Use of cookies by PwC Finland

 

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Types of cookie:

‘Session’ cookies remain in your browser during your browser session only, ie until you leave the website.

‘Persistent’ cookies remain in your browser after the session (unless deleted by you).

‘Performance’ cookies collect information about your use of the website, such as webpages visited and any error messages; they do not collect personally identifiable information, and the information collected is aggregated such that it is anonymous. Performance cookies are used to improve how a website works.

‘Functionality’ cookies allow the website to remember any choices you make about the website (such as changes to text size, customised pages) or enable services such as commenting on a blog.

Managing cookies on your device

We use cookies to personalize content and to provide you with an improved user experience. By using this website or application you consent to the deployment of cookies. You can control and manage cookies using your browser (see below). Please note that removing or blocking cookies can impact your user experience and some functionality may no longer be available.

Using your browser to control cookies

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Google Chrome

Mozilla Firefox

MacOS Safari

Microsoft Internet Explorer

For information on additional browsers and device types please see www.aboutcookies.org/ or www.cookiecentral.com/faq/.

Managing Analytics cookies

You can opt-out of having your anonymised browsing history within our websites or applications recorded by analytics cookies. We use the following service providers and you can learn more about their privacy policies and how to opt-out of their analytics cookies by clicking on following links:

Adobe

Google Analytics

 

Use of cookies by PwC: The table below explains the way in which we use cookies on this website.

Provider

Name

Purpose

Type

Duration

Youtube

VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE

Used in Youtube video speed and bandwidth calculations. More about Youtube privacy policy

Third Party Performance Persistent

7 Months

Youtube

PREF

Stores your Youtube preferences

Third Party Persistent

Browser Session

Youtube

YSC

Set by embedded Youtube videos

Third Party Session

Browser Session

.everesttech.net / Adobe

everest_g_v2

After an ad click maps other events on client website.

Third Party Persistent

2 Years

.everesttech.net

Everest_session_v2

Used to analyse what advertisements user has seen before entering the said website.

ThirdParty Session

Browser Session

Adobe

AMCV_*@AdobeOrg / AMCV_*%40AdobeOrg

Unique visitor identifier. More about Adobe privacy policy

First Party Persistent

2 Years

Adobe

AMCVS_*@AdobeOrg / AMCVS_*%40AdobeOrg

Flags session initialization.

First Party Session

Browser Session

Adobe Audience Manager

dpm

Online profiling for targeted marketing.

Third Party Persistent

6 Months

Adobe

s_cc

Stores if cookies are enabled or not

First Party Session

Browser Session

Adobe

s_fid

Contains unique ID for visitor identifier

First Party Persistent

2 years

Adobe

s_nr

Stores date of visit and if visitor is new or returning

First Party Persistent

1 year

Adobe

gpv

Internal workings of Adobe

First Party Persistent

1 day

Adobe

s_sq

Contains info about the previous link clicked by the user.

First Party Session

Browser Session

Adobe

s_ppv/s_ppvl

Store information about percentage of page displayed

First Party Session

Browser Session

Adobe

s_vi

Website personalisation and performance improvement

Third Party Persistent

6 Hours

Google Analytics

_gat_gaupseller

Google analytics seuranta upseller palvelulle

First Party

Browser Session

Google Analytics

_ga

Google Universal Analytics sets a unique ID that is used to calculate data for analytics reports. More information about Google privacy policy

First Party Persistent

2 years

Google Analytics

_gid

Used to distinguish users from one another.

First Party Persistent

1 Day

Google Analytics

_gali

Analytics tracking of user on this site. More information about Google privacy policy

First Party Session

Browser Session

Google Tag Manager

_dc_gtm_UA-*

Used to manage Google Universal Analytics script

First Party Persistent

1 day

HubSpot Analytics

_hstc/_hssrc/_hssc/hubspotutk/ _hs_opt_out

Hubspot user tracking for analytics and marketing purposes. More about HubSpot privacy policy.

First Party Persistent

1 Month

Upseller

Upseller_teaser

Upseller chat teaser

First Party Session

Browser Session

DoubleClick / Google

IDE

Used to identify a browser for advertising purposes and tracking performance and preferences.

Third Party Persistent

1 Year

pwc.fi

PHPSESSID

PHP based session variable to maintain session information

FirstParty Session

Browser session

.doubleclick.net /google

test_cookie

Used to check if browser accepts cookies

Third Party Session

Browser Session

.demdex.net / Adobe

demdex

Holds unique visitor ID for visitor indentification purposes

First Party Persistent

6 Months

LinkedIn

JSESSIONID

Provides information about users based on their linkedIn profile data

Third Party Persistent

Browser session

LinkedIn

bcookie/bscookie/lidc/lang

LinkedIn share button functionality, security and user tracking cookies.

Third Party Persistent

Browser session to 2 Years

Twitter

_twitter_sess / ct0 / guest_id / personalization ID

Twitter embed, share and tweet functionalities & personalization. More about Twitter privacy policy

Third Party Persistent

Browser Session to 2 Years

Cloudflare

_cfduid

Used to identify individual clients behind shared IP

Third Party Persistent

1 Year

Facebook

fr

Facebook like tracking. More about Facebook cookie policy.

Third Party Persistent

3 Months

Giosg

giosg_chat_id_*

Specific visitor indentifier

First Party Persistent

10 years

Giosg

giosg_gid_*

Globally unique identifier of the visitor

First Party Persistent

10 years

Giosg

giosg_gsessid_*

Identifier of the visitors current session

First Party Session

30 minutes

Giosg

csrftoken

Helps to prevent cross site request forgeries.

FirstParty Persistent

1 Year

Giosg

Gid / sgid

Generic cookie identifiers

Third Party Persistent

10 Years

Hotjar

_hjIncludedInSample

Lets Hotjar know if user is included in sample which is used to generate funnels.

Third Party Persistent

1 Year

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