Cookies and the tracking tools we use
We use cookies and local storage to improve the user experience on our website, to analyze data traffic on the website. Cookies can be added, deleted or changed if necessary. Information collected with cookies is not used to identify an individual user.
Our site's usage monitoring (analytics) is implemented completely without cookies, i.e. the monitoring does not install cookies or anything similar on the user's computer. Also, no identifying information about users is stored. With the help of tracking, we collect statistical information about, for example, the number of visitors to the pages and the most popular content (e.g. how many times the homepage has been downloaded on any given day) and from which source the page was reached (search engine, link, direct traffic).
Acceptance of cookies for YouTube video embeds takes place directly from the video embed.
If you do not want to use cookies, you can prevent the use of cookies from your own browser.
Instructions for managing the cookie settings of the most common browsers:
What are cookies?
Cookies are text files that are downloaded to your device every time you visit a website. Cookies allow websites to recognize / remember the user's device / save information.
The term "cookies" also includes a number of other technical solutions, such as:
Pixel detection – transparent images that are placed on a web page to indicate that a specific page or email message is displayed
Tracking cookies – small pieces of software that collect information about the operation
Local storage – to store temporary files and data on your device
You can find more information about cookies From Traficom's Cybersecurity Center website.
Why do we use cookies?
Cookies are used for many different purposes. Their use enables, for example, a more efficient way to navigate the site, certain settings remain in the computer's memory, and improve the overall user experience when visiting our site. Some of our cookies are necessary, without them the site will not work. Mandatory cookies are required for e.g. online shopping, suomi.fi identification, filling in forms and e.g. using the contrast function.
List of cookies we use and their purposes:
1. Video cookies
Youtube: We use YouTube videos on our site. When the user has accepted the video cookies and the video is displayed on the site, YouTube automatically sets its own cookies in order to collect information about its users and show better targeted content.
Read more: https://policies.google.com/privacy
2. Mandatory cookies
Cookies improve site performance
We use these cookies to speed up page loading.
Cookies improve the site's functionality
We use these cookies so that we can remember the choices you made on our site and improve the site's user experience. These cookies are necessary e.g. for online transactions, identification and forms.
