Cookies on vattenfall.com
Based on the EU Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications 2002/58/EC and 2009/136/EC and subsequent national legislation, you need to give your consent to the website using cookies.
Cookies are small computer files containing text that are stored on your computer so that services and functions will work on the homepage you are visiting, for example when you fill in forms, want to sign agreements or make use of various services. Vattenfall does not use cookies to record personal information and send spam.
Please be aware that parts of the site will not function correctly if you disable cookies.
Session cookies - temporary cookies
Third-party cookies
Visitor survey
Social Media
Share content via social networks
Choose to allow, block or remove cookies
First-party cookies and third-party cookies
First-party cookies are stored by the website when you enter its URL or click on a link that takes you to the website, such as vattenfall.com.
Third-party cookies are stored by parties other than the party who is responsible for the website. At vattenfall.com, third-party cookies are set by our web analysis and statistics suppliers.
Read more about third-party cookies
Session cookies - temporary cookies
Session cookies are stored on your computer while you are visiting websites and are removed when you close the browser. Session cookies keep a record of which web browser you are using, which language, the line spacing and the typeface you have chosen.
| Temporary cookies on vattenfall.com |
|---|
| ASP.NET_SessionId |
| SESSIONID |
| IMPSession |
| RedDotLiveServerSession |
| Temporary cookies on special interest sites | |
|---|---|
| Dan Tysk Blog | wordpress_test_cookie |
| Dan Tysk Blog | wordpress_logged_in_ |
| Vattenfall Olympic Talent Support | AkamaiAnalytics_BrowserSessionId |
Third-party cookies
Third-party cookies from Google Analytics, WebTrends Analytics and visitor survey provider E-space are stored when you visit vattenfall.com. The cookies collect data without identifying individual visitors. The analysis programs gives us a general insight into how the website works, and whether it is easy to find information and services.
Google Analytics
Google's tool for web analysis records the number of visitors, the time of the visit, whether the visitor has been to our site before, and which website referred the visitor to vattenfall.com. Information, including IP addresses, are forwarded and stored by Google on servers in the USA. We use Google Analytics also for Dan Tysk Wind Energy Project Blog.
| Cookies from Google | Expires: |
|---|---|
| utma | After two years |
| utmb | After 30 minutes |
| utmc | When the browser is closed |
| utmz | After six months |
Webtrends Analytics
We use Webtrends Analytics to obtain a more in-depth analysis of vattenfall.com. Using the cookies, we can record every part of a form and gain valuable information on how to make the website as straightforward and useful as possible. Webtrends Analytics is also used for Dan Tysk Wind Energy Project Blog. The cookies stored by Webbtrends Analytics are as follows:
| Cookies from Webtrend Analytics | Expires: |
|---|---|
| WEBTRENDS_ID | After one minute |
| WT_FPC | After 3649 days |
E-space visitor survey
If you have been browsing vattenfall.com for a while, a new window containing a visitor survey will open. Participation is optional - you choose whether to answer questions about your visit and the website. You have the option of submitting your own opinions and suggestions for how the content can be improved. Aside from the survey about the website, E-space also supplies us with information about the number of visitors and why people are visiting our site.
E-space cookies have the following functions:
- They ask whether you wish to take part in the survey after you have been on the website for a set time.
- They make sure that the survey doesn't appear every time you visit us.
- They record the number of visitors.
- They identify visitors as unique but anonymous individuals.
- They provide us with statistics and information about the number of visitors and the type of information and services they are looking for on the homepage.
| Cookies from E-space: | Expires: |
|---|---|
| guanoo_flash_version | When the browser is closed |
| guanoo_refer_id | When the browser is closed |
| guanoo_site44935_user_id | After one year |
| guanoo_site44935_visit_id | After 30 minutes |
| Sitester_Nth1345 | When the browser is closed |
| Sitester_Referrer1345 | When the browser is closed |
| Sitester_ActiveUserId1345 | After ten minutes |
| Sitester_DelayId1345 | After three minutes |
| Sitester_ExposedDateTimeId1345 | After one year |
| Sitester_ExposedId1345 | After one year |
Social Media
Cookies are set so that you can like and share content via social networks. When we show films on YouTube and Vattenfall Olympic Talent Support; there are cookies set. These cookies scan web browsers and other settings so that the film player is displayed correctly.
| Cookies from YouTube | Expires: |
|---|---|
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | After 240 days |
| PREF | After 3650 days |
| use_hitbox (counts the number of film viewers) | When the browser is closed |
| Vattenfall Olympic Talent Support | Expires: |
|---|---|
| AkamaiAnalytics_VisitCookie | When the browser is closed |
| AkamaiAnalytics_VisitIsPlaying | When the browser is closed |
| AkamaiAnalyticsDO_visitStartTime | When the browser is closed |
| ns_cookietest | When the browser is closed |
| ns_session | When the browser is closed |
The company Shareaholic provides us with tools to share, measure and improve content. We use their tools on the blog for our wind energy project in the German North Sea:
Dan Tysk Blog (new window)
| Dan Tysk Blog | Expires: |
|---|---|
| c_id | After 15 years |
| Ips | After 15 years |
| pss | After 15 years |
Allow, block or remove cookies?
Most web browsers have settings which allow cookies to be stored, but you can decide yourself whether you want to accept or remove cookies. For instance, you can choose to allow cookies from specific websites. Settings are made in your browser. To remove flash cookies, right-click on a flash object, choose Settings, click the folder icon and drag the bar to set the storage to 0.
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