Cookie policy for The Danish Foundation for Culture and Sports Facilities

We use cookies on our website to improve user experience, our products, and services. The cookies we use on our website help us understand which information and news that is most useful for our users. Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with our cookie policy and send us an email to fonden@loa-fonden.dk if you have questions. We strive to keep this message as simple as possible, but if you are not familiar with terms such as cookies and browser, then read about these keywords first.

What does cookie mean?
Cookies, pixel codes and similar technologies (collectively called cookies) are files that contain small amounts of information that is downloaded to any unit connected to the internet – for example on your computer, smartphone or tablet when you visit a website. The cookies will then be sent back to the original website after every visit you make to the website or to a different website that recognizes the cookie. Cookies have many different uses and useful functions – for example, it ‘remembers’ your preferences, it will generally improve your experience online and cookies will help us provide the best products and services for you.

What is a “cookie”?

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer / smartphone / tablet when you visit a website. Cookies are used for many purposes, as a website, among other things. can read the contents of a cookie when you re-visit the website. Cookies do not pose a threat to your computer / smartphone / tablet (such as a virus) and cookies will not access the programs on your computer / smartphone / tablet.

There are generally three types of cookies:

– A “session cookie” that only exists while you are on a website and which is deleted as soon as you leave the website.

– A “persistent cookie” that is stored on your computer / smartphone / tablet for a long period of time.

– A ”3. party cookie”, which is set by someone other than the owner of a website and who is typically also saved for a long time.

Who collects data?

Data that is delivered or collected via cookies and other tracking technologies are controlled by The Danish Foundation for Culture and Sports Facilities.
By using our website, you accept the use of cookies, according to this cookie policy and our privacy policy.

If you do not accept our use of cookies as described above, you need to change your browser settings, deactivate the cookies we use, or not visit our website. If you deactivate the cookies we use, it will influence the user experience whilst visiting our website.

In the section below, we will summarize the different types of cookies we use on our website, what the purpose of them is, and give you information as to how you administer these cookies.

The websites use cookies for the following purposes.

We use cookies to make websites for The Danish Foundation for Culture and Sports Facilities easier to use, to give you a personal user experience, and to customize our products, services, and websites to your interests and needs. Cookies are used to make your future visits to our website better.

We use cookies to compile anonymous collected statistics, which make it possible for us to understand how people use our website, and to help us improve the structure and content and measure the efficiency of our website

How can I check or delete cookies?

There are numerous ways for you to administer your cookies:

  • You can refuse to give consent
  • You can deactivate cookies from The Danish Foundation for Culture and Sports Facilities or third parties in your browser settings.
  • You can use a cookie-handling-tool to deactivate Cookies

What kind of cookies do we use?

We use cookies to gather information on how you use our website, which pages you most frequently visits, the amount of time you use on our website and, if any, errors or omissions.
The cookies will not identify you as an individual. All information that these cookies collect is anonymous. They are only used to improve the way our website works.

Google Analytics

At Loa-fonden.dk we use Google Analytics to collect statistics, with the purpose of improving the use of our website. Google Analytics collects data on which pages you visit, how long, which browser you are using, etc. We do not send direct personal information to Google, but Google receives and processes your IP address, which in some cases is also considered personal data. How to opt out of cookies If you do not want cookies to be stored on your computer / smartphone / tablet, you can reject them by changing settings in your browser. Please note that if you reject cookies from loa-fonden.dk, the website will not work properly and you will not be able to log in.

To reject cookies in your browser or to delete already created cookies, we refer to the following guides, based on which browser you use.

Chrome (https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en) Safari OS X (https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/manage-cookies-and-website-data-sfri11471/mac) Safari iOS (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1677) Internet Explorer (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manager cookies) Firefox (https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/delete-cookies-remove-info-websites-stored?) Updated 09.01.2019

The duration/life expentancy of the cookie we use?

When it comes to duration, two different types of cookies are used on our website:  

  • Session Cookies: these cookies are temporary cookies that stay on your device until you leave our website.
  • Personal cookies: these cookies stay on your device for a much longer time, or until you manually delete them (the specific duration the cookie will stay in your device is different from cookie to cookie and also based on the settings in your browser).