Cookies
Our website utilizes cookies. Cookies are text files stored in the Internet browser or by the Internet browser on the user’s computer system. If a user visits a website, a cookie can be stored on the user’s operating system. This cookie contains a sequence of characters enabling the browser to be clearly identified when visiting the website again.
Functional cookies
We deploy cookies to make our website more user-friendly. Some elements of our website also technically require the identification of the visiting browser after a change of page. The following data are saved and transmitted in the cookies:
email Session Used during account creation
destination_url Session Used during login to redirect to the requested page
sso_destination_url Session Used during SSO login to redirect to the requested page
fsl Session Full screen login client setting
cn Forever Client clear notifications. I’m counting this as user input instead of personalization because it doesn’t make sense to ‘undo’ or change cleared notifications.
_bypass_cache Session Used with ‘fsl’ for full screen login
_t 1440 hours User authentication token cookie SiteSetting.maximum_session_age.hours.from_now
_forum_session Session Session cookie
dosp next page view Temoporary cookie that informs client denial of service protection is in place.
Web analysis cookies
For the statistical data recording of utilization behaviour, we deploy the Matomo web analysis program (formerly: Piwik), which utilizes cookies and JavaScript to collect various information on your computer and transmit it to us automatically. Each time you visit our websites, our system records the following data and information from the visiting computer’s computer system:
IP address, anonymized by shortening
Two cookies to differentiate different visitors (pk_id and pk_sess)
Previously visited URL (referrer), if communicated by the browser
Name and version of the operating system
Name, version and language setting of the browser
Additionally, if JavaScript is activated:
URLs visited on this website
Times at which pages are visited
Type of HTML queries
Screen resolution and colour depth
Formats and techniques supported by the browser (e.g. cookies, Java, Flash, PDF, WindowsMedia, QuickTime, RealPlayer, Director, SilverLight, Google Gears)
Opt-out
If you don’t want being tracked you utilize our opt-out function. Click the following selection box https://analytics.mpi.nl/index.php?module=CoreAdminHome&action=optOut in order to stop data recording or to reactivate it. If the selection box is deactivated, our central server will not store any data about you. Important: For the opt-out, we have to store a special recognition cookie in your browser. If you delete it or utilize another PC/browser, you will need to revoke data recording again on this page.