Cookie Policy
Effective date: 18.05.2026
Version: 1.1.
- Introduction
This Cookie Policy explains how EIT Health InnoStars e.V. (InnoStars) uses cookies and similar technologies on its website at https://www.innostars.org. It complements our Privacy Policy, which sets out the broader context of how we process personal data. The Privacy Policy is available at https://innostars.org/privacy-policy/.
- What are cookies and similar technologies?
Cookies are small text files that websites place on your device when you visit them. Similar technologies, such as local storage, pixels, tags, and embedded third-party content, may store information on your device or access information already stored on it.
- Categories we use
We use the following categories of cookies and similar technologies:
Strictly necessary — required for the website to function properly, maintain security, remember technical settings, store your cookie choices, support caching or provide a feature requested by you. These are set without your consent on the basis of Section 25(2) TDDDG and Article 6(1)(f) GDPR: our legitimate interest in operating a secure and functional website.
Analytics and performance measurement — used to understand how the website is performing, which pages and content are relevant, how visitors use it and navigate through the site, and where the website can be improved. These are used only after you give your consent through our consent-management platform. The legal bases are Section 25(1) TDDDG and Article 6(1)(a) GDPR.
Embedded third-party content — where enabled, embedded third-party content, such as videos, maps or external media, is loaded only when you actively choose to view it or give the relevant consent. The legal bases are Section 25(1) TDDDG and Article 6(1)(a) GDPR.
- How we ask for and record your consent
We use Cookiebot (operated by Usercentrics A/S, Havnegade 39, 1058 Copenhagen, Denmark) to manage cookie consent.
On your first visit, the cookie banner allows you to accept all non-essential cookies and similar technologies, reject them, or choose which optional categories to enable. You can also use the “Show details” link to manage your preferences by category.
Only strictly necessary cookies are active by default. No non-essential cookies are set before you make a choice.
We retain a record of your consent decision, including the consent status, timestamp and consent identifier, in order to demonstrate compliance with Article 7(1) GDPR. The consent record is stored for up to 12 months from the date of consent or withdrawal, unless a longer period is required to establish, exercise or defend legal claims.
You can change or withdraw your consent at any time by clicking the consent-management icon or cookie settings link in the website footer. Withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before withdrawal.
- Cookies and similar technologies in use
The following inventory is regenerated automatically by the Cookiebot scanner and reviewed before publication. It reflects the cookies set on https://www.innostars.org as of the date of the most recent scan.
Strictly necessary
Strictly necessary cookies help make the website usable by enabling basic functions like page navigation, access to secure areas, and storage of cookie choices. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Maximum Storage Duration | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CookieConsent | Cookiebot | Stores the user’s cookie consent state for the current domain | 1 year | HTTP Cookie |
Analytics and performance measurement
These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with the website by collecting information about website use, which we use to improve the website’s content and performance.
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Maximum Storage Duration | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| _clck | Microsoft | Used by Microsoft Clarity to store a unique user ID and help us understand how visitors interact with the website through behavioural analytics, heatmaps and session-replay functionality. | 1 year | HTTP Cookie |
| _ga | Used by Google Analytics to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the site’s analytics reports. | 2 years | HTTP Cookie |
Note on Microsoft Clarity: With your consent, we use Clarity to understand how visitors use and interact with our website through behavioural metrics, heatmaps, and session replay functionality. Microsoft Clarity may process technical and usage information such as cookie identifiers, device and browser information, pages visited, approximate location, session identifiers, scrolling behaviour, clicks and information about how visitors interact with website content. Where available, we configure Microsoft Clarity with privacy-protective settings, such as masking or minimisation of form-field contents. For more information about how Microsoft collects and uses your data, visit the Microsoft Privacy Statement
Note on Google Analytics: With your consent, we use Google Analytics to measure website traffic and understand how the website is used. Google Analytics may process technical and usage information such as cookie identifiers, pages visited, traffic sources, approximate location, device and browser information, session data, interaction events and campaign parameters. We use Google Analytics to understand which pages and content are relevant to our audience, measure website performance and improve our communication activities. We have configured Google Analytics with privacy-protective settings. Where implemented, Google Consent Mode v2 is used to communicate your consent choices to Google. We do not use Google Analytics for advertising, ad personalisation or remarketing, and we have not enabled Google Signals. For more information about how Google processes personal data, please refer toGoogle’s Privacy Policy.
- International transfers
Google Analytics is provided by Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland) under Google’s applicable data-processing terms. Microsoft Clarity is provided through Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited (One Microsoft Place, South County Business Park, Leopardstown, Dublin 18, Ireland) under Microsoft’s applicable data-protection terms.
Both providers may transfer personal data to the United States or allow access by entities or sub-processors outside the European Economic Area as part of providing the service. Where this happens, we rely on appropriate safeguards such as the European Commission’s adequacy decision for the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (Decision (EU) 2023/1795), where both Google and Microsoft are certified, or Standard Contractual Clauses (Decision (EU) 2021/914), where required. Where necessary, we also apply supplementary technical, contractual or organisational measures.
- Your rights
The rights set out in our Privacy Policy apply to personal data processed through cookies and similar technologies. These include, where applicable, the rights of access, rectification, erasure, restriction, portability, objection, withdrawal of consent and complaint to a supervisory authority. For more information, please see our Privacy Policy at https://innostars.org/privacy-policy/.
- Updates
We update this Cookie Policy whenever the cookie inventory, providers, purposes, retention periods, consent settings or transfer mechanisms change materially. Material changes, such as the addition of a new non-essential tracking category, may be brought to your attention through a fresh consent prompt. The current version is identified at the top of this document.