeated more often.

How you can customize your setup varies by browser. If necessary, consult the help function of your browser, or click one of the icons below to go directly to the manual of your browser. Would you like to turn off cookies of specific parties, you can do this through www.youronlinechoices.eu.

Concluding Remarks

We will have to adjust this statements occasionally, for example as our website changes or the rules around cookies change. We can change the content of the statements and the cookies that are included in the lists at anytime and without notice. You can consult this web page for the latest version.

If you have any questions and / or comments, please contact us via email info(at)alpelino.com