COOKIE POLICY

Cookies are small data or text files that are placed and stored on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website or use a (mobile) application. These files store some user information. Cookie files contain unique codes that, for example, allow your browser to recognize that you have visited our website before and thus enhance your user experience.

Winger Patents BV (KBO no. 0809.963.559, 9820 Merelbeke, Hundelgemsesteenweg 1116, tel: +32 9 362 68 81, e-mail: patents@winger.eu) and Winger Trademarks BV (KBO no. 0831.271.192, 9000 Ghent, Charles de Kerckhovelaan 17, tel: +32 9 330 20 39, e-mail: trademarks@winger.eu) (hereinafter collectively: Winger) make use of their own cookies managed on their own behalf (own cookies) as well as cookies managed or placed by third parties (third-party cookies). Winger wishes to inform you in this cookie policy about the use and purpose of these cookies.

Winger mainly uses strictly necessary cookies to ensure the optimal functioning of the website and its security. This type of cookies is implemented without consent, upon using our website on any device, as they are in the legitimate interest of Winger.

Winger also uses analytical cookies or performance cookies. For example, Winger uses Google Analytics cookies for analytical purposes so that information can be collected about how you as a user interact with our website. This includes the pages you visit most often, your activity on our website and how often you return to our website. This information is used and analyzed (using Google Analytics) to help improve our website and your browsing experience. More specifically, statistical analyses are made of the information we receive in this way. These statistical results allow us to improve the structure, navigation and content of our website and associated services. Your consent to the implementation of these cookies is given by checking the “analytical cookies or performance cookies” button and then clicking the “save and close” button accessible in the bottom left corner of our website. You may refuse the use of these cookies by clicking the “decline all” button in the same corner.

Finally, Winger uses targeted cookies that are used to identify visitors between different websites, e.g., content partners, banner networks. These cookies are used to build a profile containing the visitors’ interests or to display relevant ads on other websites. Your consent to the placement of these cookies is given by checking the “targeted or targeting cookies” button and then clicking the “save and close” button accessible in the bottom left corner of our website. You may refuse the use of these cookies by clicking the ” decline all ” button in the same corner.

If you have allowed Winger to use non-functional cookies, you can change this setting at any time and the cookies already installed will be deleted. You can do this via the cookie preferences on the bottom left corner of our website.

Our website may contain links to other websites not operated by Winger. Winger is not responsible for privacy measures or the content of these other websites. It is possible that these other websites also use cookies and record your visit to our website (e.g. YouTube via the YouTube plugin). Winger recommends that you consult the privacy statement and cookie policy stated on the respective websites.

If you have any questions or comments regarding our cookie statement, please contact our offices.