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Cookie Policy – The Digital Museum of Learning

Jacobs Foundation, Seefeldquai 17, 8008 Zurich, Switzerland, is the operator of this website, which can be reached at https://www.museumoflearning.org/.

To ensure that this website functions properly, we use cookies.

Our cookie policy explains what cookies are, how we use them, how third parties we work with can use cookies on this website, your choices about cookies, and other information about cookies.

By using our website, you consent to the use of cookies. You can adjust your browser settings to block cookies, store them for a single session, or delete them earlier. If you choose to block cookies, certain functions may no longer be available for you to use.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are stored by your web browser and that store certain settings and data for exchange with our web server. There are two types of cookies: session cookies, which are deleted as soon as you close your browser, and persistent cookies, which are stored for a longer period. This storage helps us to customize our website and services for you. It makes them easier for you to use, for example, by storing certain information so that you do not have to continually re-enter it (personalization), to keep track of your score, or for analytics (see below).

How do we use cookies?

When you use our website, we may place a number of cookies on your web browser. In general, we may use cookies for the following purposes: to enable certain features of our site, to provide analysis, and to store your preferences. We use both session and persistent cookies on our website and various types of cookies to deliver our services:

  • Necessary cookies: These cookies are required for optimal navigation and operation of the website. Necessary cookies serve to store certain entries and settings that you have made so that you do not have to continually retype them and adapt our content to your individual interests. Without the necessary cookies, the website cannot be used or can only be used to a limited extent.

  • Statistics cookies: These cookies record device and access data to analyze the use of our website, such as which areas of the website are used and how, how quickly content is loaded, and whether errors occur. These cookies contain only anonymous or pseudonymous information. They are only used to improve our website, to find out what our users our interested in, and to measure the effectiveness of our advertising. Statistics cookies can be blocked without affecting the navigation and operation of the website.

Third-party cookies

In addition to our own cookies, we may also use various third-party cookies to gather statistics about website usage on and through our website, etc. 

Our website may use Matomo Analytics, a web analytics service provided by InnoCraft Ltd., 150 Willis St, 6011 Wellington, New Zealand. Matomo Analytics uses cookies to help the website analyze how users use the site. Data collected using the Matomo technology is processed on the Matomo Cloud server, a cloud service of Matomo Analytics located in Germany. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including mouse movement, scrolling, form fills [keystrokes] in non-excluded fields, pages visited and content, time on site, browser, operating system, device type [desktop/tablet/phone], screen resolution, visitor type [first time/returning], referrer, anonymized IP address, location [city/country], language, and similar metadata) about your use of this website, is generally sent to and stored on a Matomo server in Germany. Matomo Analytics does not track or collect information outside your web browser.

Further information about data privacy at Matomo can be found at: https://matomo.org/privacy-policy, and further information about Matomo Cloud can be found at https://matomo.org/matomo-cloud-privacy-policy

Zurich, May 15, 2023