Aside from the personal information that you actively disclose to us for a specific purpose, UNSSC may also collect and store anonymous information about your browsing behaviour when you visit our website, through the use of cookies. By using the UNSSC website, you agree that we can place the types of cookies set out below on your computer, mobile phone or handheld device and use such information in accordance with UNSSC’s privacy and data protection policy.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small data files made up of letters and numbers placed onto your computer or other mobile devices when you access the UNSSC website. UNSSC uses cookies to collect information about you to the extent necessary to ensure its website’s functionality and performance as well as for the purpose of targeting its audience and tailoring the content offered to the public both on its website and elsewhere. We send cookies when you visit the UNSSC websites, respond to online surveys or polls, or request information. Accepting the cookies used on the UNSSC website does not give us access to your personally identifiable information, but we can use the cookies to, for example, identify your computer or from where you are visiting the UNSSC website.
Disabling cookies
If you do not wish to have cookies installed on your computer or mobile device, you can set your browser to notify you before you receive a cookie, giving you the chance to decide whether to accept it. You can also set your browser to turn off cookies. If you do so, however, some areas of the UNSSC website may not function properly.
How cookies are used on UNSSC website
UNSSC wishes to be transparent with users about how cookies are used, so that you are clear on how your privacy is protected when visiting the UNSSC website.
We use cookies for the following reasons:
To improve your experience on our website – Cookies enable us to ensure that we are providing you content that is relevant to your interests while deprioritising content that is not relevant to you. For example, cookies can tell us if you have shown interest in learning about a specific page, so we could ensure that the next time you visit the UNSSC website, information about this page is prioritised over other content. Cookies can also provide us with an understanding about other factors relating to your visit that can help us to enhance your website experience, such as: which part of the world you are visiting from, if you came to the site because of an email or social media post we sent you, or whether your website browser supports the different technologies used on the UNSSC website.
To understand how UNSSC website and other communication efforts are performing – Cookies help to provide us with anonymous statistics that tell us about how many users visit our website, where they came from and how they interact with it. This information is very useful for us to be able to see which pages and content on the UNSSC website is most popular so that we can modify it accordingly. Data gathered through cookies can also help us understand how our other activities, such as social media/network content and emails affect the use of the UNSSC website.
Advertising performance - We want to monitor our advertising spend carefully to make sure that we are being as cost-effective as possible. UNSSC uses cookies provided by online measurement platforms such as Google Analytics and DoubleClick in order to identify how many people come to our website from different websites that host our media campaigns, which campaign messages have been most effective at driving people to the UNSSC website, and what actions people undertake after clicking on one of our ads.
Third party cookies
Some of the cookies you may receive when visiting UNSSC website are not related to UNSSC. For example, if you visit sections of the UNSSC website that contain embedded content, or contain a plugin such as a social media “like button”, you may receive cookies delivered from these websites. As detailed above, we also use third-party cookies for targeted advertising services and for tracking our website awareness-raising and communications performance. UNSSC does not govern the settings or use of these third-party cookies, so we suggest that you visit these websites for more information about their cookies and applicable privacy policies. UNSSC is not responsible for the privacy of data collected by websites or social services/networks that it does not own or manage, even if these link to the UNSSC website. Modern web browsers provide the ability to disable all cookies or only third-party cookies.