Cookies Policy

Please read this cookie policy carefully as it contains important information on who we are and how we use cookies on our Services. This policy should be read together with our Privacy Policy which set out who we are, how to contact us, what data is collected, how and why we collect, store, use and share personal information generally, as well as your rights in relation to your personal information and details of how to contact us and supervisory authorities if you have a complaint.

1. COOKIES

A cookie is a small text file which is placed onto your device (e.g. your smartphone or other electronic device) when you use our Services. When we use cookies on our Services, you will always be informed by a pop-up within the Services.

Cookies help us to recognise you and your device and allow us to store some information about your preferences or past actions, including your location data (for more information, please see our Privacy Policy).

For example, we may monitor how many times you use our Services, which parts of the Services you go to, location data. This information helps us to understand use of the Services by our users. Some of this data will be aggregated or statistical, which means that we will not be able to identify you individually.

For further information on our use of cookies, including a detailed list of your information which we and others may collect through cookies, please see below.

For further information on cookies generally, including how to control and manage them, visit the guidance on cookies published by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office, www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.

2. CONSENT TO USE COOKIES AND CHANGING SETTINGS

We will ask for your consent to place cookies or other similar technologies on your device, except where they are essential for us to provide you with a service that you have requested (e.g. to allow you to remain logged-in to the Services as you navigate within the Services and use the Services functionalities).

You can withdraw any consent to the use of cookies or manage any other cookie preferences by using the tool made available to you within the Services itself. You can then adjust sliders or untick boxes as appropriate to reflect your choice. It may be necessary to refresh or restart the Services for the updated settings to take effect.

3. OUR USE OF COOKIES

The table below provides more information about the cookies we use and why:

Name Service Purpose Cookie type and duration
eu_cookie_consent
Cookie consent kit
Stores your cookie preferences (so you won’t be asked again)
First-party session cookie deleted after you quit your browser
Ecsi, Eurostat-SearchFeedback
Website survey tools
Stores information on whether you have already replied to a survey pop-up – so you won’t be asked again.
First-party persistent cookie, 1 month
cck3
Cookie consent kit
Stores your preferences for 3rd-party cookies (so you won’t be asked again)
First-party session cookie deleted after you quit your browser
cck1
Cookie consent kit
Stores your cookie preferences (so you won’t be asked again)
First-party persistent cookie, 6 months
clima_survey
Climate Action
Stores information on whether you have already replied to a survey pop-up – so you won’t be asked again
First-party persistent cookie, deleted after 1 day after you close the survey popup Deleted after 1 year if you respond or ask to not answer the survey
econt_font_size
DEVCO companion
Stores the font size in which you want to read the content on the web page, following selection from the font-size menu
First-party session cookie, deleted after you quit your browser
econt_resizable_width
DEVCO companion
Remembers the width of the sidebar
First-party session cookie, deleted after you quit your browser
econt_font_size
PRAG Practical guide
Stores the font size in which you want to read the content on the web page, following selection from the font-size menu
First-party session cookie, deleted after you quit your browser
econt_resizable_width
PRAG Practical guide
Remembers the width of the sidebar
First-party session cookie, deleted after you quit your browser
escoLanguage
ESCO Portal
Stores your language preferences
First-party cookie deleted after one week
cookie-agreed
Speech Repository
Stores your cookie preferences (so you won’t be asked again)
First-party persistent cookie, 100 days
confluence.sidebar.width
Extranet Wikis Public Wikis
Remembers the width of the sidebar
localStorage, persistent data
dashboard.route.last
Extranet Wikis Public Wikis
Remembers preference for information displayed on the user’s dashboard
localStorage, persistent data
tracesLanguage
TRACES NT application
Stores your language preferences
First-party persistent cookie, 30 days
announcementTooltipIds
TRACES NT application
Stores information on whether you have already read and dismissed pop-ups – so you won’t be asked again.
First-party persistent cookie, 365 days
debug-mode
TRACES NT application
For technical problem investigations
First-party persistent cookie, 365 days

4. HOW TO TURN OFF ALL COOKIES AND CONSEQUENCES OF DOING SO

If you do not want to accept any cookies, you may be able to change your device settings so that cookies (including those which are essential to the services requested) are not accepted. If you do this, please be aware that you may lose some of the functionality of our Services and of other Services you use on your device. For further information about cookies and how to disable them please go to the guidance on cookies published by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office, www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.

5. CHANGES TO THIS POLICY

This policy was published on [insert date] and last updated on [insert date]. We may change this cookies policy from time to time, when we do we will inform you via the Services or by sending an email to the email address you provided when you signed up to the Services.