What are cookies?
A “cookie” is a piece of information that is stored on your computer’s hard drive if you agree to this and which records how you move your way around a website so that, when you revisit that website, it can present tailored options based on the information stored about your last visit. Cookies can also be used to analyze traffic and for advertising and marketing purposes.
Cookies are used by nearly all websites and do not harm your system.
We are required to obtain your consent for all non-essential cookies used on our website. You can block cookies (including essential cookies) at any time by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block essential cookies you may not be able to access all or parts of our site.
How do we use cookies?
We use cookies to track your use of our website. This enables us to understand how you use the site and track any patterns with regards how you are using our website. This helps us to develop and improve our website as well as products and/or services in response to what you might need or want.
Cookies we use:
Session cookies: these are only stored on your computer during your web session and are automatically deleted when you close your browser – they usually store an anonymous session ID allowing you to browse a website without having to log in to each page, but they do not collect any personal data from your computer.
Persistent cookies: a persistent cookie is stored as a file on your computer, and it remains there when you close your web browser. The cookie can be read by the website that created it when you visit that website again. We use persistent cookies for Google Analytics.
Strictly necessary cookies: these cookies are essential to enable you to use the website effectively, such as when buying a product and/or service. Without these cookies, the services available to you on our website cannot be provided. These cookies do not gather information about you that could be used for marketing or remembering where you have been on the internet.
Performance or Statistic cookies: these cookies enable us to monitor and improve the performance of our website. For example, they allow us to count visits, identify traffic sources and see which parts of the site are most popular.
Marketing cookies: these are used to track visitors across websites. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user and thereby more valuable for publishers and third-party advertisers.
| Cookie Category
Cookie Name |
Purpose | Expiry |
| Necessary
_grecaptcha |
This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, to make valid reports on the use of their website. | Persistent |
| Necessary
_GRECAPTCHA |
This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, to make valid reports on the use of their website. | 179 days |
| Necessary
CONSENT |
Used to detect if the visitor has accepted the marketing category in the cookie banner. This cookie is necessary for GDPR-compliance of the website. | 6051 days |
| Necessary
rc::a |
This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, to make valid reports on the use of their website. | Persistent |
| Necessary
rc::b |
This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. | Session |
| Necessary
rc::c |
This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. | Session |
| Necessary
rc::d-# |
This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. | Persistent
|
| Necessary
test_cookie |
Used to check if the user’s browser supports cookies. | 1 day |
| Statistics
_ga |
Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. | 2 years |
| Statistics
_gat |
Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate | 1 day |
| Statistics
_gid |
Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. | 1 day |
| Statistics
is_unique |
This cookie is used to identify the frequency of visits and how long the visitor is on the website. | 5 years |
| Statistics
is_visitor_unique |
This cookie is used to count how many times a website has been visited by different visitors – this is done by assigning the visitor a random ID, so the visitor does not get registered twice. | 2 years |
| Statistics
sc_is_visitor_unique |
This cookie is used to count how many times a website has been visited by different visitors – this is done by assigning the visitor a random ID, so the visitor does not get registered twice. | 2 years |
| Statistics
statcounter_bounce |
Determines if a user leaves the website straight away. This information is used for internal statistics and analytics by the website operator. | Session |
| Statistics
statcounter_config |
Used to assess user’s visits to the website, such as which pages have been visited or the frequency of visits. | Session |
| Statistics
statcounter_session |
Collects statistics on the user’s visits to the website, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been read. | Session |
| Marketing
IDE |
Used by Google DoubleClick to register and report the website user’s actions after viewing or clicking one of the advertiser’s ads with the purpose of measuring the efficacy of an ad and to present targeted ads to the user. | 1 year |
| Marketing
sc_medium_source |
Determine how the user accessed the website. This information is used by the website operator to measure the efficiency of their marketing. | Persistent |
| Marketing
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE |
Tries to estimate the users’ bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos. | 179 days |
| Marketing
YSC |
Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. | Session |
| Marketing
yt.innertube::nextld |
Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. | Persistent |
| Marketing
yt.innertube::requests |
Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. | Persistent
|
| Marketing
yt-remote-cast-available |
Unclassified | Session
|
| Marketing
yt-remote-cast-installed |
Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. | Session |
| Marketing
yt-remote-connected-devices |
Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. | Persistent |
| Marketing
yt-remote-device-id |
Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. | Persistent |
| Marketing
yt-remote-fast-check-period |
Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. | Session |
| Marketing
yt-remote-session-app |
Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. | Session |
| Marketing
yt-remote-session-name |
Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. | Session |
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