Cookies
Cookies are small files that the owner of a website stores on the device of a visitor, for example on a computer, laptop, smartphone, or tablet. In that way, the owner is able to collect or save information about visits to the website or about the user (or their device).
Why does ACM store cookies?
We store cookies in order to see how visitors of our site use the site. That information helps us improve the site, for example, by adding information or by raising its user-friendliness. Since these types of cookies have very little impact on your privacy, it falls under the exception in the Dutch cookie act. That means that ACM is not required to seek its users’ consent for storing these cookies.
No tracking cookies
We do not use any tracking cookies. Tracking cookies are cookies that are able to follow visitors when they surf across multiple websites.
Web statistics
ACM.nl uses web statistics. We analyze this data. As a result, our website can be fine-tuned even more, thereby meeting our visitors’ needs better. The information that is collected will not be used for any other purposes than website improvement. It will not be made available to third parties either.
The data that is collected concerns the following:
- What pages you have visited;
- The browser that is used (such as Internet Explorer or Firefox);
- The exact time and duration of your visit;
- What error messages visitors have received.
ACM measures website visits using website analytics suite Siteimprove. Only ACM has access to the collected data.
ACM has taken measures for reducing the traceability of visitors to the website as much as possible. We do so by removing the last two octets (groups of numbers) of each IP address immediately after importing the logfiles in Siteimprove. This is done at the temporary memory level, before the IP addresses are stored.
Cookies
The table below lists all the cookies that may be stored when visiting ACM.nl. The first column lists the names of the cookies. The second column explains the information that is measured by each cookie, and the last column says for how long each cookie is stored.
Cookie overview
| Name | Purpose | Will be deleted after |
|---|---|---|
| nmstat | Cookie is stored by the website analytics suite SiteImprove. It determines whether the visitor is new or whether they have visited the site before. | 400 days |
| cookiebar | Cookie is stored by the website. It determines whether the cookiebar was visible for the visitor. | 1 month |