Notice on cookies
What is a cookie?
A cookie is a text file stored on your device by the website you visit. A distinction can be made between:
- - Internal cookies - set and controlled by the visited website
- - External/third party cookies - set by third party companies - but used by the visited website
- - Session cookies which are deleted when you exit your browser
- - Persistent cookies which are not deleted when you finish browsing and close your browser.
What cookies do we use?
When you visit our website, we collect cookies for statistical analysis to help us improve your browsing experience, both now and in the future.
Cookies for statistical analysis
We use analysis cookies defined on the basis of the AWStats tool. The data collected is monitored and stored by the Banque centrale du Luxembourg (BCL). It does not identify visitors and is not shared with any third party. It allows us to calculate the number of visitors, the duration of each visit and possibly the number of downloads of documents made available to visitors.
|
Name of the cookie |
Finality |
Retention period |
|
AWSSESSION_ID |
Calculate the number of distinct visitors |
1 hour |
|
AWSUSER_ID |
Calculate the duration of the visit |
14 months (10.000 hours) |
Third Party Cookies
Our website displays a link to our LinkedIn page. By clicking on this link and browsing their site, you must ensure that you agree to their data protection and cookie use policy, over which we have no control.
How to manage cookies
You can manage/delete cookies as you wish. To help you do this, you can consult the information sites below:
• Aboutcookies.org
• Allaboutcookies.org
• Youronlinechoices.com
Delete cookies from your device
You can delete any cookies that are already on your device by deleting your web browsing history. This will delete all cookies from all websites you have visited. Note, however, that this may also delete some useful information from some sites such as your language preferences, saved connections, etc.
Managing site-specific cookies
For more detailed control of site-specific cookies, please check the data protection and cookie management policy of that site, as well as your web browser settings.
Blocking cookies
You can set most modern browsers to prevent cookies being set on your device, but you may need to manually adjust some preferences each time you visit a site.
Contact us
In order to best deal with any request concerning your rights or the application of the protection of data collected by the BCL, you can contact the Data Protection Officer either by email at dpo@bcl.lu or by post at the following address:
Banque centrale du Luxembourg
Att : Data Protection Officer
2, Boulevard Royal
L-2983 Luxembourg
