Last update: May 5, 2021.

Marie Catherine le Hodey (hereinafter: “we, our”), are committed to respecting your privacy (hereinafter “you, your”). As such, Marie Catherine le Hodey protects the personal data of its customers, prospects and users / visitors online collected through cookies, tags, tracers (generally: cookies) and treats them with great care.

Our Cookie Policy (“Policy”) forms part of our Privacy Policy. Please read them carefully. 

Thank you for visiting us and we hope you enjoy your visit to our website https://www.mariecatherinelehodey.be (“Website”).

1. About cookies

Cookies are small text files that are saved on your device when you visit our website. Cookies can contain information about your use of our website or enable us to recognise you and your device the next time you visit our website. You can find more information about cookies at http://www.allaboutcookies.org and http://www.youronlinechoices.eu.

You are not required to accept (all) our cookies. However, if you do not accept or delete our cookies, you may not be able to take full advantage of certain features of our website and/or the user experience. You can find more information on how to disable and/or delete cookies in section 4 below.

2. What types of cookies do we use?

Here is a list of the different types of cookies we use on our website:  

Strictly necessary cookies – cookies that are essential to enable you to navigate our website and use its features; 

Analytical/performance cookies – cookies that collect information about your use of our website, such as which pages/features you visit most often. These cookies allow us to improve the functioning of our website; 

Functionality cookies – cookies that enable the website to remember your choices (such as your username, language or region) and provide you with an enhanced, more personalised experience; 

Third party tracking pixels (Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, Google AdWords) are also present on our website as part of our various advertising campaigns. These are used to enable more in-depth analysis of the performance of advertising campaigns and to provide ads that are more relevant to your interests. 

3. List of cookies used on our website

Below is a detailed list of the cookies used on our website, their purpose, type and origin:

3.1 Google Analytics

(ga, _gid, _gat, _utma, _utmt, _utmb, _utmc, _utmz and _utmv)

Purpose: These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use this website. We use this information to generate reports and to help us improve the website. The cookies collect information anonymously, including the number of visitors to the website, how they arrived at the website and which pages they visited.Finally, these cookies are also used to provide advertisements that are more relevant to your interests, based on an analysis of your browsing;

Cookie owner: third party; 

Cookie type: analytical/performance cookie (persistent); 

Information: The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website will be transmitted by Google to servers in the United States and stored there. For more information on Google’s cookies, please see Google’s Privacy Policy; 

Validity of the cookie: _ga: 2 years, _gid: 24 hours.

You can prevent Google from collecting and using this information (cookies and IP address) by downloading and installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=fr.

3.2. Tracking pixels

Purpose: These pixels are used to collect information on the performance of marketing campaigns. They allow us to better understand the profile of our visitors (demographics, interests, etc.). In addition, we use this information to generate reports and to help us improve the targeting of our advertisements. The pixels collect information in an anonymous manner, such as the number of visitors to the website, how they arrived at our website, the pages they visited, and the actions they took (e.g., signing up for a newsletter, downloading a guide, etc.). 

Validity of tracking cookies: max. 2 years.

3.3. Functionality cookies

– Language selection

Purpose: This cookie is used to save the user’s language choice throughout the website. It is created when you first land on the website and is updated when you visit the language selector to change the language of the website; 

Cookie owner: Marie Catherine le Hodey ; 

Type of cookie: functionality cookie; 

Information: The information contained in this cookie will not leave your computer; 

Validity of the cookie: 1 month.

– Font loading

Purpose: This cookie is used to confirm/infirm that you have correctly downloaded the font files used on the website. Thanks to this cookie the display of the textual content of the website is slightly improved; 

Cookie owner: Marie Catherine le Hodey ; 

Type of cookie: functionality cookie; 

Information: The information contained in this cookie will not leave your computer. 

Validity of the cookie: 1 month.

 3.4. Strictly necessary cookies

– Session identifier

Purpose: This cookie is used as a unique identifier by the server to identify you during your visit. This cookie is recorded in any error logs; 

Cookie owner : Marie Catherine le Hodey ; 

Type of cookie : strictly necessary cookie; 

Information: The information contained in this cookie will only be shared with the server on which the website is hosted. This information will not allow any other system/person to identify you personally; 

Validity of the cookie: automatically deleted at the end of the visit session.

– CSRF token

Purpose: This cookie is used to secure the exchange of information in the context of a form. It prevents a third party (mainly a hacker) from viewing the information exchanged between you and the server in all the forms on the website; 

Cookie owner: Marie Catherine le Hodey ; 

Type of cookie: strictly necessary cookie; 

Information: The information contained in this cookie will only be shared with the server on which our website is hosted. This information will not allow any other system/person to identify you personally; 

Validity of the cookie: automatically deleted at the end of the visit session.

4. Cookie settings

Cookie settings may vary from browser to browser. For example, the following hyperlinks tell you how to disable the use of cookies in some browsers and/or how to delete cookies: 

Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=fr;

Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/fr-fr/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies and https://support.microsoft.com/fr-be/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies#ie=ie-11-win-7;

Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/fr/kb/activer-desactiver-cookies-preferences?redirectlocale=en-US&redirectslug=Enabling+and+disabling+cookies and https://support.mozilla.org/fr/kb/effacer-les-cookies-pour-supprimer-les-information ;

5. Consent with our use of cookies – Changes to our Policy

By continuing to use this website, you acknowledge that you have read the terms of this Policy and agree to our use of cookies as set out above (unless expressly stated otherwise).  

We may change this Policy from time to time. Any changes we make to our Policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by email. Please check this page frequently for updates or changes to this Policy. Your continued use of this website following the posting of changes to the Policy constitutes your acceptance of those changes. 

6. Contact details

Questions, comments and requests concerning this Policy should be addressed to Marie Catherine le Hodey, by e-mail: info@mclehodey.be , for the attention of the Head of the Legal Department.