Cookies policy
Why do we use cookies?
Rewild the City uses cookies primarily to optimise your user experience. Cookies provide us with insight into our users’ browsing behaviour and therefore their needs. We make improvements to our website on this basis.
As a result, you get to see more relevant content and navigate through a user-friendly website without any difficulty.
How can you manage your cookie preferences?
Via our website
When visiting our website for the first time, you need to choose which cookies you wish to accept. You can easily change your cookie preferences at any moment by adjusting the cookie settings.
Via your browser
You can also allow a website to place cookies on your computer via your browser settings:
- Adjust the cookie settings in Chrome
- Adjust the cookie settings in Edge
- Adjust the cookie settings in Firefox
- Adjust the cookie settings in Safari
Please keep in mind that, if you disable cookies, our website may no longer function properly.
What are cookies exactly?
Cookies are tiny text files automatically downloaded to your computer’s hard disk whenever you visit a website.
Cookies never have access to your name, address or personal documents stored on your computer or mobile device. They only collect information about how you use our website.
What cookies do we use and why?
Cookies can be sent by different parties.
First-party cookies are cookies managed by the ReWild the City. Third-party cookies send data to external parties such as Facebook and Piwik Pro. They use these data to provide you with customised content such as relevant ads. In particular cases, our first-party cookies send data to external parties, for instance Piwik Pro. These basic behavioural data give us a better insight into what our visitors are looking for and how we can help them better.
ReWild the City makes every effort to control the use of third-party cookies via our platforms as much as possible.
Via your cookie settings, you can choose which cookies you want to operate on the website and thus determine what information you want to share with the ReWild the City.
- Strictly Necessary Cookies
Strictly necessary cookies are essential to the proper functioning of our website. No consent is required for the use of these cookies. Consequently, you cannot disable them in your cookie settings.
We use these cookies e.g. to load the website evenly so that it is accessible at all times. Or to read your browser settings so that we can optimise how the website is displayed on your screen. - Analytical Cookies
Performance cookies enable us to gather statistical information about our website. For instance, we can see which pages are visited most and which websites refer traffic to us. This way, we can find out which aspects of our web content need to be improved. - Functional Cookies
Functionality cookies make your visit to the website easier. For instance, these cookies allow the website to remember your login details and preferred settings, so you do not have to enter them every time you visit the website.
Detailed list of cookies on the ReWild the City website
Why do we use cookies? We use cookies to keep track of traffic and preferences, to improve the customer experience, for an appropriate interaction with social media and for targeted communication. You can adjust your preferences at any time at the bottom of the page.
| Name | Type | Provider | Purpose | Max Storage duration | Function |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| _pk_id.* | First party | rewildthecity.eu | piwik.pro Used to store a few details about the user such as the unique visitor ID. | 13 months | Analytical |
| fs-cc | First party | rewildthecity.eu | Stores the user's cookie consent preferences. | 6 months | Functional |
| fs-cc-updated | First party | rewildthecity.eu | Records whether the cookie consent settings were recently updated. | Session | Functional |
| stg_last_interaction | First party | rewildthecity.eu | Stores the time of the user's last interaction to determine session activity. | 365 days | Strictly necessary |
| stg_returning_visitor | First party | rewildthecity.eu | Identifies whether the visitor is returning to the site. | 365 days | Strictly necessary |
| stg_traffic_source_priority | First party | rewildthecity.eu | Stores information about the traffic source for attribution reporting | 30 min | Strictly necessary |
Who is responsible for this cookie policy?
Stad Gent
Botermarkt 1
9000 Gent
Can the City of Ghent change this cookie policy?
Yes, we may adjust this cookie policy at any time. If that happens, we will ask you to set your cookie preferences again.
How does the City of Ghent handle my personal data?
Some cookies collect personal data. Read more about how the City of Ghent handles the processing of your personal data in our privacy statement.
Do you have questions or complaints?
- Content-related questions about our cookies: Gentinfo via the contact form, gentinfo@stad.gent
or 09 210 10 10. - Questions about your privacy when using cookies: Data Protection Officer of the City of Ghent via privacy@stad.gent.