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Cookie Policy
We are obliged to inform you about what we do with website cookies, and about your rights on this topic.
A cookie is a small file that is sent along with pages from our websites and stored on your computer. A cookie cannot start programs or spread viruses. Cookies have a certain validity period and after it has expired, a cookie is automatically deleted.
You can disable storage of cookies completely and delete cookies yourself via the settings of your own browser. The cookies that Health-RI is using can be configured using the “Cookies” link (see at the bottom of the page), but removing some of the cookies can affect the functioning of our websites.
Cookies we use:
- Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our websites, including our portal and the catalogue. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website. If you remove these cookies, you will need to login again.
- Analytical/performance cookies. They allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our websites, including the portal and our catalogue, when they are using them. This helps us to understand how people use our services, and to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are easily finding what they are looking for. We are using services from Matomo to collect the necessary information. The information we collect consists of the visited pages, the date and duration of visits, referral sources, website searches. The internet address of your computer is used to determine where you are when you are using our websites, but it is stored only in anonymized form. We also store technical information such as the device type you use, browser and operating system. All this information is only used by us and is not used for advertising or profiling.
How are third party cookies used?
For some of the functions within our websites we use third party suppliers, for example, when you visit a page with videos embedded from or links to YouTube or Vimeo. These videos or links (and any other content from third party suppliers) may contain third party cookies and you may wish to consult the policies of these third-party websites for information regarding their use of cookies.
How do I reject and delete cookies?
We will not use cookies to collect personally identifiable data about you. However, should you wish to do so, you can choose to reject or block the cookies set by this website (or the websites of any third-party suppliers) by changing your browser settings – see the Help function within your browser for further details. Please note that the default settings for most browsers make it automatically accept cookies so if you do not wish cookies to be used you may need to actively delete or block the cookies.
You can visit several websites (for instance https://www.hellotech.com/guide/for/how-to-clear-cookies-chrome-safari-mozilla-firefox-edge)for details on how to delete or reject cookies and for further information on cookies in general. For information on the use of cookies in mobile phone browsers and for details on how to reject or delete such cookies, please refer to the manual of your device.
Note that some of the functions of our websites may not work correctly if you completely reject the use of cookies.
How you can contact us
If you would like to contact us about this Cookie Policy, please contact communications.
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This cookie statement has been last modified on 22 July 2026