COOKIE POLICY
Data Controller
The use of cookies by Studio Balasse SPRL ("Studio Balasse" or "the Administrator"), with registered office at 38 Emile Regard Street – B-1180 Brussels – Belgium, and Squarespace, providing website hosting, falls under the Manager’s privacy policy, in conformity with the terms of the Belgian Privacy Act and its implementing Royal Decrees (2001, 2003) transposing European Directive 95/46/EC of 24 October 1995 of the European Parliament and the Council on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, European Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 July 2002 concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector (Directive on privacy and electronic communications), Directive 2009/136/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 amending Directive 2002/22/EC on universal service and users’ rights relating to electronic communications networks and services, Directive 2002/58/EC concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector and Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 on cooperation between national authorities responsible for the enforcement of consumer protection laws and Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Community institutions and bodies and on the free movement of such data, we inform you that Studio Balasse, as Data Controller, acts in conformity with the terms of the corresponding legislation.
Acceptance Procedures
As specified in the brief notice indicated in the banner, you may give your consent to the use of cookies simply by clicking on the “OK” key, and closing the banner with the “X” key, scrolling down the page or clicking on any element of the content within the site’s pages.
Continuing to navigate upon exiting this cookie policy without specifically choosing to manage permissions is equivalent to granting consent to the use of all cookies.
What is a cookie and what is its purpose?
A cookie is a small file that is sent to the browser and saved on your device when you visit a website like studiobalasse.com (“the website”).
Cookies allow the site to function efficiently and improve its services, in addition to providing information to the site owner for statistical or advertising purposes, primarily to personalise your navigation experience by remembering your preferences (for example, remembering the language and currency you set, in order to recognise you at the next visit, etc.).
Which cookies do we use and for what purposes?
Our website uses various types of first party cookies (organised and managed by Studio Balasse and Squarespace), and third party cookies (organised and managed by third parties based on their own individual privacy policies and not under the control of Studio Balasse) and similar technologies, each of which has a specific function. Below is a table explaining them.
TYPE OF COOKIE
Navigation cookie
Functional cookies
Analytical cookies
Our own and third party marketing and profiling cookies
Social Network Cookies
FUNCTION
From the first access these cookies allow the website to function correctly and allow you to view content on your device by recognising the language and market of the country from which you’ve chosen to connect. If you are a registered user, they will allow you to be recognised and to access the services offered from the dedicated areas. Navigation cookies are technical cookies and are needed for the functioning of the website.
These cookies allow, based on your express request, for you to be recognised when you subsequently access the website, so that you do not have to enter your information each time (for example: “Remember me”).
Functional cookies are not essential to the functioning of the website, but rather improve navigation quality and experience.
These first party cookies are the property of Studio Balasse (the site manager) and are used to collect data in an anonymous and aggregate way. These cookies are used to prepare statistical analyses on the navigation methods of our website’s users. Studio Balasse treats the results of these analyses anonymously and exclusively for statistical purposes only.
These cookies are aimed at creating user-related profiles to send commercial messages that meet the preferences shown during the visit, or to improve your navigation experience: while you navigate on our website, these cookies are useful for showing you products of interest to you or which are similar to those you have viewed. Third party cookies are those that have been sent by our trusted third party companies. These cookies allow you to be provided with our commercial offering on other affiliated websites (retargeting). With third party cookies we do not have control of the information provided by the cookie and we do not have access to this data. This information is entirely controlled by third party cookies as described in the respective policy. To find out more about the aforementioned third parties cookie, you can inform yourself on their respective polices and knowingly manage your consent or refusal, for this we invite you to visit www.youronlinechoices.com.
These cookies are necessary to allow your social account to interact with our website. For example, they are used to express your appreciation and to share it with your social networking friends. The social network cookies are not needed for navigation. For more information on the policies regarding the use of social network cookies, it is possible to consult the respective privacy and cookies policies:
How can I disable cookies and manage my preferences?
Browser
The majority of browsers are configured to accept, control or potentially disable cookies through the settings. We nevertheless remind you that disabling navigation or functional cookies may affect the functioning of the website and/or limit the service we offer.
Below is the procedure to follow to manage cookies from the following browsers:
Internet Explorer: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/block-enable-or-allow-cookies
Safari: https://support.apple.com/kb/PH19255?viewlocale=en_US&locale=it_IT
Chrome: http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en-GB&hlrm=fr&hlrm=en&answer=95647
Firefox: http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences
Third Parties
For more information on cookies and to manage your preferences for third party profiling cookies, please go to www.youronlinechoices.com. Once on the site, by accessing the area “Your Choices” you can: visualise the list of third party companies, our partners, which install cookies on our site (Company); verify the presence and activation status of installed cookies (Status) and manage your consent selectively (On/Off). By expanding the dedicated voice (Info) for each company, you can access more information relative to the company and, via a link, reach the specific information about privacy and cookies.
Access to Data and Customer Care
You may freely and at any time exercise all of your rights pursuant to European Directive 2002/22/EC, or receive assistance and explanations on how to provide your consent or selective refusal, or on how to delete cookies from your browser, by sending an email to hello+privacy@studiobalasse.com, selecting “Privacy” as the topic. We will reply to you promptly.
Last updated in December 2021