Cookie policy
This website uses cookies. A visitor of a website utilizing cookies must by law be informed about it, the functionality of the cookies and how to remove them.
A cookie is a small text file stored on your computer with information about your visits at a certain website. Cookies are normally used to improve the website for visitors. There are two common types:
- The first type is called a persistent cookie and creates a file on your computer during a defined time period. Among other things it is used to make it easier for the visitor to use the website according to his or her preferences and interests.
- The other type is called a session cookie. While the visitor browses the website a file is stored temporarily on your computer. Session cookies are deleted when the user closes their browser window. No personal information such as email or name is stored.
Both cookies are used on this website. Our purpose is to gain insight into visitor behaviour with a goal to improve structure, navigation and content. Next chapter describes which cookies we are using.
If you as a visitor do not accept that our website uses session cookies, you can disable cookies in your browser's security settings. You can also set your browser to alert you every time a website tries to set a cookie on your computer.
If you wish no cookies – neither session or persistent – to be stored on your computer, you may disable this in your browser settings as well. This may render some web interactivity and dynamics non-functional. General information about cookies and the Electronic Communications Act are available on the PTS website. Read more about cookies on the Swedish governmental website for Postal- and tele communications
Cookies on this website
Following are names and descriptions of cookies which are downloaded to your browser and computer when you browse our website:
1. Analytics and statistics
The following cookies are used to gain better insights of visitor behaviour on our website. The purpose is to improve usability, technical functionality, SEO and accessibility on our sites.
- _ga (persistent, first-party) – is used by Google Analytics to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the site analytics reports. By default it is set to expire after 2 years.
- _gid (persistent, first-party) – is used by Google Analytics to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the site analytics reports. By default it is set to expire after 24 hours.
- _gat (persistent, first-party) – This cookie is used by Google Analytics to throttle the request rate - limiting the collection of data on high traffic sites. It expires after 1 minute.
About Google Analytics cookies
The information generated by these cookies through your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. This information is used in order to evaluate visitor statistics. For example, we use reports of visits to the site to improve both content, navigation and structure. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate IP addresses with other data held by Google.
2. Functionality
- skaneCookieDisclaimerAcceptCookies (persistent, first-party) - this cookie is set when the user accepts cookies in the cookie disclaimer bar and determines if advertising scripts are allowed to be fired on the site. The cookie expires after 30 days.
3. Marketing
- _fbp and _fbc (persistent, first-party) – cookie “_fbp” is set by Facebook and identifies the visitors web browser with the purpose of providing advertising and website analytic services. The cookie “_fbc” has the same function as “_fbp” but is used if the visitor came to the site by clicking an ad. They both have a lifespan of 90 days.
No to web statistics?
If you do not wish your visit to our website to appear in the statistics in Google Analytics, you can install an extension to your browser. The extension is available for Internet Explorer, Edge, Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Opera.