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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.
How do we use cookies?
The pages of the Justice Europa website ("ec.europa.eu/justice/") use a number of cookies. The purpose and nature of each cookie is explained below:
- [FontSize] Purpose: to record your display preferences, such as contrast colour settings or font size. These cookies are critical for the user experience and accessibility of the website*. This cookie is a session-based and first party cookie. It is controlled by the website: ec.europa.eu.
- ReadSpeaker [ReadSpeakerHL/ReadSpeakerHLspeed/ReadSpeakerHLicon] Purpose: To provide a "read text aloud" service and allow users to control the highlighting/setting options (speed of the reader, words or sentences only etc.)…. This cookie lasts four days before being erased automatically (permanent cookie based) and is controlled by ReadSpeaker.com (third-party cookie based).
- [JSESSIONIDIPM - Survey reply confirmation] Purpose: to record if you already replied to a survey pop-up asking if the content was helpful or not. (This is to ensure that you won't be asked the same question repeatedly). This cookie is controlled by the website: ec.europa.eu and is session-based and first-party cookie.
- [YSC/VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE - YouTube embedded videos] Purpose: to collect anonymous statistics for videos embedded with YouTube and to assess the performances of the video embedded in our website. There are 2 different cookies involved, all third-party based. One is permanent (VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE) and one session-based (YSC). The cookies are controlled by YouTube (Third-party cookie).
- [com.jeroenwijering.sol - Embeded videos] Purpose: to gather statistics on videos other than YouTube videos embedded in our website .This flash cookie remembers the user's preferences concerning the player such as volume, quality, etc.. This cookie is controlled by the website: ec.europa.eu and is session-based and first-party cookie.
- [eu_cookie_consent - Cookie use agreement] Purpose: to record whether or not you have agreed to our use of cookies on this site.
- [PREF/khcookie/NID - Googlemap embedded] Purpose: These cookies are used by Google to store user preferences and information when viewing pages with Google maps on them. There are 3 different cookies involved, all third-party based. Two are permanent and one is session-based.
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The cookie-related information is not used to identify you personally. These cookies are not used for any purpose other than those described here.
How to control cookies
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