IVL cookie policy
A cookie is a small text file stored on the visitor's computer and containing information. Cookies are usually used to improve the site for the user.
The purpose of this cookie policy is to explain how we, IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute with org.nr 556116-2446 (“IVL” or “we”), use cookies and similar technologies on our website (https://www.ivl.se/). To make this policy easy to navigate and comprehend, we will hereafter be referring to all such technologies as cookies, unless otherwise specified. We want to provide you with as much information as possible regarding what cookies we use, what each cookie does and why, so that you can make an informed decision on whether you want to consent to cookies or not.
Kindly take the time to read through and form an understanding of our cookie policy. If you would like to know more about how we process your personal data, further information is available in our privacy policy.
We respect your right to privacy and take great care to protect your personal data.
Withdraw consent for cookies
You can choose to withdraw your consent (change your choice of cookies) at any time. Click on the button below to change your cookie settings.
What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small text file that the website you are visiting requests to download and store on your computer, tablet, mobile phone or other device. Cookies make it possible for the website to recognise your device and store certain information about your settings or previous activities, and they are used in several different ways. Cookies are largely used to make the website function, or function more efficiently, and to provide information on visitors’ behaviour on the website.
There are two kinds of cookies – permanent cookies and session cookies. A permanent cookie remains on your device until its predetermined date of expiry has passed (or until you manually delete cookies from your browser). A session cookie is stored temporarily on your device during your visit to our website and will be deleted automatically when you close your browser.
Furthermore, cookies can be divided into “first party cookies” and “third party cookies”. This refers to the website or domain that sets the cookies. First party cookies are set directly by our website. IVL also uses third party cookies that are set by another domain than our own, since our website includes elements from other websites, for example Apsis functions.
Consent to the use of cookies
The use of cookies is regulated by the directive on privacy and electronic communications (2002/58/EC) (better known as the ePrivacy directive), the Swedish act (2022:482) on electronic communication, and the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) (EU/2016/679).
You have the option to consent to our use of cookies in the cookie-banner on our website. You can consent to a specific category of cookies if you wish to do so. This is easily done through our cookie manager on our website. You also have the right to withdraw your consent at any time, and our cookie manager will be available to you so that you can change and update your settings at any time.
There are two exceptions, where consent is not requested or required. This applies to cookies that are necessary for communication and to display our website, and cookies that are used to provide a requested service, for example language settings. We call these cookies necessary cookies, more on that below.
The types of cookies we use and why
Necessary cookies
Cookies that are necessary to transfer information to you, either as a part of our standard for communication or when you have specifically requested an optional feature, such as changing the language used, are called necessary cookies. The website and/or the requested features simply do not function without necessary cookies, and they are therefore not optional and will always be used.
Analytical cookies to optimise our website
We use analytical cookies from providers that help us measure how our website is used and performs. These cookies help us improve our website by reacting to how it is used. The information we collect include which geographical region you are visiting us from, what device, operating system and internet provider you use, how many visits you have made to our website and the specific pages you have visited, which links you have clicked on and what other actions you have performed on the site.
Functional cookies
Some cookies are used to improve features on our website or to facilitate communication with you. We call these functional cookies. For example, they can help us confirm that a human person is sending information to us, and not a bot or harmful software.
Marketing cookies
Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across different websites and to measure the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns. The purpose of these cookies is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for you as a visitor. They also help us understand how many people have viewed or clicked on a particular ad, allowing us to optimize our campaigns and ensure that our ads are as relevant and effective as possible. These cookies are set by the platforms where we run active advertisements. For more information on how these platforms handle cookies, please follow the links below:
Google Ireland Limited / Alphabet Inc.
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LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company
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Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd.
Specification of cookies
| Name of cookie | Who stores/sets the cookie (domain) | Storage period | Purpose | Category | Is information shared with any third parties? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| sv-cookie-consent,apsis-cookie-test | ivl.se | 1 year | Linked to the cookie management tool. We trace which cookies you have given your consent to. | Necessary cookie. | No. |
SiteVisionLTM | ivl.se | Session | Optimera webbplatsens prestanda och säkerställa att användarupplevelsen är så smidig som möjligt. | Necessary cookie. | No |
| JSESSIONID | www.ivl.se | Session | Identify signed-in users and provide the correct authorisations. The cookie is created by the web server to connect the user to a session. | Functional cookie. | No. |
| _ga | ivl.se | 13 months | Google Analytics:Analyse web traffic. | Analytical cookie. | Yes. |
_ga_PGZK6K58WL | .ivl.se | 13 months | Used by Google Analytics to distinguish visitors by assigning a unique ID, which enables the collection of data on how visitors interact with IVL's website. | Analytical cookie. | Yes. |
| DV | google.com | 1 day | Tracks and collects data to deliver and retarget ads tailored to the visitor's preferences. | Marketing cookie. | Yes. |
AEC | google.com | 6 months | Used to detect spam, fraud, and abuse to ensure that advertisers are not incorrectly charged for invalid ad impressions or interactions. | Marketing cookie. | Ja |
__Secure-ENID | google.com | 13 months | Used to remember your settings and other information, such as your preferred language. | Functional cookie. | Ja |
__Secure-1PAPISID | .google.com | 13 months | Used to build a profile of the visitor's interests to display relevant and personalised Google ads. | Marketing cookie. | Yes. |
__Secure-1PSID | .google.com | 13 months | Used to create a profile of a visitor's interests to display relevant Google adverts. | Marketing cookie. | Yes. |
__Secure-1PSIDCC | .google.com | 12 months | Stores an encrypted timestamp to maintain user sessions and preserve their settings for Google's services and websites. | Functional cookie. | Yes. |
__Secure-1PSIDTS | .google.com | 12 months |
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| Yes. |
__Secure-3PAPISID | .google.com | 13 months | This cookie is used to identify your Google account and protect your account from unauthorised access. | Marketing cookie. | Yes. |
__Secure-3PSID | .google.com | 13 months | This cookie is used to track your recent searches and activities on Google. | Marketing cookie. | Yes. |
__Secure-3PSIDCC | .google.com | 12 months |
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| Yes. |
__Secure-3PSIDTS | .google.com | 12 months |
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| Yes. |
__Secure-BUCKET | .google.com | 6 months |
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| Yes. |
ADS_VISITOR_ID | .google.com | 3 months | Contains information related to the visitor's interaction with marketing campaigns. | Marketing cookie. | Yes. |
APISID | .google.com | 13 months | This cookie is used to identify your Google account and protect your account from unauthorised access. | Marketing cookie. | Yes. |
HSID | .google.com | 13 months | This cookie is used to track your recent searches and activities on Google services. | Marketing cookie. | Yes. |
NID | .google.com | 13 months | Used by Google to store the visitor's preferences and other information, such as language settings, and to display personalised adverts in Google services. | Marketing cookie. | Yes. |
S | .google.com | Session |
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| Yes. |
SAPISID | .google.com | 13 months | This cookie is used to track your recent searches and activities on Google services. | Marketing cookie. | Yes. |
SID | .google.com | 13 months | This cookie is used to identify your Google account and protect your account from unauthorised access. | Marketing cookie. | Yes. |
SIDCC | .google.com | 2 months | This cookie is used to store your Google account settings and other information, such as the desired language. | Marketing cookie. | Yes. |
SOCS | .google.com | 13 months |
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| Yes. |
SSID | .google.com | 13 months |
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| Yes. |
test_cookie | Doubleclick.net | 15 minutes | This cookie is used to test if a browser allows cookies to be set and stored. | Functional cookie. | Ja |
IDE | Doubkeclick.net | 13 months | Marketing cookie. | Yes | |
ar_debug | .facebook.com | Session | This cookie is used for troubleshooting and performance monitoring on Facebook's platform. It helps developers identify technical issues and ensure that services and integrations work correctly. | Marketing cookie. | Yes. |
c_user | .facebook.com | 12 months | Used to enable visitors to IVL's | Functional cookie. | Yes. |
datr | .facebook.com | 13 months | A unique identifier for the visitor's browser that helps to protect against fraud. | Marketing cookie. | Yes. |
| _fbp | facebook.com | 90 days | Tracks visits across different websites. | Analytical cookie. | yes |
| fr | facebook.com | 90 days | To display relevant ads and to measure and improve ad performance. | Marketing cookie. | Yes. |
locale | .facebook.com | 3 days | Used to save the visitor's language settings and ensure that Facebook pages are displayed in the correct language. | Functional cookie. | Yes. |
presence | .facebook.com | Session | Supports the visitor's use of Messenger chat windows. | Functional cookie. | Yes. |
sb | .facebook.com | 13 months | Helps to securely identify the visitor's browser. | Marketing cookie. | Yes. |
wd | .facebook.com | 7 days | Helps to deliver an optimal experience tailored to the visitor's device screen. | Functional cookie. | Yes. |
xs | .facebook.com | 12 months | Used to allow visitors on IVL's website to stay logged into Facebook while navigating different pages and to simplify login via third-party apps and websites that use Facebook as a login method. | Functional cookie. | Yes. |
| UserMatchHistory | linkedin.com | 30 days | Used for ID synchronization. It stores the timestamp of the last synchronization to prevent it from occurring too frequently. | Marketing cookie. | Yes. |
| lms_ads | linkedin.com | 30 days | To identify LinkedIn members outside of LinkedIn for advertising purposes. | Marketing cookie. | Yes. |
bcookie | linkedin.com | 12 months | Track logged-in users across different devices and platforms, enabling targeted adverts based on the user's interactions and preferences. | Marketing cookie. | Yes. |
li_gc | linkedin.com | 6 months | Saves the user's consent for cookies. | Functional cookie. | Yes. |
lidc | linkedin.com | 1 day | Used for load balancing, which ensures that data is sent to the correct servers to maintain a stable session, manage infrastructure for advert delivery.
| Functional cookie. | Yes. |
__cf_bm | .linkedin.com | 30 minutes | Detection of a bot provided by Cloudflare. | Functional cookie. | Yes. |
AnalyticsSyncHistory | .linkedin.com | 30 days | Used to store information about the time synchronisation occurred with the lms_analytics cookie. | Analytical cookie. | Yes. |
dfpfpt | .linkedin.com | 12 months | A unique user ID to prevent abuse in the payment flows for LinkedIn. |
| Yes. |
fptctx2 | .linkedin.com | Session | Used to prevent abuse in LinkedIn's payment flows. |
| Yes. |
lang | .linkedin.com | Session | Used to remember a user's language settings to ensure that LinkedIn.com is displayed in the language the user has selected in their settings. | Functional cookie. | Yes. |
li_mc | .linkedin.com | 6 months | Used as a temporary cache to avoid the database searching for members' consent for the use of non-essential cookies and is used to store consent information on the client side to enforce consent on the client side. | Functional cookie. | Yes. |
lms_analytics | .linkedin.com | 30 days | Used to identify LinkedIn members outside of LinkedIn for analysis. | Analytical cookie. | Yes. |
bscookie | .www.linkedin.com | 12 months | Used to remember that a logged-in user is verified by two-factor authentication and has logged in previously. | Functional cookie. | Yes. |
JSESSIONID | .www.linkedin.com | 3 months | Used for CSRF protection (Cross-Site Request Forgery) and URL signature validation. | Functional cookie. | Yes. |
li_at | .www.linkedin.com | 12 months | Used to authenticate members and API clients. | Functional cookie. | Yes. |
li_theme_set | .www.linkedin.com | 6 months | Remembers which users have updated their screen/theme settings. | Functional cookie. | Yes. |
li_rm | .www.linkedin.com | 12 months | Used as part of the LinkedIn "Remember Me" feature and is applied when a user clicks "Remember Me" on their device to make it easier to log into the device. | Functional cookie. | Yes. |
li_theme | .www.linkedin.com | 6 months | Likely used to store the visitor's preferences for the website's theme or appearance (e.g., light or dark background). | Functional cookie. | Yes. |
timezone | .www.linkedin.com | 14 days | Used to identify and store the visitor's timezone, to display content with the correct timestamp. | Functional cookie. | Yes. |
li_alerts | .www.linkedin.com | 12 months | Likely used to manage and display notifications or alerts from LinkedIn to the visitor, such as job alerts or messages. | Functional cookie. | Yes. |
| _GRECAPTCHA | www.google.com | 6 months | Identify robots when forms are filled out. | Functional cookie. | Yes. |
| li_gc | linkedin.com | 6 month | Used to store consent of guests regarding the use of cookies for non-essential purposes |
Other settings to delete or avoid cookies
If you do not want to consent to any cookies, you can activate appropriate settings in your web browser, either to automatically refuse storage of cookies, or to alert you whenever a website requests permission to store cookies. All cookies that have been previously stored on your device can also be deleted using your browser. Visit your browser’s help pages for further information.
- Microsoft Edge cookie-information https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/microsoft-edge-browsing-data-and-privacy-bb8174ba-9d73-dcf2-9b4a-c582b4e640dd
- Chrome cookie-information https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en-GB
- Firefox cookie-information https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/delete-browsing-search-download-history-firefox
- Safari cookie-information https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac och https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201265
- Opera cookie-information https://www.opera.com/help/tutorials/security/cookies/
Version history
We may need to update the information in this policy from time to time. You will always find the latest version on our web page. Current version 2024:02.