e-Residency Seeks Consent For Cookie Usage
The e-Residency programme is requesting user permission to deploy non-essential cookies on its website, aiming to enhance user experience and gather analytics.
Estonia's e-Residency programme has clarified its use of cookies across its digital platforms. The programme is seeking explicit user consent for employing cookies that are not critical for the basic functioning of its website, with the stated goal of improving the overall user experience.
The website utilizes several categories of cookies, including necessary, statistical, and marketing-oriented ones. Necessary cookies, which are essential for site operation and security and cannot be declined, manage functions such as bot detection, session management, and the storage of user preferences.
Statistical cookies enable e-Residency to perform analyses of website usage, facilitating improvements and a better user journey. These include cookies that identify returning users and track sessions through analytics tools like Google Analytics and Hotjar.
The programme also indicates the use of marketing cookies designed to assist both the programme and its partners in displaying relevant advertisements online. These cookies are integrated with advertising platforms, including Google Ads and Microsoft Ads.
Users are encouraged to review the e-Residency cookie policy for comprehensive details on the types of cookies used, their purposes, and how data is managed. This focus on transparency aims to provide users with greater control over their online privacy.