1. Parties in this statement

In this Cookie Statement (“Cookiedeclaration”), the following should be understood:

  • ‘Smappee’:
    • Smappee NV, having its registered office at Evolis 104, B-8530 Harelbeke, registered with the Crossroads Bank for Enterprises under number BE0849.366.642 (RPR/RPM Ghent, division Kortrijk), e-mail: info@smappee.com & affiliate companies.
    • Smappee Services BV, having its registered office at Evolis 104, B-8530 Harelbeke, registered with the Crossroads Bank for Enterprises under number BE0835.376.866 (RPR/RPM Ghent, division Kortrijk), e-mail: info@smappeeservices.com & affiliate companies.
    • Smappee Inc., having its registered office at 55 Madison Avenue, Suite 400 55, Madison Avenue, Suite 400, Morristown, New Jersey (US)07960, United States; listed under enterprise number  VAT. EIN61-1750640, e-mail: info@smappee.com & affiliate companies.
  • ‘User’, ‘you’: Every person (B2C) or legal entity (B2B) that should install and/or use the Smappee mobile application, and may or may not come into a contractual relation of any kind.
  • ‘Application’; the Smappee mobile application, made for iPhone® and Android™ systems, and to be downloaded or installed from the App Store℠ and Google Play℠.
  • ‘Telecommunication Law’: Wet houdende diverse bepalingen inzake elektronische communicatie (referred to as : Telecommunication law) (URL).
  • ‘Law concerning electronic communication’: implementatie Telecommunicatiewet in artikel 129 van de Wet betreffende de elektronische communicatie van 13 juni 2005 (URL).

2. What are cookies?

Cookies are small data- or text files sent from a website and stored on your local computer. Cookies can be stored for different purposes; some cookies have a technical character (for example to store language preferences), session cookies (temporary cookies), and tracking cookies (cookies that track and store your behavior on the website, in order to offer the user the most optimal user experience)

The Belgian Law concerning electronic communication’ (implementation telecommunications law) includes some provisions regarding cookies and their use of them on websites. The Belgian implementation is derived from the European E-Privacy Directive. This Directive implies that every EU Member State has absolute discretion regarding cookie legislation.

Smappee is a national branch (Belgium, The Netherlands, and Luxemburg) of an international Corporation. Below the title “7. I’m not from Belgium. What type of consent does my country require?”, an overview of the diverse European Cookie-legislation landscape is offered.

3. What is the aim of these cookies?

Smappee would like to inform the user as much as possible about this new legislation, and the cookies they use. Cookies are essential for Smappee in order to optimize every visit to the website, remember every technical choice user made (for example choices regarding language, newsletter, et cetera), and to offer the user every relevant service and suggestion.

If you would like to consult the website of Smappee, it is recommended that cookies are enabled. However, the user is free to disable cookies if such a setting is not preferred (we refer you to title 6 “how can I manage my cookies”)

We only use cookies to optimize your experience regarding our website. Therefore we guarantee the fact that our cookies are safe. The information that is collected through the use of cookies allows us to detect possible errors or allows us to demonstrate specific services which we presume can be useful for you. We remind you of the possibility to store information that can be directly linked to the user. We can also use cookies that come from carefully selected partners with whom we cooperate and that advertise our services on their websites.

4. What guarantees do I have as a visitor?

Smappee acquired the legal Quality-label ‘mylabel’, after an extensive legal and technical scan of their website by the legal department of ‘DeJuristen/LesJuristes’. This label guarantees the user 100% legal certainty.

5. Which cookies do we use and why?

In order to consult the Smappee website, it is recommended that you enable cookies on your computer, tablet, or mobile phone. Without enabled cookies, there is a real possibility that we are not able to guarantee optimized use of our website.

If, however, you feel the urgent need to restrict, block or remove cookies of Smappee, we gladly explain to you how to manage your browser settings under title 6.

CookieDurationCategoryDescription
bcookie1 yearFunctionalLinkedIn sets this cookie from LinkedIn share buttons and ad tags to recognize browser ID
bscookie1 yearFunctionalLinkedIn sets this cookie to store performed actions on the website
langsessionFunctionalLinkedIn sets this cookie to remember a user’s language setting
lidc1 dayFunctionalLinkedIn sets the lidc cookie to facilitate data center selection
UserMatchHistory1 monthFunctionalLinkedIn sets this cookie for LinkedIn Ads ID syncing
_ga2 yearsAnalyticsThe _ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site’s analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognize unique visitors.
_ga_5D8P8Q04PD
2 years
AnalyticsThis cookie is installed by Google Analytics.
_gcl_au3 monthsAnalyticsProvided by Google Tag Manager to experiment advertisement efficiency of websites using their services.
_gid1 dayAnalyticsInstalled by Google Analytics, _gid cookie stores information on how visitors use a website, while also creating an analytics report of the website’s performance. Some of the data that are collected include the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously.
_fbpsessionAdvertisementThis cookie is set by Facebook to display advertisements when either on Facebook or on a digital platform powered by Facebook advertising, after visiting the website.
fr3 monthsAdvertisementFacebook sets this cookie to show relevant advertisements to users by tracking user behaviour across the web, on sites that have Facebook pixel or Facebook social plugin.
test_cookie15 minutesAdvertisementThe test_cookie is set by doubleclick.net and is used to determine if the user’s browser supports cookies.
_dc_gtm_UA-44301020-11 minuteOtherNo description
AnalyticsSyncHistory1 monthOtherNo description
li_gc5 months 27 daysOtherNo description

6. How can I manage my cookies?

Make sure cookies are enabled in your browser. In order to enable cookies, the following actions need to be performed:

Browser – Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0, 7.0, 8.0

  • In Internet Explorer, click on ‘InternetOptions’ in the ‘Extra’-menu.
  • On the tab, ‘Privacy’, Slide the settings-slider to low ‘laag’ or ‘accept all cookies’ (every setting above ‘medium’ disables cookies).
  • Click ‘OK’.

Browser – Mozilla Firefox

  • On the menu bar, click on the Firefox menu and select Preferences.
  • Select the Privacy panel.
  • Set Firefox will: to Use custom settings for history.
  • Uncheck mark Accept cookies from sites to disable Cookies; make sure Accept third party cookies is also set to Never.

Browser – Google Chrome

  • Click ‘Extra’ on top of the browses and choose ‘Options’.
  • Click ‘Under the Hood’ tab, search for ‘Privacy’ and select the button ‘Content settings’.
  • Select ‘Allow local data to be set’.

Browser – Safari

  • Click on ‘Cog’ on top of the browser and select ‘preferences’.
  • Click ‘Security’, and check the option: ‘Block all cookies of third parties and advertisements cookies’.
  • Click ‘Save’.

7. “I’m not from Belgium. What type of consent does my country require?”

Smappee is a branch of a well-known international corporation or concern. Therefore it is possible that not only Belgian citizens visit the website. European member-states have diverse interpretations of cookie legislation, which makes it difficult for the user to determine what type of consent is needed. Below you can find an overview of the European member states, their status of implementation, and their (possible) way of implementation.

Smappee endeavors to apply the correct way of implementation in the member state, which is allowed in a technical and material way.

Member stateOK?ImplementationOpt-inRequirements
BELGIUMYESAMENDMENT BELGISCHE WET ELEKTRONISCHE COMMUNICATIE.YESIMPLIED CONSENT
BULGARIAYESAMENDMENT ‘BULGARIAN ELECTRONIC MESSAGES ACT’NOIMPLIED CONSENT
CYPRUSYESAMENDMENT ‘REGULATION OF ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION AND POSTAL SERVICES LAW’YESEXPLICIT CONSENT
DENMARKYESAMENDMENTNOIMPLIED CONSENT
GERMANYNODRAFT IMPLEMENTATION NOT TAKEN EFFECTYES BUTOPT-IN FOR COOKIES CONCERNING PERSONAL INFORMATION; OPT-OUT FOR ALL OTHER COOKIES
ESTONIA/INTERPRETATION ALREADY IMPLEMENTEDNOIMPLIED CONSENT RIGHT TO REFUSE-APPROACH
FINLANDYESAMENDMENT PRIVACYWETNOCONSENT VIA BROWSER-SETTINGS
FRANCEYESNEW LAWYESEXPLICIT CONSENT REQUIRED, BUT DEROGATIONS FOR FIRST PARTY ANALYTIC COOKIES
GREECEYESAMENDMENTNOCONSENT VIA BROWSER-SETTINGS
HUNGARYYESAMENDMENT ‘HUNGARIAN ACT ON COMMUNICATIONS’NOCONSENT VIA BROWSER-SETTINGS
IRELANDYESAMENDEMENT + GUIDELINENOCONSENT VIA BROWSER-SETTINGS
ICELANDNOPROPOSITION OF LAWNOCONSENT VIA BROWSER-SETTINGS
ITALYYESAMENDMENTYESEXPLICIT OPT-IN
LATVIAYESAMENDEMENT ‘LAW ON INFORMATION SOCIETY SERVICES’YESEXPLICIT OPT-IN FOR CERTAIN COOKIES, IMPLIED FOR OTHER
LIECHTEN-STEINNOPROPOSITION UNKNOWNUNKNOWNUNKNOWN
LITHUANIAYESAMENDEMENT ‘LAW ON ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS’YESEXPLICIT OPT-IN
LUXEMBOURGYESAMENDMENTNOCONSENT VIA BROWSER-SETTINGS
MALTAYESNEW LEGISLATIONNOCONSENT VIA BROWSER-SETTINGS
THE NETHERLANDSYESREVISED LAW: TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACTYESEXPLICIT OPT-IN
NORWAY (NON-EU)NOPROPOSITION OF LAWEXPECTATION: NOEXPECTED OPT-OUT + SELF REGULATION BY INDUSTRY
AUSTRIAYESNEW TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACTYES/NOCONSENT VIA BROWSER BUT EXPLICIT FOR TRACKING COOKIES
POLANDYESAMENDMENTYES/NOCONSENT VIA BROWSER BUT EXPLICIT FOR TARGETED ADS
PORTUGALYESAMENDMENTYESEXPLICIT CONSENT
ROMANIAYESAMENDMENTYESIMPLIED CONSENT
SLOVENIAYESAMENDMENTNOCONSENT VIA BROWSER-SETTINGS
SLOVAKIAYESAMENDMENTYESCONSENT VIA BROWSER-SETTINGS
SPAINYESAMENDMENTYESCONSENT VIA BROWSER-SETTINGS
UNITED KINGDOMYESNEW LEGISLATION “PRIVACY AND ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS”YESIMPLIED CONSENT
SWEDENYESAMENDMENTYESCONSENT VIA BROWSER-SETTINGS

If you are left with any remarks or questions after reading this cookie statement, feel free to contact info@smappee.com

Last updated January 2023