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Cookies policy
Last updated: September 30, 2026.
This policy applies when you visit the website https://youth-talks.org (the “Website”), published by the Higher Education for Good Foundation, a Swiss foundation with head office at Route de Chêne 30, c/o Jean Blaise Eckert, avocat, 1208 Genève (Switzerland).
It explains which cookies are used when you visit the Website, and how you can accept or refuse them.
What is a cookie?
Cookies are small text files placed on your computer, smartphone or tablet when you visit a website. Some are needed for the website to work. Others are used to measure its audience and require your consent.
Which cookies do we use?
Strictly necessary cookies
These cookies do not require your consent. They only store technical information.
| Cookie | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
blocksy_cookies_consent_accepted | Remembers whether you accepted or declined the cookies, so that the banner is not shown on every page. | 6 months |
Audience measurement cookies
These cookies are only placed if you click “Accept” in the cookie banner. They help us understand how the Website is used: pages visited, time spent, country, type of device. We use Google Analytics, a service provided by Google Ireland Limited.
| Cookie | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
_ga | Distinguishes visitors (Google Analytics). | 13 months |
_ga_M94QJGHP7X | Keeps the state of your visit (Google Analytics). | 13 months |
If you decline, or if you make no choice, no audience measurement cookie is placed and no data is sent to Google Analytics. For more information, see how Google uses cookies.
Content provided by third parties
The interactive charts of the question boxes are provided by Flourish (Canva UK Operations Ltd) and are loaded from its servers. When you open one of these pages, your browser connects to Flourish, which receives technical data such as your IP address. See the Flourish privacy policy.
The registration forms are protected against spam by Google reCAPTCHA. The service is only loaded when you start filling in a form. It collects technical data about your device and your browsing to tell humans and robots apart, and may place cookies. Its use is subject to the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.
The Website does not use advertising cookies or social media tracking cookies.
Which data is collected?
With your consent, the audience measurement cookies can collect:
- the pages you visit, with the date, time and duration of the visit;
- the website you came from;
- the type of device, operating system and browser you use, and its language;
- your approximate location, derived from your IP address.
How to change your choice?
Your choice is kept for six months. You can change it at any time: the button below forgets your current choice, deletes the audience measurement cookies and shows the cookie banner again.
You can also refuse or delete cookies in the settings of your browser:
Your rights and contact
You can exercise your rights of access, rectification, erasure and objection by writing to gdpr@youth-talks.org. For more details, read our personal data protection information notice.
To learn more about cookies, you can visit the website of the French data protection authority: cnil.fr.