Cookie policy

When you visit any website, it may store or retrieve information on your browser, mostly in the form of cookies. Cookies are small text files that do not affect the security of your computer. Cookies offer you a better browsing experience and permit the publisher to compile anonymous statistics on the website traffic. This information might be about you, your preferences or your device and is mostly used to make the site work as you expect it to.

The information does not usually directly identify you, but it can give you a more personalised web experience. Information contained in a cookie may in fact be linked to your personal information, such as your IP, for purposes such as improving the quality of your user experience, tailoring recommendations to your interests, etc.

Based on the duration of their tracking, cookies are classified as session cookies or permanent cookies. The former are deleted automatically when you quit your browser. The latter are stored on your device for a longer period. These include, for example, cookies apt to register your acceptance of our cookie policy, so that you won’t have to see the cookie banner every time you visit our Websites.

Most cookies are set up by us and thus are called first-party cookies. We may also use third-party cookies – which are cookies from a domain different than the domain of the website you are visiting – for our advertising and marketing efforts.

How can you manage cookies?

You can delete all cookies that are already on your device by clearing the browsing history of your browser. This will remove all cookies from all websites you have visited.
Be aware though that you may also lose some saved information (e.g. saved login details, site preferences).

For more detailed control over site-specific cookies, check the privacy and cookie settings in your preferred browser.

You can also set most modern browsers to prevent any cookies from being placed on your device, but you may then have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit a site/page. And some services and functionalities may not work properly at all (e.g. profile logging-in). For more information on that, please refer to your browser’s documentation.

You can change your cookie settings and find the list of cookies in the preferences section of the cookie banner. You can access the banner by clicking on the cookie icon at the website’s bottom left corner.

Cookies on our Website

More specifically, we may use cookies and other tracking technologies for the following purposes:

Performance and Analytics Cookies

These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our Websites. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our Websites, and will not be able to monitor their performance.

Google Analytics 4 cookies

Cookies placed by Google Analytics 4. Learn more about GA4 cookies here.

Cookie	Expiry	Description
_ga	2 years	Used to distinguish users.
_ga_<container-id>	2 years	Used to persist session state.

Functional Cookies

These are set by us and only we can read them. They remember if you have agreed to (or refused) our cookie policy and other preferences you may have selected, like the Websites language, or to remember your login if applicable.

Cookie	Placed by	Expiry	Description
cookie_notice_accepted	Cookie Notice	persistent	Functional. To read if cookies can be placed.
wordpress_test_cookie	WordPress	session	Functional. To read if cookies can be placed.
wp-settings-*	WordPress	persistent	Functional. To store WordPress user preferences.
wp-settings-time-*	WordPress	1 year	Functional. To store WordPress user preferences.
wordpress_logged_in_*	WordPress	session	Functional. To store logged in users.
wordpress_sec_*	WordPress	15 days	Functional. To provide protection against hackers, store account details.
wp-saving-post	WordPress	1 day	Functional. To store a post in the editor. For WordPress users.
et-pb-recent-items-colors	Elegant Themes	persistent	Functional. To provide functionality for WordPress users.
et-editor-available-post-*	Elegant Themes	at least one session	Functional. To provide functionality for WordPress users.
et-saved-post-*	Elegant Themes	at least one session	Functional. To provide functionality for WordPress users.

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are necessary for the Websites to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the Websites will then not work. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information. Please also note that these cookies are included in the essential cookies mentioned in our cookie banner.

Third-party Cookies

Some of our pages may display content from external providers, e.g. YouTube, Facebook and Twitter, etc.

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 whose cookies may be relevant depending on the content you access

You Tube
Google Maps
Twitter
Vimeo
Microsoft
Facebook
Google
LinkedIn
Livestream
SoundCloud

These third-party services are outside of the control of the EUF. Please keep in mind that providers may, at any time, change their terms of service, purpose and use of cookies, etc.

Last updated: 25 April 2023