Welcome to TrustVC and our platform at www.trustvc.org (our “website”). trustvc.org uses cookies to remember your preferences and help you obtain the right information. Cookies also allow us to see how our Platform is being used.

 

trustvc.org is operated and maintained by TBLI Group Holdings B.V. of Herengracht 450-458, 1077 CA Amsterdam, Netherlands (“TBLI Group”, “we”, “us”, or “our”). If you want to contact us or if you have any questions, you can reach us by email using This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., or write to TBLI PLC, c/o Data Protection Officer, 5 Howick Place, London, SW1P 1WG, United Kingdom.

 

WHY DO WE HAVE A COOKIE POLICY?

This Cookie Policy sits in line with our obligations set out in the Dutch Wet van 4 februari 2015 tot wijziging van de Telecommunicatiewet (“Cookie Law”) and the EU`s Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive (“PECD”). In accordance with them, we need to inform you about the cookies we use and obtain your consent when using certain types of cookies namely Functional, Performance, Analytical and Advertising Cookies.

 

WHAT ARE COOKIES?

A cookie is a small text file that is sent to your device's hard drive by a website. Each time you return to the same website, your browser retrieves and sends the relevant cookie(s) to our Platform’s server.

 

COOKIE ACCEPTANCE

By using our Platform after accepting the cookie notice that appears when you first visit our Platform, or by browsing our Platform, after having been presented with this notice, you agree to the placement of cookies on your computer in accordance with the terms of this Cookie Policy.

 

HOW ARE COOKIES USED?

Cookies used by us are stored on your device for a maximum period of 2 years from the date when they are initially installed or if they are subsequently updated, from the date of the update. Cookies can be divided into the following two broad categories: 

 

  • Technically necessary cookies (Essential)

Technically necessary cookies are required for our Platform to function properly; they enable you to navigate our Platform efficiently and use its functional features. 

 

  • Technically non-essential cookies 
    • Analytical/Performance Cookies

These cookies allow us to measure and report on website activity by tracking page visits, visitor locations and how visitors move around our Platform. The information collected does not directly identify visitors. We place these cookies to help us analyze that data.

 

  • Marketing/Advertising Cookies

Marketing cookies help us provide you with personalized and relevant services or advertising, and track the effectiveness of our digital marketing activities. They are capable of tracking your browser across other websites and building up a profile of your interests. This may impact the content and messages you see on other websites you visit. 

 

THE COOKIES WE USE

We utilize the below mentioned cookies, and other online identification technologies such as web beacons, or pixels to provide users with an improved user experience. 

 

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics 4, a web analytics service provided by Google. Google Analytics also uses cookies to enable our Platform to analyze how users use our Platform across multiple devices. The information generated by the cookies about your use of our Platform is transmitted to and stored by Google, including transmission to the United States. The following data is processed through the use of Google Analytics:

 

  • 3 bytes of the IP address of the called system of the website visitor (anonymized IP address);
  • the website called up;
  • the website from which the user reached the accessed page of our Platform (referrer);
  • the subpages accessed from the website;
  • the time spent on the website; and
  • the frequency with which the website is accessed.

 

Google states that it will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. The use of this service is based on your consent. You can withdraw your consent at any time using our cookie preference pop-up. The legal basis for the processing is also your consent. In relation to the data transfer into the USA Google’s processing agreement for GA4, can be read here.

 

You can disable tracking by Google Analytics with future effect by downloading and installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on for your current web browser here.

 

HOW TO MANAGE COOKIES 

In your browser

You also can manage your cookies preferences using the following links for some of the most popular internet browsers: Edge, Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Opera.

 

Cookie preference pop-up

We also offer a cookie preference pop-up when you first visit our Platform. This pop-up is a consent tool and allows you to specify your preference about cookies. You can accept or reject them or access this Cookie Policy before giving your consent to cookies or rejecting them. 

 

Advertising personalisation or retargeting/tracking opt out

In addition, if you do not wish to participate in our advertising personalisation or retargeting/tracking you can object to behavioral advertising at the following websites: Your Online Choices, Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada, Network Advertising Initiative, AdChoices and the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance (Europe only). 

 

HOW DO WE MAKE CHANGES TO THIS POLICY?

We may change our Cookie Policy from time to time. When we change our Cookie Policy, we will publish the updated policy on our Platform. Please check this Cookie Policy regularly. Subject to applicable law, all changes will take effect as soon as we publish the new Cookie Policy, but where we have already collected information about you and/or where legally required to do so, we may take additional steps to inform you of any material changes to our Cookie Policy and may request that you agree to these changes.

 

EFFECTIVE DATE

Thursday, 13th of June, 2024