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Platform Cookie and Storage Notice
The cookies, browser storage and third-party requests of therisk.global, as the pages actually use them: no advertising or tracking cookies, a few preference and cache entries you control, and named open data services that maps and tools call when you use them.
01Register
Platform Cookie and Storage Notice on the record.
The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation
- 01InstitutionThe Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI)
- 02SummaryThe document in brief
- 03RecordVersion 1.0, effective 20 October 2026
- 04Section 1The short version
- 05Section 2Cookies and browser storage
- 06Section 3Consent categories
- 07Section 4Third-party services the pages request
02Summary
The document in brief.
- Adds the platform storage to the Cookie Policy of GCRI Canada.
- No advertising, analytics, social media or cross-site tracking cookie is set by the page code.
- Every entry is named with its consent category: Necessary, Preferences, Statistics, Marketing or External media.
- Map and data services named here receive your IP address when a map or tool is shown.
03Record
Version 1.0, effective 20 October 2026.
| Record | Value |
|---|---|
| Document | Platform Cookie and Storage Notice |
| Version | 1.0 |
| Effective date | 20 October 2026 |
| Last updated | 20 October 2026 |
| Publisher | The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI Canada) |
| Contact | the contact form |
04Section 1
The short version.
- 1.1 This notice supplements the main Cookie Policy of GCRI Canada, which covers all the websites of GCRI Canada. It lists what the page code of the platform sites stores in your browser and which services the pages request, each with the consent category the consent tool of the site uses.
- 1.2 The pages of the Site set no advertising, analytics, social media or cross-site tracking cookie.
- 1.3 The page code stores a few preferences and caches in your browser, listed below. None of them holds an identifier, and none is sent to a third party.
- 1.4 Maps, imagery and research tools request data from the open services named below when you use them. Those services receive your IP address and browser details and handle them under their own terms.
05Section 2
Cookies and browser storage.
| Name | Kind | Set by | Purpose | Category | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nexus.embed.theme | Local storage | The page’s light and dark switch | Remembers the colour theme you chose (light, dark or automatic). Written only when you use the switch; holds no identifier. | Necessary | Until you clear it in your browser |
| nexus.reader.prefs | Local storage | The reading settings of the page | Remembers the text size, contrast, motion and spacing you chose. Written only when you change a setting; holds no identifier. | Necessary | Until you clear it in your browser |
| nx.water.v2 | Session storage | The live water map | Keeps river station and weather values already fetched, so the map does not ask for them again within 30 minutes. Holds no identifier. | Necessary | Until the tab is closed |
| nxe_consent | Cookie | The consent tool of the site | Records the privacy choices you make and the version of the notice you saw, so you are not asked again on every page. Where a site still uses another consent tool, that tool keeps the same record under its own name. | Necessary | Up to 13 months |
The WordPress software that publishes the Site sets cookies for signed-in editors. A feature a visitor uses that needs a cookie, such as a form, sets it for that feature only and as a strictly necessary cookie. Nothing else is stored on your device by the Site.
06Section 3
Consent categories.
| Category | What it covers | Used by the page code |
|---|---|---|
| Necessary | Needed for the site to work and to remember your privacy choices. Always on. | Yes: the entries listed above |
| Preferences | Remember settings you choose, such as language or layout, beyond what is strictly needed. | No |
| Statistics | Help us understand how the site is used, in aggregate, so we can improve it. | No |
| Marketing | Measure campaigns and show relevant content on other sites. Off when your browser sends Global Privacy Control. | No |
| External media | Load content hosted by other services: map tiles, videos and other embeds. Those services receive your IP address. | The services listed below are requested when a map or tool is shown; they store nothing in your browser |
These are the categories of the consent tool installed on the Site, with the same names and descriptions, so that the choices you make there and this notice correspond. Statistics and Marketing are not used by the page code; if a site ever turns them on, its consent tool asks for your consent first and this notice is updated.
07Section 4
Third-party services the pages request.
| Host | Service | What is requested | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| gibs.earthdata.nasa.gov | NASA Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS) | Satellite imagery tiles | When a map or a globe with satellite imagery is shown |
| tiles.openfreemap.org | OpenFreeMap (OpenStreetMap data) | Base map tiles and map styles | When an interactive map is shown |
| *.open-meteo.com | Open-Meteo (forecast, flood, marine, air quality, climate, ensemble and archive APIs) | Weather, river flow, marine, air quality and climate values for a place | When you open a forecast or a series on a map, or a live river or weather layer is shown |
| earthquake.usgs.gov | United States Geological Survey earthquake feed | Recent earthquakes | When the live earthquake layer of a map is on |
| eonet.gsfc.nasa.gov | NASA Earth Observatory Natural Event Tracker (EONET) | Open natural events | When the live natural events layer of a map is on |
| power.larc.nasa.gov | NASA POWER | Daily solar and weather series for a point | When you open that series on a map |
These requests carry no cookie from the Site, and the live water map sends no referrer. Links to other services, such as Zenodo, ORCID, DOI resolvers and social sharing, make no request until you follow them. Services that were removed from the Site are not requested.
08Section 5
Your choices.
- 5.1 Preferences and caches can be cleared at any time in your browser settings; the pages work without them.
- 5.2 Blocking the third-party hosts above in your browser leaves the text of every page readable; the maps or tools that need them show a static view or a message instead.
- 5.3 If the Site ever adds a cookie that is not strictly necessary, such as for measurement, it will ask for your consent first where the law requires it, record your choice and let you change it at any time.
09Section 6
Legal basis and contact.
- 6.1 Storage that is strictly necessary for a service you request is used without consent where the law allows, including under the ePrivacy rules of the European Union and the United Kingdom and Canadian privacy law. Anything else needs your consent.
- 6.2 Questions go to the contact form. How personal information is handled is set out in the Privacy Policy.
10Document
Status of this document.
Prepared for review by legal counsel before adoption.
11Questions
Questions and answers.
Does the Site use analytics?
The page code uses none. Any analytics service on a site would be listed here and would ask for consent where the law requires it before it runs.
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