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The European Space Agency (herein the “Agency” or “ESA”) is an intergovernmental organisation established by its Convention opened for signature in Paris on 30 May 1975 having its headquarters located at 24 rue du Général Bertrand, CS 30798, 75345 Paris Cedex 07, France. ESA is subject to its Framework on Personal Data Protection: 

About cookies

A cookie is a small text file that a website may save on your device, for instance mobile device or computer, upon your visit to the website. Cookies may allow a website to recognise an individual’s device and store some information about the user. A cookie can be classified by its lifespan and the domain to which it belongs. By lifespan, a cookie is either a: (i) session cookie which is erased when the user closes the browser or; (ii) persistent cookie which remains on the user's computer/device for a pre-defined period of time. As for the domain to which the cookie belongs, there are either:

  • first-party cookies which are set by the web server of the visited page and share the same domain;
  • third-party cookies stored by a different domain to the visited page's domain. This can happen when the webpage references a file, such as JavaScript, located outside its domain.

You may refuse non-essential cookies or withdraw your consent at any time.

Strictly Necessary or Essential Cookies

Strictly Necessary or Essential Cookies are used on this website. These cookies are strictly necessary for the website to provide the services that you requested and/or for the solely purpose of the transmission of the services and/or the website. Without these cookies you would not be able to access the services or the website and therefore this category cannot be disabled.

Cookie Name: GUEST_LANGUAGE_ID 

First Party or Third Party cookie? First Party

Session or Persistent cookie? Persistent

Type of personal data collected: Language selection of the website

Purpose: To present the site in the chosen language

Expires: 1 Year 

 

Cookie Name: COOKIE_SUPPORT 

First Party or Third Party cookie? First party

Session or Persistent cookie? Persistent

Type of personal data collected: None

Purpose: Used to check whether the user’s browser supports cookies. This allows the system to determine if it can proceed with setting required session cookies.

Expires: 1 Year 

Cookie Name: LFR_SESSION_STATE_20119

First Party or Third Party cookie? First party

Session or Persistent cookie? Session

Type of personal data collected: None

Purpose: Stores the timestamp indicating when the user session started. It is generated on the client side and used to manage session state.

Expires: Session

Cookie Name: JSESSIONID

First Party or Third Party cookie? First party 

Session or Persistent cookie? Session

Type of personal data collected: Anonymous session identifier

Purpose: Used to maintain an anonymous user session on the server. It enables the website to function properly by linking user requests during a session.

Expires: Session 

Cookie Name: esa-science-cookie-consent-001

First Party or Third Party cookie? First party 

Session or Persistent cookie? Persistent

Type of personal data collected: User consent preferences

Purpose: Stores the user’s cookie consent choices to ensure that preferences are respected and not requested again on subsequent visits.

Expires: 1 Year 

Cookie Name: atlassian.xsrf.token

First Party or Third Party cookie? First party 

Session or Persistent cookie? Session

Type of personal data collected: User consent preferences

Purpose: Used to prevent Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attacks and ensure that form submissions (e.g. feedback forms) are made by the user

Expires: Session

Analytics cookies

ESA Web Analytics cookies are used for the purpose of improving the service . These cookies collect anonymous data (an individual cannot be identified) about user interaction with this website and is solely accessible to ESA workforce involved in the specific activity. Analytics cookies can be rejected by selecting “Reject cookies” when you first access the website.

The following analytical cookies should be included in the DPNR of each website using the corporate “ESA Web Analytics”

Cookie Name:  _pk_id

First Party or Third Party cookie? First party 

Session or Persistent cookie? Persistent

Type of personal data collected: Contains a visitor id used to identify unique visitors

Purpose: Used to store a few details about the user such as the unique visitor ID

Expires: 6 months

Cookie Name:  _pk_ref

First Party or Third Party cookie? First party 

Session or Persistent cookie? Persistent

Type of personal data collected: To identify from where they came

Purpose: Used to store the attribution information, the referrer initially used to visit the website

Expires: 6 months

Cookie Name:  _pk_ses, _pk_cvar, _pk_hsr

First Party or Third Party cookie? First party

Session or Persistent cookie? Persistent

Type of personal data collected: None

Purpose: Short lived cookies used to temporarily store data for the visit

Expires: 30 minutes

Cookie Name:  _pk_testcookie

First Party or Third Party cookie? First party 

Session or Persistent cookie? Session

Type of personal data collected: None

Purpose: Used to check whether the visitor’s browser supports cookies

Expires: Is created and should be then directly deleted

Third party cookies

Various ESA webpages link to or show the content of external providers:

 YouTube, Twitter, Vimeo, external websites such as European Commission websites, NEREUS and EARSC.

If you access such third-party content, the specific conditions, terms and the cookie policies of these third-parties apply. ESA has no control over these, therefore please refer to their separate conditions prior to accepting these. If you do not view third-party content, third-party cookies are not installed on your device.

How to withdraw your consent and/or delete a cookie?

Using Your Browser: All the cookies used on our website can be disabled through your browser. To disable cookies through your browser, follow your browser instructions (e.g. within the “Help,” “Tools” or “Edit” menus in your browser). Please note that blocking or deleting cookies may lead to reduced functionality of some features on the website.

Contact

ESA DPO: dpo@esa.int

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