Cookies policy
Banque de Luxembourg takes discretion and the privacy of visitors to its website very seriously and we do our utmost to safeguard your trust in us.
With regard to cookies, it is therefore our policy to be meticulous in describing the process of harvesting information collected during visits to the website and to offer you the ability to set the use of cookies according to your wishes.
What is a cookie?
A cookie is a text file that can be placed on your device (computer, tablet or smartphone, etc.) when you view a website. The vast majority of websites use cookies. The use of cookies helps improve your browsing experience.
Why does Banque de Luxembourg use cookies?
December 2023
When visitors access Banque de Luxembourg’s website, navigation data are temporarily stored in memory or recorded on their computer equipment. Some cookies are necessary for the operation of the site while others are intended to facilitate visitors’ navigation.
There are several types of cookies:
Essential and technical cookies
These cookies, created directly by the tool that hosts the website, are essential to the proper functioning of the platform. It is not possible to refuse these cookies if you want to visit our website.
| Service | Expiry | Name | Use |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liferay | End of session | JSESSIONID_bdlpub | These cookies are used by Liferay, our content management system, in order to manage the web user’s browsing sessions. These cookies indicate whether the web user is using the site and show how many web users are visiting the site at any one time. |
| Liferay | End of session | LFR_SESSION_STATE_10161 | These cookies are used by Liferay, our content management system, to regularly identify the web user’s session. |
| Liferay | 6 days | lst_slctd_cntr | These cookies are used by Liferay, our content management system, to check whether the web user’s browser supports cookies. |
| Liferay | 1 year | GUEST_LANGUAGE_ID | These cookies are used by Liferay, our content management system, to save the default code language of visitors to our websites. |
| Liferay | 1 year | COOKIE_SUPPORT | These cookies are used by Liferay, our content management system, to regularly identify the web user’s session. |
| Liferay | 6 months | BL-COOKIES-MANAGEMENT | These cookies are used by Liferay, our content management system, to save your preferences in terms of placing and reading cookies. |
| Liferay | 1 month | ACCEPT_DISCLAIMER | These cookies are used by Liferay, our content management system, to save the web user’s disclaimer acceptance so it will not be shown on their next visit. |
| Liferay | 1 month | ACCEPT_COOKIES_POLICY | These cookies are used by Liferay, our content management system, to save the web user’s cookie banner acceptance so it will not be shown on their next visit. |
| Liferay | 1 month | NL_SUBSCRIPTION_HIDE | These cookies are used by Liferay, our content management system, to save when the web user has opted not to show the newsletter subscription. |
| Liferay | 100 days | BL-BANDEAU-MESSAGE | These cookies are used by Liferay, our content management system, to check whether the web user has disabled the cookie consent banner. |
| F5 | End of session | TS* | These cookies are used by F5, our web application firewall. |
| F5 | End of session | CookieCheckLR7 | These cookies are used by F5, our web application firewall. |
Multimedia cookies
The videos available on our apps and web pages are hosted on external platforms (Youtube, Ausha, etc.), which apply their own privacy policy.
| Service | Expiry | Name | Use |
|---|---|---|---|
| YouTube | 6 months | APISID | Tracks preferences across multiple sites. |
| YouTube | 2 years | CONSENT | Memorises user’s consent choice. |
| YouTube | 30 minutes | GPS | Obtains user’s approximate geolocation |
| YouTube | 2 years | HSID | Prevents attacks and verifies user’s identity. |
| YouTube | 2 years | LOGIN_INFO | Manages video playback info and YouTube session. |
| YouTube | 6 months | NID | Manages preferences and personalisation. |
| YouTube | 8 months | PREF | Memorises video playback preferences for non-logged-in users. |
| YouTube | 1 year | SAPISID | Personalises advertising and content. |
| YouTube | 6 months | SEARCH_SAMESITE | Prevents unwanted cross-site data transfer. |
| YouTube | 2 years | SID | Uniquely identifies the user and secures requests. |
| YouTube | 1 year | SIDCC | Adds extra security to the session. |
| YouTube | 1 year | SSID | Tailors content according to user. |
| YouTube | 13 months | SOCS | Stores consent parameters. |
| YouTube | 6 months | VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | Estimates bandwidth and optimises video playback. |
| YouTube | 1 year | VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA | Indicates confidentiality and consent preferences. |
| YouTube | End of session | YSC | Tracks video playback session. |
More details on the privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
| Service | Expiry | Name | Use |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ausha | 90 days | _fbp | Displays targeted ads after a visit (Meta/Facebook). |
| Ausha | 2 years | ga* / ga* | Counts visitors and analyses their browsing behaviour (Google Analytics). |
| Ausha | 90 days | _gcl_au | Tracks clicks on ads and measures conversions (Google Ads). |
| Ausha | 1 year | hjSessionUser* | Assigns a unique ID to each visitor to analyse their behaviour (Hotjar). |
| Ausha | 13 months | _uetvid | Displays targeted advertising (Microsoft Advertising / Bing). |
| Ausha | 1 year | AMP* | Identifies a visitor for anonymous statistical analysis. |
| Ausha | 1 year | AMP_MKTG* | Tracks the effectiveness of marketing campaigns. |
| Ausha | 1 year | axeptio_all_vendors | Lists all available cookie vendors. |
| Ausha | 1 year | axeptio_authorized_vendors | Memorises vendors authorised by the user. |
| Ausha | 1 year | axeptio_cookies | Stores user’s consent preferences. |
| Ausha | 13 months | flatretrk | Measures listens on the Ausha player (audio statistics). |
| Ausha | 9 months | intercom-device-id-* | Identifies the device for support via Intercom chat. |
| Ausha | 9 months | intercom-id-* | Identifies a user on Intercom chat. |
More details on the privacy policy: https://www.ausha.co/privacy-policy/
How can I refuse the use of cookies?
You can choose to accept or refuse to have cookies placed on your device (computer, tablet or smartphone, etc.) via the Cookies management panel or your Internet browser’s settings, at any time.
Depending on the type of browser, you have the following options: accept or reject cookies of any origin or from a given source, or elect to have a message displayed requesting agreement each time a cookie is placed. You can also delete previously saved cookies at any time. We invite you to consult your browser’s online help.
Microsoft Edge
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4027947/microsoft-edge-delete-cookies
Google Chrome
https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en
Firefox
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/disable-third-party-cookies
Safari
https://support.apple.com/en-euro/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac
Partial or total refusal of statistical and/or technical cookies will limit the availability of the website’s content and functionalities. By continuing to view Banque de Luxembourg's website without any particular setting of your Internet browser, you authorise Banque de Luxembourg to place cookies of any kind.
For further information on data protection, please visit the Data Protection webpage (Personal data processing carried out by Banque de Luxembourg via the website www.banquedeluxembourg.com)