This document explains which cookies are used on the website of Aequum Counsel (Keizersgracht 384, 1016 GE Amsterdam), for what purposes, and how you can manage your preferences in respect of them. The document is prepared in accordance with the EU ePrivacy Directive and the Dutch Telecommunications Act.
01. What Cookies Are
Cookies are small text files that the website places in the visitor's browser at the time of the first visit. They allow the storage of session information, language preferences, the user's choice in respect of consent, and other technical parameters that ensure correct operation of the website and convenience on return visits.
02. Cookies We Use
The website uses several categories of cookies:
- Strictly necessary — without these the website cannot operate correctly. These include session cookies and cookies that record your consent to this policy;
- Analytics — collect anonymous statistics about visit patterns and user behaviour for the improvement of the website;
- Functional — remember your preferences: interface language, region, completed form fields;
- Advertising — used to assess the effectiveness of advertising campaigns and set only after your consent.
03. Cookie Table
| Name | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| cookieconsent_status | Records your choice on the cookie banner | 12 months |
| _gtag_id | Stores the connected analytics tag identifier | 30 days |
| _gconv_id | Stores the conversion event identifier | 30 days |
| _ga | Anonymous visit analytics (Google Analytics) | 24 months |
| PHPSESSID | Server session identifier | End of browser session |
04. Managing Cookies
On your first visit a consent banner is shown, on which you may allow or refuse the optional categories. Your choice is stored and applied to subsequent visits. You may change your decision at any time by clearing the cookies in your browser or by reopening the consent banner from the relevant menu item.
Modern browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge) also allow cookies to be blocked in part or in full through the privacy settings. Please note that disabling cookies entirely may impair the operation of certain sections of the website.
05. Third-Party Services
The website may use the services of Google LLC (Google Analytics, Google Ads) for analytics and advertising attribution. Such services set their own cookies in accordance with their respective policies. Data are transmitted to Google's servers only after your express consent to the advertising and analytics categories.
06. Updates
This policy may be updated from time to time as the technologies used or the legal requirements change. The current version is dated 30 April 2026. Questions concerning the use of cookies may be sent to office@aequum-counsel.nl.