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Cookie Notice
Last update: 2023-08-18
What is a cookie and what do we use it for?
Cookies are small files that are stored on your device or the browser cache when you visit our websites. The text file contains a small amount of information, such as a unique number, that the Internet server can read the next time you visit the same website. Cookies are useful to you for several reasons. They, for example, help us remember your username or the language settings you have chosen. Some cookies are necessary for the functionality of our websites or services while others are used to for example improve your experience and to make it easier to navigate our websites.
Our websites use cookies and other similar technologies to manage and develop the website and services as well as improve and analyze user experience and target advertisement in our and our partners’ services. Cookies allow us to collect information such as from which website users arrive to our website, which of our websites are browsed and when, which browser is used and the IP address of the device.
Some cookies that we use will collect personal data about you, such as your IP address and information on the device you are using. For more information about how we process your personal data, please read our Privacy Notice.
General information about cookies
There are different types of cookies, and as a first step they can generally be categorized as follows.
Type of cookie |
Description |
Session Cookies |
Session cookies are cookies that expire when you leave our website or services, which means that they are temporarily stored on your device when you visit our website or use our services but are deleted as soon as you for example close your browser. Examples of session cookies are files that will help your browser load faster. |
Persistent cookies |
Persistent cookies are those that are stored in the browser until their fixed due date expires, or until you choose to delete them. Examples of persistent cookies are files that will remember your language settings. |
First Party cookies |
These are cookies that are placed on your computer by us when you visit our website or use our services. |
Third Party Cookies |
Third party cookies are placed by someone else, such as a partner or supplier of ours. |
General purposes of employing cookies
There are different purposes for employing cookies, and these purposes can generally be divided as follows.
Purpose |
Description |
Strictly Necessary Cookies |
These cookies are essential for our website and services to function properly and to ensure that our website and services are protected from unusual activity. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms. |
Analytical Cookies |
These cookies are used to improve the performance of our website and services by allowing us to count visits and traffic sources. This type of cookies is not strictly necessary for our website or service to function but are aimed at telling us for example which pages you find most interesting. Information collected about how you use the website and services enables us to give you a personalized experience of our website and services and thus provide you with the best user experience possible, by, for instance, ensuring that pages you visit load faster. We also use the information collected to be able to analyze the flow of visitors to the website and number of users of our services. It is important for us to be able to ensure that we for example always have sufficient capacity to be able to receive all visitors who enter the website. |
Advertising Cookies |
Advertising cookies are used to market our services, usually through third party sites, by collecting information about your browsing habits and how you click around on our website to make our content and advertising as relevant to you and your interests as possible. This information helps us present you relevant offers in other channels. |
What cookies do we use and why?
We for example use cookies to make our website and services easier to use and to adapt them to fit your needs and interests. By using cookies that tell us what you have previously shown interest in we hope to be able to show information to you that will match your preferences.
We have summarized the different cookies that we use together with the information on the type and purpose of the cookie as well as how it is used, how long the information is stored and the supplier of the cookie. Please note that this is a general summary of the cookies we employ, always feel free to contact us if you have questions.
Name |
Provider |
Description |
Storage |
Purpose |
OptanonAlertBoxClosed |
This cookie is set by websites using certain versions of the cookie law compliance solution from OneTrust. It is set after visitors have seen a cookie information notice and, in some cases, only when they actively close the notice down. It enables the website not to show the message more than once to a user. |
First party persistent |
Strictly necessary |
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OptanonConsent |
This cookie is set by the cookie compliance solution from OneTrust. It stores information about the categories of cookies the site uses and whether visitors have given or withdrawn consent for the use of each category. This enables site owners to prevent cookies in each category from being set in the users’ browser, when consent is not given. The cookie has a normal lifespan of one year, so that returning visitors to the site will have their preferences remembered. |
First party persistent |
Strictly necessary |
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gig_canary |
This cookie is used by Gigya identity management to indicate if the client is using the canary version of the WebSDK. |
First party |
Strictly necessary |
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gig_bootstrap_3_ |
This cookie ensures that users are not intermittently logged out. |
First party persistent 365 days |
Strictly necessary |
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ga / AMP_TOKEN/ _gat_UA-nnnnnnn-nn |
Google Universal Analytics |
These cookies collect information about how visitors use a website, for instance which pages visitors go to most often, and if they get error messages from web pages. These cookies do not collect information that identifies a visitor. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. It is only used to improve how a website works. |
First party persistent 729 days |
Analytical |
_gid |
These cookies collect information about how visitors use a website, for instance which pages visitors go to most often, and if they get error messages from web pages. These cookies do not collect information that identifies a visitor. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. It is only used to improve how a website works. |
First party persistent 0 days |
Analytical |
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_cb_svref |
Microsoft MSN |
This cookie is used to measure the use of the website for internal analytics, for functionality purposes. |
First party persistent 365 days |
Analytical |
_cb_ls / _chartbeat4 / |
ChartBeat |
These cookies are set on websites using the ChartBeat real-time analytics platform. They are used to distinguish between new and returning visitors. |
First party persistent, 13 months |
Analytical |
_gat_gtag_xxxxxxxx |
Google Analytics |
These cookies are used to deliver adverts more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaign. They are usually placed by advertising networks with the website operator's permission. They remember that you have visited a website and this information is shared with other organizations such as advertisers. Quite often targeting or advertising cookies will be linked to site functionality provided by the other organization. If you do not wish to see ads from us you can opt out in several ways: |
Third party persistent |
Advertising |
How you can influence the use of cookies on your devices
Actions |
Impact |
You can opt out of having non-strictly necessary cookies placed on your devices by changing your cookie preferences at any time, including third-party cookies. You may need to refresh the page for your settings to take effect. |
This may for example result in:
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You may block specific third-party cookies by visiting the respective provider's website, by following the links in the table above you will come to their respective privacy policy or to the page where you can select settings for their cookies. |
This may for example result in:
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Modifications to our cookie notice
We may update this cookie notice from time to time by posting changes on our website. For information on when the cookie notice was last updated, please refer to the date at the top of the cookie notice.
Questions and contact
If you have questions or want to get in touch with us, please contact privacy@grc-media.com