COOKIES AND PERSONAL DATA

A cookie is a small file that the website you visit stores on your computer. Here is information about how cookies are used on the Societetshuset website. You must consent to the storage of cookies on your computer in order to be able to use the Societetshuset website in the way we intend. Cookies are used to give you the visitor access to different features. If you do not allow cookies, some features on the website will not function.

Web statistics analytics tool

Societetshuset uses Google Analytics to get an idea of how visitors use the website. The information generated by cookies about your use of the website (including your IP address) is usually transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google may transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google will not associate IP addresses with any other data held by Google.

No to web statistics?

If you do not wish your visits to the Societetshuset website to be shown in the statistics in Google Analytics, you can install a browser plugin. The plugin is available for the following browsers: Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari and Opera. You can download the plugin from Google.

What is a cookie?

A cookie is a small file that the website you visit stores on your computer. There are two types of cookies. Persistent or permanent cookies remain on your computer indefinitely. These are used for e.g. features that let you know what’s new since you last visited the website. The other type of cookies are called session cookies. These cookies are stored temporarily in your computer’s memory while you visit and navigate a website, e.g. to store information on the language you select. Session cookies are not stored on your computer indefinitely but expire as soon as you close your browser.

Avoiding cookies

You can make settings on your computer if you do not want to accept cookies. Your computer then automatically refuses to allow the storage of cookies or informs you each time a website requests to store a cookie. Previously saved cookies can also be deleted through the browser. See the browser’s help pages for more information.