Cookie Policy

Cookie Policy

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners who may combine it with other information that you’ve provided to them or that they’ve collected from your use of their services. For more information or to change your cookie preferences, please consult our cookie policy via the footer of this page. 

Elia Group SA/NV, Elia Transmission Belgium SA/NV, Elia Asset SA/NV, and Elia Engineering SA/NV (hereinafter referred to as 'Elia', 'we', 'our') undertake to protect and respect your privacy (hereinafter referred to as 'you', 'your'). To this end, Elia protects the personal data of its customers as well as its partners, suppliers and online users/visitors collected via cookies, tags or tracers (hereinafter generally referred to as 'cookies') and processes said data with the greatest possible care. Our Cookie Policy (hereinafter referred to as the 'Policy') is a core part of our Privacy Policy (Privacy Policy (elia.be)). Please read both policies carefully.

Thank you for visiting us and we hope that you enjoy exploring our website https://jobs.eliagroup.eu (hereinafter referred to as the 'website').

1. Identity of the data controller

The controller of your personal data is, depending on the vacature, Elia Transmission Belgium SA/NV, having its registered office at Boulevard de l’Empereur 20, 1000 Brussels, Belgium, a public limited company under Belgian law, registered in the Crossroads Bank for Enterprises under the number 0731.852.231, for the website, Elia Group SA/NV, a public limited company under Belgian law, registered in the Crossroads Bank for Enterprises under the number 0476.388.378, Elia Asset SA/NV a public limited company under Belgian law, registered in the Crossroads Bank for Enterprises under the number 0475.028.202, Elia Engineering SA/NV, a public limited company under Belgian law, registered in the Crossroads Bank for Enterprises under the number 0471.869.861, all these companies having its registered office at Boulevard de l’Empereur 20, 1000 Brussels, Belgium.

Other data controllers may be involved if third-party cookies are used. For more information, see section 3.

If you have any questions or requests concerning our Policy or the way in which we process your personal data in general, please contact us as per section 8.

2. About Cookies

Cookies are small data files that are downloaded to your device (e.g. a tablet, smartphone, PC or laptop) when you visit our website. They may collect information about your use of the website or allow us to identify you and your device when you return to our website at a later date. Cookies also enable us to recognise your device. You can learn more about cookies at http://www.allaboutcookies.org and http://www.youronlinechoices.eu.

You do not have to accept (all) our cookies, just those which are strictly necessary. However, if certain cookies are disabled or deleted, some parts of our website may not function as intended. For example, you may not be able to use all the functions we offer or save your preferences, and some of our pages may not display properly.

3. What types of cookies do we use?

3.1 General Information

We use both session cookies and persistent cookies on our website.

We also use first-party and third-party cookies. First-party cookies are Elia's cookies, while third‑party cookies are set by websites that belong to a domain differing to that displayed in the address bar when you visit the Elia jobs website.

We also make use of third-party requests, which are requests made to external servers to display content from other applications or websites (e.g. Twitter widgets). Even though these applications do not install any cookies, they may still collect information about visitors via settings.

We use the following types of cookie on our website:

  • Strictly necessary cookies are essential for allowing visitors to browse our website and use its functions. As they are a technical necessity, these cookies are installed once you access the website and cannot be rejected.
  • Analytical/performance cookies collect information about how you use our website (e.g. the web pages/functions you visit/use most often). They help us improve the operation of the website and can be rejected.
  • Functionality cookies allow the website to provide enhanced functions and customisation. They can be set by us and/or third-party suppliers whose services we have added to our pages.
  • Targeting/advertising cookies are used to deliver content that is more relevant to your profile and interests based on an analysis of your browsing. These cookies can be rejected.

3.2 Cookies used on this website

This section categorises and describes the various cookies used on this website based on their purpose, type and supplier, where applicable.

3.2.1 Strictly necessary cookies

__atuvc

  • Purpose: This cookie is associated with the AddThis social sharing widget which is commonly embedded in websites to enable visitors to share content with a range of networking and sharing platforms. It stores an updated page share count.
  • Cookie owner: https://jobs.eliagroup.eu
  • Further information: supplied by AddThis
  • Legal basis for processing: legitimate interest (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR)
  • Duration: 13 months

3.2.2 Analytical/Performance Cookies

Youtube

  • Purpose: see below
  • Further information: the website uses YouTube to display and store video content. YouTube sets these cookies to track the use of its services. YouTube cookies are only installed once you press Play. Elia doesn’t have access to your individual navigation data.
  • Cookie owner: YouTube (Google)
  • Legal basis for processing: consent

Cookies used by Youtube: 

  • _gps
    • Records a unique ID used by Google to produce statistics about the videos watched by the user on different websites
    • 24 hours
  • _pref
    • Records a unique ID used by Google to produce statistics about the videos watched by the user on different websites
    • 8 months
  • _ysc
    • Records a unique ID to produce viewing statistics regarding YouTube videos
    • Session
  • _visitor_info1_live
    • Estimates user bandwidth based on the web page in which the video is embedded
    • 179 days

More information: https://policies.google.com/privacy

Google Analytics ([_ga, _gat, _utma, _utmt, _utmb, _utmc, _utmz and _utmv]) and Google Tag Manager ([_dc_gtm_])

  • Purpose: to collect information about how visitors use this website. We use the information to compile reports and help us improve this website. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the website, the page that directed visitors to this website and the pages they visited. The last byte of the user’s IP Address is deleted before sending data to Google in order to ensure the visitors anonymity.
  • Cookie owner: Google
  • Further information: the information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Consult the Google Privacy Policy to learn more about Google cookies. You can prevent Google from collecting and using your data (cookies and IP address) by downloading and installing the browser add-on available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en. The cookies hereunder are anonymous for Elia.
  • Legal basis for processing: consent. 
  • Duration: 2 years

The following cookies are used to this end: 

  • _ga
    • Used to distinguish between users
    • 26 months
  • _gid
    • Used to distinguish between users
    • 24 hours
  • _gat
    • This cookie is used to throttle the rate of requests sent to Google Analytics to increase the efficiency of network calls. If Google Analytics is deployed via Google Tag Manager, this cookie is called _dc_gtm_ .
    • 1 minute
  • _utma
    • Used to distinguish between users and sessions. This cookie is created when the JavaScript library is running and when there is no existing _utma cookie. This cookie is updated every time data are sent to Google Analytics.
    • 2 years
  • _utmt
    • Used to throttle the request rate
    • 10 minutes
  • _utmb
    • Used to determine new sessions/visits. This cookie is created when the JavaScript library is running and when there is no existing _utmb cookie. This cookie is updated every time data are sent to Google Analytics.
    • 30 minutes
  • _utmc
    • This cookie was typically used together with the _utmb cookie to determine whether a user was in a new session/visit.
    • Session
  • _utmz
    • Stores the traffic source or campaign that explains how a user reached your site. This cookie is created when the JavaScript library is running and is updated every time data are sent to Google Analytics
    • 6 months
  • _utmv
    • Used to store visitor-level custom variable data. This cookie is created when a developer uses the _setCustomVar method with a visitor-level custom variable. This cookie was also used for the deprecated _setVar method. This cookie is updated every time data are sent to Google Analytics.
    • 2 years

More information:

Hotjar (_hjid; ajs_anonymous_id; _hjLocalStorageTest; _hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress)

  • Purpose: see below
  • Cookie owner: Hotjar
  • Legal basis for processing: consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR)
  • Further information: Hotjar cookies are described below

Cookies set by the Hotjar script:

  • _hjClosedSurveyInvites
    • Hotjar cookie that is set once a visitor interacts with an External Link Survey invitation modal. It is used to ensure that the same invite does not reappear if it has already been shown.
    • 365 days
  • _hjDonePolls
    • Hotjar cookie that is set once a visitor completes a survey using the On-site Survey widget. It is used to ensure that the same survey does not reappear if it has already been filled in.
    • 365 days
  • _hjMinimizedPolls
    • Hotjar cookie that is set once a visitor minimizes an On-site Survey widget. It is used to ensure that the widget stays minimized when the visitor navigates through your site.
    • 365 days
  • _hjShownFeedbackMessage
    • Hotjar cookie that is set when a visitor minimizes or completes Incoming Feedback. This is done so that the Incoming Feedback will load as minimized immediately if the visitor navigates to another page where it is set to show.
    • 365 days
  • _hjid
    • Hotjar cookie that is set when the customer first lands on a page with the Hotjar script. It is used to persist the Hotjar User ID, unique to that site on the browser. This ensures that behavior in subsequent visits to the same site will be attributed to the same user ID.
    • 365 days
  • _hjRecordingLastActivity
    • This should be found in Session storage (as opposed to cookies). This gets updated when a visitor recording starts and when data is sent through the WebSocket (the visitor performs an action that Hotjar records).
    • Session
  • _hjTLDTest
    • When the Hotjar script executes we try to determine the most generic cookie path we should use, instead of the page hostname. This is done so that cookies can be shared across subdomains (where applicable). To determine this, we try to store the _hjTLDTest cookie for different URL substring alternatives until it fails. After this check, the cookie is removed.
    • Session
  • _hjUserAttributesHash
    • User Attributes sent through the Hotjar Identify API are cached for the duration of the session in order to know when an attribute has changed and needs to be updated.
    • Session
  • _hjCachedUserAttributes
    • This cookie stores User Attributes which are sent through the Hotjar Identify API, whenever the user is not in the sample. These attributes will only be saved if the user interacts with a Hotjar Feedback tool.
    • Session
  • _hjLocalStorageTest
    • This cookie is used to check if the Hotjar Tracking Script can use local storage. If it can, a value of 1 is set in this cookie. The data stored in_hjLocalStorageTest has no expiration time, but it is deleted almost immediately after it is created.
    • Under 100ms
  • _hjIncludedInPageviewSample
    • This cookie is set to let Hotjar know whether that visitor is included in the data sampling defined by your site's pageview limit.
    • 30 minutes
  • _hjIncludedInSessionSample
    • This cookie is set to let Hotjar know whether that visitor is included in the data sampling defined by your site's daily session limit.
    • 30 minutes
  • _hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress
    • This cookie is used to detect the first pageview session of a user. This is a True/False flag set by the cookie.
    • 30 minutes

More information: https://help.hotjar.com/hc/en-us/articles/115011789248-Hotjar-Cookies

3.2.3 Functionality Cookies

  • Cookie level ([1|2|3|4])
    • Purpose: to remember a visitor's acceptance of the range of EU legislation on cookies
    • Cookie owner: https://jobs.eliagroup.euFurther information: supplied by Sitecore
    • Legal basis for processing: consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR)
    • Duration: session
  • Emergency Ribbons ([closed-emergency-ribbons])
    • Purpose: to remember that a visitor has closed the notification banner in the website header
    • Cookie owner: https://jobs.eliagroup.eu  
    • Further information: supplied by Sitecore
    • Legal basis for processing: consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR)
    • Duration: session
  • JSESSIONID
    • Purpose: Preserves users’ states across page requests.
    • Cookie owner: https://jobs.eliagroup.eu  
    • Further information: supplied by CompanyMatch
    • Legal basis for processing: consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR)
    • Duration: session
  • SESS#
    • Purpose: Preserves users’ states across page requests.
    • Cookie owner: https://companymatch.me
    • Further information: supplied by CompanyMatchLegal basis for processing: consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR)
    • Duration: session
  • locale
    • Purpose: The cookie determines the preferred language and country-setting of the visitor - This allows the website to show content most relevant to that region and language.
    • Cookie owner: https://companymatch.me
    • Further information: supplied by CompanyMatch
    • Legal basis for processing: consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR)
    • Duration: 1 Day
  • event_logger_se
    • Purpose: Logs users’ activity on site during a session.
    • Cookie owner: https://companymatch.me
    • Further information: supplied by CompanyMatch
    • Legal basis for processing: consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR)
    • Duration: 1 Day

3.2.4 Targeting/advertising cookies

LinkedIn Insight Tag

The LinkedIn Insight Tag is a piece of lightweight JavaScript code that we have added to our website to enable in-depth campaign reporting and to help us unlock valuable insights about our website visitors. We use the LinkedIn Insight Tag to track conversions, retarget website visitors, and unlock additional insights about members interacting with our LinkedIn adverts.

The LinkedIn Insight Tag enables the collection of metadata such as IP address information, timestamp, device, browser characteristics (User Agent) and events such as page views. The IP addresses are truncated or (when used for reaching LinkedIn members across devices) hashed, and members’ direct identifiers are removed within seven days in order to make the data pseudonymous. This remaining pseudonymized data is then deleted within 180 days.

LinkedIn does not share the personal data with us, it only provides reports and alerts (which do not identify you) about the website audience and ad performance. LinkedIn also provides retargeting for website visitors, enabling us to show personalized ads off its website by using this data, but without identifying the member. LinkedIn also use data that does not identify you to improve ad relevance and reach members across devices.

LinkedIn members can control the use of their personal data for advertising purposes through their account settings.You can disable retargeting by LinkedIn using the following link: https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out. See also the Privacy Policy for more information on data processing by LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy#choices. We recommend you read their Cookie Policy (https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy) for more information. You can further deactivate JavaScript in your browser to avoid the JavaScript to be executed

Facebook Pixel

We use Facebook Pixel on our website. Facebook Pixel is a tracking code which allows us to track and monitor the success of advertisements we use on Facebook and to improve the effectiveness of those advertisements by recording information such as the device you used to access our website and the actions you took on our website using cookies. We may also use Facebook Pixel to create retargeting advertisements and custom audiences for our advertisements on Facebook and on our website.

Facebook aggregates data gathered from our use of Facebook Pixel on our website with data it gathers from other sources, in order to improve and target advertisements displayed on its website or via its services, to improve its systems and to provide measurement services to third parties which use Facebook’s advertising services. You can find out more about how Facebook handles information they collect about you and other individuals by accessing their privacy policy, which is available here: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy

We therefore invite you to consult Facebook's privacy policy in order to learn about the purposes (including advertising purposes) for which the browse information collected by Facebook is used.  We only receive statistical information from Facebook itself and not your personal data. If you do not wish to receive certain advertisements, you can adjust your advertising preferences on your personal Facebook profile. Finally, the settings of your mobile device allow you to indicate that the machine data cannot be communicated to third parties. See the Privacy Policy for more information on data processing by Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/ and https://www.facebook.com/business/gdpr

4. Cookie settings

There are several ways to configure and manage cookies. You can either disable Elia cookies or third-party cookies in your browser or use our cookie settings tool to manage your cookie preferences.

4.1 Cookie settings can vary from browser to browser.

The hyperlinks below provide further guidance on disabling/deleting cookies in different browsers.

5. Your Rights

You have certain rights regarding the data we hold about you.

These rights comprise the right to be informed, the right of access, the right to rectification, the right to object, the right to data portability, the right to erasure (the 'right to be forgotten'), the right to restriction of processing and the right to withdraw your consent (this last right is detailed further in section 4).

With regard to the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling and, where applicable, meaningful information about the logic involved, as well as the significance and the envisaged consequences of such processing for you, Elia confirms that there is no automated decision-making based on the personal data collected.

All these rights are also detailed in section 6 of our Privacy Policy [https://www.elia.be/en/privacy-policy]. We will try to respond to any requests as soon as feasibly possible and always within the timeframes set out in the GDPR.

If you have any questions about your rights or any complaints about the way Elia processes your personal data, please send them to us as per section 8 of this Policy before using our website. You are always entitled to submit a complaint to the competent supervisory authority. In Belgium, this is: the Data Protection Authority, Rue de la Presse 35, 1000 Brussels, Belgium, +32 (0)2 274 48 00, contact@apd-gba.be.

6. Retention period of collected data

The retention period of the data collected by various cookies may vary depending on whether the cookie is installed by Elia or by third parties. We are not responsible for the retention period of third-party cookies.

Any personal data collected by Elia will not be retained for longer than is strictly necessary for the purposes set out in this Policy and in any case for no longer than twenty-five (25) months. Beyond that, said data will be deleted at the end of the retention period, unless a longer period is permitted or required pursuant to a legal or regulatory obligation, or if the data are subject to a process of anonymisation in order to make it impossible to 're-identify' individuals. As data that have undergone this process are no longer personal, they can be kept for an unspecified period of time and can be exploited, specifically to produce statistical reports.

7. Update of our Policy

 We may amend this Policy from time to time. Any such changes will be displayed on this page and, where appropriate, posted on the cookie banner. Please check back frequently to see if the Policy has been changed or updated. Your continued use of this website following the publication of modifications to this Policy implies your acceptance of these changes.

This Policy was last updated on 06 January 2021.

8. Contact

Please send any questions, comments or requests concerning this Policy to privacy@elia.be.