Cookie Statement
When you access an OSCE website via a supported browser, see standards and requirements, cookies may be downloaded on your computer or mobile device. Cookies are tiny files that are used to recognize whether you have visited a website previously and adjust OSCE services accordingly.
Why do we use cookies?
We use cookies to improve and tailor our services to your needs. This information is not used to gather personally identifiable information.
Which cookies are served through our website?
Cookies are either served directly (first party) or by a partner (third party) to you. In a nutshell, there are four types of cookies:
1. Essential
These first party cookies are absolutely necessary for a flawless operation of the website. Common visitors who read and download information do not require them. They become necessary when you are asked to provide personal information which is required to process your request, such as submitting contact forms, signing up to newsletters or authenticating to secure areas.
2. Preferences
This group of cookies remembers choices that you have previously made. For example, they are used for personalization, such as preferred settings or consenting to (and hiding) our privacy notification.
3. Statistical
These third party cookies collect anonymous information about users for the purpose of assessing the website's performance. In this respect, we rely on the following service providers:
- Google Analytics, DoubleClick, Tag Manager & Custom Search Engine
- New Relic
- Freshworks
4. Targeting
The OSCE shares webpages or embeds content from the listed Social Media presences. Their cookies, similar to statistical cookies, collect information about users' behaviour, which helps us to target certain audiences. Individual cookie policies apply to these services:
What kind of information is collected via cookies?
We generate reports for the purposes of evaluating the success of our communication campaigns, such as analysing page impressions, browsing patterns, audience profiles and geographic location. These reports do not contain any personally identifiable information or data.
We may also use your IP address and browser type to help diagnose problems with our infrastructure. An IP address is a numeric code that identifies your computer on the Internet that is captured when retrieving a cookie. For specific services, such as Google Analytics, IP addresses are anonymized.
Do I have to consent to the use of cookies?
If your browser accepts cookies from our website and you access this website the first time, a banner asking for your consent will be presented to you. As you will have seen from the information provided on this page, we use cookies mainly for statistical and targeting purposes. If you are a visitor exclusively reading and downloading information, you can in general use our website without accepting cookies. However, we hope to have convinced you of our good intentions. Your kind acceptance of our cookies will help us to continuously improve and extend our service. If you still wish to block cookies, you can find more information at http://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/.
