The IOM3 privacy policy can be viewed at https://www.iom3.org/privacy.html

Cookies used on this website

Cookiebot 

Cookiebot primarily sets the CookieConsent HTTP cookie to store a visitor's cookie consent state and preferences for the website.

Main Cookies Set by Cookiebot

• CookieConsent

	• Category: Functional / Necessary

	• Purpose: Stores the user's cookie consent choices (e.g., whether you accepted or declined statistics, marketing, or preference cookies) for the current domain.

	• Duration: Up to 1 year.

• consentUUID

	• Category: Functional

	• Purpose: Acts as a unique identifier for users who have accepted the cookie consent banner.

	• Duration: Varies (persistent session tracking).

• CookieConsentBulkSetting (and related bulk variants like CookieConsentBulkTicket)

	• Category: Functional

	• Purpose: Enables cross-domain sharing or multi-website synchronisation of cookie consent preferences.

	• Duration: Persistent.

• cb-enabled / cb-userstate (or session delivery counters)

	• Category: Functional / Performance

	• Purpose: Counts website sessions and optimizes Consent Management Platform (CMP) product delivery.

• cb-currency

	• Category: Functional

	• Purpose: Stores the user's preferred currency if applicable to the banner/site setup.

• userlang

	• Category: Functional

	• Purpose: Saves the visitor's selected language preference for the banner and interface.

Google Analytics 

 _ga*,_gat*,_ga_*,_gcl*,1P_JAR,DSID,_dc_gtm_*,GA_OPT_OUT,AMP_TOKEN,ar_debug,test_cookie,id

Purpose: analytics

Location: google.com

Reference

https://business.safety.google/adscookies/

https://policies.google.com/privacy

https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

Google

NID

Purpose: Preferences cookie

Location: google.com

Reference

https://policies.google.com/technologies/types?hl=en

YouTube

Common Cookies Set by YouTube

• YSC: A session cookie that tracks unique views and user interactions with embedded videos. It expires when you close your browser.

• VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE: A persistent cookie (lasting around 180 to 400 days) used to estimate user bandwidth on pages with embedded videos and track user preferences or recommendations.

• PREF: Stores user preferences such as language, search settings, and autoplay choices.

• SOCS: Manages user choices regarding cookie consent and privacy preferences.

• NID / _Secure-ENID: Google/YouTube advertising and service cookies used to personalize ads and store user preferences.

• No-Cookie Domain (youtube-nocookie.com): Using youtube-nocookie.com prevents YouTube from setting cookies upon initial page load, though cookies may still be placed once you click to play the video.