Cookies
Data protection on the website
Health Equity Advancement Lab in Ghent attaches great importance to your privacy and the correct processing of your personal data.
Without your consent, Health Equity Advancement Lab in Ghent does not pass on or lend to third parties any information from which your identity may be derived. However, general data on site visitor patterns may be exchanged with professional partners or others, but this is always done in a way that makes it impossible to identify individual visitors.
The website strives to provide the best possible user experience for the surfer. To achieve this, anonymous data on user behaviour is recorded. The Health Equity Advancement Lab in Ghent website uses "cookies".
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device when you visit a website. They are used to distinguish you from other users and to optimise the functionality of the website.
Functional cookies are necessary for the optimal functioning of the website. For example, a cookie remembers your language choice for subsequent visits.
Analytical cookies collect information to gain insight into your surfing behaviour on the website. This information is then used to improve the website. For example, they allow us to analyse which pages are popular and which are not.
With marketing cookies, we keep information to measure the effectiveness of ads and provide personalised ads. For example, a cookie will ensure that you see ads that match your interests.
How to disable cookies?
You can manage your cookies in the settings of your internet browser. You can choose to delete existing cookies and block future cookies. Please note that certain functions or graphic elements may not function optimally afterwards.
How to disable or delete cookies is explained here:
What cookies does Health Equity Advancement Lab in Ghent use?
| functional cookies | description | duration |
|---|---|---|
| lang | Cookie to save your language choice. | 1 month |
| devicePixelRatio | This cookie records the pixel ratio of your device. If your screen resolution is retina or Hi DPI, the website may choose to serve you with higher resolution images. | session |
| essential cookies | description | duration |
|---|---|---|
| PHPSESSID | Cookie generated by applications based on the PHP language. This is a general identifier used to maintain user session variables. | session |
| _accept_cookies | Cookie that stores your cookie preferences. | 1 month |
| performance cookies | description | duration |
|---|---|---|
| _ga | This cookie is linked to Google Universal Analytics. It is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a customer identifier. It is included in every page request from a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for site analytics reports. | 2 years |
| _gat | This cookie is linked to Google Universal Analytics, it is used to limit the number of searches - thus limiting data collection on high traffic sites. | 1 day |
| _gid | This cookie is linked to Google Universal Analytics, it records a unique identifier which enables the collection of static data about website usage. | 1 day |
| collect | This cookie sends information about the device and behaviour of the website visitors to Google Universal Analytics. | session |
Subject to your consent
We only use optional cookies if we have obtained your prior consent. On your first visit to our website, a banner will appear, asking your permission to place optional cookies. If you give your consent, we will place a cookie on your computer and the banner will not appear again while the cookie is active. At the end of the cookie's life, or when you delete it, the banner will reappear during your next visit to our website and ask for your permission again.
How to avoid the placement of cookies
You can of course use our website without cookies being placed. You can always configure the use of cookies or disable them completely in your browser. However, this may restrict the functions or adversely affect the user-friendliness of our website. You can always refuse the placement of optional cookies by using the relevant refusal option listed on the cookies page.