Cookie Notice
Last update: January 2025
Use of Cookies
Our website, https://www.bics.com/ (hereinafter: “the Website) uses cookies. When you visit BICS Website, it may store or retrieve information on your browser, mostly in the form of cookies. This information might be about you, your preferences or your device and is used to make the Website work as you expect it to. The information does not usually directly identify you, but it can give you a more personalised web experience. Because we respect your right to privacy, you can choose not to allow some types of cookies.
What are Cookies?
Cookies
A cookie is a small simple file that is sent along with pages of this Website and stored by your browser on the hard drive of your computer or another device. The information stored therein may be returned to our servers or to the servers of the relevant third parties during a subsequent visit. If you do not want a website to place cookies on your computer, you can change the settings of your browser. This is explained in the next section.
How to turn off cookies
When you first visit BICS Website, you will be asked for your consent for us to use cookies with a cookie preference window. You can use it to see a list of the categories of cookies used and to choose whether or not to consent to each of these. However, if you prefer to reject the cookies, you can do this by using the cookie preference window or by changing your browser’s settings. It is possible to block some or all cookies, or even to delete cookies that have already been set, but you need to be aware that you might lose some functions of this Website.
Types of cookies
Strictly necessary cookies
These cookies are necessary for the Website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not then work.
Performance cookies
These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our Website. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the Website. If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our Website and will not be able to monitor its performance.
Targeting cookies
These cookies may be set through our Website by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. They do not store directly personal information but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.
Functional cookies
These cookies enable the Website to provide enhanced functionality and personalisation. They may be set by us or by third party providers whose services we have added to our Website. If you do not allow these cookies then some or all of these services may not function properly.
Contact
If you have any questions with regards to our Cookie Notice, you may write to us at the following address: BICS SA, Privacy Office, Boulevard du Roi Albert II 27, 1030 Brussels, Belgium or send an e-mail to dpo@bics.com.
Cookies on this Website
Strictly necessary cookies
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Cookie |
Domain |
Description |
Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
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stg_returning_visitor (x2) |
www.bics.com |
This cookie name is associated with the Piwik open-source web analytics platform. It is used to help website owners track visitor behaviour and measure site performance. It indicates whether the visitor has been to your site before they are a returning visitor. |
1 year |
|
AWSALB |
eu.cpaas.bics.com |
AWS elb application load balancer |
6 days |
|
OptanonAlertBoxClosed |
bics.com |
This cookie is set by websites using certain versions of the cookie law compliance solution from OneTrust. It is set after visitors have seen a cookie information notice and, in some cases, only when they actively close the notice down. It enables the website not to show the message more than once to a user. The cookie has a normal lifespan of one year and contains no personal information |
1 year |
|
JSESSIONID (x2° |
sft.bics.com |
General purpose platform session cookie, used by sites written in JSP. Usually used to maintain an anonymous user session by the server. |
1 year |
|
AWSALBCORS |
eu.cpaas.bics.com |
This cookie is managed by AWS and is used for load balancing. |
6 days |
|
BIGipServerx |
lg.bics.com |
This cookie name is associated with the BIG-IP product suite from company F5. Usually associated with managing sessions on load balanced servers, to ensure user requests are routed consistently to the correct server. The common root is BIGipServer most commonly followed by a domain name, usually the one that it is hosted on, but not always. |
1 year |
|
XSRF-TOKEN |
eu.cpaas.bics.com |
This cookie is written to help with site security in preventing Cross-Site Request Forgery attacks. |
0 days |
|
AUTH_SESSION_ID |
idm.bics.com |
This cookie name is used to authenticate users in the portal at the end of the browser session. |
1 year |
|
OptanonConsent |
bics.com |
This cookie is set by the cookie compliance solution from OneTrust. It stores information about the categories of cookies the site uses and whether visitors have given or withdrawn consent for the use of each category. This enables site owners to prevent cookies in each category from being set in the users browser, when consent is not given. The cookie has a normal lifespan of one year, so that returning visitors to the site will have their preferences remembered. It contains no information that can identify the site visitor. |
1 year |
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stg_last_interaction (x2) |
bics.com |
This cookie name is associated with the Piwik open-source web analytics platform. It is used to help website owners track visitor behaviour and measure site performance. It indicates whether the last visitor?s session is still running or a new session has started. |
1 year |
|
__cf_bm |
getpostman.com |
Cloudfare bot management cookie which is used to identify and manage bots or malicious traffic while ensuring legitimate use access. |
0 days |
|
_GRECAPTCHA |
recaptcha.net |
This domain is used by Google reCAPTCHA, which provides spam protection services to websites by detecting if a user is a human or a bot. |
5 months |
Performance cookies
|
Cookie |
Domain |
Description |
Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
|
_clck |
www.bics.com |
This cookie is related to Microsoft Clarity analytics service. It is used to collect information about how visitors interact with the website, which helps in creating reports and improving the site. 1 year |
1 year |
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_pk_ses.{id} (x2) |
bics.com |
This cookie name is associated with the Piwik open-source web analytics platform. It is used to help website owners track visitor behaviour and measure site performance. It is a pattern type cookie, where the prefix _pk_ses is followed by a short series of numbers and letters, which is believed to be a reference code for the domain setting the cookie. 0 days |
0 days |
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_pk_id.{id} (x2) |
www.bics.com |
This cookie name is associated with the Piwik open-source web analytics platform. It is used to help website owners track visitor behaviour and measure site performance. It is a pattern type cookie, where the prefix _pk_id is followed by a short series of numbers and letters, which is believed to be a reference code for the domain setting the cookie. |
1 year |
|
afl_wc_utm_main (x2) |
www.bics.com |
afl_wc_utm_main (x2) www.bics.com Cookie which stores the timestamp of the last updated server-side communication. |
2 months |
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afl_wc_utm_sess_landing (x3) |
www.bics.com |
Cookie which stores the visitor’s first landing page URL. |
2 months |
|
stg_traffic_source_priority (x2) |
www.bics.com |
This cookie name is associated with the Piwik open-source web analytics platform. It is used to help website owners track visitor behaviour and measure site performance. It stores the type of traffic source from which the visitor came to your site. |
0 days |
|
_clsk |
bics.com |
Used by Microsoft Clarity to connect multiple page views by a user into a single Clarity session recording |
0 days |
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_gid |
bics.com |
This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics. It appears to store and update a unique value for each page visited. |
0 days |
|
site24x7rumID |
sft.bics.com |
Cookie used by Site24x7 to analyze website performance |
1 year |
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afl_wc_utm_cookie_expiry (x2) |
www.bics.com |
Cookie which stores the number of days that the cookies should expire after the visitor’s last visit. |
2 months |
|
stg_utm_campaign |
www.bics.com |
This cookie name is associated with the Piwik open-source web analytics platform. It is used to help website owners track visitor behaviour and measure site performance. It stores the name of the campaign that directed the visitor to your site. |
1 year |
|
afl_wc_utm_sess_visit (x2) |
www.bics.com |
Cookie which stores the visitor’s first landing page visit timestamp. |
2 months |
|
documentationConfig |
api.sft.bics.com |
Cookie which stores the visitor preferences for a documentation platform or website (e.g. font size, theme, navigation state) |
1 year |
|
afl_wc_utm_utm_visit |
www.bics.com |
Cookie which stores the visitor’s last touch timestamp visit containing the UTM parameter. |
2 months |
|
_zitok (x2) |
bics.com |
It’s a first party cookie for maintaining a unique visitor identifier. This store Personally Identifiable information. |
1 year |
|
afl_wc_utm_utm_1st_visit |
www.bics.com |
Cookie which stores the visitor’s first touch timestamp visit containing the UTM parameter. |
2 months |
|
afl_wc_utm_utm_url |
www.bics.com |
Cookie which stores the visitor’s last touch URL visit containing the UTM parameter. |
2 months |
|
afl_wc_utm_utm_1st_url |
www.bics.com |
Cookie which stores the visitor’s first touch URL visit containing the UTM parameter. |
2 months |
|
cpaas_alerts_session |
eu.cpaas.bics.com |
Cookie which manages alerts or session tracking for users interacting with CPaaS-based services |
1 year |
|
JSESSIONID |
nr-data.net |
This domain is controlled by New Relic, which provides a platform for monitoring the performance of web and mobile applications. |
1 year |
Targeting Cookies
|
Cookie |
Domain |
Description |
Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
|
AWSALBAPP-2 |
developer.bics.com |
Used to attribute commission to affiliates when you arrive at the website from an affiliate referral link. It is set when you click on one of our links and used to let the advertiser and us know the website from which you came. |
6 days |
|
AUTH_SESSION_ID_LEGACY |
idm.bics.com |
This cookie name is used to identify the ID of the current authentication session. These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. They do not store directly personal information but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising. |
1 year |
|
pt_ |
sft.bics.com |
This cookie stores session data, user preferences, or tracking IDs for tracking purposes |
1 year |
|
AWSALBAPP-1 |
developer.bics.com |
Used to attribute commission to affiliates when you arrive at the website from an affiliate referral link. It is set when you click on one of our links and used to let the advertiser and us know the website from which you came. |
6 days |
|
_gat_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (x2) |
bics.com |
This cookie is part of Google Analytics and is used to throttle the request rate, limiting the collection of data on high traffic sites. |
0 days |
|
AWSALBAPP-3 |
developer.bics.com |
Used to attribute commission to affiliates when you arrive at the website from an affiliate referral link. It is set when you click on one of our links and used to let the advertiser and us know the website from which you came. |
6 days |
|
AWSALBAPP-0 |
developer.bics.com |
Used to attribute commission to affiliates when you arrive at the website from an affiliate referral link. It is set when you click on one of our links and used to let the advertiser and us know the website from which you came. |
6 days |
|
_gcl_au |
bics.com |
Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services |
2 months |
|
_ga |
bics.com |
This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics – which is a significant update to Google’s more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports. |
1 year |
|
VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA |
youtube.com |
Testing |
5 months |
|
MR |
c.bing.com |
This domain is owned by Microsoft – it is the site for the search engine Bing. |
6 days |
|
_nauid |
nrich.ai |
This domain is owned by N.Rich. The company provides a range of marketing and advertising services. |
1 year |
|
__Secure-xxxxxxx |
youtube.com |
Youtube is a Google owned platform for hosting and sharing videos. YouTube collects user data through videos embedded in websites, which is aggregated with profile data from other Google services in order to display targeted advertising to web visitors across a broad range of their own and other websites. |
5 months |
|
YSC |
youtube.com |
These cookies placed by Google (YouTube) prevent malicious sites from acting on behalf of a user without that user’s knowledge. |
1 year |
|
bcookie |
linkedin.com |
Testing |
1 year |
|
IDE |
doubleclick.net |
This domain is owned by Doubleclick (Google). The main business activity is real time bidding advertising exchange |
1 year |
|
lidc |
linkedin.com |
Testing |
0 days |
|
SRM_B |
c.bing.com
|
This domain is owned by Microsoft – it is the site for the search engine Bing. |
1 year |
|
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE |
youtube.com |
This cookie is used as a unique identifier to track viewing of videos |
5 months |
|
li_gc |
linkedin.com |
Testing |
5 months |
|
NID |
google.com |
This domain is owned by Google Inc. Google tracks users extensively both through its own products and sites, and the numerous technologies embedded into many millions of websites around the world. It uses the data gathered from most of these services to profile the interests of web users and sell advertising space to organisations based on such interest profiles as well as aligning adverts to the content on the pages where its customer’s adverts appear. |
6 months |
|
test_cookie |
doubleclick.net |
This domain is owned by Doubleclick (Google). The main business activity is real time bidding advertising exchange |
0 days |
|
zoominfo.com |
_cfuvid |
Testing |
1 year |
|
bing.com |
MUID |
This domain is owned by Microsoft – it is the site for the search engine Bing. |
1 year |
Functional Cookies
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Cookie |
Domain |
Description |
Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
|
KC_RESTART |
idm.bics.com |
This cookie is associated with Keycloak, an open-source identity and access management solution |
1 year |
|
SM |
c.clarity.ms |
This domain is associated with Microsoft Clarity, a web analytics product that provides insights on user behavior and website performance. |
1 year |
|
ANONCHK |
c.clarity.ms |
This domain is associated with Microsoft Clarity, a web analytics product that provides insights on user behavior and website performance. |
0 days |
|
CLID |
www.clarity.ms |
This domain is associated with Microsoft Clarity, a web analytics service that provides insights into user behavior on websites. |
1 year |
|
MR |
c.clarity.ms |
This domain is associated with Microsoft Clarity, a web analytics product that provides insights on user behavior and website performance. |
6 days |
|
MUID |
clarity.ms |
This domain is associated with Microsoft Clarity, a web analytics service that provides insights into user behavior on websites. |
1 year |