To ensure the proper functioning of the websites managed by Susjos, we sometimes place small data files called „cookies” on your computer or mobile device.

What are „cookies”?

A „cookie” is a small text file that a website places on your computer or mobile device when you access it.

  • The original cookiesare installed by the website you are visiting. They can only be read by that site. Sites sometimes use external services, which place their own cookies – these are third-party cookies.
  • Persistent cookiesare cookies saved on your computer which, unlike session cookies, are not automatically deleted when you close your browser.

Each time you visit websites managed by the European Commission, you will be prompted to accept or decline cookies.

The purpose is to allow the site to remember your preferences (such as username, language, etc.) for a certain period of time.

Thus, you do not need to re-enter this data when you browse the site during the same visit.

Cookies can also be used to create anonymized statistics about your browsing experience on our sites.

How do we use cookies?

The websites managed by Susjos mainly use original cookies. These are installed and controlled by Susjos, not by external organizations.

However, in order to view certain pages, you will also need to accept cookies from external organizations.

We use 3 types of original cookie modules, for:

  • to store visitor preferences
  • to ensure the good operation of the sites
  • to collect analytical data (about user behavior).

1. Visitors’ preferences

These cookies are placed by us and only we can read them. They note:

  • if you have accepted (or declined) this site’s cookie policy
  • if you have already answered the pop-up survey (about how useful the site was) so that it will not be shown to you in the future

Cookies with visitor preferencesare:

Name: ecs

Service: Site survey tool

Purpose: Remember if you’ve answered a pop-up survey (so you don’t see it again in the future)

Cookie type and duration: Original persistent cookie, 1 month


Name: cck3

Service: Consent for the use of cookies

Purpose: Remembers your preferences related to third-party cookies (so that the question is not shown to you in the future)

Cookie type and duration: Original session cookie, deleted when the browser is closed


Name: cck1

Service: Consent for the use of cookies

Purpose: Remembers your cookie preferences (so that the question is not shown to you in the future)

Cookie type and duration: Original persistent cookie, 6 months

2. Operational cookies

There are some cookies that we need to include in order for certain web pages to work. For this reason, they do not require your consent. In particular:

  • Authentication cookies: These are stored when you connect to a site managed by Susjos using our authentication service (susjos.com / client authentication). By doing so, you agreeprivacy policyyourselfassociated.

Authentication cookiesare:

Name: MyECASDomain

Service: Identity Management Service

Purpose: Holds the domain

Cookie type and duration: Original session cookie, deleted when the browser is closed


Name: __Secure_CASTGC

Service: Identity Management Service

Purpose: Identifies your browsing session

Cookie type and duration: Original session cookie, deleted when the browser is closed


Name: __Secure_ECAS_SESSIONID

Service: Identity Management Service

Purpose: Identifies the current Central Authentication Service session

Cookie type and duration: Original session cookie, deleted when the browser is closed


Name: ECAS_PREFS

Service: Identity Management Service

Purpose: Remembers your settings and preferences: User ID, username, accepted cookie policy, high/normal contrast, privacy settings, option to show account details after login, last power selected

Cookie type and duration: Original session cookie, deleted when the browser is closed

The name of these cookies may change for technical reasons (in particular __Secure-CASTGC and __Secure-ECAS_SESSIONID).

  • Technical cookiesrequired for certain IT systems are:

Name:has_js

Service: Enterprise content management platform based on Drupal open source software

Purpose: Determines whether Javascript is enabled in your browser, a necessary step for the websites to function properly

Cookie type and duration: Original session cookie, deleted when the browser is closed

Name: JSESSIONID / CFID / CFTOKEN

Service: Java IT Platform / Coldfusion IT Platform

Purpose: Keeps you a secure session for the duration of your visit

Cookie type and duration: Original session cookie, deleted when the browser is closed

Name: ecs

Service: Site survey tool

Purpose: Remember if you’ve answered a pop-up survey (so you don’t see it again in the future)

Cookie type and duration: Original persistent cookie, 1 month

The name of the cookie: MoodleSession

Service/site that uses the cookie: CusTax – EU Learning**

The purpose of the cookie: Identifies your browsing session**

Cookie type and duration: Original session cookie, deleted when the browser is closed**

Name: GS_FLOW_CONTROL

Service: GeoServer

Purpose: To ensure improved performance.

Cookie type and duration: Original session cookie, deleted when the browser is closed

Name: SERVERID

Service: GISCO

Purpose: Used to maintain a secure session throughout your visit.

Cookie type and duration: Original session cookie, deleted when the browser is closed

Name:jrc_cookie

Service: F5

Purpose: Used to maintain a secure session throughout your visit.

Cookie type and duration: Original session cookie, deleted when the browser is closed

Name:TS#

Service: F5 (WAF/ASM)

Purpose: Used to maintain a secure session throughout your visit.

Cookie type and duration: Original session cookie, deleted when the browser is closed

3. Analytical cookies

We use these cookies exclusively for internal research in order to improve the service we offer to all our users.

They only evaluate how you interact with our site as an anonymous user (the data collected does not identify you personally).

Also, this data is not shared with any third party and is not used for other purposes. Anonymized statistics may be shared with contractors working on communication projects, subject to a contractual agreement with Susjos.

You have the freedom to refuse this type of cookies – either on the first page you visit, through the banner dedicated to cookies, or at the mail address office@susjos.com

Analytical cookiesare:

Name: _pk_id#

Service: Institutional website user behavior analysis service based on Matomo open source software

Purpose: Recognizes website visitors (anonymously – no personal data about users is collected)

Cookie type and duration: Original persistent cookie mode, 13 months


Name: _pk_ses#

Service: Institutional website user behavior analysis service based on Matomo open source software

Purpose: Identifies pages viewed by the same user during the same visit. (anonymously – no personal data about users is collected)

Cookie type and duration: Original persistent cookie mode, 30 minutes

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Third-party cookies

Some of our pages display content hosted by contracted services that use domains other than Susjos – for example, by our contractor who contributes to the proper functioning of the site; External hosting may require cookies to function.

The name of the cookie: PHPSESSIONID

Service: Susjos contact form

Purpose: Session information (random number), used to handle multilingual forms. No other information is stored

Cookie type and duration: Third-party session cookie placed by our contractor. It is deleted when the browser is closed

Some of our pages display content from external providers, for example YouTube, Facebook and Twitter.

To view content from third parties, you must first accept their specific terms and conditions – including their cookie policies, which we cannot control.

But if you don’t view that content, no third-party cookies will be installed on you.

Third party providers on Commission websites

These services provided by third parties are beyond the control of Susjos. Providers may, at any time, change their terms and conditions, the purpose and manner of using cookies, etc.

How can you manage cookies?

Deleting cookies from your device

You can delete all cookies already on your device by clearing your browser’s browsing history. This operation will delete all cookies from all websites you have visited.

However, this means that you may lose some saved information (for example, saved logins or site preferences).

Management of cookies specific to a specific site

For more detailed control over site-specific cookies, check the privacy settings and cookie settings in your preferred browser.

Blocking cookies

On most modern browsers, you can prevent all cookies from being placed on your device. However, this may mean that you will need to manually set certain preferences each time you visit a site/page. Some services and functionality may not work properly (for example, logging in with a certain profile).

Managing our analytical cookies

You can manage your preferences regarding cookies from Susjos in the customer account of our website.