Cookie statement

Last changed at 17-05-2024

On our website, we use cookies. Cookies are small text files placed on a PC, tablet, or mobile phone by a web page.

In accordance with Dutch and European privacy regulations, every website that measures visitor behavior and records data in cookies must inform these visitors and, in some cases, obtain their prior consent.

If you have given your consent through the cookie banner when you visit our website, cookies are used to:

Process data regarding the pages you have visited in order to build a profile based on your online browsing behavior. With this data, we can tailor Topicus' advertisements as closely as possible to your profile.
Process data that we obtain from third parties, including social media companies. With this data, we can show you relevant content on our website through profiling.
Process data by third parties mentioned in our cookie statement. The privacy policies of these respective parties apply to these processes.
Set your preferences by placing functional cookies. Read more about this under 'functional cookies' below.

Below, you can read about the categories of cookies we use, why we use them, and how long these cookies are retained.

Preferences

We use cookies to store your preferences so that you only need to inform us once a year about which cookies you accept or reject when you visit our website.

The following cookies are placed:

Name	Provider	Retention Period	Purpose
CookieConstent	Topicus	1 year	Saves the visitor’s cookie preferences .

Functional Cookies

We place functional cookies to ensure that the website functions correctly and securely. These cookies are technically necessary and, therefore, do not require consent.

The following cookies are placed:

Name	Provider	Retention Period	Purpose
Topicus_platform_session	Topicus	During session	Keep track of a visitor’s session
vuid	Vimeo	2 years	Tracking visitor statistics
Continuous_play_v3	Vimeo	During session	Enabling the display of a video
XSRF-TOKEN	Laravel	2 hours	Website security
__hs_do_not_track	Hubspot	6 months	This cookie can be set to prevent the tracking code from sending information to HubSpot.
__hs_cookie_cat_pref	Hubspot	6 months	This cookie records the categories for which a visitor has given consent.
hs_langswitcher_keuze	Hubspot	2 years	This cookie is used to save a visitor’s selected language preference when viewing pages in multiple languages.
__cfruid	Hubspot	End of session	This cookie is set by HubSpot’s CDN provider due to their rate-limiting policy. It expires at the end of the session.
__cfuvid	Hubspot	End of session	This cookie is set by HubSpot’s CDN provider due to their rate-limiting policy. It expires at the end of the session.
__cf_bm	Hubspot	30 minutes	This cookie is set by HubSpot’s CDN provider and is a necessary cookie for bot protection. It expires in 30 minutes.

Analytical Cookies

We use analytical cookies to improve our website based on our visitors' behavior and the use of our website. With the information obtained, we can see which parts of the website are viewed the most, ensuring that these parts are easily accessible. Some analytical cookies can be placed in a ‘privacy friendly’ way so that your consent isn’t needed, while other analytical cookies do require your consent.

The following cookies are placed:

Name	Provider	Retention Period	Purpose
_pk_id.<appID>. <domeinHash>	Piwik Pro	13 months	Stores anonymous visitor statistics using a randomly generated ID.
_pk_ses.<appID>.<domainHash>	Piwik Pro	13 months	Stores anonymous visitor statistics using a randomly generated ID.
stg_traffic_source_priority	Piwik Pro	30 minutes	Collects information about how visitors use the website.
stg_last_interaction	Piwik Pro	1 year	Collects information about how visitors use the website.
stg_returning_visitor	Piwik Pro	1 year	Collects information about how visitors use the website.
stg_fired__<conditionID>	Piwik Pro	Until the end of the session	Collects information about how visitors use the website.
stg_utm_campaign	Piwik Pro	Until the end of the session	Collects information about how visitors use the website.
stg_pk_campaign	Piwik Pro	Until the end of the session	Collects information about how visitors use the website.
stg_externalReferrer	Piwik Pro	Until the end of the session	Collects information about how visitors use the website.
_stg_optout	Piwik Pro	1 year	Collects information about how visitors use the website.
_pk_cvar.<appID>.<domainHash> (deprecated)	Piwik Pro	1 year	Collects information about how visitors use the website.
__hstc	Hubspot	6 months	Collects information about how visitors use the website.
hubspotutk	Hubspot	6 months	This cookie tracks a visitor’s identity. It is passed to HubSpot when a form is submitted and used for deduplicating contacts.
__hssc	Hubspot	30 minutes	This is used to determine whether HubSpot should increment the session number and timestamps in the __hstc cookie.
__hssrc	Hubspot	Until the end of the session	When HubSpot updates the session cookie, this cookie is also set to determine whether the visitor has restarted their browser.

Tracking Cookies

With your consent, cookies are placed on your device to track which pages you visit from the networks of the parties below, in order to build a profile of your online browsing behavior. This profile is also created based on similar information that these parties obtain from your visits to other websites within their networks. Topicus does not link this profile to your name, address, email address, or similar information known to us. The profile is used to tailor advertisements to your profile as much as possible.

The following cookies are placed:

Name	Provider	Retention Period	Purpose
Facebook Custom Audience	Meta	90 days	This cookie assists us in advertising on Meta advertising platforms
_gcl_au	Google	1 minute	Measuring the effectiveness of advertising across various websites
_uetvid	Google	1 week	Tracks the visitor across the internet and creates a profile
_Secure-3PAPISID	Google	2 years	Tracks the visitor across the internet, creates a profile, and personalizes advertising
_Secure-3PSID	Google	1 year	Tracks the visitor across the internet, creates a profile, and personalizes advertising
_Secure-3PSIDCC	Google	2 years	Tracks the visitor across the internet, creates a profile, and personalizes advertising
1P_JAR	Google	1 month	Personalizes potential advertising on other websites based on the visitor’s recent searches.
APISID	Google	2 years	Personalizes potential advertising on other websites based on the visitor’s recent searches.
COMPASS	Google	1 week	Tracks the visitor across the internet, creates a profile, and personalizes advertising
HSID	Google	2 years	Confirms the authenticity (ID) of the visitor
NID	Google	1 year	Personalizes potential advertising on other websites based on the visitor’s recent searches.
OTZ	Google	1 week	Aggregates visitor activity across other devices that can be linked to the Google account.
SAPISID	Google	2 years	Collects information for YouTube videos
SID	Google	2 years	Confirms the authenticity (ID) of the visitor
SIDCC	Google	1 year	Confirms the authenticity (ID) of the visitor
SSID	Google	2 years	Collects information for YouTube videos
cdids	Google	Persistent
dml;;ssv	Google	Persistent
inline-promo;;topical_shown	Google	Persistent
inline-promo;;translate_shown	Google	Persistent
lv	Google	Persistent
sb_wiz.qc	Google	Persistent
sb_wiz.ueh	Google	Persistent
tup	Google	Persistent
bcookie	Linkedin	2 years	Tracking the usage of embedded services
lang	Linkedin	During a session	Remembering the language setting of a visitor.
lidc	Linkedin	24 hours	Optimizing the selection of the data center
lissc	Linkedin	1 year	Ensuring the correct SameSite attribute for all cookies in the respective browser
UserMatchHistory	Linkedin	29 days	Tracks the visitor across the internet, creates a profile, and personalizes advertising
_utmzzses	Google	2 hours
_uetsid	Google	1 day	Tracks the visitor across the internet and creates a profile.
_uetsid_exp	Google	Persistent	Contains the expiration date of the _uetsid cookie.
_uetvid.exp	Google	Persistent	Contains the expiration date of the _uetvid.exp cookie.

Third Parties

Many of the cookies placed by Topicus come from third parties. Below, we briefly outline the purpose of the cookies and the agreements in place for each party.

Piwik Pro

Piwik Pro places cookies on our behalf to collect and use data to improve the website. You can find an up-to-date overview of the cookies placed by Piwik Pro on their website: https://help.piwik.pro/support/privacy/cookies-created-for-visitors-by-piwik-pro/.

We have entered into a data processing agreement with Piwik Pro.

HubSpot

HubSpot uses cookies on our behalf to track visitors across multiple visits and thus map out the customer journey. If you provide your email address on this website, it will be stored in HubSpot. We have entered into a data processing agreement with HubSpot.

Google Ads

Google's advertising cookies are used to display personalized ads based on previous visits to our website. These cookies are used by Google to show customized ads on Google sites based on recent searches and previous interactions.

Vimeo

Vimeo's cookies enable video playback and track how often a video is viewed. For more information, please read Vimeo's privacy policy: https://vimeo.com/privacy.

Laravel

The Laravel cookie ensures the security of our website and is purely functional, processing no personal data.

Meta

Topicus uses Facebook, a product of Meta. Facebook's cookies are used to measure the effectiveness of our advertisements, create a visitor profile, and display relevant advertisements on other websites you visit. Facebook may also use the data collected by the cookies for its own purposes, over which we have no control. For more information on how Facebook handles your data, please read Facebook's privacy policy: http://www.facebook.com/policy.php.

LinkedIn

LinkedIn's cookies are used to measure campaign effectiveness, create a visitor profile, and display relevant ads on other websites you visit. LinkedIn may also use the data collected by the cookies for its own purposes, over which we have no control.

For more information on how LinkedIn handles your data, please read LinkedIn's privacy policy: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.

Reddit

Topicus uses Reddit cookies to measure the effectiveness of campaigns, create visitor profiles, and display relevant ads on other websites. Reddit may also use the data collected via these cookies for its own purposes. We have no control over this:

For more information on how Reddit handles your data, please read Reddit’s privacy policy:

https://www.reddit.com/policies/cookies

Microsoft

We use Bing's advertising network. We place cookies to measure the effectiveness of campaigns in Bing and build a visitor profile based on the a pages you view. This allows us to display relevant ads in Bing. Microsoft may also use the data collected by the cookies for its own purposes, over which we have no control.

For more information on how Microsoft handles your data, please read Microsoft's privacy statement: https://privacy.microsoft.com/nl-nl/privacystatement.

Enabling and Disabling Cookies

You can configure your browser to accept cookies only with your consent. However, many websites do not work optimally when cookies are disabled. For more information, consult your web browser's manual.

Please note that withdrawing your consent for certain cookies does not affect the lawfulness of data processing that took place while constent was given.

Deleting Cookies

Many cookies have a retention date. If an retention date is set, the cookie will be automatically deleted when the retention date is reached. You can also choose to manually delete cookies before the retention date. Consult your browser's manual for instructions on how to do this.

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