Cookies

What are cookies? 

A cookie is a small text file with information. Whenever you visit a website, this website will probably place cookies on your computer, tablet or telephone. 

Why does Platform Rijksoverheid Online place cookies? 

Platform Rijksoverheid Online uses cookies on this website to gather web statistics. These help us understand how visitors use the website. For example, we can see which pages people visit and how long they remain on the website. This information allows us to further improve the website and make it more user-friendly.  

No tracking cookies 

Platform Rijksoverheid Online websites do not use tracking cookies. Tracking cookies are cookies that continue to track visitors while they go to other websites. If a website wants to place tracking cookies, the visitor must give permission for this. 

No permission needed 

Our cookies do not require visitors’ permission, because they do not infringe their privacy. 

Piwik PRO Analytics 

For web statistics, Platform Rijksoverheid Online uses Piwik PRO Analytics. 

IP address 

Piwik PRO stores part of the IP address. 

At the start of the visit to the website, Piwik PRO immediately deletes the last group of numbers (octet) of each IPv4 address and the last 4 sets of 4 characters (hextets) of each IPv6 address. This is done in a temporary memory location, before we store the rest of the IP address in Piwik PRO. As a result, the data we store cannot be traced back to you, the person visiting the website. 

What data does this involve? 

This website stores the following data in Piwik during visits to the website: 

• date and time of the visit; 

• the webpages you viewed; 

• downloaded files; 

• links used to access our website; 

• links you clicked on to other pages of our website; 

• links you clicked on to other websites; 

• search terms entered into this website’s search engine; 

• the browser you used (such as Chrome, Edge, Firefox or Safari); 

• the brand and type of your device; 

• whether you have visited this website before. 

What cookies do we use? 

The list below shows which cookies Platform Rijksoverheid Online uses. These cookies will only be placed if this is permitted by your browser. 

You can click the name of a cookie for an explanation of the information measured by it and for how long the cookie will be stored by your browser.