Skip to main content

The European Space Agency (herein the “Agency” or “ESA”) is an intergovernmental organisation established by its Convention opened for signature in Paris on 30 May 1975 having its headquarters located at 24 rue du Général Bertrand, CS 30798, 75345 Paris Cedex 07, France. ESA is subject to its Framework on Personal Data Protection: http://www.esa.int/About_Us/Law_at_ESA/Highlights_of_ESA_rules_and_regulations

About cookies

A cookie is a small text file that a website may save on your device, for instance mobile device or computer, upon your visit to the website. Cookies may allow a website to recognise an individual’s device and store some information about the user. A cookie can be classified by its lifespan and the domain to which it belongs. By lifespan, a cookie is either a: (i) session cookie which is erased when the user closes the browser or; (ii) persistent cookie which remains on the user's computer/device for a pre-defined period of time. As for the domain to which the cookie belongs, there are either:

  • first-party cookies which are set by the web server of the visited page and share the same domain.
  • third-party cookies stored by a different domain to the visited page's domain. This can happen when the webpage references a file, such as JavaScript, located outside its domain.

Strictly Necessary or Essential Cookies

Strictly Necessary or Essential Cookies are used on this website (https://thesauri.eo.esa.int/). These cookies are used by the website to improve the services that you requested. You can still access the services or the website without these cookies, but they will always be re-created after certain actions on the website.

Source First Party or Third Party cookie? Cookie Name Session or Persistent cookie? Type of personal data collected Purpose Expires 
https://thesauri.eo.esa.int/ First Party SKOSMOS_SELECTED Persistent None To track the vocabularies the user selected for search autocomplete purposes. 365 days
https://thesauri.eo.esa.int/ First Party SKOSMOS_LANGUAGE Persistent None To track the language selected on the page menu. 365 days
https://thesauri.eo.esa.int/ First Party SKOSMOS_SEARCH_LANG Persistent None To track the language selected for the search. 365 days
https://thesauri.eo.esa.int/ First Party SKOSMOS_COOKIE_ACCEPT Persistent None Consent for cookies acceptance. 365 days

How to withdraw your consent and/or delete a cookie?

Cookies Consent: You cannot withdraw your consent for the cookies since the service or website always creates them after certain user actions on the website.
Disable or Delete Cookies: All the cookies used on our website can be disabled through your browser. To disable cookies through your browser, follow your browser instructions (e.g. in Firefox: Menu > Settings > Privacy & Security > Cookies and Site Data). Please note that blocking or deleting cookies may lead to reduced functionality of some features on the website.

Contact

ESA DPO: dpo@esa.int