Cookies are usually small text files, given ID tags that are stored in your computer's browser directory or program data subfolders. Every time you visit a website, you will be prompted to accept or refuse cookies. The purpose is to enable the site to remember your preferences (such as user name, language, etc.) for a certain period of time. That way, you don’t have to re-enter them when browsing around the site during the same visit.
The EU-Japan Centre uses Google Analytics cookies to gather information about the EU-Japan Centre's web users' navigation behaviour to compile reports and to constantly improve our Website functions for better user experience. Google's privacy policy is available at: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/
You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser settings. Different browsers have different navigation systems. View your browser's Help Menu to learn the correct way to modify your cookies. If you would like to learn more how to manage, remove or stop installing cookies to your browsers, please visit: http://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/
However, if you remove all the cookies, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit a site and some services and functionalities may not work.
