Cookies
Many websites generate small files known as cookies. These files contain information on your visit to the website. The files are then saved in your web browser. The aim is often to enable websites to be improved to better meet your needs.
Following an amendment to the Act on electronic communication which took effect on 1 July 2011, everyone visiting a website must be informed that the website uses cookies and what they are used for. The visitor must also consent to cookies being used.
Cookies on the website
The Swedish Mountain Safety Council's website uses several types of cookies:
Web browser
- cookie-concent - a cookie indicating if you have accepted permission to allow cookies.
- ASP.NET_SessionId – a so-called “session cookie” which disappears when you close your web browser. This cookie is used to save the current page so that the Back link works, to save search conditions in connection with searches and to save your current basket or cart.
Google Analytics
These seven cookies are used to enable visitor statistics to be generated for the website:
__utma
__utmb
__utmc
__utmt
__utmz
__ga
__gat
__gid
Avoiding cookies
There are settings on your computer which you can select if you do not wish to accept cookies. Your computer will then automatically refuse to allow cookies to be saved or tell you each time a website asks to save a cookie. Through the web browser, you can also delete previously saved cookies. See your web browser’s help pages for more information.
More information about cookies
The Swedish National Post and Telecom Agency, which is the supervisory authority responsible for the area, can provide more information on cookies.