Cookie policy

This cookie policy was last updated on September 1, 2025 and applies to citizens and legal permanent residents of the European Economic Area and Switzerland.

1. Introduction

Our website, https://visasnews.com (hereinafter referred to as “the website”) uses cookies and other related technologies (for convenience, all technologies are referred to as “cookies”). Cookies are also placed by third parties on our behalf. In the document below, we inform you about the use of cookies on our website.

2. What are cookies?

A cookie is a small, simple file that is sent with the pages of this website and stored by your browser on the hard disk of your computer or other device. The information stored there may be sent back to our servers or to the servers of the third parties concerned during a subsequent visit.

3. What are scripts?

A script is a piece of program code used to ensure the proper functioning and interactivity of our website. This code is executed on our server or on your device.

4. What is a web beacon?

A web beacon (or pixel tag) is a small, invisible piece of text or image on a website that is used to monitor traffic on that site. Web beacons are used to store data about you.

5. Cookies

5.1 Technical or functional cookies

Some cookies ensure that certain parts of the website function properly and that your user preferences are retained. By setting functional cookies, we make your visit to our website easier. For example, you don’t have to enter the same information several times when you visit our website, and items remain in your shopping cart until you have paid. We may set these cookies without your consent.

5.2 Statistical cookies

We use statistical cookies to optimize our users’ experience on the website. These statistical cookies enable us to better understand the use of our website. We ask for your permission to place statistical cookies.

5.3 Marketing/tracking cookies

Marketing/tracking cookies are cookies or any other form of local storage, used to create user profiles in order to display advertisements or to track the user on this website or on several websites for similar marketing purposes.

5.4 Social networks

On our website, we have included content from Instagram and Twitter in order to promote web pages (e.g. “like”, “pin”) or share (e.g. “tweet”) on social networks such as Instagram and Twitter. This content is integrated using code from Instagram and Twitter and places cookies. This content may store and process certain information for personalized advertising purposes.

Please read the privacy statement of these social networks (which may change from time to time) to find out what they do with your (personal) data that they process using these cookies. Recovered data is anonymized as far as possible. Instagram and Twitter are located in the United States.

6. Set cookies

  • Wistia: Statistics
  • WordPress: Functional
  • Popup Maker: Functional
  • Brevo: Functional
  • Google Analytics: Statistics
  • Polylang: Functional
  • CloudFlare: Functional
  • One Signal: Functional
  • Complianz: Functional
  • Miscellaneous: Consent to miscellaneous service

When you visit our website for the first time, we show you a pop-up window containing explanations about cookies. As soon as you click on “Save preferences”, you consent to our use of the categories of cookies and plug-ins you have selected in the pop-up window, as described in this cookie policy. You can disable the use of cookies via your browser, but please note that our website may no longer function correctly.

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8. Activating/deactivating and deleting cookies

You can use your Internet browser to delete cookies automatically or manually. You can also specify that certain cookies cannot be set. Another option is to modify your Internet browser settings so that you receive a message each time a cookie is set. For more information on these options, please refer to your browser’s Help section.

Please note that our website may not function properly if all cookies are disabled. If you delete cookies from your browser, they will be placed again with your consent when you visit our website again.

9. Your rights with regard to personal data

You have the following rights with regard to your personal data:

  • You have the right to know why your personal data is needed, what will happen to it and how long it will be kept.
  • Right of access: you have the right to access your personal data held by us.
  • Right of rectification: you have the right to supplement, correct, delete or block your personal data at any time.
  • If you give us your consent to process your data, you have the right to revoke this consent and have your personal data deleted.
  • Right to transfer your data: you have the right to request all your personal data from the data controller and to transfer them in their entirety to another data controller.
  • Right to object: you may object to the processing of your data. We will comply with this request, unless there are legitimate grounds for processing.

To exercise these rights, please contact us. Please refer to the contact details at the bottom of this cookie policy. If you have a complaint about the way we process your data, we invite you to let us know, but you also have the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority (the data protection authority).

10. Contact

If you have any questions and/or comments about our cookie policy and this statement, please contact us using the following details:

This cookie policy was synchronized with cookiedatabase.org on September 1, 2025.