Cookies Policy
What is a Cookie?
A cookie, also known as a browser cookie, is a text file containing small amounts of information that a server may download to your computer, mobile device, or tablet when you visit a website or use an app. Different types of cookies are used for different purposes, such as letting you navigate between different pages on a website efficiently, remembering preferences you have given, and helping us identify ways to improve your overall site experience. Others measure the number of site visits and the most popular pages users visit.
First-Party vs Third-Party Cookies
Each type of cookie can be set and controlled by the website operator the user is browsing, such as ORGiD (known as a first-party cookie) or a third party, such as Facebook, to display social sharing features (known as a third-party cookie). Due to their core role of enhancing and enabling usability or site processes, turning off certain cookies may prevent you from using certain aspects of the ORGiD website.
There are two different types of browser cookies:
SESSION COOKIES
Session cookies are stored in the computer's memory during a user's browsing session. They are automatically deleted from the user's computer when the browser is closed, or the session is deemed to have ended. These cookies usually store a session ID that is not personally identifiable to users, allowing users to move from page to page without logging in repeatedly. Commercial websites widely use them, for example, to track items a consumer has added to a shopping basket. Session cookies do not collect any information from the user's computer; they expire at the end of the user's browser session. They can also become inaccessible after the session has been inactive for a specified length, usually 20 or 30 minutes.
PERSISTENT COOKIES
Persistent cookies are stored on the user's computer and are not deleted when the browser is closed. They can be used to retain user preferences for a particular website, allowing those preferences to be used in future browsing sessions. Persistent cookies usually assign a unique ID to the user's browser and are usually configured to identify a user for a prolonged period of time, from days to months or even years.
How we use Cookies
We only use browser cookies to measure non-personal information, for example, to learn about the behaviour of visitors to our website and how they respond to our marketing communications. The more we learn, the better we can provide relevant and interesting content and services. The first-party cookies set by ORGiD do not contain any personally identifiable information.
What Cookies do we use?
STRICTLY NECESSARY COOKIES
Strictly necessary cookies let you move around the website and use essential features. Examples include session cookies, which identify you as the same user as you move from page to page and only last for the duration of your visit. These cookies don't gather any information about you that could be used for marketing or remembering where you've been on the internet. However, accepting these cookies is a condition of using the website, as they are required for the proper operation. If you prevent them, we cannot guarantee how it will perform.
ANALYTICS AND PERFORMANCE COOKIES
We use these cookies to collect information about how visitors use our website, including details of the site where the visitor has come from and the total number of times a visitor has been to our website. Using our website, you agree that we can place these types of cookies on your device. We use the information to improve our website and enhance the experience of its visitors. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and, therefore, anonymous.
FUNCTIONALITY COOKIES
These cookies remember the choices you make to improve your experience. You agree that we can place these cookies on your device by using the website. They allow the website to remember choices you make (such as your user name, language or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features. These cookies can also be used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts and other parts of web pages that you can customise. They may also be used to provide services you have asked for, such as watching a video or commenting on a blog. The information these cookies collect may be anonymised and cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.
SOCIAL SHARING COOKIES
Social media websites use these cookies to improve the user experience when sharing content within their platforms. This policy does not cover the use of third-party cookies. That will be covered by that third party's privacy policies and practices, which, in most cases, can be found on that company's website.
How you can control Cookies
Your use of the website constitutes your consent to this website setting cookies on your device. Suppose you do not wish the website to set cookies on your device. In that case, you should either not use the site or browse the site using your browser's anonymous usage setting, Incognito in Chrome, In Private in Edge, and Private Browsing in Firefox and Safari. This means that the site will continue to drop cookies, and your visit will be normal. Once you leave the site, all cookies dropped will be destroyed. Alternatively, the 'Help' menu on the menu bar of most browsers will tell you how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie and how to turn off cookies altogether. However, because cookies allow you to take advantage of some of the website's essential features, we recommend you turn them on.