Cookie policy

1. Who are we?

1.1. We are Scilife NV, a company incorporated under Belgian law, having its seat at Groenenborgerlaan 16, 2610 Antwerpen (together with its affiliates, within the meaning of article 1:20 of the Belgian Code of Companies and Associations, hereinafter “Scilife” and “we”) and registered with the Crossroads Bank for Enterprises (Kruispuntbank van Ondernemingen or KBO) under enterprise number 0675.685.469.

1.2. We value your right to privacy and make every effort to protect your personal data in accordance with applicable data protection law, including the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 ("GDPR") and national implementing legislation. In this Cookie Policy, we explain what cookies are, their purposes and which cookies we use. You can find more information about your privacy and data protection rights in Scilife privacy policy.

1.3. All concepts not explicitly defined in this cookie policy (“Cookie Policy”), have the same meaning as in the GDPR. 

2. What are cookies?

2.1. Cookies are small data or text files sent from a website and stored on your local computer. Cookies can be stored for different purposes; some cookies are of a technical nature (e.g. to store language preferences), session cookies (temporary cookies) and tracking cookies (cookies that follow and store your behavior on the website in order to provide the user with the best possible user experience). 

2.2. The Belgian Electronic Communications Act (implementation of the Telecommunications Act) contains some provisions regarding cookies and their use on websites. The Belgian implementation is derived from the European e-Privacy Directive. This directive implies that each EU member state has a certain discretion with regard to cookie legislation.

3. What are the purpose of cookies?

3.1. Scilife wants to inform the user as much as possible about this new legislation and about the cookies they use. Cookies are essential for us to optimize every visit to the website (“Website”). For example, cookies remember every technical choice the user has made (e.g. choices regarding language, newsletter, etc.) and help to offer the user all relevant services and suggestions. The cookies with their different purposes are described more in detail under article 4 of this Cookie Policy.

3.2. If you want to visit our website, it is recommended to enable cookies. If you prefer not to, you can disable cookies by changing browser settings.

4. Which cookies does Scilife use?

4.1. To visit our website, it is recommended to enable cookies on your computer, tablet or mobile phone. Without cookies enabled, Scilife cannot guarantee an optimal use of our website. 

4.2. Scilife uses strictly necessary cookies, session, security performance, and targeting cookies. Strictly necessary cookies and Session cookies are used to operate the Website and to remember your preferences and various settings. Performance cookies are used for the compilation of statistics on the number of visitors, our most popular webpages, etc. Security cookies are used for security purposes. Targeting cookies are almost always third party, persistent cookies following the user from one website to another.

5. Contact us

If you have any questions about our cookie policy, please contact us: info [at] scilife.io

6. Changes to the Cookies Policy

From time to time, it may be necessary to amend this Cookie Policy. When we post changes to the Cookie Policy, we will change the "last updated" date at the top of the document. The most recent version of this Cookie Policy will be available on our Website at all times.