1. What is a Cookie?

A cookie is a small text file placed on your device (computer, tablet, smartphone) when you visit a website. It allows the website to remember certain information about your browsing session in order to improve your experience or measure audience behaviour.

2. Who Sets Cookies on sparkus.be?

The website sparkus.be is published by A. de Caritat SRL (spark*us). Cookies on this site come from two sources:

– A. de Caritat SRL directly (strictly necessary cookies);

– third parties (Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager) for audience measurement purposes.

3. Cookies Used on sparkus.be

3.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for the website to function. They cannot be disabled and do not collect any data for advertising or tracking purposes.

– Session and security: manage the browsing session and protect against certain attacks (CSRF).

– Cookie consent preferences: remember your choices regarding non-essential cookies.

3.2 Analytics Cookies — Google Analytics

Provider: Google LLC (Google Ireland Limited for the EU)

Purpose: measure website audience, analyse browsing behaviour (pages visited, session duration, traffic source) in order to improve content and user experience.

Data collected: anonymised IP address, browser and device type, pages visited, session duration, traffic source.

Retention: 14 months (Google Analytics 4 default setting).

International transfer: yes, to the United States — governed by Standard Contractual Clauses and the EU-US Data Privacy Framework.

Google Privacy Policy: policies.google.com/privacy

Opt-out: tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

3.3 Tag Management — Google Tag Manager

Provider: Google LLC

Purpose: Google Tag Manager is a tag management system that enables the deployment and management of other measurement tools (such as Google Analytics) without modifying the site’s source code. GTM itself does not independently collect personal data.

Retention: cookies set via GTM depend on the tools it triggers (see §3.2).

4. Consent

In accordance with Belgian law (Act of 13 June 2005 on electronic communications, as amended) and the GDPR, non-essential cookies (analytics) are only set after your explicit consent has been obtained via the cookie banner displayed on your first visit.

You may at any time:

– accept or refuse non-essential cookies via the cookie banner;

– update your preferences by accessing the cookie settings available at the bottom of the website;

– delete cookies already placed via your browser settings.

Refusing analytics cookies does not affect your access to the website or its core functionality.

5. Managing Cookies via Your Browser

You can also control and delete cookies directly from your browser settings:

– Google Chrome: Settings > Privacy and Security > Cookies

– Mozilla Firefox: Settings > Privacy & Security > Cookies

– Safari: Preferences > Privacy

– Microsoft Edge: Settings > Cookies and site permissions

Please note that disabling all cookies may affect the functionality of other websites you visit.

6. Updates

This Cookie Policy may be updated at any time, in particular if new third-party tools are added to or removed from the website. The date of the last update is indicated below.

7. Contact

For any questions regarding the use of cookies on sparkus.be: hello@sparkus.be

Last updated: 2026 · Belgian Data Protection Authority: apd-gba.be

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