Cookie Policy // Erklärung zu Webseiten-cookies

This cookie policy explains how the website chemistry.nicholasshore.eu uses cookies. It supplements the Privacy Policy.

What is a cookie?

A cookie is a small text file that a website places on your device (computer, smartphone, or tablet) when you visit it. Cookies are widely used to make websites function, or to function more efficiently. They are stored locally on your device and sent back to the website on subsequent visits.

Cookies used on this website

This website uses only technically necessary cookies. No analytics cookies, tracking cookies, advertising cookies, or social media cookies are used.

Session cookie (CMSSESSID)

Property Value
Name CMSSESSID (or similar, set by the CMS)
Type Session cookie
Purpose Technically necessary for the content management system (CMS Made Simple) to function. Contains a unique session identifier — a random alphanumeric string. No personal data beyond the session ID is stored in the cookie.
Duration Session cookie — deleted automatically when you close your browser
Set by chemistry.nicholasshore.eu (first-party cookie)
Third-party access None

PHP session cookie (PHPSESSID)

Property Value
Name PHPSESSID
Type Session cookie
Purpose Standard PHP session management cookie. Used by the web server to maintain session state. Contains only a session identifier string.
Duration Session cookie — deleted automatically when you close your browser
Set by chemistry.nicholasshore.eu (first-party cookie)
Third-party access None

Do these cookies require consent?

No. Under § 165(3) of the Austrian Telecommunications Act (TKG 2021) and the EU ePrivacy Directive, technically necessary cookies — those that are strictly required to provide a service the user has explicitly requested — may be placed without prior consent.

Both cookies listed above fall into this category. They are required for the CMS to serve web pages correctly. The website cannot function without them. No consent banner is therefore displayed, and none is legally required.

No analytics or tracking

This website does not use:

If this changes in the future, this cookie policy will be updated and a consent mechanism will be implemented before any non-essential cookies are placed.

How to control or delete cookies

Although consent is not required for the cookies on this website, you can manage or delete cookies at any time using your browser settings:

Please note that disabling session cookies on this website may impair its technical functioning.

Changes to this policy

This cookie policy may be updated if the website's technical configuration changes. The current version is always available at this URL.

Last updated: June 2026