What are cookies?
A cookie is a small file containing a sequence of characters. It is sent to the user’s computer while they visit the given website. When the user revisits the website, thanks to the cookie file their browser may be recognised. Cookies may hold among other things the user’s preferences. In browser settings one may select two options: ‘reject cookies’ or ‘signal that a cookie has been sent’. Without cookies some functions or services on a given website may not work properly.
Cookies on the website nik.gov.pl
In common with many other websites, nik.gov.pl also uses cookies. They help create anonymous website use statistics, which make it easier to customise the website operation to the users’ needs.
The website nik.gov.pl also uses cookies to remember the user’s preferences (such as enlarged font or choosing an option of text view of the page).
Besides, for the time of visiting nik.gov.pl, the website saves a cookie with an individual visit ID number. Without a consent to save the cookie, users may not log in to our website (for instance, the section for journalists is unavailable in that case).
In a nutshell, the following types of cookies are used as part of the website nik.gov.pl:
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Cookie name |
Recommended storage time |
Saving purpose |
|---|---|---|
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pliki-cookie-informacja |
1 year |
Stores settings of information display about the use of cookies on the website. |
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PHPSESSID |
Visiting time |
Stores the session ID number (required by the website management software). The file is required to log in on the website. |
|
czcionka |
4 weeks |
Provides information about font enlargement settings. |
|
_ga |
2 years |
Differentiates users. Data used by Google Analytics. |
|
_gid |
24 hours |
Differentiates users. Data used by Google Analytics. |
|
_gat_... |
1 minute |
Controls the number of Google Analytics requests. It does not store the data. |