What are cookies?
Cookies are a hidden, yet integral part of the online experience: As long as we’re using a browser, we’re also using cookies to customize our interactions, save login information, and personalize our experience on a website.
Cookies are bits of data that are sent to and from your browser to identify you. When you open a website, your browser sends a piece of data to the web server hosting that website. This data usually appears as strings of numbers and letters in a text file. Every time you access a new website, a cookie is created and placed in a temporary folder on your device. From here, cookies try to match your preferences for what you want to read, see, or purchase.
Cookies can serve two purposes: authentication and tracking. Authentication cookies save a user’s information when they log into a website while tracking cookies record your web usage and save information about your “session,” i.e. your time on a website. They can track pages you visit and personalize your searches, displaying custom content tailored to your interests.
Cookie policy
Last updated: 19 June 2024
The Global Maritime Forum ("the Forum", "us", "we", or "our") operates www.globalmaritimeforum.org (the "site"). This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal information we receive from users of the site.
We use your personal information only for providing and improving the site. By using the site, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.
We use cookies for statistical analysis to improve and personalise the user experience on our site. By accepting cookies you help us to understand how our users interact with our content, i.e. metrics on session length, page views, or total user count. This allows us to make improvements where needed.
We use Google Analytics and Hotjar to collect first-party cookies for our statistical analysis. We do not use third-party cookies on our site, and do not pass on any data for commercial purposes.
Users should be aware that any links on this site that lead away from the globalmaritimeforum.org domain may have different cookie policies. We advice you to review the privacy policy of every site you visit.
We do not collect any sensitive information without explicit consent from the user, i.e. by signing up for our newsletter, news distribution service, or filling out our contact forms.
At any time, you can change or revoke your consent, or ask for your data to be deleted.
We reserve the right to update our privacy policy from time to time. Any changes to our privacy policy will be posted to this page.
If you have any questions about our privacy policy, please reach out at +45 3840 1800