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The Vrije Universiteit Brussel uses cookies to facilitate your visit to the website and make it more pleasant.

Cookies are small files that are stored on your computer. They contain information about your language settings, the browser you are using, etc. Tracking these files facilitates your (next) visit, and also gives us an insight into browsing behaviour, which is useful in itself in optimising the website for our visitors.

Since the new Telecoms Law became effective on 1 June 2012, each website is required by law to inform users of the nature of the cookies used. The site owner also has to ask the user’s permission to install cookies.

Google Analytics

This website installs a cookie from the American company Google. We use this service to track how (many) visitors use the website and based on this information to improve the website for users. Google can pass this information on to third parties if Google is required by law to do so, or if third parties process the information on behalf of Google. VUB has no influence over this.

As far as possible, the information Google gathers is rendered anonymous. Your IP address or other personal information (name, payment details, etc.) are expressly not shared.

The information is stored by Google on servers in the United States and other locations. Google abides by the Safe Harbor principles and is affiliated with the Safe Harbor programme of the US Department of Commerce. This means that there is an adequate level of protection for the processing of any personal information.

Social media: Facebook and Twitter (third-party cookies)

This website also includes buttons to be able to promote or share pages on the social networks Facebook and Twitter. These social media buttons work with cookies from third parties (Facebook, Twitter). However, these cookies are only installed if you click these links.

Cookie management

You can block the installation of cookies in your browser settings. At www.aboutcookies.org you can find out how to block cookies for current browsers. 
You can remove the installed cookies from your computer or mobile device at any time.

Attention: if you block and/or remove cookies, you cannot always use all the features of a website.

Another handy link is youronlinechoices.eu, where you can gain more insight into how behavioural advertising works, as well as learn about cookies and the steps you can take to protect your privacy on the Internet.

Further information on our privacy policy can be found at www.vub.ac.be/privacy

General

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Permission to reproduce materials protected by copyright refers only to those elements on this site to which the Vrije Universiteit Brussel owns the copyright. Permission to reproduce materials the copyright of which belongs to third parties must be obtained from the copyright holder in question.

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Gaps in the information can be reported to info@brubotics.eu.

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