Revised: Sat 18 Apr -26 12:48

Cookies are small, harmless text files that are sent to your device and stored there via your browser when you visit a website. Almost all websites on the Internet use some kind of cookies to allow the website to remember your preferences (such as login, language, text size and other display settings) for a period of time, so that you do not have to enter or make these choices again when you click around between different pages on the website.

There are different types of cookies. Permanent cookies remain on your computer for a specified period of time. A session cookie is temporarily stored in the computer's memory while a visitor is on a website. Session cookies disappear when you close your browser.

In addition to cookies, there is other locally stored data that is another way for sites to store the same type of information and settings locally on your device.

A difference to cookies is that the stored information is not automatically included in calls to the server.

A question that is often asked is why they are called cookies. The answer is that programmer Lou Montulli coined the term from fortune cookies: A cookie that contains a message.

In the Swedish Act (2022:482) on electronic communications (abbreviated LEK) it is stated that the requirement shall not prevent such storage or access which is "necessary to provide a service which the user or subscriber has expressly requested". This means that some cookies can be set without consent from the user. By "necessary" is meant that it is not possible to offer the function without such storage as cookies and similar technologies offer.

Our Services use certain other locally stored data to load pages faster and to deliver and adapt our services to the device and browser or app you use in accordance with current standards.

You can prevent our Services and other websites from saving cookies on your computer through the settings in your browser or in the app's settings. Your browser's help page can help you turn off cookies and other locally stored data.

If you do not allow cookies when visiting the website or app, you will not be able to log in to our Services.

In short, because the law requires it.

The slightly longer version: because we believe in transparency and is open about how we keep track of you and what we save on your device. We try to avoid cookies and other local data, but technically it is difficult to completely leave it out, so we are clear about how we work with it instead.