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id="whatarecookies">What are cookies?</h2><p>A cookie is a small text file that a website stores on your computer or mobile device when you visit the site.</p><ul><li><strong>First party cookies</strong> are cookies set by the website you’re visiting. Only that website can read them. In addition, a website might potentially use external services, which also set their own cookies, known as <strong>third-party cookies.</strong></li><li>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.</li></ul><p>Every time you visit the Commission’s websites, you will be prompted to <strong>accept or refuse cookies.</strong></p><p>The purpose is to enable the site to remember your preferences (such as user name, language, etc.) for a certain period of time.</p><p>That way, you don’t have to re-enter them when browsing around the site during the same visit.</p><p>Cookies can also be used to establish anonymised statistics about the browsing experience on our sites.</p></div> </div> <div class="ecl-u-mb-2xl"> <a id="paragraph_31042"></a> <div class="ecl"><h2 id="howdoweusecookies">How do we use cookies?</h2><p>European Commission websites mostly use “first-party cookies”. These are cookies set and controlled by the Commission, not by any external organisation.</p><p>However, to view some of our pages, you will have to accept cookies from external organisations.</p><p>The <strong>3 types of first-party cookie</strong> we use are to:</p><ul><li>store visitor preferences</li><li>make our websites operational</li><li>gather analytics data (about user behaviour)</li></ul><p><strong>Visitor preferences</strong></p><p>These are set by us and only we can read them. They remember:</p><ul><li>if you have agreed to (or refused) this site’s cookie policy</li><li>if you have already replied to our survey pop-up (about how helpful the site content was) – so you won't be asked again</li></ul></div> </div> <div class="ecl-u-mb-2xl"> <a id="paragraph_31043"></a> <div class="ecl"><div class="ecl-table-responsive"><table class="ecl-table"><thead class="ecl-table__head"><tr class="ecl-table__row"><th class="ecl-table__header">Name</th><th class="ecl-table__header">Service</th><th class="ecl-table__header">Purpose</th><th class="ecl-table__header">Cookie type and duration</th></tr></thead><tbody class="ecl-table__body"><tr class="ecl-table__row"><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">eu_cookie_consent</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">Cookie consent kit</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">Stores your cookie preferences (so you won’t be asked again)</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">First-party session cookie deleted after you quit your browser</td></tr><tr class="ecl-table__row"><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">Ecsi, Eurostat-SearchFeedback</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">Website survey tools</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">Stores information on whether you have already replied to a survey pop-up – so you won't be asked again.</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">First-party persistent cookie, 1 month</td></tr><tr class="ecl-table__row"><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">eurostat-dashboards-survey</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">Eurostat survey tools</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">Stores information on whether you have already replied or declined to a survey for one of our dashboards.</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">First-party persistent cookie, expiration varies between 1-2 weeks</td></tr><tr class="ecl-table__row"><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">cck3</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">Cookie consent kit</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">Stores your preferences for 3rd-party cookies (so you won't be asked again)</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">First-party session cookie deleted after you quit your browser</td></tr><tr class="ecl-table__row"><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">cck1</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">Cookie consent kit</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">Stores your cookie preferences (so you won’t be asked again)</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">First-party persistent cookie, 6 months</td></tr><tr class="ecl-table__row"><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">clima_survey</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">Climate Action</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">Stores information on whether you have already replied to a survey pop-up – so you won't be asked again</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">First-party persistent cookie, deleted after 1 day after you close the survey popup<br>Deleted after 1 year if you respond or ask to not answer the survey</td></tr><tr class="ecl-table__row"><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">econt_font_size</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">DEVCO companion</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">Stores the font size in which you want to read the content on the web page, following selection from the font-size menu</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">First-party session cookie, deleted after you quit your browser</td></tr><tr class="ecl-table__row"><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">econt_resizable_width</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">DEVCO companion</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">Remembers the width of the sidebar</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">First-party session cookie, deleted after you quit your browser</td></tr><tr class="ecl-table__row"><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">econt_font_size</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">PRAG Practical guide</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">Stores the font size in which you want to read the content on the web page, following selection from the font-size menu</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">First-party session cookie, deleted after you quit your browser</td></tr><tr class="ecl-table__row"><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">econt_resizable_width</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">PRAG Practical guide</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">Remembers the width of the sidebar</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">First-party session cookie, deleted after you quit your browser</td></tr><tr class="ecl-table__row"><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">escoLanguage</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">ESCO Portal</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">Stores your language preferences</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">First-party cookie deleted after one week</td></tr><tr class="ecl-table__row"><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">cookie-agreed</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">Speech Repository</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">Stores your cookie preferences (so you won’t be asked again)</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">First-party persistent cookie, 100 days</td></tr><tr class="ecl-table__row"><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">confluence.sidebar.width</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service"><p>Extranet Wikis</p><p>Public Wikis</p></td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">Remembers the width of the sidebar</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">localStorage, persistent data</td></tr><tr class="ecl-table__row"><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">dashboard.route.last</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service"><p>Extranet Wikis</p><p>Public Wikis</p></td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">Remembers preference for information displayed on the user's dashboard</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">localStorage, persistent data</td></tr><tr class="ecl-table__row"><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">tracesLanguage</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">TRACES NT application</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">Stores your language preferences</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">First-party persistent cookie, 30 days</td></tr><tr class="ecl-table__row"><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">announcementTooltipIds</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">TRACES NT application</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">Stores information on whether you have already read and dismissed pop-ups – so you won't be asked again.</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">First-party persistent cookie, 365 days</td></tr><tr class="ecl-table__row"><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">debug-mode</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">TRACES NT application</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">For technical problem investigations</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">First-party persistent cookie, 365 days</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> </div> <div class="ecl-u-mb-2xl"> <a id="paragraph_31044"></a> <div class="ecl"><p><strong>Operational cookies</strong></p> <p>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:</p> <ul> <li><strong>authentication cookies</strong></li> <li><strong>technical cookies</strong> required by certain IT systems</li> </ul> <p><strong>Authentication cookies</strong></p> <p>These are stored when you log in to a Commission site, using our <a href="https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/cas/about.html" class="ecl-link">authentication service (EU Login)</a>. When you do this, you accept the associated <a href="https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/cas/privacyStatement.html" class="ecl-link">privacy policy</a>.</p></div> </div> <div class="ecl-u-mb-2xl"> <a id="paragraph_31045"></a> <div class="ecl"><div class="ecl-table-responsive"><table class="ecl-table"> <thead class="ecl-table__head"> <tr class="ecl-table__row"> <th class="ecl-table__header">Name</th> <th class="ecl-table__header">Service</th> <th class="ecl-table__header">Purpose</th> <th class="ecl-table__header">Cookie type and duration</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody class="ecl-table__body"> <tr class="ecl-table__row"> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">MyECASDomain</td> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">Identity Management Service</td> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">Remembers your domain</td> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">First-party session cookie, deleted after you quit your browser</td> </tr> <tr class="ecl-table__row"> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">__Secure_CASTGC</td> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">Identity Management Service</td> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">Identifies your session</td> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">First-party session cookie, deleted after you quit your browser</td> </tr> <tr class="ecl-table__row"> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">__Secure_ECAS_SESSIONID</td> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">Identity Management Service</td> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">Identifies the current Central Authentication Service session</td> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">First-party session cookie, deleted after you quit your browser</td> </tr> <tr class="ecl-table__row"> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">ECAS_PREFS</td> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">Identity Management Service</td> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose"> <p>Remembers your settings and preferences:</p> <p>user id, user name, acknowledged cookie policy, high contrast mode, privacy mode, view account details after login, last strength selected</p> </td> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">First-party session cookie, deleted after you quit your browser</td> </tr> <tr class="ecl-table__row"> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">CASPRIVACY</td> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service"> <p>EURES The European Job Mobility Portal</p> </td> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">EURES Authentication info</td> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">First-party session cookie, deleted after you quit your browser</td> </tr> <tr class="ecl-table__row"> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">CASTGC</td> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service"> <p>EURES The European Job Mobility Portal</p> </td> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">EURES Authentication info</td> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">First-party session cookie, deleted after you quit your browser</td> </tr> <tr class="ecl-table__row"> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">EURES_CAS_LOGGED_IN</td> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service"> <p>EURES The European Job Mobility Portal</p> </td> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">EURES Authentication info</td> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">First-party session cookie, deleted after you quit your browser</td> </tr> <tr class="ecl-table__row"> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">AUTH</td> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">Food systems platform</td> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">Used to switch and authenticate between applications of Foods Systems</td> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">First-party session cookie, deleted after you quit your browser</td> </tr> <tr class="ecl-table__row"> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">SECTOR</td> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">Food systems platform</td> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">Used to switch and authenticate between applications of Foods Systems.</td> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">First-party session cookie, deleted after you quit your browser</td> </tr> <tr class="ecl-table__row"> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">CFCASCOUNTPPPADMIN</td> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">PPP platform</td> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">Cookie to limit the number of failed login attempts</td> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">First-party session cookie, deleted after you quit your browser</td> </tr> <tr class="ecl-table__row"> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">ecasST</td> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">Food Systems Common Authorization Procedure</td> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">Maintain a secure session for you, during your visit</td> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">First-party session cookie, deleted after you quit your browser</td> </tr> <tr class="ecl-table__row"> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">ecasUser</td> <td 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data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">Maintain a secure session for you, during your visit</td> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">First-party session cookie, deleted after you quit your browser</td> </tr> <tr class="ecl-table__row"> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">UserProfileRasff</td> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">WebLogic platform</td> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">Stores the user profile</td> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">First-party session cookie, deleted after you quit your browser</td> </tr> <tr class="ecl-table__row"> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">_WL_AUTHCOOKIE_SAAASIISession</td> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">WebLogic platform</td> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">Maintain a secure session for you, during your visit</td> <td 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duration">First-party persistent cookie, 2 hours</td> </tr> <tr class="ecl-table__row"> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">GIS_s-regio-gis3-p.net1.cec.eu.intP_SESSIONID</td> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">Regional Policy</td> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">authentication in order to use a service</td> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">session id / Duration of browsing session</td> </tr> <tr class="ecl-table__row"> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">GIS_s-regio-gis4-p.net1.cec.eu.intP_SESSIONID</td> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">Regional Policy</td> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">authentication in order to use a service</td> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">session id / Duration of browsing session</td> </tr> <tr class="ecl-table__row"> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">GIS_s-regio-gis3-a.net1.cec.eu.intP_SESSIONID</td> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">Regional Policy</td> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">authentication in order to use a service</td> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">session id / Duration of browsing session</td> </tr> <tr class="ecl-table__row"> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">_socrata_session_id</td> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">Regional Policy, Open Data Portal for the European Structural Investment Funds</td> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">Maintain a secure session for you, during your visit</td> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">Unique random value is stored at the start of the session for the purposes of recognizing subsequent visits by the same person for the duration of the logged in session. / Session can be either 6 hours (the default value) or 15 minutes (configurable per-domain).</td> </tr> <tr class="ecl-table__row"> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">_core_session_id</td> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">Open Data Portal for the European Structural Investment Funds</td> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">Maintain a secure session for you, during your visit</td> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">Unique random value is stored at the start of the session for the purposes of recognizing subsequent visits by the same person for the duration of the logged in session. / Session can be either 6 hours (the default value) or 15 minutes (configurable per-domain).</td> </tr> <tr class="ecl-table__row"> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">_storyteller_session</td> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">Open Data Portal for the European Structural Investment Funds</td> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">Maintain a secure session for you, during your visit</td> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">Unique random value is stored at the start of the session for the purposes of recognizing subsequent visits by the same person for the duration of the logged in session. / Session can be either 6 hours (the default value) or 15 minutes (configurable per-domain).</td> </tr> <tr class="ecl-table__row"> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">logged_in</td> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">Open Data Portal for the European Structural Investment Funds</td> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">Contains an indicator whether the user in the current session has logged in.</td> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">true/false value / Session can be either 6 hours (the default value) or 15 minutes (configurable per-domain).</td> </tr> <tr class="ecl-table__row"> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">connect.sid</td> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">SANTE Data Collection Platform</td> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">Maintain a secure session for you, during your visit</td> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">First-party session cookie, deleted after you quit your browser</td> </tr> <tr class="ecl-table__row"> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">connect.sid.sdi-code-linker</td> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">SANTE Data Interoperability Code Linker</td> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">Maintain a secure session for you, during your visit</td> <td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">First-party session cookie, deleted after you quit your browser</td> </tr> </tbody> </table></div> <p>The names of these cookies may change, for technical reasons (particularly <strong>__Secure-CASTGC</strong> and <strong>__Secure-ECAS_SESSIONID</strong>).</p></div> </div> <div class="ecl-u-mb-2xl"> <a id="paragraph_31047"></a> <div class="ecl"><p><strong>Technical cookies</strong></p><div class="ecl-table-responsive"><table class="ecl-table"><thead class="ecl-table__head"><tr class="ecl-table__row"><th class="ecl-table__header">Name</th><th class="ecl-table__header">Service</th><th class="ecl-table__header">Purpose</th><th class="ecl-table__header">Cookie type and duration</th></tr></thead><tbody class="ecl-table__body"><tr class="ecl-table__row"><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">has_js</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">Corporate content management platform, based on Drupal open source software</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose"><p>Determines whether Javascript is enabled in your browser.</p><p>This allows our websites to function properly.</p></td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">First-party session cookie, deleted after you quit your browser</td></tr><tr class="ecl-table__row"><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">JSESSIONID / CFID / CFTOKEN</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">Java IT platform / Coldfusion IT platform</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">Maintain a secure session for you, during your visit.</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">First-party session cookie, deleted after you quit your browser</td></tr><tr class="ecl-table__row"><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">Ecsi, Eurostat-SearchFeedback</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">Website survey tools</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">Stores information on whether you have already replied to a survey pop-up – so you won't be asked again.</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">First-party persistent cookie, 1 month</td></tr><tr class="ecl-table__row"><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">theoplayer-session-id</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">Audiovisual Service video player</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">Enables the player’s own analytics, currently not used.</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">localStorage Key, persistent data</td></tr><tr class="ecl-table__row"><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">theoplayer-stored-network-info</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">Audiovisual Service video player</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">Enables the player’s bandwidth estimate to determine the best initial bandwidth and enhance the user experience.</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">localStorage Key, persistent data</td></tr><tr class="ecl-table__row"><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">EURES_LF_MARKETPLACE_SESSIONID</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">EURES The European Job Mobility Portal</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">EURES Session info for Liferay</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">First-party session cookie, deleted after you quit your browser</td></tr><tr class="ecl-table__row"><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">EURES_LF_PLUGINS_SESSIONID</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">EURES The European Job Mobility Portal</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">EURES Session info for Liferay</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">First-party session cookie, deleted after you quit your browser</td></tr><tr class="ecl-table__row"><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">LFR_SESSION_STATE_xxxxx</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">Websites on Liferay Content Management System</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">Session info for Liferay</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">First-party session cookie, deleted after you quit your browser</td></tr><tr class="ecl-table__row"><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">cck1atlassian-analytics.confluence.lock</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">Public wikis</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">Keeps Confluence analytics disabled</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">localStorage Key, persistent data</td></tr><tr class="ecl-table__row"><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">confluence.sidebar.width</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">Public wikis</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">Remembers the width of the sidebar</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">localStorage Key, persistent data</td></tr><tr class="ecl-table__row"><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">browser-metrics-journey</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">Public wikis</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">Intended for features performance metrics, but remains disabled - no data is logged</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">sessionStorage Key, valid for 60 minutes</td></tr><tr class="ecl-table__row"><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">X-Qlik-Session</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">QlickSense</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">Opens and maintains an X-Qlik user session</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">First-party session cookie, deleted after 30 minutes of inactivity</td></tr><tr class="ecl-table__row"><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">wtEtrans. Appended by the target translation language and a timestamp</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">eTranslation</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">Stores the translation of the page you requested so that you don't have to wait when re-requesting its translation</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">localStorage Key, persistent data</td></tr><tr class="ecl-table__row"><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">ApplicationGatewayAffinity</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">Agri-Food Data Portal</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">used by Azure Gateway server</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">First-party session cookie, deleted after you quit your browser</td></tr><tr class="ecl-table__row"><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">ApplicationGatewayAffinityCORS</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">Agri-Food Data Portal</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">used by Azure Gateway server</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">First-party session cookie, deleted after you quit your browser</td></tr><tr class="ecl-table__row"><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">EIPP_SESSION_ID</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">European Investment Project Portal (EIPP)</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">User session No additional information stored</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">First-party session cookie, deleted after 10 minutes (automatically extended based on user activity)</td></tr><tr class="ecl-table__row"><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">Vanilla / Vanilla-Vv / Vanilla-sid / Vanilla-tk</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">ESCO Forum</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">Maintain login and operations on the ESCO Forum</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">First-party cookies with various duration: Vanilla - one month, Vv - one day, sid/tk - session</td></tr><tr class="ecl-table__row"><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">EURES_XXX_SESSION_ID</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">EURES The European Job Mobility Portal</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">EURES Session info</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">First-party session cookie, deleted after you quit your browser</td></tr><tr class="ecl-table__row"><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">connect.sid</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">Node.js application server with Expres</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">Maintain a secure session for you, during your visit</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">First-party session cookie, deleted after you quit your browser</td></tr><tr class="ecl-table__row"><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">PHPSESSID</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">PHP platform</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">Maintain a secure session for you, during your visit</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">First-party session cookie, deleted after you quit your browser</td></tr><tr class="ecl-table__row"><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">CGISESSID</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">Perl/Apache platform</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">Maintain a secure session for you, during your visit</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">First-party session cookie, deleted after you quit your browser</td></tr><tr class="ecl-table__row"><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">userSaasData</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">User authorization service</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">Maintain a secure session for you, during your visit</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">First-party session cookie, deleted after you quit your browser</td></tr><tr class="ecl-table__row"><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">applicationMode</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">Food Systems Common Authorization Procedure</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">Maintain a secure session for you, during your visit</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">First-party session cookie, deleted after you quit your browser</td></tr><tr class="ecl-table__row"><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">X-CSRF-TOKEN</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">Food Systems Common Authorization Procedure</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">Used to avoid Cross-site attacks</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">First-party session cookie, deleted after you quit your browser</td></tr><tr class="ecl-table__row"><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">DPORead</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">Food Systems Common Authorization Procedure</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">Confirmation that the privacy statement has been read by the user</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">First-party persistent cookie, 1 year</td></tr><tr class="ecl-table__row"><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">TNTSESSIONID</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">Traces new technology platform</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">Maintain a secure session for you, during your visit</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">First-party session cookie, deleted after you quit your browser</td></tr><tr class="ecl-table__row"><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">SAASIISession</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">User authorization service</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">Maintain a secure session for you, during your visit</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">First-party session cookie, deleted after you quit your browser</td></tr><tr class="ecl-table__row"><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">SSESSxxxx</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">SCICnet, Knowledge Centre on Interpretation, Speech Repository</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">Session identifier used by Drupal sites</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">Session cookie. Expires after the session is destroyed.</td></tr><tr class="ecl-table__row"><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">kci_stick_to_https</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">Knowledge Centre on Interpretation</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">Maintain a secure session for you, during your visit</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">First-party session cookie, deleted after you quit your browser</td></tr><tr class="ecl-table__row"><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">XSRF-TOKEN</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">Creative Europe MEDIA Database, Newsroom</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">Maintain a secure session for you, during your visit</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">first-party persistent cookie, 2 hours</td></tr><tr class="ecl-table__row"><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">socrata-csrf-token</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">Regional Policy, Open Data Portal for the European Structural Investment Funds</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">Maintain a secure session for you, during your visit</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">Unique random value is stored at the start of the session for the purposes of recognizing subsequent visits by the same person for the duration of the logged in session. / Session can be either 6 hours (the default value) or 15 minutes (configurable per-domain).</td></tr><tr class="ecl-table__row"><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">maintenance_ack</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">Open Data Portal for the European Structural Investment Funds</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">Contains an indicator whether the user in the current session has dismissed a maintenance notice.</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">true/false value / Session can be either 6 hours (the default value) or 15 minutes (configurable per-domain).</td></tr><tr class="ecl-table__row"><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">renderTrackingId_#</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">Open Data Portal for the European Structural Investment Funds</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">Contains an arbitrary integer value for determining when asynchronous page rendering has completed for the purposes of snapshotting the page.</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">arbitrary integer value / 1 hour</td></tr><tr class="ecl-table__row"><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">socrata_site_chrome_preview</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">Open Data Portal for the European Structural Investment Funds</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">Temporary flag to allow previewing changes to site appearance.</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">true/false value / ephemeral</td></tr><tr class="ecl-table__row"><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">hide-clp-manager</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">Open Data Portal for the European Structural Investment Funds</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">Records the user preference to dismiss the link to the Catalog Landing Page manager.</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">true/false value / Session can be either 6 hours (the default value) or 15 minutes (configurable per-domain).</td></tr><tr class="ecl-table__row"><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">browser_ack</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">Open Data Portal for the European Structural Investment Funds</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">Records the user preference to dismiss certain notices that appear on the platform, i.e. maintenance window notices.</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">true/false value / Session can be either 6 hours (the default value) or 15 minutes (configurable per-domain).</td></tr><tr class="ecl-table__row"><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">socrata-login-modal-accepted</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">Open Data Portal for the European Structural Investment Funds</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">Records the user acceptance of an optional pre-login usage notice that certain customer domains require.</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">true/false value / Session can be either 6 hours (the default value) or 15 minutes (configurable per-domain).</td></tr><tr class="ecl-table__row"><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">js_flash</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">Open Data Portal for the European Structural Investment Funds</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">Stores temporary user-facing notices as needed.</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">json value / ephemeral</td></tr><tr class="ecl-table__row"><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">atlassian-analytics.confluence.lock</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service"><p>Extranet Wikis</p><p>Public Wikis</p></td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">Used for statistics only, in order to store statistics about Confluence usage</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">localStorage, persistent data</td></tr><tr class="ecl-table__row"><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">atst.healthcheck.sensors.page-protocols</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service"><p>Extranet Wikis</p><p>Public Wikis</p></td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">Keeps Confluence analytics disabled</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">localStorage, persistent data</td></tr><tr class="ecl-table__row"><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">confluence.sidebar.width</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service"><p>Extranet Wikis</p><p>Public Wikis</p></td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">Remembers the width of the sidebar</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">localStorage, persistent data</td></tr><tr class="ecl-table__row"><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">dashboard.route.last</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service"><p>Extranet Wikis</p><p>Public Wikis</p></td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">Remembers preference for information displayed on the user's dashboard</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">localStorage, persistent data</td></tr><tr class="ecl-table__row"><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">browser-metrics-journey</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service"><p>Extranet Wikis</p><p>Public Wikis</p></td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">Intended for features performance metrics, but remains disabled - no data is logged</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">sessionStorage Key, valid for 60 minutes</td></tr><tr class="ecl-table__row"><td 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data-ecl-table-header="Service">IT hosting infrastructure</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">Used to determine the top-level domain.</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">First Party Cookie, deleted after a few milliseconds; no expiry date set</td></tr><tr class="ecl-table__row"><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">dtDisabled</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">IT hosting infrastructure</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">Determines if the RUM JavaScript should be deactivated due to cost and traffic control or overload prevention.</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">First Party Session Cookie, deleted after you quit your browser</td></tr><tr class="ecl-table__row"><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">jrc_cookie</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">F5</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">Used to maintain your session secure during your whole visit.</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">First-party session cookie, deleted after you quit your browser</td></tr><tr class="ecl-table__row"><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">TS#</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">F5 (WAF/ASM)</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">Used to maintain your session secure during your whole visit.</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">First-party session cookie, deleted after you quit your browse</td></tr><tr class="ecl-table__row"><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">ocp_cookie</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">JRC Hosting Infrastructure</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">Used for session stickiness and persistence (to maintain session information)</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">First-party session cookie, deleted after you quit your browser</td></tr><tr class="ecl-table__row"><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">SERVERID</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">GISCO</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">Used to maintain your session secure during your whole visit.</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">First-party session cookie, deleted after you quit your browser</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> </div> <div class="ecl-u-mb-2xl"> <a id="paragraph_31048"></a> <div class="ecl"><p><strong>Analytics cookies</strong></p> <p>We use these purely for internal research on how we can improve the service we provide for all our users.</p> <p>The cookies simply assess 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