Last updated: 9 October 2026

1. Introduction

This Cookie Policy explains how the TRACER website (www.tracer-mrv.eu) uses cookies and similar technologies, why they are used and how visitors can manage their preferences.

TRACER (Transparent Reporting and Accountability for Carbon and Non-CO₂ Emissions with Real-time Data Streams and Advanced Modelling) is a research and innovation project funded by the European Union under Horizon Europe, Grant Agreement No. 101289120.

The TRACER website is managed by SublimeHub as part of the project's dissemination, exploitation and communication activities.

This Cookie Policy should be read alongside our Privacy Policy, which provides further information about how personal data is collected, processed and protected.

2. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that websites place on a visitor's computer, smartphone or other device when they access a website.

Cookies help websites function correctly, remember certain preferences and, where enabled, collect information about how visitors interact with website content.

Some cookies are deleted when visitors close their browsers (session cookies), while others remain on their devices for a specified period (persistent cookies).

Cookies may be placed directly by the website being visited (first-party cookies) or by external service providers (third-party cookies).

3. How TRACER Uses Cookies

The TRACER website is built and hosted using Squarespace, which uses cookies and related technologies to support website functionality and performance.

Depending on the website's configuration and the visitor's consent preferences, the following categories of cookies may be used.

3.1 Essential Cookies

Essential cookies are necessary for the website to function properly and securely.

These cookies may support:

• Website navigation and basic functionality.

• Security and protection against malicious activity.

• Storage of cookie consent preferences.

• Essential Squarespace website services.

Essential cookies do not require consent where they are strictly necessary for providing the website service requested by the visitor.

3.2 Analytics and Performance Cookies

Analytics and performance cookies help us understand how visitors use the TRACER website.

Where enabled, these cookies may collect information such as:

• Number of website visitors and page views.

• Pages visited and time spent on the website.

• General information about browsers and devices.

• How visitors arrive at the website.

• Interactions with website content.

This information helps us evaluate the effectiveness of TRACER's communication activities and improve the website's usability and performance.

Where required by applicable law, analytics cookies are used only after the visitor has provided consent.

3.3 Third-Party Cookies

The TRACER website may include content or services provided by third parties, such as embedded videos, social media content or newsletter subscription services.

These services may use their own cookies or similar technologies, depending on how they are integrated into the website.

Visitors are encouraged to consult the privacy and cookie policies of the relevant third-party providers.

4. Cookies Used by Squarespace

Squarespace, the platform hosting the TRACER website, uses cookies to provide essential website functionality and, where enabled, analytics services.

The specific cookies used may vary depending on the website's features, configuration and the visitor's interactions.

Further information, including Squarespace's current cookie names and purposes, is available in its official documentation:

https://support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001264507-The-cookies-Squarespace-uses

5. Newsletter Subscriptions and Mailchimp

The TRACER website uses Mailchimp to manage newsletter subscriptions and distribute project-related communications.

Visitors who subscribe to the newsletter voluntarily provide their email address and any additional information requested through the subscription form.

Depending on how the subscription form is integrated, Mailchimp may use cookies or similar technologies to support its services.

For further information, please consult Mailchimp's privacy information:

https://www.intuit.com/privacy/

6. Managing Cookie Preferences

Visitors can manage their cookie preferences through the cookie consent mechanism provided on the TRACER website, where available.

Visitors may choose whether to accept or reject non-essential cookies.

Cookie preferences can also be managed through browser settings. Most browsers allow users to:

• View and delete stored cookies.

• Block certain types of cookies.

• Prevent websites from storing cookies.

• Receive notifications when cookies are placed.

Disabling essential cookies may affect certain website functions.

Visitors should be able to withdraw or change their consent for non-essential cookies at any time through the website's available consent controls.

7. Legal Basis for Using Cookies

The TRACER website uses strictly necessary cookies to provide essential website services.

Where cookies or similar technologies are not strictly necessary, consent is obtained where required under applicable EU and national legislation, including the ePrivacy rules and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), where personal data is processed.

Consent can be withdrawn at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing carried out before withdrawal.

8. Data Protection and Privacy

Information collected through cookies may constitute personal data where it can identify or be linked to an individual.

Any personal data collected through cookies is processed in accordance with applicable data protection legislation and the TRACER Privacy Policy.

TRACER does not use its website to sell personal data collected from visitors.

For more information about personal data processing and visitors' rights, please consult our Privacy Policy:

https://www.tracer-mrv.eu/privacy-policy

9. Changes to This Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy may be updated periodically to reflect changes in website functionality, cookie technologies, third-party services or applicable legal requirements.

Any updates will be published on this page, together with the date of the latest revision.

10. Contact

For questions about this Cookie Policy or the use of cookies on the TRACER website, please contact:

TRACER Project

Website: www.tracer-mrv.eu

Email: info@tracer-mrv.eu

Horizon Europe Grant Agreement No.: 101289120