Cookie Policy
Effective Date: January 1, 2026. This policy provides a comprehensive, transparent explanation of the cookies, local storage items, and digital tracking technologies used by Sortscoutroms Atelier BV under European ePrivacy and GDPR standards.
1. What Are Cookies and Local Storage Technologies?
A cookie is a small alphanumeric text file placed on your computer, tablet, or mobile smartphone when you visit a website. Cookies allow web applications to recognize your browser, record navigation preferences, maintain security tokens, and analyze aggregate visitor traffic patterns.
Alongside traditional HTTP cookies, modern web platforms utilize localStorage within web browsers. We use HTML5 Local Storage to record your cookie consent choice reliably so that our consent dialog does not repeatedly intrude upon your architectural reading experience across different pages or subsequent visits.
2. Classification of Cookies Employed on This Site
In strict accordance with Directive 2002/58/EC (as amended by Directive 2009/136/EC) and Article 5(3) of the ePrivacy Directive, we categorize our cookies into three specific tiers:
- Strictly Necessary / Essential Cookies: These cookies and local storage tokens are technically essential to enable core site functionality, including security token verification, load balancing, navigation state, and remembering your privacy choices. Under EU law, strictly necessary cookies do not require prior consent.
- Analytics and Performance Cookies: These cookies collect aggregated, anonymous data regarding how visitors move through our monographs, which design typologies are read most frequently, and whether visitors encounter broken links. This telemetry helps us refine content and optimize server latency.
- Functional and Atelier Preference Cookies: These cookies remember your display settings, such as high-contrast preferences or preferred measurement units in architectural specification charts.
3. Detailed Cookie Inventory Table
The following schedule enumerates every cookie and persistent browser storage key utilized across the Sortscoutroms digital platform:
| Identifier | Category | Provider | Specific Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
sortscout_cookie_consent |
Strictly Necessary | sortscoutroms.sbs | Records your consent choice ("accept", "reject", or "preferences") in localStorage | 12 Months |
__Host-atelier_sec_tkn |
Strictly Necessary | sortscoutroms.sbs | Protects our consultation form against Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attacks | Session Only |
_pk_id.* |
Analytics (Optional) | sortscoutroms.sbs (First-party) | Privacy-friendly anonymized visitor session identifier with truncated IP addresses | 13 Months |
_pk_ses.* |
Analytics (Optional) | sortscoutroms.sbs (First-party) | Temporary session telemetry recording page sequence within current visit | 30 Minutes |
sortscout_metric_units |
Functional (Optional) | sortscoutroms.sbs | Stores preference for metric or imperial dimensional annotations in data tables | 6 Months |
4. Browser Opt-Out and Cookie Management Instructions
You retain full sovereign control over your browser cookies at all times. In addition to our interactive banner controls, every modern desktop and mobile web browser allows you to review, block, or delete cookies through its native privacy settings:
- Google Chrome: Navigate to Settings > Privacy and Security > Third-party cookies. You can block all cookies, block third-party cookies, or clear stored site data.
- Mozilla Firefox: Navigate to Settings > Privacy & Security > Enhanced Tracking Protection. Select "Strict" mode or create custom rules for specific domains.
- Apple Safari (macOS & iOS): Go to Settings / Preferences > Privacy > Prevent Cross-Site Tracking and click Manage Website Data to remove stored identifiers.
- Microsoft Edge: Open Settings > Cookies and site permissions > Manage and delete cookies and site data.
Please note that if you completely disable strictly necessary cookies through browser-level blanket blocking, certain dynamic features of our consultation forms and consent mechanisms may cease to function as intended.
5. Do Not Track (DNT) and Global Privacy Control (GPC)
Sortscoutroms recognizes and respects the Global Privacy Control (GPC) and standard Do Not Track (DNT) browser signals. When our web servers detect an active GPC or DNT header broadcast by your browser, optional analytical and tracking cookies are automatically suppressed, treating the signal as a formal opt-out request under applicable privacy regulations.
6. Re-evaluating Your Cookie Consent
You may alter or revoke your cookie choices at any point during your visit. Clicking the "Reset Preferences" button below will clear your stored choice from localStorage and re-display the bottom consent banner immediately.
For further information on our data governance practices, please read our accompanying Privacy Policy or email us at [email protected].