Cookie information
We use cookies to ensure that you have a good experience when you visit lkab.com, and to track how the site is used.
A cookie is a small text file that the website you visit requests to store on your computer. In general, cookies are used to give visitors access to different features and to analyse how the website is used.
There are two types of cookies:
- A permanent cookie remains on the visitor’s computer for a certain amount of time.
- A session cookie is stored temporarily in the computer’s memory while the visitor is on a web page. Session cookies disappear when you close your browser.
Change your cookie settings
Here, you can change your cookie settings for lkab.com. There is more information on the respective categories below, under Features that use cookies.
How cookies are used
Cookies on this site are mainly used for three different purposes:
- Statistics and follow-up of visitors’ interest in different types of information.
- To introduce so-called “States” for certain site features – which is a prerequisite for allowing the user to make certain functional choices and settings of the site.
- To handle some basic functions – such as video view and some support features about searches.
No personal information, such as email or name, is saved about the visitor through the cookies used on the site.
Features that use cookies
At lkab.com, we use both first and third party cookies, ie cookies contained in features used and controlled by other parties. Below are described first party cookies from, for example, Matomo Analytics. Cookies can be changed without prior notice by the owner.
The list below was updated Jun 22, 2022.
Basic functions
We set some basic first-party cookies to handle general functions on the site, such as your selection of language (Swedish or English) and your answers to cookie consents. These cookies are mandatory, and cannot be denied using the cookie consent.
Names: pll_languagepråk, cookie-notice-dismissed, cookie-consent-technical, cookie-consent-analytics
Domain: lkab.com
Statistics
We use Matomo Analytics, an open source based analytics service provided by Matomo. The service is used to collect and compile statistics about visitor’s user patterns, using first-party cookies placed on your computer (small text files). We do not collect your full IP-number.
Our purpose with Matomo Analytics is to evaluate the general use of our webpage and compile reports of activities. The system and all data which is collected by Matomo Analytics is stored on LKAB’s servers in Sweden, and is at no point transferred to other servers, if not in specific cases required by current laws and regulations.
If you choose not to accept cookies, no information will be collected, but please note that if you do this you may not be able to fully use the site’s functionality.
Names: _pk_ses*, _pk_id*, _pk_ref*, _pk_cvar*, mtm_consent*, mtm_consent_removed*, matomo_ignore*, matomo_sessid*, _pk_hsr*
Domain: lkab.com
Video
The site uses features from the Vimeo.com and YouTube.com services to allow movie playback. These services may add third party cookies to your computer.
Vimeo
Vimeo.com describes its use of cookies here: vimeo.com/privacy. If you choose not to accept cookies, you can not perform certain services provided by vimeo.com.
Name: _utma, _utmb, _utmc, _utmz
Domain: player.vimeo.com
YouTube
YouTube.com is used in privacy-enhanced mode, which means YouTube does not place any cookies on your computer, unless you choose to visit to leave lkab.com and instead watch the video at youtube.com.
Domain: youtube-nocookie.com
How to avoid cookies
If you do not want us to save anything other than necessary cookies in your browser, you can change your settings at any time.
If you do not accept cookies, you can turn off cookies in your browser’s security settings. You can also set the browser to prompt you each time the site tries to place a cookie on your computer. Through the browser, previously stored cookies can also be deleted.
Each type of browser provides these features in different ways, see your browser’s help pages for more information.
This is how we work with GDPR
Follow the link for more information about GDPR.
