COOKIE POLICY

Last update : November 2023

This is the Cookie policy of the websites of Dour Festival and the companies affiliated with Dour Music Festival SA (hereafter jointly referred to as “Dour Festival” or “we”). Dour Music Festival SA under Belgian law, whose registered office is established at Rue de la Corderie 19, 7370 Dour.

This Cookie policy aims at informing you about the use of cookies by Dour Festival. This policy should be read together with Dour Festival’s Privacy policy, which is available here.

The Cookie policy can be modified, e.g. as a result of new functionalities on the Dour Festival websites that require the processing of personal data. We thus advise you to check this Cookie policy regularly.

Dour Festival WEBSITES AND COOKIES

When you visit our websites, we collect certain information by automated means, using cookies. We may also use other technologies such as pixel tags, browser analysis tools, server logs and web beacons for similar purposes as described in this policy and we may include them on our sites, in marketing e-mail messages or our newsletter, affiliated websites etc., to determine whether messages have been opened and links clicked on. The information provided below about cookies also applies to these other technologies. The information we collect via cookies and other tools is used in a non-identifiable way without any reference to your personal data.e non identifiable, sans aucune référence à vos données personnelles.

WHAT ARE COOKIES?

Cookies are small text files that are installed on your browser, on your computer or on your mobile device. Cookies can have several purposes: to provide you with the requested content, to ensure the security and stability of our websites; to ensure that the websites are easy to use and take into account the user’s preferences by for example remembering language preferences, passwords and log-in details, to collect statistical data, to adapt the content etc.


WHICH COOKIES DO WE USE?

We use both first and third party cookies and session and persistent cookies:

  • Regarding their source:
    First-party cookies are those set by us on our websites;
  • Third-party cookies are set by another domain than the one of the websites being visited;
    Regarding their storage period:
  • Session cookies are erased when a user closes its browser;

Persistent cookies remain on a user’s device for a certain period (e.g. 1 day, 1 month, 2 years…).

 

DIFFERENT TYPES OF COOKIES

Strictly necessary cookies – Always Active

These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not work.

The processing of these cookies is based on Dour Festival’s legitimate interest to:

  • provide you with the requested content;
  • ensure the security and stability of our website and to trace unauthorized use;
  • and enable a comfortable use of our website.


HOW CAN YOU MANAGE COOKIES?

Removing cookies from your device

You can delete all cookies that are already on your device by clearing the browsing history of your browser. This will remove all cookies from all websites you have visited.

Be aware though that you may also lose some saved information (e.g. saved login details, site preferences).

Managing site-specific cookies

For more detailed control over site-specific cookies, check the privacy and cookie settings in your preferred browser

Blocking cookies

You can set most modern browsers to prevent any cookies being placed on your device, but you may then have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit a site/page. And some services and functionalities may not work properly at all (e.g. profile logging-in).

Managing analytics cookies

You can manage your cookie preferences on the Cookie settings.

QUESTIONS?

If you have further questions or complaints about the Dour Festival websites or about this Cookie policy, you can also contact privacy@dourfestival.eu