Cookie statement

When talking about cookies we also mean third-party requests.

A cookie is a small text file that a website places on your computer or smartphone when you visit the site. The main function of cookies is to distinguish one visitor from another.

A third-party request is a request from another domain about one’s behaviour on a website. These requests could gather information to profile content and advertisement to show to you.

We do not use marketing cookies ourselves, but others may. For example, sometimes videos or dashboards that we embed on our website may include cookies and third-party requests.

We handle your personal data carefully. That includes the use of cookies and information about third-party requests.

We use the following types of cookies and third-party requests.

Functional cookies

These are necessary for the performance of the site, for example to remember your preferences and keep you logged in at your own request. We do not have to ask for permission for using these cookies.

Statistics cookies

These provide insight into how visitors use our websites, which pages are visited the most and which keywords people use to search. This allows us to improve our websites.

We collect information about the use of our website (but not about you), through web statistics from Piwik Pro and Hotjar. We have signed contracts with these parties that they may only provide us with anonymous statistics, and may not use the collected data for any of their own purposes.

Hotjar automatically respects any Do Not Track setting in browsers. You can turn Do Not Track on or off in your browser settings for your browsing traffic.

Marketing cookies and third-party requests

We use content on this website that we present through external parties. These include YouTube videos, Google Maps and information dashboards from Tableau. The external parties set cookies and exchange information with other external parties to track you on the Internet. But that only happens if you accept the cookies. If you do, third parties can build a profile of you and tailor online ads on other websites to your interests.

Which cookies are used on studyinnl.org?

Functional and statistics cookies

Formdesk

Cookie name: rvtoken
Functional cookie to implement forms on the website.
Expires after: session

Piwik Analytics

We use Piwik Pro Analytics to collect web statistics that allow us to monitor and improve our site.

Cookie name: _pk_id
To see if a visitor is new or returning. Value of the cookie is a unique number (id) for each visitor.
Expires after: 13 months

Cookie name: _pk_ses
To see which web pages the visitor viewed.
Expires after: 30 minutes

Cookie name: stg_last_interaction
Does the visitor continue from a previous visit (more than 30 minutes ago) or has a completely new visit started? Value of cookie is visitor's last time of action.
Expires after: 365 days

Cookie name: stg_returning_visitor
Has the visitor visited the site before? Value of cookie is Yes or No.
Expires after: 365 days

Cookie name: stg_traffic_source_priority
What type of channel did the visitor come to the site through? This cookie can contain the following values: Direct, Referring website, Social media, Search engine (such as Google or Bing) or Campaign or advertisement.
Expires after: 30 minutes

Hotjar

Cookie name: _hjSession_{site_id}
Holds current session data. Ensures subsequent requests in the session window are attributed to the same session.
Expires after: 30 minutes

Cookie name: _hjSessionUser_{site_id}
Is set when a user first lands on a page. Persists the Hotjar User ID which is unique to that site. Hotjar does not track users across different sites. Ensures data from subsequent visits to the same site are attributed to the same user ID. This ID cannot be traced back to individuals.
Expires after: 365 days.

We have a processing agreement with the company Hotjar from Malta to monitor visitor behavior on the site in order to improve the website. We may also use Hotjar to conduct online surveys. Hotjar removes the last part of every IP address. Hotjar creates a pseudonymous ID with which they can track your behavior on several of our websites, namely: Nuffic.nl and StudyinNL.org. By participating in a survey, you consent to the processing by completing the survey. However, we never ask for personal information.

Hotjar allows visitors to set so-called "do not track" signals in the browser. For more information on this, visit Hotjar's website.

Social media and marketing cookies

YouTube

We use YouTube to show video content.

Cookie name: GPS from .youtube.com
Registers a unique ID on mobile devices to enable tracking based on geographical GPS location.
Expires after: session

Cookie name: IDE from .doubleclick.net
Expires after: 1 month

Cookie name: VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE from .youtube.com
Expires after: 6 months

Cookie name: PREF from .youtube.com
Expires after: 8 months

Cookie name: YSC from .youtube.com
The main purpose of this cookie is: Unknown
Expires after: session

Cookie name: GPS from .youtube.com
The main purpose of this cookie is: Unknown
Expires after: 30 min

How can you tell which cookies are being used?

On the website Webbkoll you can check which cookies are used on a certain webpage.

How can you reset cookies?

If you want to reset the cookies of our website you can use the button below. When you click it, you will automatically go to our Dutch home page. From that point on, you will see the cookie statement reappear for videos and embedded content.

Reset cookies

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