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Cookies Policy

ALISS Cookies

This site, like many others, uses small files called cookies to help customise your experience.

1. What are Cookies?

‘Cookies’ are small text files that are stored by the browser (e.g., Internet Explorer or Safari, Google Chrome) on your computer or mobile phone. They allow websites to store such things as user preferences. You can think of cookies as providing a “memory” for the website, enabling it to recognise a user and respond appropriately.

aliss.org uses the following Cookies:

Category: Necessary (4)

Necessary cookies help make a website usable by enabling basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.

Cookie name: ARRAffinity 

  • Provider: aliss.org 
  • Type: HTTP 
  • Expiry: Session
  • First found URL: is https://www.aliss.org/
  • Cookie purpose description: Used to distribute traffic to the website on several servers in order to optimise response times.
  • Initiator: Webserver
  • Source: aliss.org
  • Data is sent to: United Kingdom (adequate)
  • Adequate country under GDPR (EU)

Cookie name: ARRAffinity 

  • Provider: api.aliss.org
  • Type: HTTP 
  • Expiry: Session
  • First found URL: https://www.aliss.org /services
  • Cookie purpose description: Used to distribute traffic to the website on several servers in order to optimise response times.
  • Initiator: Script tag, page source line number 3774
  • Source: https://www.aliss.org/ALISS.THEME/dist/js/site.js
  • Data is sent to: United Kingdom (adequate)
  • Adequate country under GDPR (EU)

Cookie name: ARRAffinitySameSite 

  • Provider: aliss.org 
  • Type: HTTP 
  • Expiry: Session
  • First found URL: https://www.aliss.org/
  • Cookie purpose description: Used to distribute traffic to the website on several servers to optimes response times.
  • Initiator: Webserver
  • Source: aliss.org
  • Data is sent to: United Kingdom (adequate)
  • Adequate country under GDPR (EU)

Cookie name: ARRAffinitySameSite 

  • Provider: api.aliss.org
  • Type: HTTP 
  • Expiry: Session
  • First found URL: https://www.aliss.org/services
  • Cookie purpose description: Used to distribute traffic to the website on several servers in order to optimise response times.
  • Initiator: Script tag, page source line number 3774
  • Source: https://www.aliss.org/ALISS.THEME/dist/js/site.js
  • Data is sent to: United Kingdom (adequate)
  • Adequate country under GDPR (EU)

Category: Unclassified (2)

Unclassified cookies are cookies that we are in the process of classifying, together with the providers of individual cookies.

Cookie name: orgSearchUrl 

  • Provider: aliss.org 
  • Type: HTTP 
  • Expiry: 1 year
  • First found URL: https://www.aliss.org/add-an-organisation
  • Cookie purpose description: Unclassified
  • Initiator: Web server
  • Source: aliss.org
  • Data is sent to: United Kingdom (adequate)
  • The adequate country under GDPR (EU)
  • Blocked until accepted by user: No

Cookie name: serviceSearchUrl 

  • Provider: aliss.org 
  • Type: HTTP 
  • Expiry: 1 year
  • First found URL: https://www.aliss.org/services
  • Cookie purpose description: Unclassified
  • Initiator: Web server
  • Source: aliss.org
  • Data is sent to: United Kingdom (adequate)
  • The adequate country under GDPR (EU)
  • Blocked until accepted by user: No

2. How do I turn cookies off?

It is usually possible to stop your browser from accepting cookies or to stop it from accepting cookies from a particular website, however, this will restrict the operation of the ALISS website on your device. For example, we cannot remember your text size preference without the use of a cookie to store it in. 

All modern browsers allow you to change your cookie settings. These settings will typically be found in the ‘options’ or ‘preferences’ menu of your browser. In order to understand these settings, the following links may be helpful, otherwise, you should use the ‘Help’ option in your browser for more details.

For further legal information about privacy issues, you may find these links useful:

If you would like to contact us about cookies, please email us at hello@aliss.org

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