Cookie Policy - openthebox

Updated: January 25th 2025

As a data driven company which specializes in making information more transparent, it is very important for us to find the right balance with privacy. On the other hand the safety and confidentiality of the personal data we process, are a key concern for us. Moreover, we wish to be very clear and transparent about what happens when we collect and use your personal data. Hence this cookie policy.

1. WHAT IF THIS COOKIE POLICY DOES NOT ANSWER ALL OF YOUR QUESTIONS?

The data protection laws oblige us to provide you with quite a lot of information, so please bear with us. Should you have further questions regarding the processing of your personal data, do not hesitate to contact our DPO, (which is short for “data protection officer”). You can contact our DPO via e-mail: privacy@mediafin.be.  

2. WHO IS "WE"?

Whenever you see a reference to “we” in this cookie policy, it actually refers to Mediafin:

Mediafin NV

Tour & Taxis

Havenlaan 86 C b 309

1000 Brussels

Belgium

Company number 0404.800.301

The company Mediafin, as data controller, is responsible for collecting and using (or – as the law calls it – “processing”) your personal data as explained in this cookie policy.

3. GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT COOKIES

3.1 What are cookies?

A cookie is a text file that is installed in the browser of your computer or mobile device by a website's server when you consult a website. The use of cookies makes it possible to recognize visitors’ browsers, with the aim of remembering information about you. It usually contains the name of the server that placed the cookie as well as a unique code which makes it possible for your browser to be recognized when you visit the website. It allows us to retain certain settings, such as your language choice, to make your visit to the website faster and easier. Cookies can also be used to make the content or advertisement on a website more relevant for the visitor and can be adapted to his personal taste and needs. Certain cookies can be placed by a third party. If you do not want a website to place cookies on your computer, you can change the settings of your browser. This is explained further in this cookie policy.

3.2 Which types exist?

Strictly necessary cookies

Strictly necessary cookies are essential to provide you with the services you have requested, which means that they cannot be switched off in the cookie banner and we are not required to obtain your consent for placing them.

Analytical cookies

These types of cookies measure how often you visit our site and how you use it. We use this information to get a better sense of how our users engage with our website and to improve our services.

Personalisation cookies

Personalisation cookies are used to recognize you and remember your preferences or settings when you return to our website, so that we can provide you with a more personalized experience or show you personalized messages.

Advertising cookies

Advertising cookies are cookies that are used within a domain or across different domains to record the surfing behaviour of visitors. In short, this is about tracking marketing activities. Based on the data collected with a cookie, a targeted advertisement can ultimately be offered.

3.3 How can you disable cookies?

If you choose to disable cookies, you can do so for the browser you are using at:

-       Opera.

-       Google Chrome.

-       Firefox.

-       Safari.

-       Microsoft Edge.

Please note that disabling cookies may cause certain graphical elements or applications on the website to work less well. Mediafin will do everything necessary to guarantee the proper functioning of the website. However, certain elements of the website require the use of cookies.

In any case, we will ask you consent again after one year for the cookies you have agreed to.

4. CHANGES TO THIS COOKIE POLICY

By continuing to use this website, you acknowledge that you have read the terms of this cookie statement and that you consent to our use of cookies as set out above (unless you have expressly stated otherwise). We may update this cookie policy from time to time. Any changes we make to our cookie policy in the future will be posted on this page. Please check regularly for updates or changes to the cookie policy. Your continued use of this website following the posting of changes to this cookie policy will mean that you accept those changes.

5. WHICH COOKIES DO WE USE AND WHY?

Cookie

Provider

Type

Description

Retention period

PLAY_SESSION

openthebox, first party cookie

Strictly necessary cookie

This cookie retains information pertaining to the session of the user. If you delete it you will have to log in again (and this action will recreate this cookie)

Session

csrfToken

openthebox, first party cookie

Strictly necessary cookie

This cookie is needed to avoid cross-site request forgery. If you delete it you will not be able to make any changes to your account.

Session

browserId

openthebox, first party cookie

Analytical cookie

And

Personalisation cookie

This is a cookie that stores an anonymous (not registered) user's browser identifier. It is used to track the user's usage of the site and to profile the anonymous user for commercial promotions. If you remove it then it may be more difficult or impossible to provide you with a personalized experience or to show you personalized messages

1 year

user.userId

openthebox, first party cookie

Strictly necessary cookie, Analytical cookie

And

Personalisation cookie

This is a cookie that stores a registered user's identifier. It is used to store the user's settings and optionally to track the user's usage of the site and profile the user for commercial promotions. If you delete it the site will not work anymore as expected.

Session

user.rememberMe.*, user.persistentSession

openthebox, first party cookie

Strictly necessary cookie

These cookies are used for the "Stay logged in" feature to avoid the need to log in again after re-opening the browser. If you delete any of them the "Stay logged in" feature will be deactivated and you will have to log in again after re-opening the browser.

10 years

user.*

openthebox, first party cookie

Strictly necessary cookies

These cookies retain information about the profile of the user - like the preferred language - that is needed by the browser to personalize the website. If you delete any of them the site will not fully work anymore as expected.

Session

Cookie

Provider

Type

Description

Retention period

didomi_token, euconsent-v2

Didomi, third party cookie

Strictly necessary cookie

These cookies are set by Didomi, the cookie consent framework. If you delete them your consent will be asked again next time you visit the site.

1 year

_stripe_mid

Stripe, third party cookie

Strictly necessary cookie

Set for fraud prevention purposes and helps us assess the risk associated with an attempted transaction

1 year

_stripe_sid

Stripe, third party cookie

Strictly necessary cookie

Set by our payment provider stripe.com to process payments

30 minutes

m

Stripe, third party cookie

Strictly necessary cookie

Set by our payment provider stripe.com to process payments

1 year

hs_ab_test

Hubspot, third party cookie

Analytical cookie

This cookie is used to consistently serve visitors the same version of an A/B test page they’ve seen before. It contains the id of the A/B test page and the id of the variation that was chosen for the visitor.

Session

hs_langswitcher_choice

Hubspot, third party cookie

Strictly necessary cookie

This cookie is used to save a visitor’s selected language choice when viewing pages in multiple languages. It is set when a visitor selects a language from the language switcher and is used as a language preference to redirect them to sites in their chosen language in the future if they are available. It contains a colon delimited string with the ISO639 language code choice on the left and the top level private domain it applies to on the right. An example will be ""EN-US:hubspot.com"".

1 year

__cfruid

Hubspot, third party cookie

Strictly necessary cookie

This cookie is set by HubSpot’s CDN provider because of their rate limiting policies. It expires at the end of the session. Learn more about Cloudflare cookies. 

Session

__cf_bm

Hubspot, third party cookie

Strictly necessary cookie

This cookie is set by HubSpot's CDN provider and is a necessary cookie for bot protection. It expires in 30 minutes. Learn more about Cloudflare cookies. 

30 minutes

__hstc

Hubspot, third party cookie

Analytical cookie

The main cookie for tracking visitors. It contains the domain, utk, initial timestamp (first visit), last timestamp (last visit), current timestamp (this visit), and session number (increments for each subsequent session).

6 months

hubspotutk

Hubspot, third party cookie

Analytical cookie

This cookie keeps track of a visitor's identity. It is passed to HubSpot on form submission and used when deduplicating contacts. It contains an opaque GUID to represent the current visitor.

6 months

__hssc

Hubspot, third party cookie

Analytical cookie

This cookie keeps track of sessions. This is used to determine if HubSpot should increment the session number and timestamps in the __hstc cookie. It contains the domain, viewCount (increments each pageView in a session), and session start timestamp.

30 minutes

__hssrc

Hubspot, third party cookie

Analytical cookie

Whenever HubSpot changes the session cookie, this cookie is also set to determine if the visitor has restarted their browser. If this cookie does not exist when HubSpot manages cookies, it is considered a new session. It contains the value ""1"" when present.

Session

_ga

GA4, third party cookie

Analytical cookie

Distinguishes unique users by assigning a randomly generated ID.

2 years

ga

GA4s, third party cookie

Analytical cookie, Session Management

Persists session state

2 years

N/A

GTM, third party cookie

Tag Management

GTM does not set cookies itself. It manages and deploys tags that may set cookies.

Depends on tags

Cookie

Provider

Type

Description

Retention period

_clck

Microsoft Clarity, third party cookie

Analytics, User Identification cookie

Persists the Clarity User ID and site-specific preferences for subsequent visits.

1 year

__clsk

Microsoft Clarity, third party cookie

Analytics session management

Links multiple page views into a single Clarity session recording.

1 day

_CLID

Microsoft Clarity, third party cookie

Analytics User Identification

Identifies the first time Clarity encountered this user on any site.

1 year

ANONCHK

Microsoft Clarity, third party cookie

Session Management

Indicates whether MUID is transferred to ANID (not used by Clarity).

10 minutes

MR

Microsoft Clarity, third party cookie

Session Management

Indicates whether to refresh the MUID.

1 week

WE

Microsoft Clarity, third party cookie

Analytics, User Identification

Identifies unique web browsers visiting Microsoft sites; used for ads and analytics.

1 year

SM

Microsoft Clarity, third party cookie

Cross-Domain Synchronization

Synchronizes the MUID across Microsoft domains.

End of Session

li_fat_id

Linkedin Insight Tag, third party cookie

Advertising, Conversion Tracking

Tracks users who click on LinkedIn ads and are redirected to your website for conversion tracking.

30 days