Website cookies
Cookies are text files that your browser stores on your device when you visit a website. This website uses cookies that are necessary for the functioning of the website, along with visitor tracking and analytics cookies. In addition, we use your browser's local storage to store identifiers. In this text, cookies refer to all of these technologies.
Cookies make it possible to store the user’s preferences, such as language choices, when the user moves from one page to another on the website. Necessary cookies ensure the technical functioning of the website and are not used for other purposes. The website always uses a secure https connection.
Visitor tracking and quality control cookies (non-essential) help us to develop the website and ensure that it serves its purpose. We hope that you will also accept non-essential cookies. The data collected will not be used for marketing purposes, nor will visitor tracking data be disclosed outside the Government. Ministries can, however, use visitor tracking data from each other’s websites in order to develop their online communication.
The service providers are the Government Centre for Information and Communication Technologies Valtori and its contractual partners.
Necessary cookies
COOKIE_SUPPORT
A publishing system cookie that stores information on whether or not users have enabled cookies in their browser settings. Valid for one year.
GUEST_LANGUAGE_ID
A publishing system cookie that stores information on users’ language preferences and preserves it for their next visit to the website. Valid for one year.
JSESSIONID
A content management cookie used for linking users to their sessions. The cookie expires when the session ends.
LFR_SESSION_STATE_10161
A publishing system cookie that stores a timestamp for the user’s visit and ensures that their session can continue. The cookie expires when the session ends.
AWSALB, AWSALBCORS
Server environment cookies that improve the user experience by balancing server loads and ensuring that the user’s session can continue. The second cookie ensures that the website can function with the latest browser versions. Valid for one week.
YJA_COOKIE_ACCEPTANCE
A website cookie that stores information on whether or not the user has accepted cookies in their browser. Valid for one year.
JSV, MTV1CONFSUM, MTV1PULSE
A cookie used by the service to block spam, allowing the service to determine whether the user is a bot. The cookie is used when sending forms. Expires when the browsing session ends.
_CF_BM, _CFUVID, CF_CLEARANCE
Server environment cookies used for detecting and preventing bot and malware traffic and attacks. The cookie expires when the session ends.
Visitor tracking and analytics cookies
If the visitor accepts the use of cookies, visitor tracking cookies will collect general statistics used to develop the service and for quality control.
This information includes:
• the page from which the visitor accessed the website
• pages viewed
• timestamp of page downloads
• web browser and operating system
• visitor’s internet service provider.
Website visitor tracking
Visitor tracking is not used to identify individual persons, nor are visitors’ IP addresses stored in their entirety. IP addresses are used to determine the organisation with which the address is registered and its geographical location. Location information is indicative: accuracy is good at the country level and moderate at the regional and city level.
SNOOBIID
A visitor tracking cookie that registers a unique identifier for the user. Valid for two years.
SNOOBISESSION_VALTIONEUVOSTO
A visitor tracking cookie that stores information about the visit until the user leaves the site. Valid for the duration of the session.
SNOOBI30MINUTE_VALTIONEUVOSTO
A visitor tracking cookie that combines information about visits if the user returns to the website within half an hour after leaving. Valid for 30 minutes.
Quality assurance
We use Askem to collect feedback from users of the online service in order to improve the content of the site. If you accept cookies, you will see feedback buttons on several of our pages, and you can use them to tell us what you think about the content of the page.
The Askem cookies store a randomly generated string of characters in the visitor’s browser to identify events from the same browser. They cannot be used to identify users.
You can also provide open, anonymous feedback on the content of the page. Users who wish to receive a response to their feedback will be directed to the general feedback form.
Askem will not disclose the information provided by users. Third parties cannot make use of the cookies or information that can be connected to them.
RNSBID
A cookie that stores anonymised information on user’s browser type, device and events, such as pages visited. Valid for a maximum of 30 days.
RNSBID_TS
Saves the timestamp used to delete data in 30 days.
RNS_REACTION_LIKE
Saves and stores information between page downloads on which feedback button the user has pressed on the page.
RNS_REACTION_LIKE_TS
Saves a timestamp for the feedback button, used to delete data in 30 days.
Plugins and links to other services
Share buttons to social media services do not communicate visitor information to service providers if they are not used. Information on cookies used by social media services is available in the privacy policies of the services.