ORCID’s websites use cookies to provide you a better user experience. For example, we use cookies to remember your settings such as language preference or interface display preferences.
We and our analytics and customer support service providers also use cookies or similar technologies to analyze trends, administer our websites, track user movements around the websites and to gather demographic information about our user base as a whole.
Our cookie preference tool (linked to from the bottom of the registry pages) lists the cookies we set and what the cookies are used for. These cookies may be set by the ORCID registry pages, our information site, or our support site. There are four categories of cookies:
Strictly necessary cookies
These cookies are necessary for the websites to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. We set these cookies for a variety of reasons, including to administer the websites, monitor when and by whom registry information has been changed, to maintain information security and help identify and block some spammers, and to provide troubleshooting and support services. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the sites will not then work. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information
Functional cookies
We use these cookies to remember your settings such as language preference or interface display preferences. They may be set by us or by third party providers whose services we have added to our pages. If you do not allow these cookies then some or all of these functions may not work properly.
Analytics cookies
These cookies allow us to analyze trends, track user movements around the websites and to gather demographic information about our user base as a whole. We may receive reports based on the use of these technologies by these companies on an individual as well as aggregated basis. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site, and will not be able to monitor its performance.
Targeting cookies
ORCID respects your privacy and takes it very seriously. We do not to use any services that set targeting cookies.
Preferences
You can use the cookie preference tool to choose to allow or reject different types of cookies. You can click on the different category headings to find out more and change your default settings. If you reject some cookies, you may still use the websites, but your ability to use some features or areas of our site may be limited.
See our privacy policy for more information