Cookie Policy

Like most websites, Stikado's website uses small text files called cookies. Our website uses cookies to increase the website's performance and improve your experience, as well as to reach out with our message via targeted communication/ marketing.

Here you will get information on how you can limit or turn off cookies, what cookies are and which cookies Stikado uses.

1. What is a cookie?

A cookie is a text file that is downloaded to the device you use to access our website and stored on the device's hard drive. Information stored in a cookie is personal and can only be read by the website that first stored it.

2. How does Stikado use cookies?

Stikado uses cookies for the following purposes:

Collect statistics about the use of the website and its function, so that we can monitor and improve the website.
Facilitate a personalized experience on the website such as login, completed forms, and history of which actions you have signed.
Facilitate us to present content or ads in other channels after you visit our website.

3. How to control cookies

If you wish, you can block or restrict the use of cookies by changing the settings in your browser.

All browsers allow you to change the settings for cookies, this is usually found under privacy in the settings. There are two basic things you can change:

You can turn off cookies completely. This will mean that you will be rejected or have limited functionality when a website requires the use of cookies. You will e.g. have problems with online banking and all other sites that require login or otherwise identify you. This can also be done specifically for one or more websites only.
You can turn off third-party cookies. This will prevent information about your use of stikado.org from being read by our advertisers or other third parties. If you disable cookies, you will still have access to most of the pages we offer on stikado.org.

4. Full overview of cookies used by Stikado.org

a) Cookies from our publishing and membership system

Data from these cookies can only be read by the Stikado website.

Cookie	Description	Name	Expiration
Cookie Consent	Turns off the notification panel to accept cookies.	cookieconsent_status	365 days
Session	Unique identified for your browser session	session	Until the browser is closed
Login data	Identification for managing your membership system login	s, u	90 days

c) Cookies from Google

Stikado uses Google Analytics to analyze statistics about everything that happens on our site.

Cookie	Description	Name	Expiration
Google Analytics	Unique identifier to log usage of the pages, anonymized.	_ga	2 years from when the cookie was set
Google Analytics	Used by Google to control the number of requests over time (throttle request rate)	_gat	Until the browser is closed
Google Analytics	Unique identifier to log usage of the pages, anonymized.	_gid	Until the browser is closed
Google Tag Manager	Used to store and track conversions.	_gcl_au	3 months

c) Cookies from AddThis

Stikado uses AddThis to enable visitors to share content with their friends and contacts.

Cookie	Description	Name	Expiration
AddThis	This cookie stores an updated page share count for AddThis.	__atuvc	1 year
AddThis	Additional AddThis functionality	__atuvs	1 year
AddThis	.addthis.com	uvc	1 day
AddThis	.addthis.com	loc