Cookie types
We use cookies to make sure our website works properly on the devices you use to access it. A cookie is a small piece of data that is downloaded to your device when you visit a site. It allows the site to remember your preferences and actions over a period of time. These files do not identify you personally. There are many different types of cookies:
- Cookies needed to make sure the site works properly (to identify you as a unique user for example).
- Cookies to improve the function of the site (to remember pages you have already accessed, or your password for example).
Tipik's use of cookies
We make limited use of cookies. Our site uses two types of cookies:
- Cookies used to make sure the site works properly while you are connected. These are First party cookies designed by Tipik. They are temporary and are deleted after 24 hours. They contain no information about you.
- Analytics cookies used to measure the effectiveness and efficiency of our website and then help us make improvements. For this we use the First party cookies of Matomo web analytics.
We do not use cookies for social media.
First party cookies developed by Tipik
| Cookie name | Domain | Expires/Maximum age | Purpose |
| ARRAffinitySameSite ARRAffinit |
www.tipik.eu/ | Duration of the session | Used by Microsoft Azure to guarantee the load balancing between servers. |
| cookieControl cookieControlPrefs |
www.tipik.eu/ | One year | To save your preferences regarding your cookie consent. |
First party cookies used by Matomo analytics
Matomo is an open-source analytics platform which fully is controlled by Tipik. This platform enables the protection of end-user personal data thanks to features such as IP address de-identification. We have also created an additional feature to manage consent in order to enable us to collect anonymised statistics.
We use the cookies below for three different objectives.
| Cookie name | Domain | Expires/Maximum age | Purpose |
| _pk_id. | www.tipik.eu/ | 13 months | To track whether a user is new to the site or a repeat visitor. |
| _pk_ses. | www.tipik.eu/ | 30 minutes | To track which pages were visited |
| mtm_cookie_consent | www.tipik.eu/ | 13 months | Remember consent concerning cookies |
Data protection information and measures in Matomo
Matomo is configured to store first party cookies.
Cookies (from Matomo) enable Tipik to track the following information about visitors to our site. We use this information to prepare aggregated, anonymous statistics reports of visitors’ activity:
- IP address (with 2 bytes masked)
- 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)
- Screen resolution of user's device
- Time in local visitor's time-zone
- Files that were clicked and downloaded (Download)
- Links to an outside domain that were clicked (Outlink)
- Pages generation time (the time it takes for webpages to be generated by the webserver and then downloaded by the visitor: Page speed)
- 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)
- Campaigns
- Site Search
Tipik retains full control of the data collected through first-party cookies by storing the data in servers fully owned and controlled by the Agency itself.
Besides some session cookies, a random ID persistent cookie is generated by Matomo, which allows us to identify when a user returns to the site. This cookie has an expiration date of 13 months, after which it is automatically removed from the user's device.
Consent
Consent is not required by EU law for Tipik’s first party cookies as they are currently used. If you do not consent to the cookies linked to Matomo analytics then your activity on our website will only be tracked anonymously for analytical purposes.
You can find in this page the option to manage your consent..
Do not track preferences
If you do not want to be tracked by our site, you can use the ‘Do Not Track’ function available in a number of browsers including:
Firefox (link is external)
Internet Explorer (link is external)
Chrome (link is external)
Safari (link is external)
Opera (link is external)
Restricted access to information
All analytics data communication is encrypted via HTTPS protocol. The analytical reports generated by Piwik can only be accessed by authorised Agency staff dealing with Matomo or by duly authorised external sub-contractors, who may be required to analyse, develop and/or regularly maintain certain sites.
Masking of IP addresses
Note: institution, city and country of origin for statistical purposes are determined from the full IP, then stored and aggregated before a mask is applied. Matomo uses an IP de-identification mechanism that automatically masks a portion of each visitor's IP (Internet Protocol), effectively making it impossible to identify a particular DG JUST website visitor via the sole IP address.
Policy on visitor logs
Matomo automatically deletes visitors' logs after 54 weeks. Anonymised and aggregated data are stored for an indefinite period by Tipik for analysis.
Removing cookies
You can delete cookies from past visits online whenever you like. Check out your browser manual for more information on how to do this.
