Use of EGO | European History Online

EGO collects and uses data in log files which the user’s internet service provider transmits to EGO. These are: browser type / version, operating system used, referrer URL (the previously visited site), host name of the accessing computer (IP address), time of the server inquiry. These data cannot be attributed to any specific person by EGO. They are needed in order to show the user the content of the EGO online offerings. This data will not be combined with any other sources of data; moreover, this data will be deleted after an anonymous statistical evaluation. 

Use of Cookies

In connection with the provision of internet offerings, EGO uses cookies. Cookies are small text files which are deposited temporarily on a visitor’s computer when a visitor accesses a website. Cookies are used once or for a longer period of time, in order to enable visitors to use certain functions of the EGO online offerings. These text files do not contain any personal data and will not be combined by EGO with any other sources of data.

These cookies permit an analysis of the use of the website and allow us to make EGO online offerings more user-friendly, more effective and safer. The collection and processing of data is solely for statistical purposes and for improving EGO online offerings. Only data without any personal references will be collected and used. Cookies may be deleted by visitors at any time from their own browsers.

This website uses Piwik, a web analytics open-source software. Piwik uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address anonymized prior to its storage) will be stored on the server of the service provider in Germany. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.

If you do not want Piwik to evaluate data about your visits to EGO please deactivate this function here.

Data Privacy Notice concerning the Use of Facebook / Google+ / Twitter Social Plugins

EGO uses social plugins ("plugins") from the social networks facebook.com ("Facebook"), plus.google.com ("Google+") and twitter.com ("Twitter“).

These plugins are labeled with the Facebook icon, the Google+ icon or the Twitter icon, respectively.

Facebook

If you visit a site in EGO which has such a plugin, your browser will create a direct link to the Facebook servers. The content of the plugins will be transmitted from Facebook directly to your browser and integrated into the website by your browser. By integrating the plugin, Facebook will receive the information that you have visited the corresponding sites in EGO. If you are logged in at Facebook, Facebook can attribute your visit to your Facebook account.

If you do not wish to allow Facebook to gather data about you through EGO, you will have to log out of Facebook prior to visiting our website.

Facebook / Google+ / Twitter

If you interact with the plugins, for example, if you activate the "Like" button or enter a comment, the corresponding information will be transmitted directly from your browser to Facebook / Google+ / Twitter and saved there.

Please see the privacy notices of Facebook / Google+ / Twitter to learn more about the purpose and scope of the data being collected and the further processing and use of this data by Facebook / Google+ / Twitter as well as about your rights and possibilities for adjusting the settings to protect your privacy.