Data & Cookie statement

In order to log in to specific parts of our service, such as acquiring personalised services (personalised ranges/selections and/or prices), your user-name, e-mail address, password, gender, first name, surname and company name will be stored. We are authorised to process this data on the basis of Article 6(1) of the General Data Protection Regulation, as it is required to ensure security concerning the access procedure of our website. For this purpose, you will be asked to provide personal data. If you do not provide the requested data, we cannot grant access to your account or provide personalised information.

To enable ourselves to answer questions or respond via contact forms, we may ask you for your email address and possibly your name and company name. We are entitled to process this data under Article 6(1) of the 'General data Protection Regulation', as it is required to enable us to respond to your enquiry. From this objective, you will be asked to provide personal data. If you do not provide the requested data, we may not be able to contact you and thus answer your query.

To enable us to send the jusite relevant marketing-related content, we ask you for your email address and possibly your name, initials and gender and possibly additional information such as company name or a job title. If you receive information via email, we may record and use your click behaviour to optimise subsequent direct mails and the website. We are entitled to process this information based on your consent. You are entitled to withdraw this consent at any time. If you do not provide the requested data, we will not provide you with marketing information via email or 'messaging services'.

We regularly launch campaigns to motivate our clients and prospects and to maintain contact. In addition to consents relating to marketing, we may thereby request additional information such as addresses, telephone numbers or use of services in order to offer more relevant content and send messages to our visitors and customers. Further information is provided for each individual campaign. We are entitled to process this information based on your consent. You are entitled to withdraw this consent at any time. If you do not provide personal information for this purpose, we will not send relevant content and messages.

In order to send commercial emails, we may collect personal data such as email addresses and possibly your name, initials, gender and additional information such as company name and job title. In general, we are entitled to process this information based on your consent. You are entitled to withdraw this consent at any time. However, where you have provided your contact details with the objective of receiving commercial emails from us or where you are an existing client (Centagon has provided a product or service to you which requires the storage of your contact details in relation to this service or product delivery) and the commercial email relates to similar services or products, we may process your personal data without your consent based on Article 6(1) of the General Data Protection Regulation because this data is relevant to our business services. In this situation, you may object to the use of your personal data each time we send you an e-mail message.

Through social media, we bring our content to our target audiences to ensure they stay engaged in the environment where our target audience is most active. We may store behaviour and actions on social media such as comments on content or messages sent to social media inboxes. Information about behaviour on social media can be related to behaviour on the Website and based on this information we can personalise your experience on our Website. We may process this data based on your consent. You are allowed to withdraw your consent at any time. If you do not provide personal data for this purpose, we will not obtain your data and cannot personalise your experience on our Website.

Centagon B.V. uses "cookie" technology and other similar technologies to collect additional user data for the Website and to improve our services.

What are cookies?
A cookie is a simple and small file stored on your device, for example to provide basic functionality of the Website, to remember settings and preferences and for statistical purposes. There are different types of cookies, depending on their functions, and they can be stored on users' devices for different periods of time: permanent cookies may have a certain date preset by their owner. Besides cookies, there are other digital techniques to store information or access information stored on your devices. We will treat these techniques as if they were cookies and when we mention cookies in this privacy notice, we will also refer to them.

What is the difference between first-party and third-party cookies?
We distinguish between first-party and third-party cookies. The word 'party' refers to the domain as specified in the cookie: the website that sets the cookie. First-party cookies are managed by Centagon itself or are used on behalf of Centagon and refer to the Centagon domain. Third-party or external cookies are set by external parties/service providers and refer to their own domain name. For example: if we embed YouTube videos on our website, cookies from the YouTube domain are also set.

**What specific cookies does Centagon B.V. use?
We use the following types of cookies on the Website and explain the purpose of these types of cookies. For an overview of the exact cookies, profiling needs, settings and storage period: see below. Click here to change settings and preferences.

Please note that Centagon may be required by local law to obtain consent from you for the use of some cookie technologies. If this is the case, we ask you to consent to the setting of cookies when you visit the Website. Some cookie settings are mandatory for functional requirements. If you do not consent to the setting of non-mandatory cookies, we will not set the cookies. However, this may potentially affect the content of our Website. If you have consented to the use of cookies, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

If certain cookies are refused, Centagon is not aware of the performance and quality of the Website and cannot improve the user experience of the Website.

More information regarding withdrawing or changing your consent, activation, deactivation and deletion of cookies can be found in the instructions via your web browser's help functionality. Links to the various browsers to change cookie settings can be found here. Please note that if you set your browser to disable cookies, the Website may not function correctly and some services or some features of the Website may not be available or work smoothly, and you may need to adjust or manually customise certain information or preferences each time you visit the Website.