COOKIE STATEMENT
LAWTREE LAWYERS BV
Last modified on August 24, 2026.
LAWTREE Advocaten uses “cookies” whenever you use the Website.
In this cookie statement, we would like to inform you about what types of cookies we use, the information they collect, how that information is used and how cookie preferences can be managed.
We emphasize that certain functionalities of the Website will not be available when you do not accept the cookies involved.
Our use of cookies is subject to this cookie statement. Given that cookies may contain personal data, their processing is also governed by our privacy statement, which can be found at https://lawtree.be/privacyverklaring. Please see our privacy statement for more information on how we use, store and secure your personal data or the rights you can invoke in this regard.
You can change or withdraw your consent to the use of cookies on our Website at any time.
For questions and/or comments, please contact info@lawtree.be.
Clause 1 – Definitions.
“LAWTREE Advocaten” means LAWTREE Advocaten BV, with registered office at 2018 Antwerp, Van Schoonbekestraat 6-8 (Belgium) and registered with the Crossroads Bank of Enterprises under number 0651.621.452.
“Website” means the website of LAWTREE Advocaten: www.lawtree.be.
Clause 2 – About cookies
Cookies are ‘mini-files’ that can be placed via the Website’s server on a user’s internet-connected device, such as a computer, phone or tablet. Cookies are stored on the device’s hard drive when you visit the Website. Cookies may be used to collect or store information about how a user behaves on a website and/or on their device. The ‘reading’ of these cookies allows the Website that placed them to retrieve the information stored in them. The Website’s server can only read the cookies it has placed itself and does not have access to other files stored on your device. In short, cookies help us recognise your device when you use the Website.
This helps LAWTREE Advocaten make the Website more user-friendly and provide you with a personalised service.
Cookies also include so-called ‘scripts’. A script is a piece of programming code used to ensure that the Website functions properly and interactively.
Finally, cookies also include ‘web beacons’, ‘pixel tags’ or ‘social media cookies’. These cookies are used for the integration of social media websites into the Website.
Clause 3 – Types of cookies
There are different type of cookies:
Origin
First party cookies are cookies that are placed directly on the Website by us.
Third party cookies are cookies placed on the Website by third parties. This means that elements originating from other websites are incorporated in the Website.
Lifetime
Persistent cookies remain on your device for the lifetime of the cookie. They are activated each time you visit the Website.
Session cookies simplify and link the user’s actions during the browser session. Each time you open the browser, these cookies are placed temporarily. Session cookies are deleted as soon as the browser is closed.
Function/purpose
Necessary cookies are cookies which ensure that all components of the Website function optimally, without which you will not be able to use the Website as intended. These cookies can be installed without your consent.
For example, these cookies allow you to navigate between different parts of the Website or to block access to secure areas of our Website. These cookies do not allow us to identify you as an individual.
Functional cookies are cookies that enable the Website to offer additional functionalities and personal settings.
If you do not accept these cookies, certain parts of the Website may not function or may not function optimally.
Analytical cookies are cookies that display the way you use the Website. Based on this collected information a statistical analysis is made in order to make the structure, navigation and content of the Website user-friendly and to improve it. Your explicit consent is required for installing these cookies.
Marketing cookies are used to personalize online marketing offers. Based on a profile, drawn up on the basis of your surfing behavior on the Website, both we and third parties gain insight into campaign performance.
If social media websites install social media and/or external media cookies through the Website to collect (your) data, we have no influence on the use of and the way in which the social media websites handle this data. More information in this respect can be found in the privacy statements of the social media website and/or external website, which are each indicated in the list of active cookies in Clause 5 hereunder. Please note that these privacy statements may be modified at any time by the social media websites involved.
Clause 4 – Legal grounds
The processing of necessary cookies is based on our legitimate interest as necessary cookies are required for the proper functioning and security of the Website.
The processing of functional cookies is also based on our legitimate interest, given that these cookies are necessary to provide certain preferences or explicitly requested functionalities.
All other cookies will only be placed if we have obtained your explicit consent.
Clause 5 – What cookies are used on the Website?
Below you will find a detailed list and description of the cookies used by LAWTREE Advocaten on the Website:
