Introduction
On this website, we and third parties use cookies and similar techniques, such as scripts, web beacons and SDKs (hereinafter: cookies). Cookies are techniques that collect and store information on your browser or device.
Cookies can also be used to process personal data. When we process your personal data, we comply with the applicable privacy legislation. More information on how we handle your personal data can be found here.
Below you can read more about the cookies used on this website and for what purposes.
Essential
Essential cookies are necessary for the website to work properly and securely. They are always used, regardless of your cookie settings.
Essential cookies are used for:
- logging in and remembering your login details;
- detecting the type of device, browser, screen resolution, text size, etc. to display our content;
- speed up the loading of web pages;
- guarantee the safety of our websites and detect abuse;
- remember your region or language preferences.
Below is a list of cookies used for essential purposes:
Analytical
We analyze visits to our domains to improve the structure, navigation and content. We may also test new versions of specific components of your reading experience.
We collect data about individual browsers, devices or logged in users to generate aggregate statistics such as how often (a certain part of) the website is visited, where visitors spend the most time, and so on.
Analytical cookies are used for:
- measuring the general use of our websites (e.g. number of visitors, duration, sequence of visited pages)
- improving existing and developing new services (e.g., A/B testing).
- measuring the performance and effectiveness of ads you see or interact with.
- measuring the performance and effectiveness of content you see or interact with.
- market research to learn more about the audience that visits our domains and views advertisments.
Below is a list of cookies used for analytical purposes:
Advertising
We rely on advertisements to finance our editorial efforts and websites. Contextual advertisements only take into account the content and position on the website (e.g. [advertisements about sports equipment within the sports section]). Personalised advertisements are based on your browsing behaviour to identify certain interests (e.g., “sports fans from Antwerp”).
Advertising cookies allow us to:
- track of which ads you have seen and prevent repeated advertisements;
- create a profile about your interests for advertising;
- identify your browser or device for (re)targeting;
- prevent advertisement fraud.
Below is a list of cookies used for advertising purposes:
Marketing
We may collect information about you and your use of our website for our own marketing purposes. We promote Euractiv services within our own and third-party websites.
The cookies are used for:
- collecting information about you and your use of our website to show you personalised advertisements. This may involve collecting information such as your interests, visits to our website, demographic information and/or location.
- displaying personalised advertisements based on the aforementioned information.
Below is a list of cookies used for marketing purposes:
Social Media
These Cookies allow you to see content from social medial platforms such as Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), and LinkedIn and use embedded functionality (e.g., share or like). Note that Euractiv doesn’t get access to data within your social media accounts.
The use or interaction with social media buttons or functions is subject to the social media channel’s own rules. Please consult the user conditions and the privacy policy of the relevant social media network to understand how the network handles your personal data.
The table below shows the Cookies we use for this purpose.
Changing cookie settings
Through your cookie settings, you can always withdraw your consent to the use of cookies for certain purposes. Here you can also disable the use of cookies by specific parties. Please note that if you disable certain purposes or parties, certain functions of the website may no longer work.
You can change your cookie preference here: Consent preferences
In addition, you can disable the Cookies used by us or third parties manually as described below. This may impact the functionality of our domains.
Google Chrome: deletion of existing Cookies and refusal of new Cookies. Click here
Microsoft Edge: deletion of existing Cookies and refusal of new Cookies. Click here
Firefox/Mozilla: deletion of existing Cookies and refusal of new Cookies. Click here
Safari deletion of existing Cookies and refusal of new Cookies. Click here
Opera: deletion of existing Cookies and refusal of new Cookies. Click here
Closing remarks
The text and content of this page may change at any time. This may happen, for example, because of changes in the cookies we use or because the rules around cookies change. We advise you to consult this web page regularly for the latest version. When important changes occur, we will inform you.
If you have any questions and/or comments, please contact us at digital@euractiv.com.
This cookie statement was last amended on 4th of April 2025.