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Cookies and Privacy

How we handle your personal data on our site.

Published Nov. 9, 2023 12:40 PM - Last modified Nov. 30, 2023 4:50 PM

The nih.no website uses certain information (cookies) in your browser so that we can give you a better user experience.

Most browsers are set so that they automatically accept cookies. If you do not want this, you can either change your browser's settings to block cookies from nih.no (however, this may cause our website to be perceived as less optimal for you).

Vortex

Nih.no is built on the content managemnet system, Vortex. The system sets various cookies to control how content is displayed, and to keep track of the various visitors.

The following cookies are set by Vortex:

Name Description

PrivacyPolicyOptOut

If you close the consent dialog box without giving consent, or have given consent.
consentVariant Part of the consent dialog box
UsageAnalysisConsent Consent to statistics and analysis
VRTX_AUTH_SP Login, session cookie
VRTXSSLID Login, session cookie
vrtx.manage.language Language preferance

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to provide us with general statistics about how the website is used so that we can improve our content. Your IP address is automatically made anonymous, so that the statistics cannot be traced back to you as an individual.

Google Analytics uses the following cookies:

__utma - Used to distinguish between (anonymous) users. Cookies are automatically deleted when it has been 2 years since the user last visited the website.

__utmb - Used to keep track of new visitors to the website. The cookie is automatically deleted 30 minutes after the user first entered the website.

__utmz - Used to keep track of new visitors to the website. The cookie is automatically deleted 30 minutes after the user first entered the website. Used to keep track of how the visitor came to the website (traffic source). The cookie is automatically deleted 6 months after the user last visited the website

YouTube

We embed videos from YouTube using YouTube's enhanced privacy mode. This mode places cookies on your computer only if you click on YouTube's video player on a page. This cookie does not collect information that identifies a user. The cookie is used to collect anonymous statistics for embedded YouTube videos and to evaluate the performance of the videos embedded on our website.

Monsido

Used to monitor website performace for statistical and quality control purposes.

Expiry: 29 days

Type: HTTP

https://www.nih.no/

Registers statistical data on users behaviour on the website. Used for internal analytics by the website operator (NIH).

Expiry: Session

Type: Pixel