What are cookies?

To facilitate the functioning of our website we may – subject to visitors’ consent – place small data files called cookies on your device. The only exception concerns a “technical cookie” which is installed when a user first accesses the website for the sole purpose of allowing the website to function correctly (“transmission of communication over an electronic communications network”).

Cookies are pieces of text generated by the web services that a user has visited; these text files can be set on the users’ devices by the website they are currently visiting (“first party cookies”) or by a different website to the one they are currently visiting (“third party cookies”).

Below you can find information on the choice to accept (“opt-in”) or refuse the placement of cookies, the types of cookies used by our website and their purpose.

You will also find information on the possibility of opting-out from the use of cookies (if you have already chosen to opt-in).

How this website uses Cookies

On the CASSINI Entrepreneurship Days website the following types of cookies are used: ‘first-party persistent cookies' and ‘session cookies’.

'First-party persistent cookies' enable the tracking of the following information about the visitors to our website:

  • IP address (anonymised);

  • Location: country, region, city, approximate latitude and longitude (Geolocation);

  • Date and time of the request (visit to the site);

  • Title of the page being viewed (Page Title);

  • URL of the page being viewed (Page URL);

  • URL of the page that was viewed prior to the current page (Referrer URL);

  • Files that were clicked and downloaded (Download);

  • Links to an outside domain that were clicked (Outlink);

  • The main language of the browser being used (Accept-Language header);

  • Browser version, browser plugins (PDF, Flash, Java, …), operating system version, device identifier (User-Agent header).

 The collected data will not be shared with any other organisations for marketing, market research or commercial purposes. Moreover, the abovementioned data cannot be used to identify a particular visitor.

'First party' cookies are created by the CASSINI Matchmaking website and enable:

  • Proper functioning of the website;

  • The CASSINI Entrepreneurship Days team to collect statistics to improve website functionalities.

'Persistent' means that these cookies expire after thirteen months (13), after which they are automatically removed from the users’ device.

‘Session’ Cookies do not contain any data - they are placed for the duration of a user session (time spent browsing the website). These cookies are necessary to keep the visitor’s choice selection when the website is accessed.

Opting in cookies

When the website is accessed first, the website visitor is provided with a choice to accept (“Allow all Cookies”), refuse (“Use necessary cookies only”) or allow the limited placement of cookies (“Manage cookies”).

Allow all cookies:

By clicking this option, the visitor gives consent to the placement of all the cookies for the:

  • Optimal functioning of the website

  • Collection of statistics

Use necessary cookies only: 

By clicking this option, the visitor does not give consent to the placement of any of the abovementioned cookies. In this case, only a session cookie is placed; this is a technical cookie, for functioning of the website and to remember the visitors’ cookie selection choice. This cookie is placed for the duration of a user session (time spent browsing the website) and will automatically be deleted when said session expires. Choosing not to accept cookies does not hinder your navigation experience on the CASSINI Entrepreneurship Days website.

No selection made: 

If a visitor neither accepts nor refuses cookies, the website treats this as a refusal to the placement of cookies and all related functions are on hold until a selection is made. Only necassary cookies shall be placed on visitors’ devices, unless consent has been given by clicking on the “Allow all cookies” option.

Opting Out Cookies

In case a visitor has opted into the placement of cookies, it is always possible to change this decision and opt-out. In order to opt-out, visitors need to delete all the cookies from their browsers. If you do this, however, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit a site and some services and functionalities may not work. Each browser has a slightly different system – please see below some examples:

  • For  Chrome go to: Settings › Privacy and Security › Delete browsing data › Select “Cookies and other site data” > Click “Delete data”;

  • For Internet Explorer go to:  Safety › Delete Browsing History › Select “Cookies and website media” › Click “Delete”;

  • Microsoft Edge go to: Settings › Cookies and site permissions > Manage and delete cookies and site data > See all cookies and site data > Click “Remove all”;

  • For Firefox go to:  Settings › Privacy and Security › Cookies and Site Data › Click “Clear data”

  • For Safari go to: Settings › Privacy › Click “Manage Website Data” (Mac) or “Remove All Website Data”. (Windows), › Select “Remove” or “Remove All” to delete all the cookies.

To learn more on how to clear your cookies in different browsers you may visit https://www.aboutcookies.org/.

Do not track option

Do Not Track is a technology that enables visitors to opt out from being tracked by websites for whatever purpose, including the use of analytics services, advertising networks and social platforms. You can enable the 'Do not track' option directly in your web browser.