Introduction
The MyKot platform (www.mykot.be) provides access to and provides certain services that you use and/or participate in.
The MyKot platform aims to bring together students and landlords of dorms in a simple way. This is only possible if personal data are provided and processed by the users. Through this Cookie Policy, MyKot wishes to inform users of the platform about how your personal data is collected, processed and used.
This Cookie Policy can be modified, for example, in response to new features on the website. We therefore recommend that you regularly consult this Cookie Policy. Important changes will be announced via our website. This version of the Cookie Policy was last amended on the 15th of May, 2023.
The MyKot platform is jointly operated by:
1. VZW BRIK ? Student in Brussel (?BRIK?), registered in the Crossroads Bank for Enterprises under the number 0464.281.788 and with registered office located at Zavelput 20, 1000 Brussels.
2. PLATEFORME LOGEMENT ETUDIANT (?PLE?), registered in the Crossroads Bank for Enterprises under the number 0506.675.837 and with registered office located at Avenue Franklin Roosevelt 50, Box 129-05, 1050 Brussels.
Your data may be stored and processed by MyKot in function of the performance of its activities and services. The "Joint Controllers" in accordance with Article 26 of the General Data Protection Regulation for the processing of this data are PLE and BRIK. Both BRIK and PLE have access to the personal data collected by both entities.
What are cookies
Our website(s) uses cookies or similar technologies. Cookies are small text files that are placed on your browser, your computer or your mobile device. The website stores cookies on your device in order to remember information about you, such as your language preference or login information, so that your device is recognized when you revisit the website. Cookies can serve different purposes: ensuring that the website takes into account the user's preferences by, for example, remembering certain preferences, collecting statistical data, customizing content, etc.
What cookies are used on the MyKot website ?
Functional cookies are strictly necessary for the functioning of the Website. Technical cookies are set as soon as you visit the Website. Because of the technical necessity of those essential cookies, only an information requirement applies and you cannot refuse these cookies if you want to visit our website
Analytical cookies compile statistics on certain information (e.g. popularity, number of visitors, etc.), track browsing behavior and track visitors to the Website in order to later respond to their browsing behavior (e.g. personalized internal promotional campaigns). Analytical cookies are set only if you accept these cookies.
Advertising cookies for advertising, including serving and displaying ads, personalizing ads, limiting the number of times an ad is shown to a user, muting ads you no longer want to see, and measuring ad effectiveness.
The cookies used on www.mykot.be are:
| Name | Purpose | Retention period | Publisher |
Legal basis
|
Nature |
| _ga | Creates a unique ID to keep track of statistical data about website visits in Google Analytics | 2 years | legitimate interest | Analytical | |
| _gid | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data about how the visitor uses the website. | 2 years | legitimate interest | Analytical | |
| _ga_ | Used by Google Analytics to track the number of visits per website visitor, as well as the dates of the first and most recent visit. | 2 years | legitimate interest | Analytical | |
| _gat | Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate | 1 day | legitimate interest | Functional | |
| _hjFirstSeen | Hotjar sets this cookie to identify the first session of a new user. It stores a true/false value that indicates whether it was the first time Hotjar saw this user. | 30 minutes | Hotjar | legitimate interest | Analytical |
| _hjIncludedInSessionSample |
Hotjar sets this cookie to know if a user is included in the data sample defined by the site's daily session limit. Hotjar sets this cookie to know if a user is included in the data sample defined by the site's page view limit. |
2 minutes | Hotjar | legitimate interest | Analytical |
| _hjIncludedInPageviewSample |
Hotjar sets this cookie to know if a user is included in the data sample defined by the site's daily session limit. Hotjar sets this cookie to know if a user is included in the data sample defined by the site's page view limit. |
2 minutes | Hotjar | legitimate interest | Analytical |
| _hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress | Hotjar sets this cookie to detect a user's first page view session. This is a True/False flag set by the cookie. | 30 minutes | Hotjar | legitimate interest | Analytical |
You can always choose to disable cookies and delete those already stored. You can do this by changing the settings of your browser. For this we refer you to the support page of your web browser.
Cookie management
You can manage the use of optional cookies yourself. For example, you can choose to reject certain cookies or accept only a limited number of cookies. However, please note that certain functions of the Website are only available, accessible or workable if you have accepted cookies. Accepting cookies makes Internet browsing much easier and allows the Websites to perform better. The use of cookies is widely accepted by Internet users.
By changing the settings of your Internet browser, you can ensure that you are notified each time cookies are sent, or even prevent cookies from being created or stored on your computer's hard drive. However, BRIK and PLE cannot guarantee access to and operation of the website if you have disabled the creation of cookies by your Internet browser.
We process the personal data we collect through our cookies. In our Privacy Policy you can read how this processing takes place and what your rights are regarding this processing.
Your rights
Certain data we collect from you through cookies and other technologies may be linked to you and allow us to identify you as a natural person. Consequently, this data qualifies as personal data, making our Privacy Policy applicable to the processing of this data by our cookies.
You can find your rights that you can exercise as a data subject, including your right to object in case of use of your data for direct marketing purposes, in our Privacy Policy.
How long we keep your personal data
Certain data we collect from you through cookies and other technologies allow us to identify you as a natural person or can be linked to you. Consequently, this data qualifies as personal data, which is why our Privacy Policy applies to the processing of this data by our cookies.
The retention period of this collected personal data may differ from the retention period (lifetime) of the cookie. We never keep personal data longer than necessary for the purpose of processing for which the data was collected.
You can find more information about this in our Privacy Policy.
Questions?
If you have further questions about this website or this Cookie Policy, you can always contact us by emailing info@mykot.be.