What are cookies?

A cookie is a small piece of data that a website asks your browser to store on your computer or mobile device. The cookie allows the website to “remember” your actions or preferences over time. Most browsers support cookies, but users can set their browsers to decline them and can delete them whenever they like.

What are cookies used for?

Cookies allow a site or services to know if your computer or device has visited that site or service before. Cookies can then be used to help understand how the site or service is being used, help you navigate between pages efficiently, help remember your preferences, and generally improve your browsing experience.

What types of cookies do CERGE-EI websites use?

Cookies used by CERGE-EI websites belong to one of the following categories: technical, analytics, targeting, and miscellaneous. The technical cookies are the websites’ first-party cookies, and all other cookies are third-party. You can find out more about each cookie category below.

Technical cookies

These cookies are used to ensure that the websites work properly. Disabling them may result in parts of the sites, including online applications, not working properly or not working at all.

Analytics cookies

We use Google Analytics to help us understand how you use the sites and ways that we can improve your experience. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the sites and the pages that you visit. For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics page.

Targeting cookies

In cooperation with our partners, we might use these cookies to measure and improve the efficiency of our online promotional materials.

Miscellaneous cookies

Some pages of our sites contain third-party plugins (such as Facebook), which might set their own cookies.

Disabling and deleting cookies

You can prevent the setting of cookies by adjusting the settings on your browser (see your browser Help for how to do this). Be aware that disabling cookies will affect the functionality of these websites.

More Information

For more information on our cookie policy, contact us at webmr@cerge-ei.cz.