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:

• Language settings (localization) of the browser
• Session data (click path, pages visited, current language, and, where relevant, error messages for forms)

Both cookies are deleted when the session is closed.

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.

More information about our privacy policy can be found here.