Cookie Policy
Last updated: December 14, 2022
European Medical University (EMU) respects your privacy, and we aim to be transparent about the types of personal information we collect about you and how we use it. In this Cookie Notice («Notice»), we explain how European Medical University (EMU) uses cookies and other similar technologies («Cookies») to recognize you when you visit our website at https://www.europeanmeduniversity.net.
We also explain what these technologies are, why we use them, and your rights to control our use of them.
Please note that this notice describes the types of cookies we use on our website.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used by us to make the website at https://www.europeanmeduniversity.net function effectively and to provide statistical information.
Cookies set by the website owner (https://www.europeanmeduniversity.net) are called «first-party cookies.» Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called «third-party cookies.» Third-party cookies enable third-party features or functionalities to be provided on or through the website (e.g., advertising, interactive content, and analytics). The parties that set these third-party cookies can recognize your computer both when it visits this website and also when it visits certain other websites.
Why do we use cookies?
We use both first-party and third-party cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are necessary for technical reasons to ensure our website functions properly, and we refer to these as «essential» or «strictly necessary» cookies. Other cookies allow us to track and target the interests of our users, enhancing their experience on our website. Third parties also serve cookies through our website for advertising, analytics, and other purposes. This is explained in more detail below.
The specific types of first-party and third-party cookies served through our website and their purposes are described in the table below.
Types of Cookies, Who Serves These Cookies, and How to Opt-Out:
1. Essential Website Cookies:
These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available on our website and to use some of its features, including access to secure areas.
These are essentially first-party cookies set by European Medical University (EMU). Since these cookies are strictly necessary for the operation of the website, you cannot opt out of them.
You can block or delete them by changing your web browser settings, as described below under the heading «How can I control cookies?»
2. Performance and Functionality Cookies:
These cookies are used to enhance the performance and functionality of our website but are not essential for their use. However, without these cookies, certain features, such as viewing preferences, may become unavailable.
These are first-party cookies set by European Medical University (EMU) or third-party cookies (for example, Google).
To opt out of these cookies, follow the instructions provided below under the heading «How can I control cookies?»
For more information on how Google uses cookies and how you can manage your cookies, please visit this link: https://policies.google.com/technologies/cookies?gl=GB&hl=en
3. Analytics and Preference Cookies:
These cookies collect information to help us understand how our site is used or how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us tailor our website for you.
We essentially use Google Analytics for analytics cookies. These are third-party cookies.
To opt out of these cookies, follow the instructions provided below under the heading «How can I control cookies?»
For more information on Google Analytics, please read the «Google Analytics» section below or visit Google’s website at: analytics.google.com
4. Advertising Cookies:
These cookies are used to make advertising messages more relevant to you. They perform functions such as preventing the same ads from being shown repeatedly, ensuring that ads are displayed correctly to advertisers, and, in some cases, selecting ads based on your interests.
These are first-party cookies set by the Company or third-party cookies (for example, DoubleClick, owned by Google).
To opt out of these cookies, follow the instructions provided below under the heading «How can I control cookies?»
To learn more about DoubleClick and how you can manage your cookies, visit Google’s cookie page at: https://policies.google.com/technologies/cookies?gl=GB&hl=en
5. Social Media Cookies:
These cookies are used to allow you to share pages and content that you find interesting on our website through third-party social networks and other websites. These cookies may also be used for advertising purposes.
We allow you to register on our websites using your Facebook account. As a result, a third-party cookie used by Facebook may be placed on your device.
To opt out of these cookies, follow the instructions provided below under the heading «How can I control cookies?»
For more information about Facebook cookies, please read Facebook’s cookie policy at: https://en-gb.facebook.com/policies/cookies/
What about other tracking technologies?
Cookies are not the only way to identify or track website visitors. From time to time, we may use other similar technologies, such as web beacons (sometimes referred to as «tracking pixels» or «clear gifs»). These are tiny graphic files that contain a unique identifier that allows us to recognize when someone visits our website (or opens an email we have sent). This enables us, for example, to track user traffic patterns from one page on our website to another, to deliver or communicate with cookies to understand whether you arrived at our website from an ad network hosted on a third-party website, to enhance site performance, and to evaluate the success of email marketing campaigns. In many cases, these technologies rely on cookies to function properly, so reducing the number of cookies will impair their functionality.
Flash cookies or local shared objects
Our website may also use so-called «Flash cookies» (also known as local shared objects or «LSOs») to, among other things, collect and store information about your use of our services, prevent fraud, and perform other operations related to the site.
If you do not want Flash cookies to be stored on your computer, you can adjust your Flash player settings to block the storage of Flash cookies through the tools contained in the Website Storage Settings Panel. You can also manage Flash cookies by going to the Global Storage Settings Panel and following the instructions (which may include guidance on how to delete existing cookies (referred to as «information» on the Macromedia site), how to prevent Flash LSOs from being placed on your computer without your request, and also (for Flash Player 8 and later), how to block cookies that are not delivered by the operator of the page you are currently on).
Please note that adjusting Flash Player settings to restrict or limit the acceptance of Flash cookies may reduce or hinder the functionality of certain Flash applications, including potentially Flash applications used in connection with our services or online content.
Advertising cookies
Third parties may place «Cookies» on your computer or mobile device to serve advertising on our website. These companies may use information about your visits to this and other websites to deliver relevant advertisements about goods and services that may interest you. They may also use technology that is used to assess the effectiveness of advertisements. This may be done by them using cookies or web beacons to collect information about your visits to this and other sites to provide relevant advertisements about goods and services that potentially interest you. The information collected during this process does not allow us or them to identify your name, contact details, or other personal information unless you are trying to provide them.
Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service from Google Inc. («Google»). Google Analytics uses cookies or text files that are stored on your computer and allow for the analysis of website usage. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually sent to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, if IP anonymization is activated on this Site, Google shortens your IP address in EU member states or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address sent to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. Google will use this information on behalf of the operator of this website to evaluate your use of the website, compile reports on website activity, and perform additional services related to website usage and Internet usage in its interaction with the website operator. The IP address sent by your browser as part of Google Analytics is not combined with other data from Google.
You can prevent the storage of these cookies by creating the appropriate setting in your browser software. However, you may not be able to use all functions of the website to their full extent.
You can also prevent the sending of data to Google and the processing of data by Google (including your IP address) generated by the cookie and related to your use of your website using the aforementioned opt-out links. More information can be found at www.analytics.google.com.
How can I control cookies?
You have the right to decide whether to accept or decline cookies. You can take advantage of cookies by clicking the appropriate opt-out links provided in the «Cookie» table above.
You can set or change your web browser controls to accept or decline cookies. If you choose to decline cookies, you can still use our website, although your access to some features and areas of our website may be limited. Since the method by which you can opt-out of cookies through your web browser varies from browser to browser, you should visit your browser’s help menu for more information.
You can accept or decline the use of cookies through features built into your web browser.
Updates to this notice
We may update this Notice to reflect, for example, changes in the «Cookies» that we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons.
Therefore, please revisit this Notice to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.
The date at the top of this Notice indicates when it was last updated.
Privacy
To learn more about how European Medical University (EMU) uses your personal information, please read our privacy webpage — https://www.europeanmeduniversity.net/privacy-policy.
Where can I get more information?
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or how we process your personal information, please contact us at: [email protected].
