Cookie policy

Please read this cookie policy carefully as it contains important information on who we are and how we use cookies on our website.

This policy should be read together with our Privacy Policy which sets out how and why we collect, store, use and share personal information generally, as well as your rights in relation to your personal information and details of how to contact us and supervisory authorities if you have a complaint.

What is a cookie?

A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive.

They often contain information like IP addresses or Unique IDs that make possible for websites to identify and recall individual users upon repeated visits. Third-party marketing cookies can be used to track users across the Internet in order to serve them targeted, behavioural advertisement. Under the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (GDPR), websites are not allowed to store cookies on a user’s browser without their clear and affirmative consent.

For further information on cookies generally, including how to control and manage them, visit the Cookies et autres traceurs | Autorité de protection des données (autoriteprotectiondonnees.be) published by the Belgian Data Protection authority (only available in French or Dutch) or the guidance on cookies published by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office. You can also find useful the information available of the following websites : www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.

Use of cookies by COST

Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and measure how you use the website so it can be updated and improved based on your needs. Cookies also help to remember the notifications you have seen so that we do not show them to you again.

You can at any time change or withdraw your consent below: