Cookie Policy (EU)
This Cookie Policy was last updated on April 13, 2026, and applies to citizens and legal permanent residents of the European Economic Area and Switzerland.
1. Introduction
Our website, https://samward.eu (hereinafter referred to as “the website”), uses cookies and other related technologies. (For convenience, all such technologies are referred to as “cookies” hereinafter.) Cookies are also placed by third parties we engage. In the document below, we provide information about the use of cookies on our website.
2. What are cookies?
A cookie is a simple small file that is sent along with pages from this website and stored by your browser on the hard drive of your computer or other device. The information stored in it can be sent back to our servers or those of the relevant third parties during a subsequent visit.
3. What are scripts?
A script is a piece of code used to ensure our website functions properly and to make it interactive. This code is executed on our server or on your device.
4. What is a web beacon?
A web beacon (also known as a pixel tag) is a small, invisible piece of text or an image on a website that is used to track website traffic. To do this, web beacons are used to store various pieces of information 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 placing functional cookies, we ensure that you can visit our website more easily. This way, for example, you don’t have to re-enter the same information every time you visit our website, and it allows items in your shopping cart to remain there until you have completed your purchase. We are permitted to place these cookies without your consent.
5.2 Marketing/Tracking Cookies
Marketing/tracking cookies are cookies or any other form of local storage used to create user profiles for the purpose of displaying advertisements or tracking the user on this or other websites for similar marketing purposes.
5.3 Social Media
We have embedded content from LinkedIn, Instagram, X (formerly Twitter), and Facebook on our website to allow users to promote (e.g., “like,” “pin”) or share (e.g., “tweet”) web pages on social networks such as LinkedIn, Instagram, X (formerly Twitter), and Facebook. This content is embedded using code provided by LinkedIn, Instagram, X (formerly Twitter), and Facebook and sets cookies. This content may store and process certain information for personalized advertising.
Please review the privacy policies of these parties (which are subject to change) to understand how they handle the (personal) data they collect through these cookies. The information they collect is anonymized as much as possible. LinkedIn, Instagram, X (formerly Twitter), and Facebook are based in the United States.
6. Cookies Placed
7. Consent
When you visit our website for the first time, we display a pop-up explaining how cookies work. Once you click “Save preferences,” you give us permission to use the categories of cookies and plugins that you selected in the pop-up and that are described in the cookie policy. You can disable cookies through your browser. Please note, however, that our website may no longer function optimally if you do so.
7.1 Manage your cookie consent
8. Enabling, Disabling, and Deleting Cookies
You can delete cookies automatically or manually through your web browser. You can also specify that certain cookies should not be placed. Another option is to configure your web browser to notify you when a cookie is placed. You can find more information about these options in the instructions in your browser’s Help section.
Please note: our website may not function properly if all cookies are disabled. If you do delete the cookies in your browser, they will be re-enabled upon your consent the next time you visit our websites.
9. Your rights regarding personal data
You have the following rights regarding your personal data:
- You have the right to know why your personal data is needed, what happens to it, and how long it will be retained.
- Right of access: You may submit a request to access the personal data we process about you.
- Right to rectification and supplementation: You have the right to supplement, correct, delete, or block your personal data at any time.
- If you give us permission to process your data, you have the right to withdraw that permission and have your personal data deleted.
- Right to data portability: You have the right to request all of your personal data from the data controller and to transfer it in its entirety to another data controller.
- Right to object: You have the right to object to the processing of your data. We will comply with your request unless there are legitimate grounds for processing.
To exercise these rights, please contact us. Please refer to the contact information at the bottom of this Cookie Policy. If you have a complaint about how we handle your data, we would like to hear from you, but you also have the right to file a complaint with the supervisory authority (the Dutch Data Protection Authority).
10. Contact Information
If you have any questions or comments regarding our Cookie Policy and this statement, please contact us using the following contact information:
Ward Health Care BV
Volmolenlaan 20
3000 LEUVEN
Belgium
Website: https://samward.eu
Email: dr.ward.urologie@ex.comgmail.com
This Cookie Policy was updated on May 8, 2026.