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Strictly Necessary or Essential Cookies
Strictly Necessary or Essential Cookies are used on the EO Sign In website. These cookies are strictly necessary for the website to provide the services that you requested and/or for the solely purpose of the transmission of the services and/or the website. Without these cookies you would not be able to access the services or the website and therefore this category cannot be disabled.
What are the cookies used?
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Source |
First Party or Third Party cookie? |
Cookie Name |
Session or Persistent cookie? |
Type of personal data collected |
Purpose |
Expires |
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EO Sign In web site |
First Party |
JSESSIONID |
Session |
No personal data collected in the cookies. Only Session ID associated to user account name. |
To keep your session data for better user experience. |
When browser is closed |
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EO Sign In web site |
First Party |
commonAuthId |
Session |
No personal data collected in the cookies. Only SSO session identifier. |
When SSO session is created in EO Sign In, the session is put into the session cache. |
When browser is closed |
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EO Sign In web site |
First Party |
shibsession |
Session |
No personal data collected in the cookies. Only session identifier. |
To keep the link between EO Sign In and the Service Provider |
When browser is closed |
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EO Sign In web site |
First Party |
samlssoTokenId |
Persistent |
No personal data collected in the cookies. It is only a token exchanged. |
This cookie is located between EO Sign In and the Service Providers for establishing an SSO session |
3 days |
How to withdraw your consent and/or delete a cookie?
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Contact
ESA DPO: dpo@esa.int