A ‘cookie’ is a small text file that the website you are visiting asks to save on your computer. Cookies are used on many websites to allow visitors to use various functions. The information contained in cookies can be used to track how users are surfing. Under the Electronic Communications Act, all visitors to a website with cookies must have access to information stating that the website contains cookies and the purpose for which cookies are used. Visitors must also consent to cookies being used.
Session cookies: these are temporary cookies that expire at the end of a browser session;
that is, when you leave the site. Session cookies allow the website to recognize you as you
navigate between pages during a single browser session and allow you to use the website most
efficiently.
Persistent cookies: in contrast to session cookies, persistent cookies are stored on your
equipment between browsing sessions until expiry or deletion. They therefore enable the
website to "recognize" you on your return remember your preferences and tailor services to
you.
google.com (Google Analytics)
These cookies are used to register how people reach and use our website. It is a mix of
session cookies and persistent cookies.
Some details:
_ga (google analytics)
__utma stores
the amount of your visits
the time of the first visit, the previous visit, and the current visit
__utmb and __utmc are used to approximate how fast people leave, by recording when a visit
starts, and approximately ends (c expires quickly).
If you look at cookie state changes, you will see these change regularly.
__utmz records whether the visitor came from, one of:
a search engine (and if so, the search keyword used)
a link, or from no previous page (e.g. a bookmark, or a typed-in URL)
You as a visitor decide for yourself whether you accept cookies or not. If you want to avoid
cookies on your computer, you can do so by setting your browsers security or privacy
settings so that they automatically contain cookies or inform you that a website contains
cookies.
Further information about cookies can be found at the "Swedish Post and Telecom Agency" (Post-
och telestyrelsen) or "My cookies" (Mina Cookies) .