About CEDDL Analytics

Ceddl Analytics is the corporate service that monitors and evaluates the effectiveness and efficiency of the ceddlbyexample.com domain. Ceddl Analytics is installed on a webserver. Both the infrastructure and software are under the full control of the owner of ceddlbyexample.com domain.

Ceddl Analytics’ privacy protection has been validated by the ceddlbyexample.com team members as our organization is not big enough for a Data Protection Officer as described in the Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 on the protection of personal data.

Ceddl Analytics is maintained by ceddlbyexample team members. Separate instances are provided as a paid service to website owners across the globe to ensure that business workflows can be automated, provide relevant communications and are cost-efficient.

The service is present on ceddlbyexample websites and pages under the ceddlbyexample.com domain and its subdomains.

Data protection Information and measures

First party cookies

Ceddl Analytics for ceddlbyexample.com is configured to only use the domain ceddlbyexample.com and to store first-party cookies that expire and will be automatically removed from the user’s device after 12 months.

A cookie is a small piece of data that a website stores on the visitor’s computer or mobile device. There are two types of cookies – session and persistent cookies.

Cookies used by Ceddl Analytics enable ceddlbyexample to collect the following information about visitors that is used to prepare aggregated, anonymous statistics reports of visitors’ activity

• internet protocol (IP)address (anonymised)
• location: country, region, city, approximate latitude and longitude (geolocation)
• date and time of the request (visit to the site)
• title of the page being viewed (page title)
• URL of the page being viewed (page URL)
• URL of the page that was viewed prior to the current page (referrer URL)
• screen resolution of the user’s device
• local time in visitor’s time zone
• files that were clicked and downloaded (download)
• links to an outside domain that were clicked (outlink)
• time on site
• time on page
• mouse or hand gesture locations.
• page generation time: the time it takes for webpages to be generated by the webserver and then downloaded by the visitor (page speed)
• main language of the browser being used (accept language header)
• browser version, browser plugins (PDF, Flash, Java) operating system version, device identifier (user agent header)
• language of the visited page
• campaigns
• site search
• events

To improve the accuracy of the reports, certain information is also stored in first party cookies and then collected by Ceddl Analytics:

• random unique visitor ID
• time of the first visit by the specific visitor
• time of the previous visit by the specific visitor
• number of visits by the specific visitor

The European Commission retains full responsibility and control of the data collected through first party cookies by storing the data in servers fully controlled by ceddlbyexample.

The data collected contains no personal information but may contain a userID and the random unique visitor ID that is generated by the software cannot be used to directly identify a particular visitor. Data will not be shared with any other organisations for marketing, market research or commercial purposes.

‘Do not track’ preference

“Do Not Track” is a technology that enables visitors to opt-out from being tracked by websites for whatever purpose, including the use of analytics services, advertising networks and social platforms.

To enable the “do not track” option in your browser follow the respective link below:

• Firefox
• Internet Explorer
• Microsoft Edge
• Chrome
• Safari
• Opera

If your preferred browser is not in the above list of browsers, visit the vendor’s website for more information.

Consent to collecting your browsing experience for anonymized statistics

When opening a page where Ceddl Analytics is enabled, the browsing experience is registered by the service. Simultaneously a dedicated banner may appear, giving you the possibility to accept or refuse cookies.

If you refuse cookies, you will also stop the Ceddl Analytics service. If you choose, though, to contribute your browsing experience on our websites as part of the anonymous statistics, you will enable us to significantly improve the performance of our communication, its outreach and its cost-efficiency.

If you have enabled the “Do not track” option in your web browser, we will respect your choice and your browsing experience on the Commission websites will not be processed by the service.

Choosing not to participate to the anonymised statistics of Ceddl Analytics does not affect your navigation experience on our sites. You can decide to withdraw or give your consent at any time. To see your current status and manage your consent, please see the settings on top of this page.

Restricted access to information

All analytics data communication is encrypted via HTTPS protocol. The anonymised analytical reports generated by Ceddl analytics can only be accessed ceddlbyexample institution staff or by duly authorised external sub-contractors, who may be required to analyse, develop and/or maintain certain sites.

Visitor logs

Ceddl Analytics for ceddlbyexample.com automatically deletes the anonymous unaggregated data after 13 months.

Contact

Any specific question concerning the storage and use of Ceddl analytics data can be sent via the contact form