Surf policy

Use of files and technologies such as cookies

When you visit a Flowtastic website or use a Flowtastic application, files and technologies can be used which either store information on your end-equipment (PC, laptop, smart phone, tablet, etc.) or access information already stored on your end-equipment.

This policy explains which files and technologies Flowtastic and third parties use. This policy can be adjusted from time to time, every modified version is online. Only the most recent version of the policy applies to the use of the website. Your use of the website implies an agreement with the most recent version of this policy.

These files and technologies may consist of cookies, web beacons, log files, settings and information on your end-equipment and similar. They are used by Flowtastic.

The files and technologies do not contain viruses or other harmful applications. These files and technologies are sometimes temporary (session cookies, these are deleted when you close the browser), sometimes permanent (persistent cookies, these remain until they expire or until you delete them) or sometimes both.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small files that are placed and / or read on the end-equipment of your device when you visit and use our website.

What are web beacons?

Web beacons or pixel tags are (invisible) graphic files that are contained in a webpage or e-mail and that can, among other things, register certain information such as your IP address.

What are logfiles?

Log files can, among other things, collect information about the activities of your web browser.

What are settings and information on your end-equipment?

Your PC, laptop, smart phone and tablet, and the applications that are present on it, can contain information about the type of device, the settings of an application, etc. These settings can be read.

Personal data and their use

Some of the files and technologies used and described herein, contain data that can identify you directly or indirectly (personal data). Flowtastic uses this personal data for the following purposes: operation and use of the website, customer management and market research.

What does Flowtastic use files and technologies for?

Flowtastic uses files and technologies for the following purposes:

  1. Files and technologies necessary to allow you to navigate smoothly on our website and to be able to use our website easily or to enable interactivity with our websites.
    For example: use of functions, detection of the type of your device, detection of your screen resolution, detection of your text size, consultation of your browser settings, buffer size, ID of the device
  2. Files and technologies that save your browsing preferences.
    For example: your language, your region, your login, your password, your subscription, your preferred themes, preferences for searches
  3. Files and technologies that remember your purchases or information input on different web pages or browsing sessions.
    For example: order basket, forms
  4. Files and technologies that make web pages load faster, guarantee safety, test the website or users, detect abuse and detect the required age.
    For example: load balancing, detection number of login attempts, automatic logout function, A / B testing
  5. Files and technologies that record the number of visitors, your surfing behaviour, usage patterns and error messages for optimizing the content and structure of our website.
    For example: how many times you visit the website, which web pages you visit, which pages give errors, how you end up on the website
  6. Files and technologies that track your browsing history over time, whether or not, combined with information from third-party sources, to display relevant content, reporting (see Push messages) and advertising messages and for research purposes and market analysis as well as for the correct and proper functioning of the advertising system. For example: based on your previous surfing behavior, your geo-location, the advertisements that you have already clicked on, the ID of your device, etc. you will be shown personalized content and advertisements from the Flowtastic group. These files and technologies remain valid for at least 1 year
  7. Files and technologies that detect whether you use adblock technologies or not.

What do third parties use files and technologies for via the Flowtastic websites

Third parties use files and technologies for the following purposes:

  1. Files and technologies that track your browsing history over time, whether or not combined with information from other advertisements or through third-party sources, to display advertisements from third parties.
    For example: based on your previous surfing behavior, your geo-location, the advertisements that you have already clicked on, etc., you will be shown personalized content and advertisements from third parties.
  2. Files and technologies that can follow you through a social network after you have clicked a button of the social network and through which those social networks automatically receive your personal data. For example: like or share button from facebook.

Disabling some files and technologies

You can disable the cookies, web beacons, log files and other files and technologies that Flowtastic and / or third parties use to the extent and as described below. Removing and / or refusing cookies, web beacons, log files, ad block detection and other files and technologies can result in you being unable to use the website optimally.

Disabling cookies:

  • Google Chrome: about deleting existing cookies and refusing new cookies. click here
  • Internet Explorer: about deleting existing cookies and refusing new cookies. click here
  • Firefox/Mozilla: about refusing new cookies. click here
  • Firefox/Mozilla: about removing existing cookies. click here
  • Safari: about removing existing cookies and refusing new cookies. click here
  • Opera: about removing existing cookies and refusing new cookies. click here