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EPALE - Electronic Platform for Adult Learning in Europe

Cookie notice

To make this site work properly, we sometimes place small data files called cookies on your device. Most big websites do this too.

 

What are cookies?

A cookie is a small text file that a website saves on your computer or mobile device when you visit the site. It enables the website to remember your actions and preferences (such as login, language, font size and other display preferences) over a period of time, so you don’t have to keep re-entering them whenever you come back to the site or browse from one page to another. In addition, a website might potentially use external services, which also set their own cookies, known as third-party cookies. 

Persistent cookies are cookies saved on your computer that are not deleted automatically when you quit your browser, unlike a session cookie, which is deleted when you quit your browser.

Every time you visit this website you will be prompted to accept or refuse cookies.

 

How do we use cookies?

Cookies in EPALE are used for either user experience enhancement or for collecting anonymous statistical data.

Experience enhancement cookies store user’s preferences and information that improve the user’s visit by showing or hiding certain elements and make decisions that affect the site’s speed.

Statistical data is gathered for the purpose of detecting user trends and possible problems. This information helps the EPALE team to plan future improvements.

However, to view some of our pages, you will have to accept cookies from external organizations.

The 3 types of first-party cookie we use are to:

  • store visitor preferences
  • make our websites operational
  • gather analytics data (about user behavior).

 

Cookie types

Session – these are cookies that exist only for the duration of the visit. When the user closes the browser these cookies are gone.

Persistent – these cookies have an expiration date and will stay in a file in the user’s computer until the expiration date is reached. Closing the browser will not delete these cookies but the browser can be used to delete them at any time (information on how to delete cookies).

Cookies used in EPALE

Cookie nameTypeExpirationDescription and purpose

popup_message_displayed

Session

Closing the browser

EPALE is conducting a survey from time to time and as a result a popup message will be displayed to all users every time they visit EPALE. The user can close the popup and this will create this cookie which will tell the system not to display the popup message for the rest of the user’s visit in EPALE. This cookie is intended to enhance the user’s experience and is not essential for the functionality of the site. This cookie does not require user’s consent.

has_js

Session

Closing the browser

Some elements of the site need Javascript in order to function. The system is using this cookie to identify if the user has Javascript enabled or not and will adapt accordingly. This cookie is essential for the functionality of the site and since it is a first party session cookie, it does not require user’s consent.

epale_stick_to_https

Session

Closing the browser

This cookie is responsible to keep the communication between your browser and EPALE encrypted. This cookie does not require user’s consent.

EPALE-no-mobile-link

Session

Closing the browser

To show a popup for getting the mobile app.

SSESSxxxx

Session

Closing the browser

Session identifier used by Drupal sites

PHPSESSID

Session

Closing the browser

Maintain a secure session for the user.

_pk_ses.#

Persistent

30 days

These 3 cookies are being used by Europa Analytics (PIWIK) for gathering statistical data. These cookies are not essential for the EPALE to function but the gathered statistical data is being used for improving EPALE. These cookies require user’s consent and the user can decide to block them. See the section “How to control cookies” below. Identifies the pages viewed by the same user during the same visit. anonymously – no personal information is collected on the user)

_pk_id.#

Persistent

13 months

Recognises website visitors (anonymously – no personal information is collected on the user)

_pk_ref.#

Persistent

6 months

 

aucp13n

Persistent

12 hours

In order to increase website performance EPALE is using caching. One of the caching mechanisms is called Authcache and is intended for authenticated users. Authcache needs this cookie in order to function. This cookie is not essential for the functionality of the website but is needed for better performance. It does not require user’s consent.

Drupal.tableDrag.showWeight

Persistent

12 months

This cookie helps with tables operations in the back-end. It will be installed depending on the user’s role and permissions, so not every user visiting EPALE will receive it. This cookie require user’s consent and the user can decide to block it. See the section “How to control cookies” below.

cck1

Persistent

6 months

Stores your cookie preferences (so you won’t be asked again)

 

Third-party cookies

Some of our pages display content hosted by contracted services on domains external to europa.eu, for example our contractor who helps operating the Europe Direct Contact Centre. The external hosting may need cookies in order to function.

Some of our pages display content from external providers, e.g. YouTube, Facebook and Twitter. To view this third-party content, you first have to accept their specific terms and conditions. This includes their cookie policies, which we have no control over.But if you do not view this content, no third-party cookies are installed on your device.

Third-party providers:

YouTube

Twitter

Facebook

LinkedIn

SoundCloud

These third-party services are outside of the control of the EPALE. Providers may, at any time, change their terms of service, purpose and use of cookies, etc.

 

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.