BOIP makes use of cookies to enhance the experience of its website visitors (e.g. to remember your choice of language, settings for your personal page and so on) and to collect web statistics from visitors to www.boip.int and filing.boip.int. A cookie is a small text file that your browser installs on your computer and that enables our website to recognise you during your next visit.
No personal details
A cookie consists of a unique number. It does not contain any personal details. BOIP cannot use cookies to identify you personally, nor to identify you when you visit third-party websites.
Objection
You can adjust your browser settings to receive a message every time a cookie is installed on your computer or to prevent their installation altogether. However, this will also prevent you from being able to use all the options available on the site. You can also use the website to indicate whether or not you want it to be able to install tracking cookies. You will be able to reverse this decision at any time.
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Data for webstatistics
The data collected by the BOIP is used exclusively for web statistics in Google Analytics and Google Optimize. The BOIP uses this information to better tailor the website and the applications to the needs of its visitors and improve their user friendliness. The data is not used for any other purpose nor made available to third parties.
What data are collected?
BOIP gathers the following data for statistics purposes:
- The address of your Internet provider;
- Your browser (e.g. Internet Explorer of Safari);
- The time and duration of your visit;
- Which pages you have visited.
OIP does not collect any information about the actual identity of visitors.
| Name | Domaine | Content and purpose | Valid |
|---|---|---|---|
| LtpaToken2 | boip.int, register.boip.int, filing.boip.int | Encrypted authentication token for SSO (single sign on) | Session duration |
| JSESSIONID | boip.int, register.boip.int, filing.boip.int |
Standard java cookie to attach browser to a server session. Each request of a user will be processed on the same cluster node |
Session duration |
| bmbLanguage | register.boip.int | User language preference | 13 months |
| bmbOptionalColumns | register.boip.int |
User preference columns |
13 months |
| bmbItemsPerPage | register.boip.int | User preference results per page | 13 months |
| bmbSortColumn | register.boip.int | User preference sorting order | 13 months |
| bmbStartPage | register.boip.int | User preference starting page | 13 months |
| bmbFirstTrademarkMutation | register.boip.int | Gebruikersvoorkeur tonen mutatie | 13 maanden |
| Functional cookies | Domein | Inhoud en doel | Geldigheid |
|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | boip.int, filing.boip.int | Used to distiguish users | 2 years |
| _gid | boip.int, filing.boip.int | Used to distinguish users | 24 hours |
| _gat_<property-id> | boip.int, filing.boip.int | Used to throttle request rate | 1 minute |
| _gaexp | boip.int | Used to experiment with different varieties of our website | Duration of the experiment, typically 90 days |
| Marketing cookies | Domain | Content and Purpose | Validity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boip.int | Facebook uses this cookie to deliver a range of advertising products such as real time offers from third-party advertisers. The Facebook pixel also tracks which pages you visit so we can show you relevant advertisements on Facebook. | 1 year | |
| Google ads | Boip.int |
This cookie allows advertisements to be shown with the search results from the Google search engine. It is also used to register clicks to improve our marketing campaigns. In addition, this cookie allows web visitors to specific pages on our website to be re-contacted through advertisements on third-party sites. |
1 year |
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Boip.int |
The LinkedIn pixel tracks which pages you visit so we can show you relevant advertisements on LinkedIn. |
1 year |
| Boip.int | This cookie tracks which pages you visit so we can show you relevant advertisements on Twitter. | 1 year |