Cookies & internet advertising policy

What are cookies and how do we use them?

Cookies are unique identifiers that we transfer to your device to enable our systems to recognise your device. For information on who controls your personal information, see the chapter ‘Controllers of Personal Information' in our Privacy Policy.

We use cookies for additional purposes, including:

• Identifying you when you sign-in to your account on our website in order to display personalised content.
• Delivering recommendations that are relevant to your interests on our website.
• Conducting research and diagnostics to improve our content and services (web analytics tools).
• Preventing fraudulent activity.
• Improving security.

Cookies allow you to take advantage of some of our essential features. If you block or reject our cookies, you will not be able to add items to register for a congress, submit an abstract or use any other services that require you to sign in to your account.

Cookies and browser settings

On most browsers, the help feature will explain how to stop your browser from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie and how to disable cookies altogether. Furthermore, you can disable or delete similar data used by browser add-ons, such as Flash cookies, by changing the add-on's settings or by visiting the manufacturer’s website.

Internet advertising

We do not give any your personal information to advertisers. For more information, please refer to our Privacy Policy.