What are cookies?

A cookie is a small text file that a website saves on your computer or mobile device when you visit the site. It enables the website to remember your actions and preferences (such as login, language, font size and other display preferences) over a period of time, so you don’t have to keep re-entering them whenever you come back to the site or browse from one page to another.

By using our site, you consent to the use of these cookies. Cookies are used on our site for the following reasons:

  • To remember the user’s actions and to identify the user.
  • To record the areas of the website that you have visited and the time spent browsing. ESR uses this information to help make the website more user friendly, develop our site design and to continuously enhance the quality of the service we provide.
  • To distribute visitors to our site evenly across platforms to ensure the content is served at the fastest possible speed.

We also offer you the facility to share your experience on our site through social sites such as Facebook, Twitter and Google Analytics. By using these features, you are also consenting to allow cookies from these providers. More information about how these providers use cookies can be found at their websites.

Are cookies safe?

Yes. The information stored in cookies is safe and anonymous. They do not contain any information which could personally identify you and your account security is never compromised. You can find more information about cookies at e.g. allaboutcookies.org. For a video about cookies visit Google at How Google uses cookies.

How to control cookies

You can control and/or delete cookies as you wish – for details, see aboutcookies.org. You can delete all cookies that are already on your computer and you can set most browsers to prevent them from being placed. If you do this, however, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit a site and some services and functionalities may not work.

Change your cookie settings.

If you have any comments or questions concerning your data privacy and the ESR, please send us an email.