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-====== Cookies ======+====== Cookie Policy ======
  
 To make this site work properly, we sometimes place small data files called cookies on your device. Most big websites do this too. To make this site work properly, we sometimes place small data files called cookies on your device. Most big websites do this too.
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 ===== How do we use cookies? ===== ===== How do we use cookies? =====
  
-[Adjust this part of the page according to your needs.  +Cookies on this site are used for the following purposes: 
-Explain which cookies you use in plain, jargon-free language. In particular: + 
-their purpose and the reason why they are being used, (e.g. to remember users' actions, to identify the user, for online behavioural advertising)  +  * To store a unique session identifier for the duration of your current visit to the site.  Once your browser is closed this cookie is automatically deleted.  It is used to remember your preferences and create the breadcrumb trail of pages you have visited in the navigation bar.  It is not shared with any other websites. 
-if they are essential for the website or a given functionality to work or if they aim to enhance the performance of the website +  * To remember that you have dismissed the cookie usage banner, which appears at the bottom of the page when you first visit.  This cookie is kept for one year before being removed by your browser.  It is not shared with any other websites. 
-the types of cookies used (e.g. session or permanent, first or third-party) +  * If you choose to log in to the site, a unique identifier is used to confirm your credentials.  This avoids being re-prompted to log in each time you navigate to a new page on the site.  If you choose to remember your username then this cookie is retained for a year, otherwise it is deleted as soon as your browser is closed.  In neither case is the cookie shared with any other websites.
-who controls/accesses the cookie-related information (website or third party) +
-that the cookie will not be used for any purpose other than the one stated +
-how consent can be withdrawn. +
-You can use as example the top level "cookie notice" of the Commission homepage. +
-If your site does not use any cookies, just declare it (e.g. The Information Providers Guide site does not use any cookies). If your site uses the same cookies as the Commission homepage, you can just link to the top level cookie notice.]+
  
 ===== How to control cookies ===== ===== How to control cookies =====
  
-You can control and/or delete cookies as you wish – for details, see aboutcookies.org. You can delete all cookies that are already on your computer and you can set most browsers to prevent them from being placed. If you do this, however, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit a site and some services and functionalities may not work.+You can control and/or delete cookies as you wish – for details, see [[http://aboutcookies.org|aboutcookies.org]]. You can delete all cookies that are already on your computer and you can set most browsers to prevent them from being placed. If you do this, however, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit a site and some services and functionalities may not work.