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Cookie Statement Cerba Research  

Last modified: 12-December-2024

This is the cookie statement of Cerba Research NV (hereinafter “Cerba Research”, “we” or “us”). In this cookie notice, we explain which cookies and similar techniques such as Tags we use on www.cerbaresearch.com and https://cerbaresearch.recruitee.com/ and why. For convenience, cookies and similar techniques are referred to collectively below as “cookies”.

European laws, including the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”),as well as the General Data Protection Regulation as it forms part of the law of England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland by virtue of section 3 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (hereinafter the “UK GDPR”) and the UK Data Protection Act 2018 (amended 2020) (hereinafter the “Data Protection Act”),  the e-Privacy Directive 2002/58/EC and the Federal Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act S.C. 2000 (“PIPEDA”), c. 5 as last amended on 2019, June 21 and any applicable provincial laws (altogether referred as “Canadian Privacy Laws”), create obligations for digital publishers such as Cerba Research to give visitors of their sites and apps information about how they will use and share their personal data, as well as about the use of cookies, mobile ad IDs, and other forms of local storage. 

Since Cerba Research uses cookies on its website, this cookie notice must include clear and mandatory information, as set out below.

Information about cookies

1. What are cookies?

A cookie is a text file, normally consisting of letters and numbers, sent by a web server to a web browser and stored by the browser on the user’s device (e.g., computer, telephone, tablet). These cookies can be used to identify or to collect information about you.

2. What type of cookies are there?

Cookies can be classified as follows, depending on the owner:

• First-party cookies: They are created, sent to your device and stored by the website you are visiting directly. They allow Cerba Research to collect customer analytics data, remember language settings, and carry out other useful functions that help provide a good user experience.
• Third-party cookies: They are created and placed by third parties other than the website you are visiting directly. They are not managed by Cerba Research, but by the third party that processes the data obtained from the cookies.

Cookies can also be classified depending on the purpose of their placement. Main categories are:

• Necessary cookies (also called “technical cookies”): they allow you to browse a website, a platform or an app, and to use the various options or services on it (e.g., control traffic, identify data or session, access to restricted access sections or content, etc.).
• Functional cookies/ Preferences: they help Cerba Research to make the website usable by providing you some basic features and by remembering your preferences and choices of using Cerba Research’s website (e.g., language, the region from where the service is accessed, etc.). Not accepting cookies may cause slow website performance or poorly adapted recommendations.
• Statistics cookies: they allow Cerba Research to have a better understanding of how you interact with the website (e.g., which pages are visited the most) in order to optimize the functioning of the website.
• Marketing cookies: they enable Cerba Research to monitor your behaviour on the website. The aim is to display advertisements that are meaningful and attractive to you and therefore more useful to third party publishers and advertisers, as well as to make promotional and specific information available to you on the website.

Cookies may also be divided into two types depending on the period for which they are stored:

• Session cookies: they allow Cerba Research to recognize and link your actions during a browsing session. When you go to the login page, these temporary cookies will be created to determine whether or not your browser accepts cookies.
• Persistent cookies: they are placed on your device between sessions. They can be used to remember your preferences or actions on Cerba Research.’s website.

3. What cookies do we use and why?

Cookies in no way give Cerba Research access to your device or any information other than the data you choose to share with Cerba Research.

Concretely, these cookies help to improve the functioning of the website of Cerba Research and can be used for several purposes:

• Help you connect to a website;
• Analyze traffic to a website;
• Monitor your browsing behavior;
• Recognize your device;
• Make the website more efficient;

Necessary Cookies

Name Provider/Third Party Purpose Type

li_gc

LinkedIn

Stores the user’s cookie consent state for the current domain

Functional

test_cookie

Google

Some of the data collected by this provider is for the purposes of personalization and measuring advertising effectiveness.

Analytics

visitor_id#-hash [x3]

Pardot

Used to encrypt and contain visitor data. This is necessary for the security of the user data.

Analytics

1.gif

Cookiebot

Used to count the number of sessions to the website, necessary for optimizing CMP product delivery.

Analytics

CookieConsent [x3]

Cookiebot

Stores the user’s cookie consent state for the current domain

Analytics

rc::c and rc::a

Salesforce/Pardot

This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots.

Analytics

webeo_visit

Webeo

N/A

Analytics

t3D, tADe, tADu, tAE, tC, tMQ, tnsApp, tPL, tTDe, tTDu, tTE, tTf, wordpress_test_cookie

Cerba Research

This cookie is part of a bundle of cookies which serve the purpose of content delivery and presentation. The cookies keep the correct state of font, blog/picture sliders, color themes and other website settings.

Analytics

_wpfuuid and PHPSESSID

www.viroclinics.com

Registers a unique ID for the visitor in order for the website to recognize the visitor upon re-entry.

Necessary

CONSENT

Youtube

Used to detect if the visitor has accepted the marketing category in the cookie banner. This cookie is necessary for GDPR-compliance of the website.

Necessary

Name
Provider/Third Party

LinkedIn

Purpose

Stores the user’s cookie consent state for the current domain

Type

Functional

Name
Provider/Third Party

Google

Purpose

Some of the data collected by this provider is for the purposes of personalization and measuring advertising effectiveness.

Type

Analytics

Name
Provider/Third Party

Pardot

Purpose

Used to encrypt and contain visitor data. This is necessary for the security of the user data.

Type

Analytics

Name
Provider/Third Party

Cookiebot

Purpose

Used to count the number of sessions to the website, necessary for optimizing CMP product delivery.

Type

Analytics

Name
Provider/Third Party

Cookiebot

Purpose

Stores the user’s cookie consent state for the current domain

Type

Analytics

Name
Provider/Third Party

Salesforce/Pardot

Purpose

This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots.

Type

Analytics

Name
Provider/Third Party

Webeo

Purpose

N/A

Type

Analytics

Name
Provider/Third Party

Cerba Research

Purpose

This cookie is part of a bundle of cookies which serve the purpose of content delivery and presentation. The cookies keep the correct state of font, blog/picture sliders, color themes and other website settings.

Type

Analytics

Name
Provider/Third Party

www.viroclinics.com

Purpose

Registers a unique ID for the visitor in order for the website to recognize the visitor upon re-entry.

Type

Necessary

Name
Provider/Third Party

Youtube

Purpose
Used to detect if the visitor has accepted the marketing category in the cookie banner. This cookie is necessary for GDPR-compliance of the website.
Type

Necessary

Marketing Cookies

Name Provider/Third Party Purpose Type

visitor_idXXX

Pardot

Used in context with Account-Based-Marketing (ABM). The cookie registers data such as IP-addresses, time spent on the website and page requests for the visit. This is used for retargeting of multiple users rooting from the same IP-addresses. ABM usually facilitates B2B marketing purposes.

Marketing

IDE

Google

Used by Google DoubleClick to register and report the website user’s actions after viewing or clicking one of the advertiser’s ads with the purpose of measuring the efficacy of an ad and to present targeted ads to the user.

Analytics

pagead/landing

Google

Collects data on visitor behaviour from multiple websites, in order to present more relevant advertisement – This also allows the website to limit the number of times that they are shown the same advertisement.

Analytics

pagead/1p-conversion/#/

Google

Collects data on visitor behaviour from multiple websites, in order to present more relevant advertisement – This also allows the website to limit the number of times that they are shown the same advertisement.

Analytics

lpv#

Pardot

Used in context with behavioral tracking by the website. The cookie registers the user’s behavior and navigation across multiple websites and ensures that no tracking errors occur when the user has multiple browser-tabs open.

Marketing

Name
Provider/Third Party

Pardot

Purpose

Used in context with Account-Based-Marketing (ABM). The cookie registers data such as IP-addresses, time spent on the website and page requests for the visit. This is used for retargeting of multiple users rooting from the same IP-addresses. ABM usually facilitates B2B marketing purposes.

Type

Marketing

Name
Provider/Third Party

Google

Purpose

Used by Google DoubleClick to register and report the website user’s actions after viewing or clicking one of the advertiser’s ads with the purpose of measuring the efficacy of an ad and to present targeted ads to the user.

Type

Analytics

Name
Provider/Third Party

Google

Purpose

Collects data on visitor behaviour from multiple websites, in order to present more relevant advertisement – This also allows the website to limit the number of times that they are shown the same advertisement.

Type

Analytics

Name
Provider/Third Party

Google

Purpose

Collects data on visitor behaviour from multiple websites, in order to present more relevant advertisement – This also allows the website to limit the number of times that they are shown the same advertisement.

Type

Analytics

Name
Provider/Third Party

Pardot

Purpose

Used in context with behavioral tracking by the website. The cookie registers the user’s behavior and navigation across multiple websites and ensures that no tracking errors occur when the user has multiple browser-tabs open.

Type

Marketing

Statistics Cookies

Name Provider / Third Party Purpose Type

MUID

Bing/Microsfoft


Bing sets this cookie to recognise
unique web browsers visiting Microsoft sites.
This cookie is used for advertising,
site analytics, and other operations.”

Advertisement

_ga_*, _ga, _gcl_au, _gid, _gat_UA-*, _ga_#, _gat and collect

Google

Some of the data collected by this provider is for the purposes of personalization and measuring advertising effectiveness, generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor’s device and behavior. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels.

Analytics

_uetsid and _uetvid

Bing / Microsoft

Used to track visitors on multiple websites, in order to present relevant advertisement based on the visitor’s preferences and contains the expiry-date for the cookie with corresponding name

Performance

track/pxl/

track/pxl/

Collects information on user behaviour on multiple websites. This information is used in order to optimize the relevance of advertisement on the website.

Perfomance

Pardot 

Salesforce/Pardot

Used in context with Account-Based-Marketing (ABM). The cookie registers data such as IP-addresses, time spent on the website and page requests for the visit. This is used for retargeting of multiple users rooting from the same IP-addresses. ABM usually facilitates B2B marketing purposes.

Performance

Name
Provider / Third Party

Bing/Microsfoft

Purpose


Bing sets this cookie to recognise
unique web browsers visiting Microsoft sites.
This cookie is used for advertising,
site analytics, and other operations.”

Type

Advertisement

Name
Provider / Third Party

Google

Purpose

Some of the data collected by this provider is for the purposes of personalization and measuring advertising effectiveness, generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor’s device and behavior. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels.

Type

Analytics

Name
Provider / Third Party

Bing / Microsoft

Purpose

Used to track visitors on multiple websites, in order to present relevant advertisement based on the visitor’s preferences and contains the expiry-date for the cookie with corresponding name

Type

Performance

Name
Provider / Third Party

track/pxl/

Purpose

Collects information on user behaviour on multiple websites. This information is used in order to optimize the relevance of advertisement on the website.

Type

Perfomance

Name
Provider / Third Party

Salesforce/Pardot

Purpose

Used in context with Account-Based-Marketing (ABM). The cookie registers data such as IP-addresses, time spent on the website and page requests for the visit. This is used for retargeting of multiple users rooting from the same IP-addresses. ABM usually facilitates B2B marketing purposes.

Type

Performance

Other Cookies

Name Provider/Third Party Type

li_sugr, bcookie, bscookie, ln_or, AnalyticsSyncHistory, lidc, UserMatchHistory, __cf_bm, isVisitConverted

LinkedIn

Advertisements, Analytics, Functiional

Name
Provider/Third Party

LinkedIn

Type

Advertisements, Analytics, Functiional

For cerba career’s website : the cookies used are the same and therefore, cookies consent collected on main website are not asked again

4. How to manage cookies?
 
To the exception of strictly necessary cookies, you are able to accept or decline cookies when you enter Cerba Research’s website and see the cookies notice. If you change your opinion, you are also able to come back to your preferences at all times by clicking on the Icon that appears in the bottom left-hand corner of the web page. 
 
Alternatively, you can manage your cookie preferences through your browser settings. However, in some cases, some functions of the website may not work. 
 
To find out more about cookies, including seeing what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org or https://www.aboutcookies.org/.
 
Find out how to manage cookies on those popular browsers:
Google Chrome 
Mozilla Firefox 
Internet Explorer 
Safari 
 
To find information relating to other browsers, visit the browser developer’s website.
To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit –  http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
  
5. Who placed cookies?
 
The information stored through cookies is only used by Cerba Research except those identified in section 3 as “Third-Party cookies”, which are used and managed by external entities aiming to improve Cerba Research’s services and your experience when browsing on the website.
 
Cerba Research collaborates with the following third-parties:
• Linkedin
• Google ads
• Bing/ Microsoft
• Pardot
• Webeo
• Cookiebot

Please note that Cerba Research does not have any control over how the information in these cookies is used by these external parties nor does Cerba Research have access to it. Please refer to the cookies policies of the relevant party for more information.
 
6. How to contact us?
 
For any questions regarding this Cookies notice, you may contact Cerba Research, who, if required, will contact its Data Protection Officer (“DPO”), using the information below:
 
Cerba Research NV
Industriepark 3
9052 Zwijnaarde
Belgium
T: +32 93 292 329
E: [email protected]
DPO : [email protected]
 
Please contact us if you want to receive more information.
 
Modifications

We may modify this cookie statement from time to time. The most recent version can be found on this website. At the top, you can see when this statement was last modified. We advise you to consult this statement regularly to be aware of any relevant changes.