Cookies

On our websites and services, we use cookies and other online identifiers (‘cookies’). Cookies are small text files that are saved in the browser on your device when you visit different websites and services. Cookies can be used, for example, to track the websites you visit, to help you continue where you left off and to remember your settings, such as your language selection. Cookies can also be used to collect data about your action on different sites and services.

See below for more information about the types of cookies we at LocalTapiola use, and why we use them. We also tell you how you can manage cookies.

Session cookies and persistent cookies are the types of cookies we use. Session cookies are saved on your device only for the duration of your session or transaction, and they are removed automatically when you quit your browser. As for persistent cookies, they last also after you end your session, and they are saved for a predetermined period.

Most of the cookies we use are first-party cookies that we set on our websites and services. The data they collect may either be exclusively for our own use, or they may also be used by our partners. Our websites and services also feature third-party cookies, which collect data that these third parties may then use.

We use embedded content from third parties, such as Google Maps and YouTube videos, on our sites and services. When you use this content, third parties may place cookies on your browser that allow the content provider to collect information for its own use. Information about the cookie policies and privacy protection of third parties can be found on the website of the content provider: Google Maps and YouTube and Leadoo.

Some cookies we use are essential for the functionality of our websites and services. In addition to essential cookies, we also use other cookies that allow us to provide you a smooth and personalised customer experience, for example.

We use cookies so that we can:

We have grouped the cookies we use into different categories based on their purpose. See below for more about the cookies we use.

Essential cookies allow our websites and services to function safely and smoothly. Essential cookies enable basic functions such as navigation and language settings. They allow us to personalise content to you and collect statistical information. We use this information to monitor and report on the operation of our websites and services, among other purposes.

You can only block the use of essential cookies in your browser settings.

We use analytics and customer experience cookies to collect information about the use of our websites and services and visitor numbers. We use the information to help us understand how our websites and services are used. We use the information to develop our websites and services and improve customer experience and for reporting purposes. We collect information both on a general level and from individual users, such as pages visited and time spent on a particular page.

We use analytics and customer experience cookies to manage the visibility and use of third-party embedded content on our sites and services, such as Google Maps and YouTube. Providers of embedded content may place cookies on your browser that allow them to collect data for their own use.

We use personalisation and marketing/targeting cookies to collect information about your behaviour on our websites and services. We use this information to target content and advertising to you on our websites and services, so that we could deliver you suitable content. We also use the information to target direct marketing, so that the products and services we market meet your needs.

We use advertising cookies to collect information about your behaviour on our websites and services. Based on this information, we target our advertising to you when you visit other internet sites. We also use the information to analyse the effectiveness of our advertising.

When targeting advertising and analysing the effectiveness of advertising, we may combine information we collect through cookies with your personal data that are stored in our customer system, such as your telephone number and email address. Before delivering these personal data to our advertiser partners, we always encrypt them, so that our partners will not be able to access them in an easy-to-read format.

We disclose data to our advertiser partners (Google and Meta) so that we can target advertising and perform online marketing. Our advertiser partners, including Google, AdForm, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn, may utilise the data collected through these cookies also for their own use, and they may offer you targeted content.

To read more about how we target advertising, see the Other section of our website. “Targeted paid online marketing and joint controllership with advertising platform service providers”.

You have a say in which cookies are active when you visit our websites and services. You can give permission for the use of all cookies, continue with only essential cookies or select the cookies you give us permission to use in the settings. You can change the permissions you have given at any time in the cookie settings.

If you wish to block cookies completely, you can do so in your browser settings_._ This also prevents the use of cookies that are essential for our websites and services and means that they may no longer function as intended in all cases.

You can delete the cookies stored in your browser by clearing your cookie history in your browser settings. In this case, it will not be possible to create a long-term user profile of your behaviour. However, deleting your cookie history does not affect how new cookies are stored on your device and used. You can edit the permissions for new cookies in the cookie settings.

Cookie settings are specific to the current device and browser in your use. If you are using another device, browser or the incognito mode in your browser, you will need to reconfigure your cookie settings.