Cookies Policy
v1.0 - Date: 19.04.2021
What are cookies?
A cookie is a small text file that a website stores on your browser when you visit this website.
- First party cookies are cookies set by the website you’re visiting. These are cookies set and controlled by this website, not by any external organisation. Only that website can read them. These cookies can either be:
- persistent cookies saved on your computer and not deleted automatically when you quit your browser
- session cookies which are deleted when you quit your browser
- Third-party cookies are cookies set by external services. A website might potentially use external services, which set their own cookies. For instance such external services can be used to establish anonymised statistics about the browsing experience on this website.
How do we use cookies?
This website mostly use “first-party cookies” to:
- store visitor preferences
- make our websites operational
Visitor preferences
| Name | Purpose | Cookie type and duration |
|---|---|---|
cookies-consent |
Stores your cookie preferences (so you won’t be asked again) | First-party persistent cookie stored on your computer for 30 days |
cookies-consent-accept |
Stores your preferences for 3rd-party cookies (so you won't be asked again) | First-party persistent cookie stored on your computer for 30 days |
Operational cookies
There are cookies that we have to include in order for certain web pages to function. For this reason, they do not require your consent. In particular:
- authentication cookies
- technical cookies required by certain IT systems
Authentication cookies
These are stored when you log in to this website, using our ORCID SSO. When you do this, you accept the associated Privacy Policy.
| Name | Purpose | Cookie type and duration |
|---|---|---|
sessionid |
Identifies your session | First-party session cookie, deleted after you quit your browser |
Technical cookies
| Name | Purpose | Cookie type and duration |
|---|---|---|
csrftoken |
Used to avoid Cross-site attacks | First-party session cookie, deleted after you quit your browser |
Third-party cookies
When you visit this website for the first time, you will be prompted to accept or refuse third-party cookies. Then your consent for using cookies will be asked again on a regular basis.
This website uses Google Analytics services to conduct audience measurements. You first have to accept Google Analytics specific terms and conditions.
Google Analytics Cookie Usage documentation indicates that the following cookies are set on your browser:
| Name | Purpose | Cookie type and duration |
|---|---|---|
_ga |
Used to distinguish users | Third party cookie, stored on your browser 1 year |
_ga_{container-id} |
Used to persist session state | Third party cookie, stored on your browser 1 year |
Google Analytics is a third-party service outside of the control of this website. Providers may, at any time, change their terms of service, purpose and use of cookies, etc...
How can you manage cookies?
You can manage/delete cookies as you wish - for details, see aboutcookies.org.
Managing site-specific cookies
For more detailed control over site-specific cookies, check the privacy and cookie settings in your preferred browser.
Blocking cookies
You can set most modern browsers to prevent any cookies being placed on it, but you may then have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit a site/page. And some services and functionalities may not work properly at all (e.g. profile logging-in).
Deleting cookies
You can erase all cookies stored by this website on your browser by clicking the button below.