Cookie Policy
The cookies used by Volcanology website are necessary for the proper functioning of the portal and help us improve the organization of content and usability of the site through anonymous tracking of visitor behavior.
The Volcanology portal does not use profiling cookies to create user profiles. The Volcanology portal uses only technical cookies.
What are cookies
Cookies are small text files that websites send to the browser on the user's device (computer, tablet, smartphone, notebook), where they are stored before being retransmitted to the same websites during the current visit or the next visit.
What are technical cookies?
Technical cookies are used to perform various functions (authentication, session monitoring, storage of user preferences, etc.) without which some operations would be very complex or impossible to perform.
For more information on cookies, please visit the Privacy Authority's page “How to defend yourself from cookies.”
Why the site you are visiting uses cookies
The site you are visiting uses cookies to analyze user traffic in order to improve the services offered to them.
In addition, the website you are visiting may use third-party services that in turn use cookies, such as when you view a YouTube video included on a page of the website or when you use a third-party plugin installed on a website created with a CMS to activate certain features (e.g., adding comments to an article).
This is a list of the main third-party services that you may find on our website, with links to their individual privacy policies:
- Google Inc.: in particular, Google Analytics (web traffic measurement), Google reCaptcha (anti-spam security for data collection forms), Google Forms (forms for opinion polls or data collection), and Google Maps (geographical information);
- YouTube: platforms for viewing and sharing videos;
- Instagram: an application for publishing and sharing photos;
- Twitter: a social network;
- Facebook: a social network;
The main browser manufacturers provide information on how to disable or manage cookies:
Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Microsoft Edge
By closing the banner or pressing the OK button or continuing to browse the pages of the website, you consent to the use of cookies.
