Cookies

What are cookies?

Cookies are small temporary text files that are stored on your computer or mobile device to ensure the proper functioning of a website. They contain information about the websites you have visited. Cookies make it easier for users to navigate the internet. For example, when logging into your user profile on a website, your browser will suggest your username. Cookies are also used for other purposes, such as allowing website owners to gather more information about the interests of their site visitors.

How do we use cookies?

The Academic Information Centre “aic.lv” uses Google Analytics services to provide information about services on the web search. This service involves storing cookies on your device.

The cookie stores information about the fact that you visited our website, when it occurred, your IP address, and which sections of the site were visited. This information is handled by Google Inc. (Ireland) and is stored on Google servers (in the European Union and the USA) for 60 days. Before transferring data to Google, IP addresses are anonymized by replacing them with a specific code assigned to each individual user.

Google confirms the compliance of data processing, including transferring data to third parties, with the applicable legal requirements of the European Union and the USA. They also note that the received data is not used for the provision of Google services.

You can prevent cookie transmission to Google by using the “Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on” (see Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on).

How to control cookies?

You have the option to delete cookies from your computer or other device, as well as to use the settings offered by most browsers that block the creation of cookies.

Almost all browsers provide the ability to:

• View saved cookies and delete them;
• Block cookies from third parties;
• Block cookies from marketing websites;
• Block any cookie creation;
• Delete all cookies when exiting the browser.

It is important to remember that if you delete all cookies, your settings on individual websites will also be deleted. Additionally, please note that if you block the creation of any cookies, many websites (including ours) may begin to function incorrectly and services may be interrupted. Therefore, we do not recommend selecting the option to block all cookie creation.