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 in the ESA public website, what they do, what your choices regarding their use are and how you can contact us.
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 cookies?
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:
- 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.
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 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.
| Source | First Party or Third Party cookie? | Cookie Name | Session or Persistent cookie? | Type of personal data collected | Purpose | Expires |
| Website | ESA | PHPSESSID | Session | None | Web server session | Session time |
| Website | ESA | cookie_consent | Persistent | None | Consent for cookies acceptance | 1 year |
| Website | ESA | _pk_id | Persistent | Used to store a few details about the user such as the unique visitor ID | Resources visualization/ downloads statistics | 13 months |
| Website | ESA | _pk_ses | Session | Short lived cookies used to temporarily store data for the visit | Resources visualization/ downloads statistics | 30 minutes |
Third Party Websites’ Cookies
Certain third-party features on
our website require cookies. When using our website, you may encounter
embedded content which we do not have control of, and cookies that were
not placed by us. For example, when a video player or social media
content is embedded on a page, it may set cookies. We do not have
control over the placement of cookies by other websites, even if you are
directed to them from our website.
How do you withdraw your consent and delete the cookies?
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. Normally 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.
Therefore, the website may not function optimally without enabled
cookies, in particular strictly necessary and essential cookies.
Changes to our Cookies Notice
All future changes we make to our Cookie Notice will be posted on this website.
Contact
In case of any question, you can contact STEP Administrator, as first point of contact, by sending an email to: contact@step-email.net