Cookies Statement- Cookies Policy

Collection and use of technical information

About this cookie policy

The GIRES-GLOBAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH, EDUCATION & SCHOLARSHIP B.V. website (www.gires.org) uses cookies and fully complies with the Regulations of the European Union- (EU) 2018/1725. This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are and how we use them. You should read this policy to understand what cookies are, how we use them, the types of cookies we use i.e, the information we collect using cookies and how that information is used and how to control the cookie preferences. For further information on how we use, store and keep your personal data secure, see our Privacy Policy.

You can at any time change or withdraw your consent from the Cookie Declaration on our website. Learn more about who we are, how you can contact us and how we process personal data in our Privacy Policy.

Your consent applies to the following domains: www.gires.org property of GIRES-GLOBAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH, EDUCATION & SCHOLARSHIP B.V.

Your current state: Consent Accepted.  Manage your consent below at the “ Consent Agreement”

What are cookies ?

Cookies are small text files placed on your computer or mobile device that are used to store small pieces of information when you visit a website.. The cookies are stored on your device when the website is loaded on your browser. These cookies help us make the website function properly, make the website more secure, provide better user experience, and understand how the website performs and to analyze what works and where it needs improvement.

The different types of cookies, GIRES-GLOBAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH, EDUCATION & SCHOLARSHIP B.V.’s website (www.gires.org) uses those listed below:

1. Session cookiesthese are used temporarily to preserve the state of your activity between pages, such as passing your choices in a form to the next page. These cookies are transient and are deleted automatically when you close your browser. They are not visible to anything except your browser and are not passed on anywhere else.
2. Third-party cookies (AKA Tracking Cookies) are used to record information about how our site gets used. They only collect anonymous data on the pages people visit, and are not used to identify visitors personally. The information stored in the cookie is transmitted to the cookie provider (see table below) for analysis in order to compile statistical reports on website activity for the Institute (GIRES-GLOBAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH, EDUCATION & SCHOLARSHIP B.V.), and to help subsequent pages present more relevant information (“tracking” pixels). The cookie provider may also transfer this information to other parties who provide additional services such as advertising (“retargeting” pixels). These cookies stay on your computer after you close your browser, but you can remove the cookies at any time (see “How to disable cookies” below).
3. Conversion Cookies: are used to see if a user completes an action that is defined as valuable, these user actions are called conversions. A conversion cookie may track if a user, having clicked a GIRES-GLOBAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH, EDUCATION & SCHOLARSHIP B.V. page of Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and similar ads, then went on to download our prospectus, for example.

How can you control the cookie preferences

When you first visit the website of GIRES-GLOBAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH, EDUCATION & SCHOLARSHIP B.V. you will see a message asking for your consent to use these cookies. If you click the “Accept” button, the website will set a cookie which records your consent. Should you decide to change your preferences later through your browsing session, you can click on the “Privacy & Cookie Policy” tab on your screen. This will display the consent notice again enabling you to change your preferences or withdraw your consent entirely.

In addition to this, different browsers provide different methods to block and delete cookies used by websites. You can change the settings of your browser to block/delete the cookies. To find out more out more on how to manage and delete cookies, visit wikipedia.org  and www.allaboutcookies.org.

 Technical information

Technical details in connection with visits to the website (IP address, date, time, page, and type of browser) are logged by the web server to let us manage performance and behaviour. Web logs are kept for 90 days and then deleted. These details may also be logged by GIRES-GLOBAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH, EDUCATION & SCHOLARSHIP B.V.’s Web Hosting Service Provider (FastComet) for accounting and auditing purposes.

 Disclosure

It is the policy of the GIRES-GLOBAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH, EDUCATION & SCHOLARSHIP B.V. not to disclose such technical information in respect of individual website visitors to any third party (apart from GIRES’ Internet and Web Hosting Service Provider, which records such data on the GIRES’ behalf and which is bound by confidentiality provisions in this regard, and the other third parties listed below), unless obliged to disclose such information by a rule of law.

Consent Agreement

The GIRES-GLOBAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH, EDUCATION & SCHOLARSHIP B.V. uses analytics cookies in order to improve your experience in navigating our website.

When landing on our pages, a banner offers you two choices: either you accept explicitly our cookie policy or you opt for reading more about it.

If you decide not to express your agreement, by ignoring the question, the GIRES-GLOBAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH, EDUCATION & SCHOLARSHIP B.V. will track you by default. We will collect your analytical navigation data until you explicitly express your disagreement by selecting the option “I do NOT accept analytics cookies” proposed hereunder and send to us through our website at info[at]gires.org. Similar steps can be taken in case you want to modify or delete your data which will do upon your written request to the above email.

Specifically you can write to us one of the below paragraphs, according to your decision:

I understand that by enabling the option  ACCEPT “I do accept analytics cookies”, I will receive new cookies enabling the GIRES-GLOBAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH, EDUCATION & SCHOLARSHIP B.V. to collect my personal navigation data.

I understand that by enabling the option “I do NOT accept analytics cookies”, I will be considered as not willing to be tracked and my personal navigation data will be excluded from the information reported to AT Internet.

If you prefer, you can also activate the “Do Not Track” (DNT) setting on your browsers. It will guarantee you we will not track your navigation activity at all. These “Do Not Track” settings are available in most browsers including:

• Firefox 
• Internet Explorer  
• Chrome  
• Safari  
• Opera  

How to disable cookies

GIRES-GLOBAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH, EDUCATION & SCHOLARSHIP B.V. assumes that you consent to the placement of these cookies on your computer by clicking on the “Accept” button in the message displayed on your first visit, unless you specifically disable them in your browser. You can disable these cookies in your web browser with no loss of functionality. This can be done in your browser’s Settings menu — use the help function in your browser or on your browser-maker’s web site for more information.

Last updated: July 2020

Current cookies providers:

Organization: Google.

Type of Cookies: Analytics

Information link: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245

Organization: Mailchimp

Type of Cookies: Tracking off-site

Information link: https://mailchimp.com/legal/cookies/

The below list details the cookies used in our website.

Cookie	Description
__cfduid	The cookie is used by cdn services like CloudFare to identify individual clients behind a shared IP address and apply security settings on a per-client basis. It does not correspond to any user ID in the web application and does not store any personally identifiable information.
_ga	This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to calculate visitor, session, campaign data and keep track of site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookies store information anonymously and assign a randomly generated number to identify unique visitors.
cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary	This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category 'Necessary'.
cookielawinfo-checkbox-non-necessary	This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category 'Non-necessary'.