The present Terms of Use & Cookie Policy apply to the website www.evs.com, the Digital Toolbox web app the EVS VIA Portal platform, Keycloak, and the XtraMotion Trial Platform and any other EVS’ website or application (hereafter collectively or individually referred to as the Site) is a service provided by EVS Broadcast Equipment SA, with registered office at rue Bois Saint-Jean, 13, 4102 Seraing, Belgium (hereafter referred to as EVS or we of us).

These Terms of Use govern your access and use of the Site.  By accessing or using the Site you agree to be legally bound by this Terms of Use & Cookie Policy.  If you do not agree with these Terms of Use, please do not access or use the Site, or provide us with any information or content.

 

1. PRIVACY STATEMENT

 

At EVS we give utmost importance to your data’s privacy. Please refer to our Privacy Statement which explains how EVS collects, processes, uses, stores and transfers your personal data as well as your rights over any personal data we hold about you in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016.

 

2. COOKIES

 

The present policy aims at informing you about the use of cookies by EVS. This policy can be modified, e.g. as a result of new functionalities on the Site that require the processing of personal data. We thus advise you to check it regularly.

 

What are cookies?

 

We collect certain information when you visit the Site by automated means, using cookies or other similar tools.  This information may include without limitation, the date and hour of your visit, the type of browser you use, your IP address, your geographic location, the pages visited, as well as data related to the files you [down/up]load from/on the Site.  The information we collect via cookies and other similar tools is used in a non-identifiable way without any reference to your personal data.

Cookies are namely small data files which are saved on your computer or device for record-keeping purposes. They allow a website to recognize your device. Cookies can have several purposes: to ensure that the website takes into account the user’s preferences by for example remembering language preferences, passwords and log-in details, to collect statistical data, to adapt the content, etc.

 

Which different types of cookies do we use?

 

We use both first- and third-party cookies and session and persistent cookies:

 

  • First-party cookies are those set directly by EVS on our Site.
  • Third-party cookies are set by another domain than the Site being visited (e.g. Google Analytics cookies, LinkedIn cookies, etc.).
  • Session cookies are erased when a user closes its browser. They simplify and link a user’s actions during the browsing session. Session cookies start when you open the browser and finish when you close it; they are thus temporary.
  • Persistent cookies remain on a user’s device for a certain period (e.g. 1 day, 1 month, 2 years…). They remain present on your device for the lifetime of the cookie. They are activated every time you visit our website.

EVS uses the following cookies on his Site:

  • Strictly Necessary Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not then work. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.
  • Functional Cookies are essential to allow you to visit the Site, use all of its functions and guarantee a safe environment. Such cookies allow us to remember your choices, preferences and favorite setting in order to improve your general browsing experience. These cookies cannot track your browsing activity on other websites and they do not gather any information about you that could be used for advertising or remembering where you’ve been on the Internet outside our Site.
  • Performance  Cookies These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site, and will not be able to monitor its performance.
  • Advertising and Targeting cookies are specifically designed to gather information from you on your device to display advertisements to you based on relevant topics that interest you. Advertisers will place these cookies on a website with the website operator’s permission. The information the cookies gather on you can be shared with other advertisers to measure the performance of their advertisements. Additionally, another purpose of targeting and advertising cookies is to build user profiles from visitors to the website to gather statistics on the performance of the advertisements that can carry across many websites. These cookies are almost always third party, persistent cookies. This means that the cookies can follow the user as they visit other websites. Sometimes, the site with the advertising cookies do not display the advertisements but it can target users with advertisements elsewhere even after they’ve left the site.   

 

Which cookies are present on our website www.evs.com?

 

1. Functional cookies

 

Cookie name Description Expiration time

acceptpolicy

This cookie contains your preferences. If you accept our cookies, it is set on “true” and all other analytics cookies are activated. If you decline our cookies, it is set on “false” and no other analytics cookies are activated.

6 months

has_js

This cookie only checks if javascript is activated on your browser.

At the end of the session (when the browser is shut down)

SESSxxxx…xxx

Allow Drupal to identify your sessions

24 days

__cf_bm (Vimeo.com) The __cf_bm cookie is a cookie necessary to support Cloudflare Bot Management, currently in private beta. As part of our bot management service, this cookie helps manage incoming traffic that matches criteria associated with bots.
This is a CloudFoundry cookie
At the end of the session (when the browser is shut down)
user_region Used to save the user region (for personalization purposes). Persistent

 

2. Analytical and tracking cookies

 

Google Analytics is used in order to collect information about the number of visitors browsing the site, their sessions and how the pages they visit. Google Analytics processes the data and renders it in reports. At EVS, we use these reports in order to understand the popularity of our content and to optimize the user experience on our site.

 

Cookie name

Description

Expiration time

_ga

This cookie is used by Google Analytics in order to distinguish users.

24 months

_gat_UA-XXXXXX89-1

Google Analytics cookie used to throttle request rate.

1 minute

_gid

This cookie is used by Google Analytics in order to distinguish users.

1 day

msd365mkttrs Behavior tracking cookie from Microsoft Dynamics 365 (used for embedded webforms). Set by the form loader or website tracking script. At the end of the session (when the browser is shut down)
_gat_gtag_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Google Analytics cookie. Used to persist session state. 2 years
_ga_xxxxxxx Google Analytics cookie. Used to distinguish users 2 years

 

3. Advertising and Targeting cookies

 

EVS.com pages contain the LinkedIn Insights Tag, enabling the collection of data regarding members’ visits to evs.com, including the URL, referrer, IP address, device and browser characteristics (User Agent), and timestamp.

LinkedIn does not share the personal data with EVS, it only provides reports and alerts (which do not identify you) about the website audience and ad performance. LinkedIn also provides retargeting for website visitors, enabling EVS to show personalized ads off its website by using this data, but without identifying the member. LinkedIn also uses data that does not identify you to improve ad relevance and reach members across devices. LinkedIn members can control the use of their personal data for advertising purposes through their account settings.

 

Cookie name

Description

Expiration time

 

LinkedIn Insights Tag.

Pseudonymization after 7 days

Deletion after 180 days

 

Which cookies are present on our Digital Toolbox web app?

 

Analytical and tracking cookies

 

Google Analytics is used in order to collect information about the number of visitors browsing the site, their sessions and how the pages they visit. Google Analytics processes the data and renders it in reports. At EVS, we use these reports in order to understand the popularity of our content and to optimize the user experience on our site.

 

Cookie name

Description

Expiration time

_ga

This cookie is used by Google Analytics in order to distinguish users.

24 months

_gat_UA-XXXXXX89-1

Google Analytics cookie used to throttle request rate.

1 minute

_gid

This cookie is used by Google Analytics in order to distinguish users.

1 day

 

 

Which cookies are present on our EVS VIA Portal platform? 

 

Functional cookies only

 

Power Apps portals also use cookies to store information for various purposes. The following table describes the cookies that Power Apps portals uses, and their lifetime.

Cookie name

Description

Expiration time

.AspNet.ApplicationCookie

Used to identify user sessions. A user session starts when a user browses portal for the first time. And ends when the session is closed. Authentication site settings can be used to change session expiry time span.

At the end of the session (when the browser is shut down)

.AspNet.ApplicationCookie

Used to identify user sessions. A user session starts when a user browses portal for the first time. And ends when the session is closed. Authentication site settings can be used to change session expiry time span.

At the end of the session (when the browser is shut down)

adxPreviewUnpublishedEntities

Stores preview ON/OFF mode used in classic CMS system for portal administrators.

At the end of the session (when the browser is shut down)

adx-notification

Used in basic form actions to store alert message to be shown on redirection.

At the end of the session (when the browser is shut down)

ARRAffinity Added automatically by Azure websites and ensures that requests are load balanced between different sites. Doesn't store any of user information. At the end of the session (when the browser is shut down)
ASP.NET_SessionId Used to maintain the session of a logged in user to avoid repeated sign-in. At the end of the session (when the browser is shut down)
ContextLanguageCode Stores the default language of the user accessing portal within a session and across webpages. The cookie is deleted after session closes. At the end of the session (when the browser is shut down)
Dynamics365PortalAnalytics Critical service cookie to analyze service usage anonymously and aggregated for statistical purpose. Considered as a functional cookie because required for the proper functioning of the platform. Moreover, EVS has no possibility to deactivate it – it is inherent to the platform provided by Microsoft. EVS has no access to data, no control of this cookie nor on the content generated by it. 90 days
isDSTObserved Stores a value to indicate if the current moment is in daylight saving time. At the end of the session (when the browser is shut down)
isDSTSupport Indicates whether a specified date and time falls in the range of daylight saving time. At the end of the session (when the browser is shut down)
timeZoneCode Stores the timezonecode field value of CRM timezonedefinition table for the current timezone. At the end of the session (when the browser is shut down)
timezoneoffset Stores the timezone difference between UTC and Local browser time. At the end of the session (when the browser is shut down)

 

Which cookies are present on Keycloak (application used to connect to some EVS platforms)?

 

Functional cookies only

 

Cookie name

Description

Expiration time

KEYCLOAK_IDENTITY

This cookie contains a token (JWT) with the user ids. You can view its content using jwt.io (for example)

At the end of the session (when the browser is shut down)

KEYCLOAK_SESSION

your session id associated to the concerned realm

At the end of the session (when the browser is shut down)

Oauth_token_request_state

This cookie is part of the Oauth spec in order to avoid hacking of the redirect link after login

At the end of the session (when the browser is shut down)

 

Which cookies are present on our XtraMotion Trial platform?

 

Analytical and tracking cookies

 

Google Analytics is used in order to collect information about the number of visitors browsing the site, their sessions and how the pages they visit. Google Analytics processes the data and renders it in reports. At EVS, we use these reports in order to understand the popularity of our content and to optimize the user experience on our site.

 

Cookie name

Description

Expiration time

_ga

This cookie is used by Google Analytics in order to distinguish users.

24 months

_gat_UA-XXXXXX89-1

Google Analytics cookie used to throttle request rate.

1 minute

_gid

This cookie is used by Google Analytics in order to distinguish users.

1 day

 

 

How can you manage cookies?

 

EVS is only allowed to save cookies on your device without your consent if the visit to our Site is impossible without using the cookie or if the cookie is necessary for the service provided by the Site (functional cookies). Indeed, since these functional cookies are required for the operation of our website, the processing of these cookies is based on EVS’ legitimate interest.

The other cookies (analytical and tracking cookies) will not be used unless we obtain your consent. Your consent will be asked when you first visit our website and we will ask you to renew it regularly. If you want to withdraw your consent to the use of such cookies, block cookies, remove existing cookies or change your cookies settings, you can do so via your browser settings. These settings can be found in the “options” or “preferences” menu of your internet browser. More information can be found through the following links:

 

3. LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES

 

The Site may contain links to other websites for your convenience and information. These other websites may be operated by companies not affiliated with EVS. We do not assume any responsibility with regard to the content and/or your use of these third party websites which are subject to their own terms of use.

 

4. DISCLAIMER

 

All content of the Site is provided “AS IS”.  We disclaim any representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied.  We cannot guarantee that all functions of the Site will be available at any time without errors or interruptions.  The content of the Site is protected by intellectual and/or industrial property rights. The use of the Site does not grant you any rights on any of its content. The content of the Site may only be used to benefit from the services offered and for your personal use.

We do not assume any responsibility for any damage, including direct and indirect damages such as loss of goodwill or business, loss of revenue or profits or any other claim, demand, proceeding, cost and expense arising from or related to the use or the interpretation of the Site and/or the information it contains. The information contained in the Site may be corrected and updated from time to time at our discretion. We are not responsible for any consequences that would arise in the absence of such correction or updating.

 

5. GOVERNING LAW

 

These Terms of Use shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Belgium. 

The court of Liège (Belgium) shall have the exclusive jurisdiction over any lawsuit, action or proceeding arising out of this Terms of Use & Cookie Policy.

 

6. TERMS OF USE UPDATES

 

EVS may change these Terms of Use from time to time as we improve our current offerings, and as technologies and laws change. You can determine when these Terms of Use were last revised by referring to the "update " legend at the bottom of this page. Any changes will become effective upon our posting of the revised Terms of Use & Cookie Policy on the Site.

 

7. CONTACT US

 

If you have any question related to these Terms of Use, please do not hesitate to contact us by sending an e-mail to legal@evs.com or by sending a letter to EVS Broadcast Equipment SA - to the attention of the Legal Department - rue Bois Saint-Jean 13, 4102 Seraing, Belgium. We are happy to assist you and answer any questions you might have. 

 

These Terms of use & Cookie policy were most recently updated in December 2023.