To make this websites work properly, we sometimes place small data files called cookies on your device.
What are cookies?
A cookie is a small text file that a website stores on your computer or mobile device when you visit the site.
- First party cookies are cookies set by the website you are visiting. Only that website can read them. In addition, a website might potentially use external services, which also set their own cookies, known as third-party cookies.
- Persistent cookies are cookies saved on your computer and that are not deleted automatically when you quit your browser, unlike a session cookie, which is deleted when you quit your browser.
Every time you visit this website, you will be prompted to accept or refuse cookies.
The purpose is to enable the site to remember your preferences (such as user name, language, etc.) for a certain period of time. That way, you do not have to re-enter them when browsing around the site during the same visit.
Cookies can also be used to establish anonymised statistics about the browsing experience on our sites.
Visitor preferences
These are set by us and only we can read them. They remember if you have agreed to (or refused) this site’s cookie policy.
Visitor preferences cookies are:
Name: cookie-agreed
Service: Cookie consent kit
Purpose: Stores your cookie preferences (so you won’t be asked again)
Cookie type and duration: First-party persistent cookie, 3 months
Name: cookie-agreed-version
Service: Cookie consent kit
Purpose: Stores the version of cookie preferences
Cookie type and duration: First-party persistent cookie, 3 months
Analytics cookies
We use these purely for internal research on how we can improve the service we provide for all our users.
The cookies simply assess how you interact with our website – as an anonymous user (they data gathered does not identify you personally).
Also, this data is not shared with any third parties or used for any other purpose. The anonymised statistics could be shared with the Consortium Partners or with the European Commission.
Analytics cookies are:
Name: _pk_id#
Service: Corporate web analytics service, based on Matomo open source software
Purpose: Recognises website visitors (anonymously – no personal information is collected on the user)
Cookie type and duration: First-party persistent cookie, 13 months
Name: _pk_ses#
Service: Corporate web analytics service, based on Matomo open source software
Purpose: Identifies the pages viewed by the same user during the same visit. (anonymously – no personal information is collected on the user)
Cookie type and duration: First-party persistent cookie, 30 minutes