What are cookies?
A cookie is a small text file that a website stores on your computer or mobile device when you visit that site.
Direct cookies are the cookies from the website you visit. Only that website can read them. In addition, a website can also use external services that place their own cookies, known as third-party or indirect cookies.Permanent cookies are stored on your computer and are not automatically deleted when you leave your browser, unlike temporary cookies, which are deleted.
How do we use cookies?
European Commission websites mainly use direct cookies. These are cookies set and controlled by the Commission, not by an external organization. However, to view some of our pages, you may need to accept cookies from external organizations. The three types of direct cookies we use serve to:
store visitor preferences
collect analytical data (about browsing behavior)
make our websites operational
whether you have accepted (or rejected) the website’s cookie policy
whether you have already answered our survey (about the usefulness of the site’s content), so we don’t have to ask you again.