Cookie Statement
Cookie Statement Blauw Research B.V.
Version: 10
Last updated: 23 September 2026
1. What are cookies?
Blauw Research B.V. (“Blauw”) uses cookies and
similar technologies on www.blauw.com. Cookies are small text files that are placed on your
computer, tablet, or smartphone during your visit to our website. These files ensure the
website functions correctly, provide insight into website usage, and can be used to improve
our services and marketing.
In addition to cookies, similar technologies such as pixels, scripts, and
local storage may also be used.
More information on how we handle personal data can be found in our
Website and Business Relations Privacy Statement at www.blauw.com.
2. Which cookies do we use?
We use the following categories of cookies.
Necessary cookies
These cookies are necessary for the website to function. Without these cookies,
certain parts of the website may not work correctly.
These cookies are placed without your consent.
Examples include:
● remembering your cookie preferences;
● security cookies;
● session cookies;
● cookies required for the technical operation of WordPress;
● a security cookie from Cloudflare, which protects our website against misuse
and attacks;
● local storage for the correct display of translated pages.
Analytical cookies
With analytical cookies, we collect information about the use of our website.
This allows us to improve our website’s performance and better tailor it to the
needs of visitors.
For this, we use Google Analytics.
These cookies are only placed after you have given your consent via
our cookie banner.
The collected information is minimised as much as possible; for example, IP addresses
are not stored. We use this data solely for statistical analysis and to
improve our website.
Marketing cookies
Marketing cookies are used to measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns,
recognise visitors across different websites, and better tailor advertisements to
their interests.
For this, we use, among others:
● Google Ads
● Google Tag Manager
If you have given your consent, these cookies may be used to
build a profile of your interests. This profile is used to make advertisements and
marketing communications more relevant. This form of profiling relates exclusively to
marketing purposes and does not lead to automated decision-making or
decisions with legal consequences as referred to in Article 22 of the General Data
Protection Regulation (GDPR).
For Google Ads, Google acts as an independent data controller. More
information on how Google uses this data can be found at
policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.
Marketing cookies are only placed after you have given your consent
via our cookie banner. You can change or withdraw your consent at any time.
3. Overview of the cookies we use
We use Cookie-Script to record your cookie preferences and to keep track of
which cookies are used on our website. Cookie-Script regularly scans our website,
so the cookie overview is always up to date.
In the cookie banner, you can see which cookies and similar technologies we
use per category. For each cookie, its name, provider, purpose, and retention period are
listed. You can open the cookie banner at any time via the cookie icon on our website. There,
you can also view and change your preferences directly.
We periodically check whether the cookies in the cookie banner are correctly
categorised.
4. Third-party cookies
Our website may use services from third parties that place or
read cookies. You can see exactly which cookies these are in the current overview in the cookie banner
(see paragraph 3).
These include:
● Google Analytics
● Google Tag Manager
● Google Ads
● Cloudflare
● Weglot
These parties may process personal data in accordance with their own privacy
conditions.
When personal data is processed outside the European Economic Area (EEA),
we ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place in accordance with the
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
5. Your consent
When you first visit our website, we will inform you about the use of cookies.
You can specify which categories of cookies you accept.
For the placement of analytical and marketing cookies, we ask for your consent, as
required under Article 11.7a of the Telecommunications Act. We place necessary cookies
without consent, as these are required for the website to
function.
Necessary cookies cannot be disabled as they are essential for
the website to function.
You can change or withdraw your consent at any time via the settings of our
cookie banner. You can reopen the cookie banner at any time via the cookie
icon on our website.
6. Deleting cookies
You can delete cookies at any time via your browser settings.
Additionally, you can configure your browser to automatically refuse cookies or to
receive a notification before a cookie is placed.
Please note that this may cause certain parts of the website to not
function optimally.
7. Changes
Blauw may amend this cookie statement when our website, legislation, or the use
of cookies changes.
The most current version is always available at www.blauw.com.
8. Contact
Do you have questions about this cookie statement or about the use of cookies?
Please contact:
Blauw Research B.V.
Coolsingel 55
3012 AB Rotterdam
Email: privacy@blauw.com
Blauw has appointed a Data Protection Officer (DPO), whom you can reach via the same email
address. If you cannot resolve the issue with us, you have the right to file a complaint
with the Dutch Data Protection Authority (www.autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl).
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