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’re visiting. Only the 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.
When you visit EUSEW website, you will be prompted to accept or refuse cookies.
The purpose is to enable the site to remember your preferences (such as username, language, etc.) for a certain period of time.
That way, you don’t 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.
How do we use cookies?
EUSEW website uses “first-party cookies” (set and controlled by the Commission) and “third-party cookies” (managed by external organisations).
The 3 types of first-party cookie we use are to:
- store visitor preferences
- make our website operational
- check if a user is logged in
Visitor preferences (functional cookies)
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
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the language preference of a visitor on the website
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Name |
Service |
Purpose |
Cookie type and duration |
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lang |
… |
Records the language preference of a visitor on the website. |
First-party session cookie deleted after you quit your browser |
Operational cookies
There are some 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:
- authentification cookies
- technical cookies required by certain IT systems
Authentification cookies
These are stored when you log in to EUSEW site. When you do this, you can accept the associated privacy policy.
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Name |
Service |
Purpose |
Cookie type and duration |
|
SSESS# |
… |
A SSESS cookie is a Drupal session cookie used when an authorised user logs in. |
First-party session cookie deleted after you quit your browser |
Technical cookies
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Name |
Service |
Purpose |
Cookie type and duration |
|
has_js |
Corporate content management platform, based on Drupal open source software |
Determines whether Javascript is enabled in your browser. This allows our website to function properly. |
First-party session cookie, deleted after you quit your browser |
Third-party cookies (analytics and social media)
Some of our pages display content from external providers, e.g. YouTube, Facebook and Twitter.
To view this third-party content, you first have to accept their specific terms and conditions. This includes their cookie policies, which we have no control over.
Enabling these cookies is not strictly necessary for the website to work but it will provide you with a better browsing experience. You can delete or block these cookies, but if you do that some features of this site may not work as intended.
Third-party providers on EUSEW website
These third-party services are outside of the control of the Commission. 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.
Removing cookies from your device
You can delete all cookies that are already on your device by clearing the browsing history of your browser. This will remove all cookies from all websites you have visited.
Be aware though that you may also lose some saved information (e.g. saved login details, site preferences) and you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit a site and some services and functionalities may not work.
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 your device, 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).
Managing our analytics cookies
You can manage your preferences concerning cookies from Europa Analytics on the dedicated Europa Analytics page.