What are cookies?

Cookies are small pieces of text sent by your web browser by a website you visit. A cookie file is stored in your web browser and allows the site or a third-party to recognise you and make your next visit easier and the site more useful to you. 

All cookies used on the Skaitmeninekoalicija.lt website (with the exception of strictly mandatory (technical) cookies) are used only with your prior consent.

How Skaitmeninekoalicija.lt uses cookies?

Cookies are small pieces of text sent by your web browser by a website you visit. A cookie file is stored in your web browser and allows the site or a third-party to recognise you and make your next visit easier and the site more useful to you. 

Skaitmeninekoalicija.lt may place a number of cookie files in your web browser. Skaitmeninekoalicija.lt uses session and persistent cookies.

Skaitmeninekoalicija.lt uses cookies for the following purposes:

  • ensure the smooth running of the website;
  • improve the website's performance, develop existing services and functionality;
  • monitor attendance and analyse visitor habits to ensure that the website is user-friendly, efficient and meets your needs and expectations.

What cookies are used in Skaitmeninekoalicija.lt?

Technical/strictly mandatory cookies. These cookies are used to provide content on the website and allow you to browse it.

Analytical/performance cookies. Allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and see how visitors move around the site when using it. This helps us improve the way the site works.

Functionality cookies. These cookies are not essential for the functioning of the website, but they significantly improve its performance, quality and user experience. Used to recognise you when you return to the site. 

You can find more information about the cookies used by the website Skaitmeninekoalicija.lt and their purposes in the table below.

 Cookie Name

 Cookie type

 Purpose

 Expiration

 SSESS*

Technical/mandatory cookies

Session identifier used by Drupal sites.

SCICnet, Knowledge Centre on Interpretation, Speech Repository.

Session cookie. Expires after the session is destroyed.

 Has_js

Technical/mandatory cookies

Support for JavaScript

Corporate content management platform, based on Drupal open source software. 

Determines whether Javascript is enabled in your browser.

This allows our websites to function properly.

 

First-party session cookie, deleted after you quit your browser

 Cookie-agreed

Technical/mandatory cookies

Stores your cookie preferences (so you won’t be asked again)

 

 6 months

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Analytics Cookies

Google Analytics

Contains a unique identifier used by Google Analytics 4 to determine that two distinct hits belong to the same user across browsing sessions.

 2 years

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Analytics Cookies

Google Analytics

Contains a unique identifier used by Google Analytics to determine that two distinct hits belong to the same user across browsing sessions.

2 years

What do I need to know about using Google Analytics?

We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc., to help us analyse how the website is used. "The information collected by Google Analytics is transmitted to and stored by Google (on servers located in the USA). Importantly, according to the information provided by Google, Google is committed to complying with the requirements of the Privacy Shield of the European Union and the USA.

Please be aware that Google may transfer the information collected by Google Analytics to third parties where required to do so by law or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. For more information, please refer to Google's privacy and cookie policy.

What is the expiry date of cookies?

Many cookies are temporary and disappear when you end your session (i.e. close your browser). Other cookies are persistent, so they will be stored on your computer for a certain period of time (the specific retention period for each cookie is indicated in the table above). Session cookies: these cookies exist from the moment you open your browser until you close it again. When you close your browser, these cookies are automatically deleted. Persistent cookies: these cookies are stored on your computer until they are deleted or expire.

How to delete cookies?

Many web browsers are set to automatically accept cookies. You can configure your browser to refuse some or all cookies, or to ask your permission before accepting them.

Please note that if you delete cookies or disable cookies in the future, you may not be able to access certain parts or features of our Website. For information on how you can change your browser settings, please visit: www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.

The Cookie Policy and the cookies used on the website are subject to change and updating, so we advise you to familiarise yourself with the latest version of the Cookie Policy.

Cookie version 08/05/2023