Processing of personal data
8. Cookie Terms of Use
Cookies (cookies) are small text files downloaded and stored on your computer or mobile device during a website visit. Cookies help to keep track on how you used the website and keep track of pages you visited, store your information and remember your choices such as language settings. The use of cookies support us in providing you with a good experience in browsing the site, as well as improving the website. The text file can only be read by this website. This text file is not harmful, cannot contain a virus or program code, and cannot be linked to a specific person or IP address.
Legal basis for the processing of personal data
- Article 6(1)(a) of the General Data Protection Regulation — Consent of the data subject;
- Section 10, Paragraph six of the Law on State Administration Equipment (obligation to verify and improve the quality of the services provided to the public);
- Cabinet Regulation No. 399 of 4 July 2017, Procedures for the Accounting, Quality Control of Public Administration Services, paragraph 23 (obligation to obtain search and use statistics in order to improve the ease of use of your website or application).
- Information Society Services Act 7. Article 1, second paragraph.
Purpose of processing personal data (purpose)
Cookies are needed to make it easier for the user to use the digital services of the Enterprise Register. Cookies enable the Enterprise Register to improve and adapt the functions of the website and the services offered to the needs of users, by gathering information on visitors’ experience on the Enterprise Register websites.
Categories of cookies by the purpose of use
Cookies by category of use are divided into the following categories:
- Technical (or required) cookies without which the functioning of the website is technologically impossible or significantly constrained. These cookies are necessary to enable the basic features of this site to function, . and therefore cannot be excluded, in accordance with Section 7.1 (2) of the Information Society Services Act, the user's consent to use this category of cookies is not necessary;
- Personalized (or visitor settings) cookies: allows the application to remember the user preference on the site, such as the language selected, the number of search results requested etc.. Personalized cookies do not require the user consent, these cookies are responsible for a service that is directly selected by users (e.g your labguage selection). When users choose their own conditions of use,cookies are used only for this purpose, the relevant cookies shall be exempt from the provisions of Section 7.1 (2) of the Information Society Services Law;
- Analytical and statistical cookies: Allows the cookie manager to follow and analyze users' behaviour on the website (list number of visits and sources) so that we can evaluate and improve the perfromance of our website. They help us to understand which pages are the most and the least popular,and how users use our site. User consent is required to process such cookies.
The following cookies are used on the www.ur.gov.lv website:
Technical cookies - provide basic features and correct functioning of the site, the website will not be able to function properly without these cookies
| Name | Cookie Manager | Purpose | Shelf-life |
| Arraffinitysamesite | Microsoft Windows Azure Cloud | Uses virtual assistants TO balance UNA loads to ensure that visitor page requests are directed to the same server in any browsing session | During a session |
| Arraffinity | Microsoft Windows Azure Azure apps | Allows the virtual assistant UNA service to choose the correct instance created by the user to deliver future requests from that user | During a session |
| ur.search-description-counter | Enterprise Register | Encountered text in the search window. After five presses of the F5 button, this text disappears | 1 year |
| ur.cookies-accepted | Enterprise Register | The cookie is used to determine whether the visitor has agreed to the use of cookies | 1 year |
| yt-remote-session-app yt-remote-cast-installed yt-remote-session-name yt-remote-cast-available yt-remote-fast-check-period |
Google Inc. | Saves user video player preferences using embedded YouTube video | Unwatch new page generates new value |
Personalised cookies - responsible for a service directly requested by users (language selection, number of search results requested, service aspect or content, depending on your browser). When users choose their own conditions of use, consent to cookies is not required
| Name | Cookie Manager | Purpose | Shelf-life |
| Machine-translation-en-acknowledged | Enterprise Register | The cookie resumes whether the user has closed the notification window for automatic content translation with the Machine Translation Tool | 1 day |
| ur-site-theme | Enterprise Register | Cookie is responsible for the interface color gamut of the topics selected by the user on the site | Unwatch new page generates new value |
| ur-site-text-size | Enterprise Register | Cookie is responsible for the font size chosen by the user | Unwatch new page generates new value |
Analytical cookies - the website uses Google Analytics software cookies that help obtain anonymous information about a visitor's activities on a website (such as a visited page, visit date, etc.), which is used for statistics and analysis, according to the stated purposes
| Name | Cookie Manager | Purpose | Shelf-life |
| _ ga | Google Analytics | Calculates visitor, session, and campaign data, and follows site usage for a site analysis report. The information is saved anonymously by assigning a randomly generated number to recognize unique visitors | 2 years |
| _ GID | Google Analytics | Stores information about how visitors use the site while creating an analytical overview of the site's performance. Some of the data gathered includes the number of visitors, the source and the pages they visit anonymously | 1 day |
| _ gat | Google Universal Analytics | Limits the number of requests and thus limits data collection on high-traffic sites | 1 minute |
The website uses cookies created by Google Inc. 's 'Google Analytics' program. The purpose of using these cookies is to improve the quality of the content of our website and to adapt the content to the needs of users. The information generated by these cookies is sent to the Google server in the US and stored there. However, personal data (your IP address) through IP-anonymisation is truncated within the territory of the European Union or the European Economic Area and may only be released for processing on Google servers located in the United States in exceptional cases. Google uses this information to assess how you use the relevant website to produce reports on visitor activity on the site and to provide other services related to the use of the site. Google does not in any way associate the IP address received here with any other information available to Google. If necessary, Google may provide this information to third parties if it is statutory or if it is processed on behalf of Google by a third party.
Without accepting the use of statistical cookies, visit data is not included in the Google Analytics statistics.
You can read more about the Google Analytics Terms of Service on the http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/us.html website.
Consent/non-consent/withdrawal of consent for the creation of cookies
When you visit a website, the user is presented with a message window that the website uses cookies. If you click the “Accept” option, it will mean that you are familiar with the information about cookies, the purposes of their use, when the information is passed on to the third parties and have agreed to use of all cookies on the website.
By pressing the 'Decline' button, you will not agree with the use of an analytical (statistical) cookie, but the technical cookies that are necessary to ensure the functioning of the site will still work and do not need to obtain the user's consent.
For technical cookies, user consent is not required because these cookies provide a complete and continuous display of website content so that you can sign in to the website and have adequate experience of digital browsing and online use.
For personalized cookies, they are exempted from the need for consent, given that cookies are responsible for a service directly requested by the user (e.g. by choosing the language of the website).
How you can control and delete cookies
If you want, you can control and delete cookies. You can delete all the cookies on your computer, and most browsers can be set up to block acceptance of all cookies on your computer. However, if you do, you will need to adjust some settings manually every time you visit the site, and some services and functions may not work.
You can get more information about cookies, including how they can be managed or deleted, on the www.aboutcookies.org website.