Cookie Policy

Cookie Policy for digitaladvocacy.eu

Last Updated: July 21, 2025

1. What Are Cookies?

Welcome to digitaladvocacy.eu (the "Platform"). Like most websites, we use cookies to improve your experience.

A cookie is a small text file that a website saves on your computer or mobile device when you visit the site. It enables the website to remember your actions and preferences (such as login, language, and other display preferences) over a period of time, so you don’t have to keep re-entering them whenever you come back to the site or browse from one page to another.

This policy explains how we use cookies and what your choices are regarding their use.

2. How We Use Cookies

The "Digital Advocacy for Youth" (DAY) project is a non-commercial, educational initiative. We use cookies for the sole purpose of providing a secure, functional, and user-friendly platform for our community. Our uses include:

Making the Platform Work: Some cookies are essential for you to be able to navigate the website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas (your user profile) or using the interactive toolkit.
Improving Your Experience: We use cookies to remember your preferences (like your language choice) so that we can provide a more personalized experience.
Analyzing and Improving Our Services: We use cookies to understand how our users interact with the Platform (e.g., which educational materials are most popular, how many visitors we have). This data is aggregated and anonymous and helps us improve the content and functionality of the site, which is a key part of measuring the impact of our Erasmus+ project.

We do not use cookies for commercial advertising or marketing purposes.

3. Types of Cookies We Use

We classify the cookies we use into the following categories:

a) Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for the Platform to function correctly and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in, or filling in forms. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not then work.

Authentication Cookies: To identify you and keep you logged in to your account.
Session Cookies: To maintain your session as you navigate through the Platform.
Security Cookies: To help detect and prevent security risks.

b) Performance and Analytics Cookies

These cookies allow us to collect information about how visitors use our Platform. We use this information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the website, where visitors have come to the site from, and the pages they visited. This helps us understand user engagement and improve our educational offerings.

Examples: We may use tools like Google Analytics or Matomo (a privacy-focused alternative) for this purpose.

c) Functionality Cookies

These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalization. They may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we have added to our pages. If you do not allow these cookies, then some or all of these services may not function properly.

Preference Cookies: To remember your choices, such as language or region.
Display Cookies: To remember your settings for how the site is displayed.

4. Third-Party Cookies

Some pages on our Platform may contain embedded content from other websites (e.g., YouTube or Vimeo videos). These websites may set their own cookies when you interact with this content. We do not control the use of these cookies and cannot access them. You should check the cookie policies of the relevant third-party websites for more information.

5. Your Choices and How to Manage Cookies

You have full control over the cookies used on our Platform.

Cookie Consent Banner: When you first visit our Platform, you will be shown a cookie consent banner. This banner allows you to:

Accept All: Agree to the use of all cookie types.
Reject All: Disable all cookies except for those that are "Strictly Necessary."
Customize Settings: Choose which specific categories of non-essential cookies (e.g., Performance, Functionality) you wish to enable or disable.

Browser Settings: You can also control and/or delete cookies as you wish through your internet browser's settings. 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 (like logging in) may not work.

You can find out more about how to manage cookies on the help pages of your browser:

6. Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update our Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect any changes in technology, data protection legislation, or our data collection practices. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date. We encourage you to periodically review this page for the latest information on our cookie practices.

7. Contact Us

If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this policy, please contact us through the official contact form or email address provided on the Platform.