# Codehaus Cargo : Cookies

Created by S. Ali Tokmen, last modified on May 27, 2025

In the IT world, a "cookie" is a small piece of data sent from a website and stored in the user's web browser while the user is browsing it. Cookies are set by many websites, and every time your browser loads that website it will also send these back to the server. Often, cookies will remain in your browser even when you close it and open it back again, used, for example, to remember what your username is (hence in that case avoiding you from entering your password every time).

Tracking cookies, and especially third-party tracking cookies, are commonly used as ways to compile long-term records of individuals' browsing histories – a potential privacy concern that prompted law makers worldwide. This document explains how the Codehaus Cargo website is organized and how various providers it relies on manage cookies in order to ensure transparency and remain in line with the legal aspects.

The Codehaus Cargo Website relies on the below hosting providers and services:

- The website itself as well as the source code is hosted on Github. Thought the Codehaus Cargo website itself won't be setting nor reading any cookies, Github has its own Privacy Policy which you can read here.
- As you visit the various pages of the Codehaus Cargo website, Google Analytics helps us track the activity on the Codehaus Cargo website, to see where people click, how they navigate between sections, so that we can understand and optimize our content structure and make it easier to use. Google Analytics' privacy policy is part of the Google Global Privacy Policy, accessible here.
- Our mailing lists use Google Groups, for which the Google Global Privacy Policy also applies.
- For the Documentation as well as the Issue Tracker (JIRA), Codehaus Cargo relies on the Atlassian Cloud services. Their privacy policy can be accessed using this link.
- The downloadable content are hosted on the Apache Maven (central) repository. Their privacy policy can be read here.
- Finally, our Continous Integration system, Semaphore, have their privacy policy published on their website.

Other parts of Codehaus Cargo with Web interfaces, in particular the Cargo Daemon, do not use any cookies nor do they track users in any way.

Last but not least, the license for Codehaus Cargo (Apache License version 2.0 and MIT License) is available in our License section.