Cookie Statement www.helan.be and my.helan.be

Helan Health Insurance Fund (“we”, “our”), located at Boomsesteenweg 5, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium, with company number 411.766.483, is responsible for the processing of personal data as set out in this cookie statement in respect of the website www.helan.be.

In accordance with the European General Data Protection Regulation of 27 April 2016 (GDPR), we have appointed a data protection officer (DPO). Our DPO can be contacted by e-mail at privacy@helan.be, by letter to Gistelsesteenweg 294, 8200 Bruges, Belgium or via our website.

We use cookies in the first instance to enhance your user experience and to ensure that our website operates correctly.

We record information about the connection that you establish with our website and about the software and equipment that you use to do so. Amongst other things, this information includes your IP address, the time at which you visit the website, the browser and hardware that you use, and the pages that you visit. The information is used to compile statistics and to enhance the quality of our website and of our services.

When you visit our website, we can use the information about your surfing habits on our website, together with other data that we have collected, to make our offer of products and services more personalised.

A cookie is a text file with technical information or information about the behaviour of a visitor to a website. A cookie can thus help to track specific preferences, such as choice of language, as well as technical information such as browser-specific information. From a technical perspective, a cookie is created by the server of the website that is visited, but it is saved on the hard disk of the user's computer or on a mobile device with the user’s internet connection (for example, a smartphone or tablet). These are internal cookies.

In addition to internal cookies (first-party cookies), we also use external cookies (third-party cookies). These are cookies from a domain other than that which you are visiting. We use such cookies and other tracking technologies for the following purposes, in particular:

1. Necessary cookies

These cookies are required to ensure that the website works effectively. Consequently, you cannot disable them. They help you to request a service, to set privacy preferences, to log in or to fill in a form. You can set your browser to block these types of cookies or to warn you of them. If you do so, then it is possible that some parts of our website will not work (optimally). You can consult the list of necessary cookies under "List of active cookies with their associated function and lifespan"

2. Performance cookies

These cookies help us to check whether our website is operating effectively, to monitor which pages are popular and to make improvements, where necessary. Information that we collect using performance cookies is not processed at the level of individual users. If you block these cookies, we will not know when you visited our site. You can consult the list of performance cookies under "List of active cookies with their associated function and lifespan"

3. Functional cookies

These cookies ensure that we are able to offer additional functions and personal content, such as videos and live chat. We set these cookies ourselves, or arrange for them to be set by an external partner. If you decline these cookies, then there is a chance that these additional functions will not work (effectively). You can consult the list of functional cookies under "List of active cookies with their associated function and lifespan"

4. Targeted cookies

These are cookies which advertisers set on our website. They can be used to display to you relevant adverts on other websites. Targeted cookies identify your browser and your device. If you block them, you will not be shown any adverts personalised by us on other websites. The list of target group-specific cookies can be found under "List of active cookies with their associated function and lifespan". In addition, we distinguish between temporary, session and permanent cookies on the basis of the duration of their existence.

• Session cookies are stored temporarily in your browser, but are deleted when you close your browser.
• Temporary cookies are stored for a limited period of time in your browser.
• Permanent cookies remain on your computer or device, even after your have exited your browser. These cookies ensure that we are able to identify you should you revisit the website at a later date. Every permanent cookie has a pre-determined expiry deadline. As soon as this end date is reached, the cookie will be deleted automatically, unless you have already manually deleted it yourself via your browser's settings.

When you visit our website for the first time, we notify you that we use cookies and other technologies. By clicking on the link in our cookie banner you can consult this cookie statement. If you agree with the use of cookies and accept the cookies, you will not see this message again the next time you visit our website.

You can subsequently consult our cookie policy by clicking on the link at the bottom of our website. You can change your cookie preferences by clicking on the "manage cookies” link. If you change your cookie preferences in this way and opt to decline cookies, their functionality will be blocked, which means that they will no longer store any information, but the disabled cookies will not be deleted.

Most internet browsers are configured to automatically accept cookies, but you can also choose yourself whether to accept or decline browser cookies. You can find help on how to change these settings on the website of the browser that you use. Remember that not allowing cookies when visiting the website can result in some or all functions of the website not working (properly).

• Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
• Microsoft Edge: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows-10/edge-privacy-faq 
• Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en 
• Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences
• Safari: https://support.apple.com/nl-be/HT201265

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A script is a bit of programming code used to allow our website to operate effectively and to make it interactive. This code is run on our server, or on your device.

On our website, you can take tests to measure, for example, your stomach circumference, test your mental resilience or learn more about healthy sleeping, moving and eating habits, etc. We use the tryinteract tool to perform these tests.

Cookies are used for the operation of this tool. You can consult the cookies below. If you choose to reject these cookies, you may not be able to participate in the tests because they will no longer function optimally.

Application security

• All data transfer methods are encrypted with TLS (v1.2 in progress).
• The data is stored on secure servers in the United States and the Netherlands.
• The services of tryinteract are tested to prevent attacks such as XSS, CSRF, session hijacking and other threats. They follow all OWASP guidelines.
• For more information on tryinteract and their compliance with GDPR, please visit their website.

We may send you emails to keep you updated on existing or new products, services and promotions, unless you opt out. We use the SalesManago tool to measure and monitor the impact of these emails: was an email opened or not, did people click on a hyperlink or not, etc.? These tools are used to make our e-mail campaigns more effective and to tailor the offer we propose to you as closely as possible to your personal needs.

A pixel sent with an e-mail message allows us to detect whether you have opened the e-mail. As soon as it is downloaded, the system registers that you have opened the mailing. By means of link tracking (link parsing) in our mailings, we can track which links you have clicked on. The personalized link contains the necessary information to link the click behaviour to a contact.

Thus, based on these measurements and tools, we measure the impact of our e-mailings to make them more and more effective and to tailor our offer to your personal needs. More information about SalesManago.

The cookies that helan.be uses assign each user a unique number. The number is encrypted and therefore cannot be exploited by third parties. Safety precautions, such as masking of the IP address, the browser add-on for disabling Google Analytics, data confidentiality and security, are used on analytics.js, Universal Analytics’s JavaScript library, and meet the most stringent standards governing data confidentiality.

We reserve the right to change the cookie policy at any time. Changes to the cookie policy become effective as soon as they are published on this website. By continuing to use this website, you indicate that you accept the changes. Our cookie policy was last updated on 19/07/2022.

Our policy for protecting individual privacy (privacy statement) may be expanded or updated in the future, for example in case of new developments. We recommend that you regularly consult the privacy statements of Helan Health Insurance Fund.

As personal data is processed when processing cookies, data protection law also applies here. You have the right to access the personal data that we process about you, the right to correct inaccurate personal data, the right to the deletion of data, the right to placing restrictions on how it is processed, the right to data portability, the right to object and the right not to be subject to automated individual decision-making.

Your data can be transferred to the judicial authorities, if they request it or as part of our duty to report any illegal content voluntarily to the competent authorities. "Providers" referred to in this Cookie Statement (such as e.g. Facebook) are also recipients of personal data.

Do you have a query, suggestion or complaint about the protection of your personal information? Would you like to exercise your rights provided for in the GDPR legislation? Send your response using our contact form or via privacy@helan.be

Data Protection Office (DPO)

Gistelsesteenweg 294, 8200 Bruges