Cookie policy - Clinical Data Publication
To ensure that the CDP Portal operates efficiently and to enhance the user's experience, we place small data files called cookies on your device. You can delete cookies at any time by using your browser’s settings/options.
About Cookies
A cookie is a small data file that a website stores on the visitor’s computer or mobile device. At the CDP Portal, we use cookies to enable the technical functioning of this website.
First-party cookies :
First-party cookies are set by the website you are visiting and only that website can read them. A website might use first-party cookies from an external service to provide authentication functionality.
Third-party cookies
Third-party cookies are set and stored by a different website in a manner that is outside the control of the site you are visiting.
Session cookies :
Session cookies are temporarily saved in your web browser to enable a website to track your navigation, so you are not treated as a new user every time you go from page to page. They are deleted automatically when you close your web browser.
Persistent cookies :
Persistent cookies are saved on your computer for longer than session cookies and not deleted automatically when you close your web browser.
For more information on different types of cookies, see: European Commission: cookies
CDP Portal and its cookies
The CDP Portal utilises specific cookies crucial to its operation and enhancement of its user's experience. Disabling them may affect the performance and features available to you. Below is an overview of the cookies used in the CDP Portal portal.
Essential cookies at the CDP Portal
The CDP Portal uses the following first-party essential cookies
- ema-adc-cookie Used for load balancing purposes and ensures the smooth operations of the CDP Portal.
- TSxxxxxxxxxxx, TSxxxxxxxx The purpose of this essential cookie is to enhance the security posture for all the hosted applications.
- COOKIE_SUPPORT Technical cookie (duration 1 year). It belongs to Liferay. It is used to know if the user admits cookies.
- eu_cookie_consent compliance-related cookie used to track whether a user has consented to the use of cookies under EU data privacy laws, especially the EU Cookie Directive and GDPR.
- JSESSIONID Technical session cookie (expires once the session ends). It belongs to Liferay. It is used by sites written in JSP to maintain an anonymous user session by the server.
- LFR_SESSION_STATE Technical session cookie (expires once the session ends). It belongs to Liferay. It contains the timestamp when the user's session started.
- SAML_SP_SESSION_KEY Stores a randomly generated string for keeping the SAML Service Provider session alive so it can participate in SAML SLO (Single Log Out).
Consent to collecting your browsing experience
You have control over the use of optional cookies. However, on the CDP Portal, we do not use optional cookies. Upon visiting the portal, you will be shown a brief warning about the use of cookies in the CDP Portal.
'Do Not Track' option
As a general privacy diligence advise, the 'Do not track' is a web browser function that prevents websites from tracking visitors. Several web browsers have the 'do not track' option:
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Internet Explorer
Opera
Safari