Cookie policy

This policy describes the general use of cookies on the SCAPIS website. The detailed list of cookies will be updated shortly.

Use of cookies

To improve and simplify your experience when visiting our website, we use cookies. A cookie is a text file that is stored on your device when you visit a website. If you do not wish to use cookies, you can disable this function in your browser’s security settings or set your browser to warn you each time a website attempts to place a cookie on your device.

Types of cookies

There are two types of cookies:

1. Persistent cookies

These are saved on your device for a longer period of time and are used, for example, to identify what is new since your last visit to the website.

2. Session cookies

These are stored temporarily in your device’s memory during your visit and keep track of settings such as your selected language. Session cookies disappear when you close your browser.

Cookies used on our website

• ASP.NET SessionID is a session cookie required for the website to function. It is set automatically by the Swedish Heart-Lung Foundation. It creates an identity code that keeps track of your selections throughout your visit. The cookie disappears when the browser is closed.
• ExternalID and hlf_identity are cookies used to store information about you as a visitor between sessions. These cookies are saved until you clear your browser cookies.
• hlf_session is used together with hlf_identity to distinguish between different browser sessions. This cookie disappears when the browser is closed.

Web analytics

The Swedish Heart-Lung Foundation uses Google Analytics to understand how visitors use our website. Google Analytics uses cookies to analyse user behaviour.

The information generated by these cookies (including IP addresses) is transferred to and stored by Google. The information is used to evaluate website statistics. Google may transfer this information to third parties if required by law or if third parties process the information on behalf of Google. Google will not combine your IP address with other data held by Google. Google Analytics anonymises the information sent to Google.

No to web statistics?

If you do not want your visits on hjart-lungfonden.se to be visible in Google Analytics, you can change or withdraw your consent to cookies in the cookie banner on our website.

YouTube videos

Videos from the Swedish Heart-Lung Foundation’s YouTube channel are displayed on our website. They are shown using YouTube’s video player, and when the videos are played, cookies from youtube.com are used.

• Visitor_INFO1_LIVE is stored for eight months.
• use-hitbox and PREF disappear when the browser is closed.

For more information, see Google’s privacy policy.

AddThis – share and recommend content

Many of our pages include AddThis, a tool that allows you to share pages via social media and recommend content to others. The feature, provided by a third party (addthis.com), stores several cookies on your device.

For more information, see the AddThis privacy policy (in English).

Additional information

More information about cookies and electronic communication can be found on the Swedish Post and Telecom Authority’s website.

Consent management

This website uses cookies. We use device identifiers to personalise content and ads, provide social media features and analyse our traffic. We also share such identifiers and other information from your device with social media, advertising and analytics partners. These partners may combine the information with other data you have provided or that they have collected when you used their services.

Cookies are small text files that websites can use to make a user’s experience more efficient.

By law, we may store cookies on your device if they are strictly necessary for the operation of this site. For all other types of cookies, your consent is required.

This website uses different types of cookies. Some cookies are placed by third-party services that appear on our pages.

You can change or withdraw your consent in the cookie declaration on our website.

For more information about who we are, how to contact us and how we process personal data, please refer to our Data Protection Policy.

Your Consent ID and the date of your consent will be displayed to you in the consent banner when applicable.