What are cookies ?
What is a cookie? A cookie is a small sized text file that can be stored on your device when you browse websites. Information can be recorded in that text file, such as your language choice for a given website. When you will visit this website again in the future, this cookie is sent back to the website. In that way, the website recognizes your web browser and can, for example, remember your language choice. Cookies generally have an expiry date. Some cookies are for example automatically deleted when you close your web browser (they are called session cookies), while others stay longer on your device, sometimes even until you delete them manually (they are called persistent cookies).
When you visit our Website, information is automatically collected. This may include information like your IP address, [device type, unique device identification numbers, browser-type, broad geographic location (e.g. country or city-level location) and other technical information. We may also collect information about how your device has interacted with our Website, including the pages accessed and links clicked. We collect this information for the purposes exposed in our Privacy Policy and our Cookie Policy, including to enable us to better understand the visitors who come to our Website, where they come from, what content on our Website is of interest to them and to set up a statistical database. We use this information for our internal analytics purposes and to improve the quality and relevance of our Website to our visitors.
Why do we use cookies ?
The Foundation for European Progressive Studies (Hereafter : “FEPS”) uses 5 different types of cookies on its websites (https://www.feps-europe.eu/ and https://progressivepost.eu/):
A. Cookies necessary for the website’s correct operation FEPS uses technically essential cookies. This means that these cookies are necessary for the website’s correct operation. It is impossible to refuse these cookies if you wish to browse our website.
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-advertisement | 1 year | Set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin, this cookie is used to record the user consent for the cookies in the "Advertisement" category . |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics | 11 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-functional | 11 months | The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary | 11 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-others | 11 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance | 11 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". |
| csrftoken | past | This cookie is associated with Django web development platform for python. Used to help protect the website against Cross-Site Request Forgery attacks |
| JSESSIONID | session | The JSESSIONID cookie is used by New Relic to store a session identifier so that New Relic can monitor session counts for an application. |
| viewed_cookie_policy | 11 months | The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data. |
B. Functional cookies FEPS uses functional cookies. This means that these cookies are necessary for the website’s correct operation. It is impossible to refuse these cookies if you wish to browse our website.
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| __cf_bm | 30 minutes | This cookie, set by Cloudflare, is used to support Cloudflare Bot Management. |
| S | 1 hour | Used by Yahoo to provide ads, content or analytics. |
| sp_landing | 1 day | The sp_landing is set by Spotify to implement audio content from Spotify on the website and also registers information on user interaction related to the audio content. |
| sp_t | 1 year | The sp_t cookie is set by Spotify to implement audio content from Spotify on the website and also registers information on user interaction related to the audio content. |
C. Advertisement cookies FEPS also uses Advertisement cookies to provide visitors with relevant ads and marketing campaigns. These are third-party cookies (indirect cookies). This means that we do not control the information collected by these cookies. The use of these third-party cookies is subject to your prior consent. You can therefore refuse the installation of these cookies on your device. In case of refusal, you won’t be denied access to our website, but some of its features might then not be available to you.
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| NID | 6 months | NID cookie, set by Google, is used for advertising purposes; to limit the number of times the user sees an ad, to mute unwanted ads, and to measure the effectiveness of ads. |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | 5 months 27 days | A cookie set by YouTube to measure bandwidth that determines whether the user gets the new or old player interface. |
| YSC | session | YSC cookie is set by Youtube and is used to track the views of embedded videos on Youtube pages. |
| yt-remote-connected-devices | never | YouTube sets this cookie to store the video preferences of the user using embedded YouTube video. |
| yt-remote-device-id | never | YouTube sets this cookie to store the video preferences of the user using embedded YouTube video. |
| yt.innertube::nextId | never | This cookie, set by YouTube, registers a unique ID to store data on what videos from YouTube the user has seen. |
| yt.innertube::requests | never | This cookie, set by YouTube, registers a unique ID to store data on what videos from YouTube the user has seen. |
D. Analytics and performance cookiesFEPS finally uses analytics and performance tools to quantify the browsing traffic on our website. This allows use, amongst other things, to determine the number of times a given webpage has been browsed. We use this information only to improve our website content or as a basis for a new marketing campaign on a certain topic generating interest. The use of these third-party cookies is subject to your prior consent. You can therefore refuse the installation of these cookies on your device. In case of refusal, you won’t be denied access to our website.
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| CONSENT | 2 years | YouTube sets this cookie via embedded youtube-videos and registers anonymous statistical data. |
| iutk | session | This cookie is used by Issuu analytic system to gather information regarding visitor activity on Issuu products. |
| s_vi | 2 years | An Adobe Analytics cookie that uses a unique visitor ID time/date stamp to identify a unique vistor to the website. |
E. Others
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| COMPASS | 1 hour | No description |
| ed3e2e5e5460c5b72cba896c22a5ff98 | session | No description available. |
| loglevel | never | No description available. |
Cookie overview
Use of cookies
4. How to check the cookies actually installed on my device and how to delete them?
If you wish to know which cookies are installed on your device or if you wish to delete them, you may use a dedicated setting of your web browser. Further instructions about the way to proceed are available via the links specified below:
| Firefox | Chrome | Safari | Internet Explorer |
| Firefox (mobile) | Chrome (mobile) | Safari (mobile) | Microsoft Edge |
You are using another web browser? Check if the relevant proceeding for your web browser is mentioned on the website : www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies. This website is only available in English.
5. Scripts
Unlike cookies that are stored on your device for a period of time and store certain information, scripts are codes that work and can detect user behavior without the requirement to store a cookie on your device.
With Scipts, we can collect information about what you do on our website without having to use cookies.
Here are the Scipts we use on our website:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Vimeo embed | Functional | Vimeo player embed |
| Google maps | Functional | Google maps embed |
| Addthis widget | Functional | Addthis social widget |
| Sharethis widget | Functional | Sharethis social widget |
| Soundcloud embed | Functional | Soundcloud player embed |
| Slideshare embed | Functional | Slideshare embed |
| Google Recaptcha | Functional | Google Recaptcha |
| Google Publisher Tag | Advertisement | Google Publisher Tag (Google Ad Manager) |
| Youtube embed | Advertisement | Youtube player embed |
| Twitter widget | Advertisement | Twitter social widget |
| Linkedin widget | Advertisement | Linkedin social widget |
| Instagram embed | Advertisement | Instagram embed |
| Pinterest widget | Advertisement | Pinterest widget |
| Google Adsense | Advertisement | Google Adsense |
| Hubspot Analytics | Analytics | Hubspot Analytics |
| Matomo Analytics | Analytics | Matomo Analytics |
You can also disable them if you wish so here =>