In practice, different types of cookies can be distinguished:
We use cookies to:
What specific cookies do we use on https://tractebel-engie.com and https://tractebel-engie.be?
Third party cookies:
COOKIE NAME | PURPOSE AND LIFETIME | WHAT DOES IT DO? | THIRD PARTY |
_ga | This cookie is used to distinguish site visitors. It expires 2 years after last visit. | This cookie is placed by Google Analytics. We use Google Analytics to analyse the behaviour of visitors to our website. Based on these analyses we can improve our website to better meet our visitors' expectations. This cookie also serves to identify recurring visitors. Complete details can be found on Google's webpage: https://developers.google.com/analytics/devg uides/collection/analyticsjs/cookieusage. | Google |
_gat | This cookie is used to throttle request rate and to divide requests in to different regions on website. It expires 1 minute after last visit. | This cookie is placed by Google Analytics. It is used by Google Analytics to reduce the number of "requests" sent to it in order to be more efficient and less demanding of your connection. Complete details can be found on Google's webpage: https://developers.google.com/analytics/devg uides/collection/analyticsjs/cookieusage. | Google |
gid | This cookie is used to identify a site visitors journey on the website. It expires 24 after last visit. | This cookie is placed by Google Analytics. It is relatively similar (in structure) to the _ga cookie. It stores the Session ID of a visitor and it groups a visitor's entire activity for one session together. This enables Google Analytics to identify a visitor's journey/session. Complete details can be found on Google's webpage: https://developers.google.com/analytics/devg uides/collection/analyticsjs/cookieusage. | Google |
First party cookies:
COOKIE NAME | PURPOSE AND LIFETIME | WHAT DOES IT DO? |
accepts_cookies_from_tractebel-engie.com | This cookie is used to keep track of acceptance of the cookie notice. It expires after 3,5 years. | This cookie is placed by tractebel-engie.com. It’s only purpose is to “remember” whether you previously accepted our cookies or not. In case of previous acceptance, the “cookie notice” doesn’t have to be displayed every time you visit our website. This cookie does not serve to identify you, nor does it keep track of your session on our website. |
tractebel_locale | This cookie is used to keep track of language and cookie preference. It expires after 1 year. | This cookie is placed by tractebel-engie.com. It remembers your language and region preferences, according to the choices you previously made on our website. This means you only have to select your region and language once. Of course you can always manually modify your choices. This cookie does not serve to identify you, nor does it keep track of your session on our website. |
By clicking on the button “Agree and proceed” on the Cookie Pop-Up on our homepage or by not clicking on any of the two options and instead continuing to use our web site, you are agreeing to our placing cookies on your computer in order to analyse the way you use our Website.
If you do not want to accept cookies, you can click on the button “Change settings” on the Cookie Pop-Up which will send you to a page where you can set your cookie preferences. You can refuse all cookies except for the cookie tractebel_locale.
You can withdraw your consent at any time. If you wish to do so, you will need to delete your cookies using Tractebel’s dedicated tool or your internet browser settings that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies.For further information, please see below “5. How to delete and block our cookies?”.
However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies), you may not be able to access all or parts of our site. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies or you have clicked on the “Change settings” button on our homepage, our system will issue cookies as soon as you visit our site.
Tractebel has set up a very simple tool to use if you wish to delete all or part of the cookies on our site. This tool is available here.
Moreover, if you wish to block cookies more generally (and not only those of Tractebel), you should be aware that most browsers offer tools for this purpose through the browser settings (usually in the “options” or “preferences” menu of the browser). You will find below links to explanations related to cookies for the main search engines. You can also use the 'Help' option in your internet browser for more details.
You can opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites on the website http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.