Cookie Policy

This site uses ​‘coo­kies’. The­se are small files con­tai­ning infor­ma­ti­on that are auto­ma­ti­cally sto­red on your computer’s hard dri­ve. This infor­ma­ti­on helps to make your visit to the site fas­ter and more efficient.

In this coo­kie poli­cy, BookU explains which coo­kies its web­si­te uses and why. You will also find infor­ma­ti­on on how you, as a visi­tor, can mana­ge this. We are com­mit­ted to safe­gu­ar­ding your pri­va­cy and ensu­ring the user-friend­liness of our onli­ne services.

What are cookies?

A coo­kie is a small pie­ce of data that the web­si­te sto­res in your web brow­ser when you visit it using your com­pu­ter, tablet or smartpho­ne. It ena­bles the web­si­te to recog­ni­se you as a visi­tor. It sto­res your per­so­nal set­tings and pre­fe­ren­ces, such as your lan­gu­a­ge pre­fe­ren­ce, so that you do not have to select them again each time. Most coo­kies enhan­ce your user expe­rien­ce. Other tech­no­lo­gies, such as pixels, devi­ce fin­ger­prin­ting and local stor­a­ge, also fall under this term.

Some coo­kies may also be set by a third par­ty. If you do not wish a web­si­te to set coo­kies on your devi­ce, you can chan­ge your brow­ser set­tings. This is explai­ned in more detail in the fol­lo­wing section.

How do you disable cookies?

You can disa­ble coo­kies in the brow­ser you are using. Click on the name of your brow­ser to find out more about how it works:

• Inter­net Explorer
• Goog­le Chrome
• Fire­fox
• Safa­ri

If you disa­ble coo­kies, cer­tain grap­hi­cal ele­ments or fea­tu­res on the web­si­te may not work as well. We try to mini­mi­se this as much as pos­si­ble. Howe­ver, cer­tain ele­ments of the web­si­te requi­re the use of cookies.

Types of cookies

By stor­a­ge duration

Ses­si­on cookies:

The web­si­te tem­po­ra­ri­ly sto­res the­se coo­kies in your brow­ser or appli­ca­ti­on. As soon as you clo­se the brow­ser or appli­ca­ti­on, the brow­ser dele­tes the cookie.

Per­sis­tent cookies:

Per­sis­tent coo­kies remain on your com­pu­ter or mobi­le devi­ce, even after you clo­se your brow­ser or appli­ca­ti­on. Per­sis­tent coo­kies ena­ble the web­si­te or appli­ca­ti­on to recog­ni­se you during sub­se­quent visits. They remain in pla­ce until they reach their expiry date, until a new coo­kie is set, or until you dele­te them via your settings.

About the par­ty that mana­ges the cookies

First-par­ty cookies:

First-par­ty coo­kies are coo­kies mana­ged by BookU and spe­ci­fic to the onli­ne ser­vi­ce you are visi­ting or using.

Third-par­ty cookies:

Indi­rect coo­kies, or third-par­ty coo­kies, are coo­kies mana­ged and pla­ced by a third par­ty. This hap­pens whilst you are visi­ting or using our web­si­te. Third-par­ty coo­kies ensu­re that cer­tain data, gene­ra­ted by your visit to the web­si­te, is sent to third par­ties. An example of this is Goog­le Maps. You can read more about this below.

About the use of cookies

Essen­ti­al cookies:

The­se coo­kies are essen­ti­al for veri­fying your iden­ti­ty secu­re­ly, for gran­ting you access to a restric­ted area or appli­ca­ti­on on that basis, and for remem­be­ring your session.

Func­ti­o­nal cookies:

The­se are coo­kies that ensu­re the web­si­te func­ti­ons pro­per­ly and gua­ran­tee a fas­ter and more effi­cient user expe­rien­ce. Examples inclu­de coo­kies used to:

• remem­ber your login details
• ensu­re the secu­ri­ty of your login details
• ensu­re the con­sis­ten­cy of the website’s layout

Web­si­te per­for­man­ce or tech­ni­cal cookies

The­se are load-balan­cing coo­kies (for example, time zone regi­stra­ti­on). High-traf­fic web­si­tes use the­se coo­kies to dis­tri­bu­te the load of requests across mul­ti­ple, sepa­ra­te net­works and servers.

Per­for­man­ce and ana­ly­tics cookies

The­se coo­kies ena­ble infor­ma­ti­on to be col­lec­ted about how visi­tors use a web­si­te. This is done to impro­ve the website’s con­tent and enhan­ce user-friend­liness. A good example is Goog­le Ana­ly­tics coo­kies, which are used to mea­su­re visi­tor num­bers, the most popu­lar pages, etc.

Mar­ke­ting cookies

A web­si­te may incor­po­ra­te so-cal­l­ed embed­ded ele­ments from third par­ties, such as You­Tu­be and Facebook. The­se are used to inte­gra­te soci­al media into the web­si­te via plug-ins. Your con­sent must always be sought befo­re the­se coo­kies are used.

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Questions

This coo­kie poli­cy has been drawn up by BookU NV, who­se regis­tered offi­ce is at Spin­ne­rijstraat 97, 8500 Kort­rijk. For any ques­ti­ons and/​or com­ments, plea­se con­tact us at the postal address given abo­ve or via email at privacy@​booku.​be.

In conclusion

BookU may amend this coo­kie poli­cy at any time in the futu­re; only the most recent ver­si­on applies. BookU will noti­fy you of any sig­ni­fi­cant chan­ges and will seek your con­sent whe­re necessary.

Last upda­ted: 19 June 2025