1. Cookies

Cookies are small data or text files placed on your local computer by websites and applications. Such cookies can have different purposes: there are technical cookies (for example, for keeping track of language settings), session cookies (temporary cookies that expire after one session) and tracking cookies (cookies that follow and track your behavior on the Internet in order to provide you with a more optimal user experience).

The Belgian Electronic Communications Act of June 13, 2005 contains some provisions regarding cookies and their use on websites. The law is a transposition of the European e-Privacy Directive, which means cookie laws may be implemented differently in other European member states.

Luxe Real Estate is based in Belgium and therefore follows Belgian legislation on cookies.

2. Purpose and usefulness of cookies

Luxe Real Estate wishes to inform each visitor to the platform/website as well as possible about his rights under Belgian law regarding cookies, and about which cookies Luxe Real Estate uses. By using the platform/website, the visitor agrees to the use of cookies. Cookies help Luxe Real Estate to optimize your visit to the platform/website, to remember technical choices (for example, a language choice, a newsletter, et cetera) and to show you more relevant services and offers.

If you wish to consult the Luxe Real Estate platform/website, it is recommended that the technical settings for cookies have been enabled. Without enabled cookies, Luxe Real Estate cannot guarantee a smooth visit on the platform/website. If you prefer not to have the cookies, as a visitor you are free to disable the cookies.

We use cookies to improve your visit to our platform/website. The cookies we use are secure. The information we collect using cookies helps us to identify any errors or to show you specific services that we think may be of interest to you.

3. Types of cookies

We distinguish the following types of cookies, according to their purposes:

• Essential/Strictly necessary cookies:
  These cookies are necessary for the platform/website to function and cannot be disabled in our systems. They are usually set only in response to actions taken by you, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling out forms. They are necessary for good communication and they facilitate navigation (e.g., returning to a previous page, etc.).
• Niet-essentiële cookies:
  Deze cookies zijn op zich niet noodzakelijk om het platform/de website te laten functioneren, maar ze helpen ons wel een verbeterde en gepersonaliseerde website aan te bieden.
  • Functional cookies:
    These cookies enable the platform/website to provide enhanced functionality and personalization. They may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we have added to our pages.
  • Analytical cookies:
    These cookies allow us to track visits and traffic so we can measure and improve the performance of our platform/website. They help us know which pages are most and least popular and how visitors move through the platform/website.
  • Targeting / advertising cookies:
    These cookies can be set by our advertising partners through our platform/our website. They may be used by those companies to compile a profile of your interests and show you relevant ads on other sites.

We use our own cookies, on the one hand, and cookies from carefully selected partners with whom we work and who advertise our services on their websites, on the other.

First Party cookies:

Third party cookies:

4. Management of cookies

Make sure cookies are enabled in your browser. To enable cookies, the following actions must be performed:

By browser – Microsoft Internet Explorer

• In Internet Explorer, click “Internet Options” on the “Tools” menu.
• On the ‘Privacy’ tab, move the settings slider to ‘low’ or ‘accept all cookies’ (setting above ‘medium’ disables cookies).
• Click “OK.

By browser – Mozilla Firefox

• Click “Firefox” in the upper left corner of your browser, then click “Options.
• On the “Privacy” tab, make sure the “Let websites know I don’t want to be tracked” is unchecked.
• Click “OK.

By browser – Google Chrome

• Click the three dots next to the browser bar at the top of your browser window and choose “Options.
• Find the Privacy and security section and click on content settings.
• Click on the “cookies” option.
• Now select “Allow sites to save and read cookie data.

By browser – Safari

• Choose “Preferences” from the task menu. (The task menu is in the upper-right corner of the Safari window and looks like a cogwheel or click on “Safari” in the extended task menu.)
• Click on the Privacy tab. Find the section called “Cookies and other website data
• Indicate that you accept cookies.

If you wish to consult the Luxe Real Estate platform/website, it is recommended that you have cookies enabled. However, if you prefer not to, as a visitor you are free to disable cookies through your browser settings. This can be done through the following ways:
By browser – Microsoft Internet Explorer

• In Internet Explorer, select the Tools button and select Internet Options.
• Select the Privacy tab and under Settings, move the slider up to block all cookies. Click OK.

By browser – Mozilla Firefox

• Click the menu button and choose “Preferences.
• Select the Privacy & Security panel and go to the History section.
• Next to “Firefox will”, set to “Use custom settings for history.
• Set “Accept third-party cookies” to “Never.
• Close the about: preferences page. Changes you have made are automatically saved.

By browser – Google Chrome

• Select “More Settings” from the browser toolbar.
• At the bottom of the page, select the “Advanced” option.
• Under “Privacy and Security,” select “Content Settings.
• Select “Cookies.
• Turn off “Allow sites to store and read cookie data.

By browser – Safari

• Choose “Preferences” from the task menu. (The task menu is in the upper-right corner of the Safari window and looks like a cogwheel or click on “Safari” in the extended task menu.)
• Click on the Privacy tab. Find the section called “Cookies and other website data
• Indicate that you do not accept cookies.

Or consult the help function of your Internet browser for this.

5. Rights of visitors

Since cookies may constitute processing of personal data, as a data subject you have the right to the lawful and secure processing of personal data. As a data subject, you can exercise the following rights:

• Right to oppose: If there are weighty and justified reasons, it is possible to oppose the processing of personal data.
• Right of access: Any data subject who proves his identity has a right to access the information surrounding the existence or non-existence of processing of his personal data, as well as the purposes of such processing, the categories of data to which such processing relates, and the categories of recipients to whom the data are disclosed.
• Right to correct: Inaccurate or incomplete personal data can always be corrected or even erased at the request of the data subject.

The exercise of these rights is done in accordance with the modalities set forth in our Privacy Statement. More information about visitors’ rights can also be found in the Privacy Statement. Should you still have questions or comments about cookies after reading this Cookie Statement, you can always contact us at maarten@luxevastgoedtenerife.com.