Cookie Policy

The pages of the Nexus Standards sites store one appearance preference in the browser when the reader chooses it, and keep research-hub results for the length of a visit. The publishing platform and the hosting provider may set cookies needed for security and for editors' sign-in. There are no analytics, advertising or social-media cookies.

01Overview

Summary

Cookie PolicyLegal

Analytics cookiesnone
Advertising cookiesnone
Local storageappearance preference, when chosen
Session storageresearch-hub results, one visit
Consent bannernot required: strictly necessary storage only
Version1.0
Effective date20 October 2026
Last updated20 October 2026
Contactcontact@therisk.global

GCRI Canada · Secretariat of the Nexus Standards

02Section 1

Scope

1.1 This Policy explains how nexustandards.com and the programme sites published at addresses beginning with nexustandards.com/, such as nexustandards.com/climate/ (together, the Sites) use cookies and similar browser storage. It forms part of the Privacy Policy.
1.2 Cookies are small files that a website asks the browser to keep and send back with later requests. Similar technologies include the browser's local storage, which persists until it is cleared, and session storage, which is cleared when the browser tab is closed.

03Section 2

What the pages store

Every item is strictly necessary for the Sites or for a feature the reader requests.

Item	Technology	Purpose	When it is stored	Duration	Stored by
Appearance preference	Local storage, one entry	Remembers whether the reader chose the light, dark or automatic appearance	Only when the reader selects an appearance	Until the reader clears it	The page itself; never sent to any server
Research-hub results	Session storage	Keeps the results of a bibliographic search for the current visit, so that the same search is not sent again	Only when the research hub runs a search	Until the browser tab is closed	The page itself; never sent to any server
Platform cookies	Cookies	Security of the Sites, distribution of load, and sign-in of the editors who maintain the Sites	As the publishing platform and the hosting provider require	For the session or the period the platform sets	The WordPress publishing platform and the hosting provider

04Section 3

What the pages do not use

3.1 The Sites use no analytics cookies, no advertising or retargeting cookies, no social-media cookies and no cross-site tracking. They contain no embedded video or social-media plug-ins that would set such cookies.
3.2 Because only strictly necessary storage is used, the Sites do not ask for consent to cookies. Before any cookie or storage that is not strictly necessary is introduced, this Policy will be updated and consent will be requested where the law requires it.

05Section 4

Requests to third-party providers

4.1 Some figures load code libraries, map imagery or bibliographic records from third-party providers, listed in the Privacy Policy. These requests send the reader's IP address and browser details to the provider. Library and map-imagery requests are made without cookies, and map-imagery requests also omit the address of the referring page.

06Section 5

Choices and controls

5.1 Readers can view and delete cookies and site storage at any time in their browser settings, and can set the browser to refuse cookies. Refusing or deleting the items in Section 2 does not prevent any page from being read: the appearance returns to the automatic setting and a search is repeated when needed.
5.2 As the Sites do not track readers, browser signals such as Global Privacy Control and Do Not Track require no further action; the Sites behave the same way whether or not they are sent.

07Section 6

Changes and contact

6.1 This Policy is updated whenever the storage used by the Sites changes; the updated Policy is published on this page with a new effective date. Questions may be sent to the Privacy Officer at contact@therisk.global.

08Questions

Questions and answers.

Does refusing cookies affect the pages?

No page needs a cookie to be read. Without browser storage, the appearance follows the device setting and the research hub repeats a search when it is needed.

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