Cookie practices for the User Interface for Database Cubes and Reports
This text describes the use of cookies in the User Interface for Database Cubes and Reports.
What are cookies and what information do they collect?
A cookie is a text file that is stored on your browser when you use a website. A cookie collects information about your visit to the site.
Some cookies are necessary, and the User Interface for Database Cubes and Reports needs them to function as intended. There are also cookies that collect information that the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) uses to analyse the use of the User Interface for Database Cubes and Reports, collect statistics and develop the pages and their content.
This information include the network request made by the user, date and time of the request, the IP address of the user’s terminal device and the type and language of the browser.
Necessary cookies
Necessary cookies are stored automatically, without your separate consent, on your browser when you use the User Interface for Database Cubes and Reports. Necessary cookies are stored on your browser for up to one year.
Statistical cookies used to collect user and analytical information
These cookies collect information about the use of our website to help us to gain better understanding. We improve the site based on this information.
Statistical cookies collect for example the following information:
- number of visitors on the site and on a certain page
- the terminal device used to access the site
- the user’s IP address
- the source from where users accessed the site (a search engine, a direct link, etc.)
- how long does the visit to the website last
- did the user find the information they were looking for
Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics software to monitor the visitor statistics on the User Interface for Database Cubes and Reports. We use Google Tag Manager to manage the scripts and tags needed to collect information.
THL uses the information collected by these cookies to analyse the use of the site and for statistical purposes. This information is in a format that cannot be linked to a specific person. In addition, THL does not have access to the IP address information collected by the cookies.
Please note that the cookies related to Google’s visitor tracking collect information that may be disclosed to Google. Google processes the received information in accordance with its own terms and conditions. More information can be found on the Google website.
Read about how Google uses cookies
Depending on the type of cookie, the cookies are stored on your browser for the duration of the visit or for up to two years.
