Cookies Policy
last updated 24 October 2026
on the website https://www.ipn-bg.org/ (“the website”)
Welcome to the website of the Institute for the State and the Law at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences!
To ensure full transparency about how this website works, we present our cookies policy.
If you have any further questions or need further clarification, you can contact us at: gdpr.idp@gmail.com.
To ensure that this website works properly, we use cookies. Cookies are small text files that the website places on your computer and through which certain types of data are collected.
Please read this Cookies Policy carefully, as well as our Privacy Notice.
What are cookies?
We sometimes collect small amounts of information through cookies from users who visit our website, to ensure that the website works properly and without interruption and that different information on it is accessed consistently. Cookies are stored on your device for a certain period of time, which depends on your actions and/or on the specific type of cookie.
Cookies can be used to identify a device, preferences and certain connection identifiers (for example IP addresses, both static and dynamic). This allows our website to work properly and improves its operation, for example by remembering a visitor's preferences or navigating between pages.
The cookies our website uses serve its operation. You can find their detailed description below. Please note that the website uses only the cookies strictly necessary for its normal operation.
The website does not embed third-party content and does not use third-party cookies, including those of social networks. When you follow a link to another website, it may set its own cookies under its own policy. We have no control over the information collected by third-party cookies.
What categories of cookies are used on this website?
Our website uses the following category of cookies:
Strictly necessary cookies (“Functional cookies”) – these cookies are an essential part of our website. Without them the website could not work properly.
Which cookies do we use?
Below you can find information about the types of cookies, their functions and their default status:
| Cookie | Managed by | Retention period | Specific functions | Default status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEXT_LOCALE | Institute for the State and the Law (ipn-bg.org) | Until the browser is closed | Remembers the language chosen on the website. Set only when a visitor switches the language. | Strictly necessary, enabled |
| __prerender_bypass | Institute for the State and the Law (ipn-bg.org) | Until the browser is closed | Shows unpublished pages when an editor previews them. Set only for the website's editors. | Strictly necessary, editors only |
| directus_session_token | Institute for the State and the Law (cms.ipn-bg.org) | Up to 1 day or until logging out | Keeps editors logged in to the content management system. Not set for visitors of the website. | Strictly necessary, editors only |
Who manages the cookies on our website?
All cookies are managed by the Institute for the State and the Law at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, BULSTAT 831906179, 4 Serdika Street, Sofia.
For more information you can contact us at: gdpr.idp@gmail.com
How can cookies on our website be managed?
1. Through your browser
To manage cookies, please see the settings of the browser you use.
If you do not want your browser to accept cookies, you can turn off the “cookie acceptance option” in your browser.
If you do not know how to do this, you can visit the “help” section of your browser. Please note that if you disable some or all functional cookies, this may prevent our website from working properly and may prevent you from fully accessing and using all of its functions and services.
As some of these cookies may collect certain information that may be considered personal information while they are active, please see our Privacy Notice.
2. How long are cookies stored?
Our session cookies are deleted as soon as you end your visit to our website.
Other cookies may be stored for the period stated above, unless you delete them.