The use of cookies on www.picaso-project.eu
A cookie is a small text file that is stored on your computer or tablet to help us remember some information as you navigate from one page to another and to recognise you, when you visit our site next time. Cookies do not harm your computer, and they do not contain viruses, Trojans or other malware. Cookies contain information pertaining to the specific device, which accessed our website.
Here is a list of the cookies that www.picaso-project.eu sets on your computer.
| Cookie | Type | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Necessary | |||
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-non-necessary | persistent | 1 year | Cookie that keeps track of which cookies you approved. |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary | persistent | 1 year | Cookie that keeps track of which cookies you approved. |
| viewed_cookie_policy | persistent | 1 hour | This cookie controls whether you have read our Cookie Policy on www.picaso-project.eu. Possible values are Yes and No. |
| Non Necessary | |||
| NID | persistent | 6 months | Most Google users will have a preferences cookie called ‘NID’ in their browsers. A browser sends this cookie with requests to Google’s sites. The NID cookie contains a unique ID Google uses to remember your preferences and other information, such as your preferred language (e.g. English), how many search results you wish to have shown per page (e.g. 10 or 20), and whether or not you wish to have Google’s SafeSearch filter turned on. |
| GPS | persistent | 30 minutes | GPS cookies are used by YouTube to record your geographic location when you watch a video on www.youtube.com. Pages on www.picaso-project.eu that have embedded a video on YouTube will put this cookie. |
| YSC | persistent | YSC cookies are used by YouTube to control unique visitors when you watch a video on www.youtube.com. Pages on www.picaso-project.eu that have embedded a video on YouTube will put this cookie. | |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | persistent | 5 months | This cookie is used by YouTube to calculate the bandwidth you have with your Internet Service Provider in order to give you the best resolution of the video. All pages on picaso-project.eu that have embedded a video on YouTube will put this cookie. |
| IDE | persistent | 2 years | IDE is a google cookie used by YouTube to register if you click on an advertisement when you watch a video on www.youtube.com. Pages on www.picaso-project.eu that have embedded a video from YouTube will set this cookie. |
In addition to these, the social media plugins used on our site (Facebook and Twitter) may set their own cookies which cannot be controlled by us. For more information consult Facebook’s Cookie Policy and Twitter’s Cookie Policy.
How you can control the use of cookies
Click Settings to control which categories of cookies, we may use. You can also delete all cookies set by www.picaso-project.eu: Delete Cookies.
Note that disabling all cookies will prevent some of the features working correctly on this page (such as embedded YouTube videos).
You can also control the use of cookies on your computer by changing the settings in your browser. With these settings, you can:
- Block all cookies or just third party cookies
- Reset all cookies when you close your browser
- Delete all cookies
- Open your browser in a “Private” or “Incognito” session, which does not write any cookies.
Guides to delete or block cookies in different browsers:
Guide to managing cookies in Microsoft Edge
Guide to managing cookies in Mozilla Firefox browser
Guide to managing cookies in Google Chrome browser
Guide to managing cookies in Opera browser
Guide to managing cookies in Safari browser
Contact us about our cookies
If you have any questions regarding the use of cookies on www.picaso-project.eu, please contact our Project Coordinator:
Dr. Carlos A Velasco
Head of Web Compliance Center, Department of User-Centered Computing
Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology FIT
Schloss Birlinghoven
53754 Sankt Augustin
Germany
+49 2241 14 28 59 (office)
+49 2241 14-2080 (fax)
Email: carlos.velasco@fit.fraunhofer.de
http://www.fit.fraunhofer.de/
