Session cookie: The session cookie is stored in temporary memory and is not retained after the browser is closed. Session cookies do not collect information from the user's computer.
Current session cookies: StatCharts application uses following session cookies (if set): a) Course type (masters, phd, cpd); b) Language of instruction (e.g. English, German, French etc.); c) Provider type (University or Non-University); d) Scientific Discipline or Area (e.g. Bioinformatics, Chemistry, Biology etc.); e) Presentation country (country where course presentation will take part); f) Presentation city (city/town/venue where course presentation will take part); g) Course ID (course ID for the details view); h) Data set (data set index; default value 0 - the latest; 1 - chronologically previous one).
Settings: User interface settings shown in a binary form. Default value is 10000. Ones (1) mean switched on and zeros (0) mean switched off. The following user interface settings are in use: a) Filters (search filters - first bit, default value is 0); c) Options (view options - second bit, default value is 0); b) Search examples (third bit, default value is 0); d) Show Chart (display results graphically - fourth bit, default value is 0). e) Bigger font (fifth bit, default value is 0);
Google Analytics: We don't use at the moment web analytics. But in some browsers, i.e in Internet Explore, Safari, you could nevertheless sometimes find cookies which start with _ga and _utm: These are used to distinguish users and for Google Analytics. They look like e.g. _ga=GA...; _gat=...; _utma=...; _utmc=...; _utmz=...