Cookie Policy
Version 1.0
Last updated: 6 August 2026
1. Who is responsible for this website?
This website is operated by:
Filter-Technics BV
Official registered name: FILTER - TECHNICS
Adrien Van Roeyenstraat 28
2070 Zwijndrecht
Belgium
Enterprise number: 0448.510.578
VAT number: BE 0448.510.578
Email: info@filter-technics.be
Telephone: +32 3 254 05 67
Website: www.filter-technics.be
Filter-Technics is the controller responsible for personal data collected through cookies and similar technologies on this website.
Questions about cookies or the processing of personal data can be sent to info@filter-technics.be. Privacy-related requests may also be sent to tom@filter-technics.be.
2. What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on or read from your computer, smartphone, tablet or other device when you visit a website.
Cookies can store information about your browser, device, preferences and use of the website. They can be temporary session cookies, which are removed when you close your browser, or persistent cookies, which remain on your device for a specified period.
This policy also applies to similar technologies, including local storage, tracking pixels, tags and embedded third-party content.
3. Why do we use cookies?
Filter-Technics may use cookies and similar technologies to:
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enable the website to function correctly;
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maintain secure browsing sessions;
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remember choices and cookie preferences;
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understand how visitors use the website;
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improve the performance and content of the website;
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display maps, catalogues or other embedded content;
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protect forms against spam, fraud and misuse.
4. Cookie categories
4.1 Strictly necessary cookies
Strictly necessary cookies are required for the technical operation, security or essential functionality of the website.
These cookies may be placed without your prior consent. Disabling them through your browser may cause parts of the website to stop working correctly.
4.2 Analytics cookies
Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors use the website. They may collect information such as:
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pages visited;
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approximate location;
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browser and device type;
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time spent on pages;
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referring website;
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interactions with website functions;
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technical error information.
In Belgium, analytics cookies may only be used after you have given your consent, even when the cookies are first-party cookies.
4.3 External-content and functionality cookies
Some pages may contain content or functionality provided by third parties, such as maps, digital catalogues or fraud-prevention services.
These providers may place cookies or use similar technologies when their content is loaded. Where legally required, this content and its associated cookies will remain blocked until you have given consent.
4.4 Marketing cookies
At the date of this policy, Filter-Technics does not intentionally use cookies for personalised advertising or cross-website behavioural profiling.
If marketing technologies are introduced in the future, they will only be activated after consent and this policy will be updated.
5. Cookies used on this website
Strictly necessary cookies
| Cookie | Provider and domain | Purpose | Path | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
laravel_session |
Filter-Technics, www.filter-technics.be
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Maintains a secure website session and supports the correct technical operation of the website. | / |
2 hours |
| Cookie-preference cookie | Filter-Technics or the selected consent-management provider | Records whether and for which categories the visitor has accepted or rejected cookies. | / |
Normally no longer than 6 months |
Analytics cookies
These cookies must remain disabled until the visitor accepts analytics cookies.
| Cookie | Provider and domain | Purpose | Path | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
_ga |
Google Analytics, .filter-technics.be
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Assigns a pseudonymous identifier used to distinguish visitors and calculate website usage statistics. | / |
Up to 2 years |
_ga_4Y6ZR15CDY |
Google Analytics, .filter-technics.be
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Maintains information about a visitor’s use of the website and the current Analytics property. | / |
Up to 2 years |
_gid |
Google Analytics, .filter-technics.be
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Distinguishes visitors for statistical reporting. | / |
Up to 24 hours |
_gat or _gat_*
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Google Analytics, .filter-technics.be
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Limits the number of requests sent to Google Analytics. | / |
Up to 1 minute |
Google Analytics may process pseudonymous identifiers, device and browser information, page interactions, referral information and approximate location data.
Provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
More information is available in Google’s Privacy Policy and its explanation of how Google uses cookies.
External content and functionality
| Service | Provider | Purpose | Possible duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google Maps | Google Ireland Limited | Displays interactive maps and location information. Google may receive technical information and place cookies when a map is loaded. | Session to 13 months, depending on the cookie and the visitor’s Google settings |
| Google reCAPTCHA | Google Ireland Limited | Protects website forms against spam, automated submissions and misuse. Google may process device, browser, IP-address and interaction information. | Session to 13 months, depending on the cookie |
| Issuu | Issuu Inc. | Displays the embedded Filter-Technics digital catalogue. Issuu may use cookies, local storage and device information when the catalogue is loaded. | Depends on Issuu’s current settings |
The exact cookies used by these providers may depend on the visitor’s browser, location, account status and consent settings.
For more information, consult:
6. Legal grounds
For strictly necessary cookies, Filter-Technics relies on the exemption for cookies required to transmit electronic communications or provide functionality expressly requested by the visitor. Where these cookies involve personal-data processing, the applicable legal ground may be our legitimate interest in providing a secure and functional website.
For analytics, external-content and any future marketing cookies, the legal ground is your consent under Article 6(1)(a) of the General Data Protection Regulation.
You are free to refuse non-essential cookies. Refusal will not prevent access to the general website, although certain optional functions, embedded catalogues or maps may be unavailable.
7. Managing or withdrawing consent
When you first visit the website, you can:
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accept all cookies;
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reject all non-essential cookies; or
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choose which categories you wish to allow.
Your consent must be given through an active choice. Continuing to browse the website does not constitute consent.
You can change your choice or withdraw your consent at any time by selecting Cookie settings in the website footer.
Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing that took place before withdrawal.
You can also delete or block cookies through your browser settings. Browser-level blocking may affect both this website and other websites and may cause certain functions to stop working correctly.
8. Retention
Cookies are retained for no longer than necessary for their stated purpose. Their maximum individual durations are shown in the tables above.
Information collected through cookies may be retained separately from the cookie itself. Analytics data is retained according to the retention settings configured in the relevant analytics service.
Consent records may be retained for as long as reasonably necessary to demonstrate compliance with legal obligations.
9. Recipients and international transfers
Cookie-related information may be accessed by:
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authorised Filter-Technics personnel;
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the website hosting and technical-support providers;
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analytics and consent-management providers;
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providers of embedded content and website functionality;
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public authorities where disclosure is legally required.
Some service providers may process information outside the European Economic Area. Where applicable, such transfers are protected through an adequacy decision, the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses or another legally recognised safeguard.
More information about transfers performed by individual providers can be found in their respective privacy policies.
10. Your rights
Where cookie information constitutes personal data, you may have the right to:
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request access to your personal data;
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request correction of inaccurate information;
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request deletion of your personal data;
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restrict certain processing;
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object to processing based on legitimate interests;
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receive certain data in a portable format;
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withdraw your consent at any time;
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lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.
Requests can be sent to info@filter-technics.be or tom@filter-technics.be.
You may also lodge a complaint with:
Belgian Data Protection Authority
Drukpersstraat 35
1000 Brussels
Belgium
Telephone: +32 2 274 48 00
Email: contact@apd-gba.be
Website: www.dataprotectionauthority.be
11. Automated decision-making
Filter-Technics does not use the cookies described in this policy to make decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects concerning visitors.
12. Changes to this policy
Filter-Technics may update this Cookie Policy when the website, applicable legislation or the services used on the website change.
The version number and update date shown at the beginning of this policy identify the current version. Previous versions should be retained by Filter-Technics for compliance purposes.