This Cookie Policy explains how Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining ("we," "us," and "our") uses cookies and similar technologies to recognize you when you visit our website at https://www.gichd.org ("website"). It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them.
In some cases we may use cookies to collect personal information, or that becomes personal information if we combine it with other information.
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 website owners in order to make their websites work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information.
Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining) 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 functionality 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 the website in question and also when it visits certain other websites.
Why do we use cookies?
We use first- and third-party cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons in order for our Website to operate, and we refer to these as "essential" or "strictly necessary" cookies. Other cookies also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our Online Properties. Third parties serve cookies through our Website for advertising, analytics, and other purposes. This is described in more detail below.
How can I control cookies?
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie rights by setting your preferences in the Cookie Consent Manager. The Cookie Consent Manager allows you to select which categories of cookies you accept or reject. Essential cookies cannot be rejected as they are strictly necessary to provide you with services.
The Cookie Consent Manager can be found in the notification banner and on our website. If you choose to reject cookies, you may still use our website though your access to some functionality and areas of our website may be restricted. You may also set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies.
What cookies do we use?
The specific types of first- and third-party cookies served through our Website and the purposes they perform are described in the table below (please note that the specific cookies served may vary depending on the specific Online Properties you visit):
Essential website cookies:
These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our Website and to use some of its features, such as access to secure areas.
Name: | TERMLY_API_CACHE |
Purpose: | Used to store visitor’s consent result in order to improve performance of the consent banner. |
Provider: | www.gichd.org |
Service: | Termly |
Country: | Switzerland |
Type: | html_local_storage |
Expires in: | 1 year |
Name: | __tluid |
Purpose: | Assigns a random ID number to each visitor so that their policy consent and cookie consent preferences can be saved. |
Provider: | app.termly.io |
Service: | Termly View Service Privacy Policy |
Country: | United States |
Type: | server_cookie |
Expires in: | 1 year |
Name: | __cf_bm |
Purpose: | Cloudflare places the cookie on end-user devices that access customer sites protected by Bot Management or Bot Fight Mode. |
Provider: | .vimeo.com |
Service: | Cloudflare View Service Privacy Policy |
Country: | __________ |
Type: | http_cookie |
Expires in: | 29 minutes |
Name: | fe_typo_user |
Purpose: | Used as a user-session identifier by the TYPO3 CMS to enable the storage of user preferences. It is classified as a Session and TYPO3 Content Management Cookie. |
Provider: | .gichd.org |
Service: | TYPO3 CMS View Service Privacy Policy |
Country: | Switzerland |
Type: | server_cookie |
Expires in: | session |
Performance and functionality cookies:
These cookies are used to enhance the performance and functionality of our Website but are non-essential to their use. However, without these cookies, certain functionality (like videos) may become unavailable.
Name: | yt.innertube::nextId |
Purpose: | Stores a list of YouTube requests made by the user |
Provider: | www.youtube-nocookie.com |
Service: | YouTube View Service Privacy Policy |
Country: | United States |
Type: | html_local_storage |
Expires in: | persistent |
Name: | ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY |
Purpose: | Stores the last result entry key used by YouTube |
Provider: | www.youtube-nocookie.com |
Service: | YouTube View Service Privacy Policy |
Country: | United States |
Type: | html_local_storage |
Expires in: | persistent |
Name: | YSC |
Purpose: | Ensures that requests within a browsing session are made by the user, and not by other sites. These cookies prevent malicious sites from acting on behalf of a user without that user’s knowledge. The ‘YSC’ cookie lasts for the duration of a user’s browsing session. |
Provider: | .youtube.com |
Service: | YouTube View Service Privacy Policy |
Country: | United States |
Type: | http_cookie |
Expires in: | session |
Name: | yt-remote-device-id |
Purpose: | Stores a unique ID for the user's device for YouTube |
Provider: | www.youtube-nocookie.com |
Service: | YouTube View Service Privacy Policy |
Country: | United States |
Type: | html_local_storage |
Expires in: | persistent |
Name: | yt.innertube::requests |
Purpose: | Stores a list of YouTube requests made by the user |
Provider: | www.youtube-nocookie.com |
Service: | YouTube View Service Privacy Policy |
Country: | United States |
Type: | html_local_storage |
Expires in: | persistent |
Name: | yt-remote-connected-devices |
Purpose: | Stores a list of connected devices for YouTube |
Provider: | www.youtube-nocookie.com |
Service: | YouTube View Service Privacy Policy |
Country: | United States |
Type: | html_local_storage |
Expires in: | persistent |
Name: | VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE |
Purpose: | Used to remember your preferences and other information, such as your preferred language, how many results you prefer to have shown on a search results page (for example, 10 or 20), and whether you want to have Google’s SafeSearch filter turned on. YouTube is a Google-owned platform for hosting and sharing videos. Used by Google in combination with SID to verify Google user account and most recent login time. |
Provider: | .youtube.com |
Service: | YouTube View Service Privacy Policy |
Country: | United States |
Type: | server_cookie |
Expires in: | 5 months 27 days |
Analytics and customization cookies:
These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our Website is being used or how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us customize our Website for you.
Name: | _gat# |
Purpose: | Enables Google Analytics to regulate the rate of requesting. It is a HTTP cookie type that lasts for a session. |
Provider: | .gichd.org |
Service: | Google Analytics View Service Privacy Policy |
Country: | Switzerland |
Type: | http_cookie |
Expires in: | less than 1 minute |
Name: | _gid |
Purpose: | Google Analytics cookie which keeps an entry of unique ID which is then used to come up with statistical data on website usage by visitors. It is a HTTP cookie type and expires after a browsing session. |
Provider: | .gichd.org |
Service: | Google Analytics View Service Privacy Policy |
Country: | Switzerland |
Type: | http_cookie |
Expires in: | 23 hours 59 minutes |
Name: | _ga_# |
Purpose: | Used by Google Analytics to distinguish individual users by means of designation of a randomly generated number as client identifier, which allows calculation of visits and sessions |
Provider: | .gichd.org |
Service: | Google analytics View Service Privacy Policy |
Country: | Switzerland |
Type: | http_cookie |
Expires in: | 1 year 1 month 4 days |
Name: | _ga_# |
Purpose: | Used to distinguish individual users by means of designation of a randomly generated number as client identifier, which allows calculation of visits and sessions |
Provider: | .training.gichd.org |
Service: | Google Analytics View Service Privacy Policy |
Country: | Switzerland |
Type: | http_cookie |
Expires in: | 1 year 1 month 4 days |
Name: | _ga_# |
Purpose: | Used to distinguish individual users by means of designation of a randomly generated number as client identifier, which allows calculation of visits and sessions |
Provider: | training.gichd.org |
Service: | Google Analytics View Service Privacy Policy |
Country: | Switzerland |
Type: | http_cookie |
Expires in: | 1 year 1 month 4 days |
Name: | gen_204 |
Purpose: | __________ |
Provider: | maps.google.com |
Service: | __________ |
Country: | United States |
Type: | pixel_tracker |
Expires in: | session |
Name: | jot |
Purpose: | __________ |
Provider: | syndication.twitter.com |
Service: | __________ |
Country: | United States |
Type: | pixel_tracker |
Expires in: | session |
Name: | _ga |
Purpose: | Records a particular ID used by Google Analytics. It is a HTTP cookie that expires after 2 years. |
Provider: | .gichd.org |
Service: | Google Analytics View Service Privacy Policy |
Country: | Switzerland |
Type: | http_cookie |
Expires in: | 1 year 1 month 4 days |
Advertising cookies:
These cookies are used to make advertising messages more relevant to you. They perform functions like preventing the same ad from continuously reappearing, ensuring that ads are properly displayed for advertisers, and in some cases selecting advertisements that are based on your interests.
Name: | td |
Purpose: | Used to deliver targeted adverts to users based on browsing activity. It is a HTTP cookie. |
Provider: | www.googletagmanager.com |
Service: | UnrulyX View Service Privacy Policy |
Country: | United States |
Type: | pixel_tracker |
Expires in: | session |
Unclassified cookies:
These are cookies that have not yet been categorized. We are in the process of classifying these cookies with the help of their providers.
Name: | EXT:CustomFonts |
Purpose: | __________ |
Provider: | www.gichd.org |
Service: | __________ |
Country: | Switzerland |
Type: | html_local_storage |
Expires in: | persistent |
Name: | be_typo_user |
Purpose: | __________ |
Provider: | www.gichd.org |
Service: | __________ |
Country: | Switzerland |
Type: | server_cookie |
Expires in: | session |
Name: | yt-player-headers-readable |
Purpose: | __________ |
Provider: | www.youtube-nocookie.com |
Service: | __________ |
Country: | United States |
Type: | html_local_storage |
Expires in: | persistent |
How can I control cookies on my browser?
As the means by which you can refuse cookies through your web browser controls vary from browser to browser, you should visit your browser's help menu for more information. The following is information about how to manage cookies on the most popular browsers:
In addition, most advertising networks offer you a way to opt out of targeted advertising. If you would like to find out more information, please visit:
- Digital Advertising Alliance
- Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada
- European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance
What about other tracking technologies, like web beacons?
Cookies are not the only way to recognize or track visitors to a website. We may use other, similar technologies from time to time, like web beacons (sometimes called "tracking pixels" or "clear gifs"). These are tiny graphics files that contain a unique identifier that enables us to recognize when someone has visited our Website or opened an email including them. This allows us, for example, to monitor the traffic patterns of users from one page within a website to another, to deliver or communicate with cookies, to understand whether you have come to the website from an online advertisement displayed on a third-party website, to improve site performance, and to measure the success of email marketing campaigns. In many instances, these technologies are reliant on cookies to function properly, and so declining cookies will impair their functioning.
How often will you update this Cookie Policy?
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please therefore revisit this Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.
The date at the top of this Cookie Policy indicates when it was last updated.
Where can I get further information?
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or other technologies, please email us at info@gichd.org or by post to:
Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining
Maison de la paix | Tower 3 Chemin Eugène-Rigot 2C P.O Box 1300
Geneva CH - 1211
Switzerland
Phone: (CH)(0)22 730 93 60
Fax: (CH)(0)22 730 93 62