De Vinci Open Education

Cookie policy

What are cookies?

This cookie policy explains what cookies are and how we use them, the types of cookies we use, i.e. the information we collect using cookies and how this information is used, and how to manage cookie settings.

Cookies are small text files used to store small pieces of information. They are stored on your device when the website is loaded on your browser. These cookies help us to make the website work properly, to make it safer, to offer a better user experience, to understand how the website works and to analyze what works and what needs to be improved.

How do we use cookies?

Like most online services, our website uses first-party and third-party cookies for several purposes. First-party cookies are essentially necessary for the proper operation of the website and do not collect any personal data that could identify you.

The third-party cookies used on our website are primarily used to understand how the website works, how you interact with our website, to ensure the security of our services, to provide advertising relevant to you and, overall, to provide you with a better and improved user experience and to speed up your future interactions with our website.

Types of cookies we use

If you go to the login page, a temporary cookie will be created to determine whether your browser accepts cookies. It does not contain any personal data and will be deleted automatically when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will set a number of cookies to store your login information and screen preferences. The lifetime of a connection cookie is two days, that of a screen option cookie is one year. If you check “Remember me”, your login cookie will be stored for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookie will be deleted.

By modifying or publishing a publication, an additional cookie will be stored in your browser. This cookie does not contain any personal data. It simply indicates the ID of the publication you have just modified. It expires after one day.

Manage cookie preferences

Cookie settings

You can change your cookie preferences at any time by clicking on the button above. This will allow you to return to the cookie consent banner and modify your preferences or withdraw your consent immediately.

In addition, browsers offer different methods for blocking and deleting the cookies used by websites. You can modify your browser settings to block/delete cookies. Below you’ll find links to support documents for managing and deleting cookies for the main Web browsers.

Chrome: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/32050

Safari: https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac

Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/clear-cookies-and-site-data-firefox?redirectslug=delete-cookies-remove-info-websites-stored&redirectlocale=en-US

Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/how-to-delete-cookie-files-in-internet-explorer-bca9446f-d873-78de-77ba-d42645fa52fc

If you use another Web browser, please consult the official support documentation for your browser.