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Cookie Policy

This policy explains how northernsky.digital uses cookies and similar technologies, what they do, and how you can control them. It applies to every page of this website, including the enquiry form on the contact page.

If you only want the short version: necessary cookies keep the site and its forms working, preference cookies remember settings you pick, and analytics cookies tell us in aggregate which pages are read. You can block or delete them from your browser at any time.

Policy details

Applies to
northernsky.digital and all of its pages
Published
Current version, updated November 2026
Questions
Write to [email protected] or call 998202598 during office hours, Monday to Friday 09:00–18:00.

What cookies are

Cookies are small text files that a website stores on your device. They allow the site to recognise your browser on a return visit or during the same session, so it does not treat every page load as a first meeting.

A cookie itself is not a program and cannot read files on your device or look at other sites you have open. It carries a small amount of information — usually an identifier or a saved setting — that the site can read back on the next request. Related technologies such as local storage in your browser work in a similar way, and this policy covers them too.

Some cookies are necessary for the site to function, others are used for measurement or to hold a preference you have chosen. Session cookies disappear when you close the browser; persistent cookies stay on your device until they expire or you delete them.

Cookies we use

Three groups cover everything running on this site. Each one has a single job, and none of them is used to follow you around other websites.

We keep the list short on purpose. If a service is added that needs a new cookie, this policy is updated before or when that change goes live.

Category

Strictly necessary

These make the website work. They cover form submission on the contact page, page routing, and basic security functions that stop a submitted form from being replayed. They are set in response to something you do, such as sending an enquiry, and the site cannot work properly without them.

Category

Preference

These remember settings you have chosen, so you do not have to re-enter them on every visit. A typical example is the choice you make in the consent notice about which optional cookies the site may set. A preference cookie simply stores that decision.

Category

Analytics

These help us understand which pages are visited and how visitors reach them, reported in aggregate form. We look at totals and patterns, such as which transport mode pages get read most, not at what any single named visitor did. They are optional and only run if you allow them.

Why we use them

Each group earns its place by doing something you would notice if it were missing.

  • Necessary They support the core functions of the site, including the contact form. Without them an enquiry could not be sent or confirmed, and a page could not hold its state while you move between sections.
  • Preference They avoid you having to re-enter settings, so a return visit starts where you left it rather than from a blank slate.
  • Analytics They help us see which pages are useful and which are not, so the site can be improved. If a page about customs paperwork is read often and a page about a mode we rarely handle is not, that tells us where to put the next round of writing.

We do not use cookies to build advertising profiles of individual visitors, and we do not sell or rent data collected through this site.

Third-party cookies

Some cookies may be set by services we use to operate the website, such as analytics providers. A cookie set by another company is called a third-party cookie because it does not come from northernsky.digital itself.

Those providers process data according to their own policies, which sit alongside this one. Where such cookies are used, they are limited to measurement purposes: counting visits and understanding how people move through the site. They are not used here for advertising, retargeting, or cross-site profiling.

What this means in practice

  • Set by us

    Cookies placed directly by this site, covering session handling, form protection and the consent choice you record.

  • Set by a measurement provider

    An analytics service that reports page totals and traffic sources in aggregate. Its own privacy policy explains the data it holds and how long it keeps it.

  • Not used here

    Advertising cookies, social plug-in trackers, and cross-site profiling tags are not part of this website.

Managing cookies

You can control cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to block cookies entirely, delete existing ones, or receive a warning before a cookie is stored. The exact wording sits under a privacy or site-data heading in the browser's settings menu.

Blocking everything

Blocking strictly necessary cookies may prevent parts of the site, including the enquiry form, from working correctly. You may still read every page, but sending a message could fail.

Blocking optional cookies only

Turning off analytics leaves the site fully usable. You simply stop contributing to the aggregate page counts we use to decide what to improve next.

Clearing what is already stored

Deleting cookies removes saved preferences and resets any consent choice, so the notice may ask again on your next visit. New cookies can only be set after that.

Changes and contact

We may update this policy if the cookies used on the site change. The current version is always published on this page, and the date near the top tells you when it last moved.

Questions about cookies can be sent to [email protected] or by phone on 998202598. Written enquiries can also be posted to Raveschoot 22, 9080 Lochristi, Belgium. Our office hours are Monday to Friday, 09:00–18:00.

Related documents

This cookie policy sits alongside the other documents that describe how the site and the business work.

Still unsure about a cookie?

Send us the question with the page you were on and we will explain what that page stores and why.

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