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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> <div class="ecl-u-mb-2xl"> <a id="paragraph_31044"></a> <div> <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> <div class="ecl-u-mb-2xl"> <a id="paragraph_31045"></a> <div> <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">EURES The European Job Mobility Portal</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">EURES The European Job Mobility Portal</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">EURES The European Job Mobility Portal</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 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">userRoles</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">Stores the user role</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">CFCASCOUNTADNS</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">ADNS 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">_WL_AUTHCOOKIE_TNTSESSIONID</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 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_JSESSIONID</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 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 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">moviedb_session</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">Creative Europe MEDIA Database</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">CASAuth</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">Creative Europe MEDIA Database</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">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><tr class="ecl-table__row"><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">Drupal.visitor.autologout_login</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">Adamas - The KPCS management system of the European Commission</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">Used to link a logged-in user to their initial sign-in timestamp so they are automatically logged out after a period of inactivity.</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">strlogExpire</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">Portable HYperspectral Transmission and Optical Scattering (PHYTOS) </td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">User by PHP for verify the execution of a script with the value saved into the DB (cross check).</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">Deleted with the logout or at the end of the session.</td></tr><tr class="ecl-table__row"><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">.AQMAUTH</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">AQM - Air Quality Modelling</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">Session management</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">First-party session cookie deleted after 30 min</td></tr><tr class="ecl-table__row"><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">ASP.NET_SessionId</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">ASP.Net IT Platform</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">JRC.REM.Ecurie.v2.3</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">ASP.Net IT Platform</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">Used to manage user authentication</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">.ice_ok_session</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">Proficiency Testing</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">Verifies session state</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Cookie type and duration">First-party session cookie, deleted after 60 min</td></tr><tr class="ecl-table__row"><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">.ICEBLABLACOOK</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">Proficiency Testing</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">Keeps some application and user data related to current 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">.ICEAUTH</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">Proficiency Testing</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Purpose">Forms authentication</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> <div class="ecl-u-mb-2xl"> <a id="paragraph_31047"></a> <div> <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 class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Name">MDR-EUDAMED-APP</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">MDR Eudamed</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">newsroom_session</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">Newsroom, PHP</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">newsroom_session2</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">Newsroom, PHP – loadbalancer</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-ddym</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">SDI Data Dictionary Maker</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">ETX_JSID</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">Trusted Exchange 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">gisco-waf-prod-affinity</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">Geographic information system of the EC (GISCO)</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">gisco-waf-prod-affinityCORS</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" data-ecl-table-header="Service">Geographic information system of the EC (GISCO)</td><td class="ecl-table__cell" 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