This Cookie Policy explains how OpenCenter Fellowship uses cookies and similar technologies on its website.
It should be read together with our Privacy Policy, which explains how we collect, use, and protect personal information.
Contents
Part I — Cookies and Website Operation
Part II — Visitor Choices
Part III — Governance Framework
Introduction
This Cookie Policy explains how OpenCenter Fellowship uses cookies and similar technologies on its website.
It should be read together with our Privacy Policy, which explains how we collect, use, and protect personal information.
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer, tablet, or mobile device when you visit a website.
Cookies help websites function properly, remember preferences, improve security, and, where applicable, provide information about how visitors use the website.
2. How We Use Cookies
OpenCenter Fellowship may use cookies for the following purposes:
- to ensure the website functions correctly;
- to maintain website security;
- to remember user preferences where applicable;
- to improve website performance and usability;
- to understand how visitors use our website through website analytics, where enabled.
We do not use cookies to sell personal information or to create advertising profiles of our visitors.
3. Types of Cookies
Essential Cookies
Essential cookies are necessary for the operation and security of the website. These cookies cannot normally be disabled without affecting the functionality of the website.
Examples may include cookies used to:
- maintain secure sessions;
- remember cookie consent preferences;
- protect against malicious activity;
- enable basic website functionality.
Functional Cookies
Functional cookies help remember preferences such as language or other website settings to improve your browsing experience.
These cookies are used only where appropriate.
Analytics Cookies
Where website analytics are enabled, analytics cookies may be used to help us understand how visitors interact with the website.
This information is used only to improve the quality, usability, and effectiveness of our website and ministry.
Where required by applicable law, analytics cookies will only be used after the visitor has provided the necessary consent.
4. Third-Party Cookies
Some pages of our website may include content or services provided by third parties, such as embedded videos, maps, or other external content.
These services may set their own cookies. OpenCenter Fellowship does not control these cookies or the privacy practices of third-party providers.
Visitors are encouraged to review the privacy and cookie policies of those third-party services.
5. Managing Cookies
Most web browsers allow visitors to:
- view stored cookies;
- delete existing cookies;
- block certain or all cookies;
- receive notifications before cookies are stored.
Instructions for managing cookies can usually be found within your browser’s settings or help documentation.
Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality or performance of parts of this website.
6. Consent
Where required by applicable data protection or electronic communications legislation, OpenCenter Fellowship will obtain appropriate consent before placing non-essential cookies on a visitor’s device.
Essential cookies that are necessary for the operation or security of the website may be used without additional consent where permitted by law.
7. Changes to this Cookie Policy
OpenCenter Fellowship may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in applicable legislation, website functionality, technology, or recognised good practice.
The most recent version will always be published on this website.
8. Contact
If you have any questions regarding this Cookie Policy or our use of cookies, please contact OpenCenter Fellowship using the contact details provided on our website.
9. Related Documents
This page forms part of the governance and legal framework of OpenCenter Fellowship and should be read alongside the following documents:
Public Governance Documents
- Our Beliefs
- Leadership & Governance
- Governance
- Code of Conduct
- Safeguarding Policy
- Complaints & Reporting Procedure
- Statutes of OpenCenter Fellowship
Internal Governance Documents
- Constitution of OpenCenter Fellowship
- Financial Management & Internal Controls Policy
Legal & Website Documents
Together, these documents establish the governance and legal framework of OpenCenter Fellowship and support our commitment to ethical leadership, responsible stewardship, safeguarding, accountability, transparency, and respect for the dignity of every person.
Document Information
Document: Cookie Policy
Approved by: Leadership team
Version: 1.0
Effective date: 6 July 2026
Last reviewed: 12 July 2026
Next scheduled review: July 2027
© 2026 OpenCenter Fellowship. All rights reserved.
This document forms part of the legal documentation of OpenCenter Fellowship and should be read together with the other applicable legal and governance documents of the fellowship.
The official Dutch version of this document is legally authoritative. This English version is provided for the convenience of international readers. In the event of any difference in interpretation, the official Dutch version shall prevail.
This document may be copied or shared for personal, educational, or other non-commercial purposes, provided it remains complete and unaltered, and OpenCenter Fellowship is acknowledged as the source. Any commercial reproduction, modification, or distribution requires the prior written permission of OpenCenter Fellowship.