Cookie Policy on the Museum’s Website lnvm.lv
National History Museum of Latvia (further referred as “Museum”) uses cookies on its website lnvm.lv. Cookies are used to enhance the website usage experience, to evaluate the statistics of the website visits and to enable its performance and functionality.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are sent to the user’s device (computer, mobile phone, tablet) by the web browser (Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari etc.) when a user visits a website in order to identify the browser, information stored on the browser or its settings.
What cookies do the Museum uses?
The Museum uses the following types of cookies on its website lnvm.lv.
Essential cookies
Cookie | Function | Expiry |
_EC_TEST_ | Detects what device is used to access the website. | During the session |
PHPSESSID | Preserves the user’s states across page requests. | During the session |
test | Checks if the user has given consent to cookies. | Persistent |
The cookies used on the Museum’s website lnvm.lv can be subdivided as follows.
- Session cookies set up and managed by the website to enable its functionality. These cookies are automatically deleted when you close the browser.
- Persistent cookies stored on your web browser for a certain time after the end of the session unless you delete them. Persistent cookies store information used between the visits. This data allows the websites to recognize you as the user returning to the website and react accordingly.
Data collected by cookies is not used to identify the user of the Museum’s website lnvm.lv. All the data collected by cookies is managed and controlled by the Museum; it is used only for the purposes outlined in this cookie policy.
Consent to Cookies
In accordance with the normative acts, the data subject’s consent is not required for use of the essential cookies, because these cookies enable the website’s functionality.
How to manage cookies?
You can control and delete cookies at will. You can delete all the cookies on your computer and most of the browsers allow adjusting settings to block storing cookies on your computer. However in that case you’ll need to manually adjust the settings every time you visit a website and there is a chance that some of the services and functions will not work.
Find more information about cookies here: aboutcookies.org.