Cookie Notice
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.
Protection of Personal Data is of great importance for ESA, therefore this Cookie Notice aims to ensure lawfulness and transparency by explaining the cookies and similar technologies that we use on the Copernicus Sentinels Collaborative Ground Segment Support website, what they do, what your choices regarding their use are and how you can contact us.
Cookie Notice for Copernicus Sentinels Collaborative Ground Segment Support website
Copernicus Sentinels Collaborative Ground Segment Support website presents news and information regarding the international cooperation in sharing EO services. The website enables visitors to learn all about EO data distribution channels and distributing open-source software for EO data management.
What is a cookie?
Cookies are small bits of data that a website may send to the browser 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.
What are the different types of cookie?
A cookie can be classified by its lifespan and the domain to which it belongs. By lifespan, a cookie is either a:
- session cookie which is erased when the user closes the browser or
- persistent cookie which remains on the user’s computer/device for a pre-defined period of time
As for the domain to which it belongs, there are either:
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- 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
Which cookies do we use?
Strictly Necessary or Essential Cookies: these cookies are strictly necessary for the website to provide the services that you requested and/or for the sole 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.
If you do not wish to receive a cookie, or if you wish your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, you may use the option on your web browser to disable cookies. However, please note that if you disable all cookies you may not be able to take advantage of all the features available on this website.
Anonymised information generated by these cookies will be collected and processed on behalf of ESA by Serco S.p.A. ESA and Serco do not use information generated by these cookies either for promotion or marketing purposes, and they will not share the information with any third party.
The cookies placed on your device by the Copernicus Sentinels Collaborative Ground Segment Support website are generated by dedicated CookieYes WordPress plugin. The cookies are used to measure the effectiveness and efficiency of Copernicus Sentinels Collaborative Ground Segment Support website. They are first party persistent cookies which help ESA to know which pages are visited most often and to ensure that the Sentinel Online website responds effectively to users’ needs.
How to control cookies
You can delete all cookies that are already on your computer and you can set most browsers to prevent them from being placed. If you do this, however, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit a site and some services and functionalities may not work.