1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your device (computer, tablet, or smartphone) when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites function efficiently, remember user preferences, and provide information to website owners about how their site is used. Similar technologies include local storage, session storage, pixel tags, and web beacons, which are also covered by this policy where applicable.
Cookies can be "session cookies" that expire when you close your browser, or "persistent cookies" that remain on your device for a defined period or until you delete them manually.
2. Data Controller
The entity responsible for cookies on this website is:
Eliminationwashv
Leppävaarankatu 3–9, 02600 Espoo, Finland
Email: assist@eliminationwashv.world
Phone: +358 9 855 3350
3. Legal Basis for Using Cookies
Under the GDPR and the Finnish Information Society Code (917/2014), we use cookies based on the following legal grounds:
- Strictly necessary cookies: Used without consent because they are essential for the website to function. Legal basis: legitimate interest in providing a functional website (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR).
- Analytics cookies: Used only after you provide explicit consent through our cookie banner. Legal basis: consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR).
- Marketing cookies: Used only after you provide explicit consent. Legal basis: consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR).
4. Categories of Cookies We Use
4.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are essential for the website to operate and cannot be disabled through our cookie settings panel. They do not store personally identifiable information in most cases and are typically session-based.
- Cookie consent storage (tdde_cookie_consent): Stores your cookie preference choices including consent timestamp. Duration: 12 months. Purpose: Remember your cookie settings to avoid showing the banner on every visit.
- Session management: Maintains basic session state for form security. Duration: Session. Purpose: Prevent cross-site request forgery and ensure form functionality.
- Security cookies: Help detect and prevent malicious activity. Duration: Session to 24 hours. Purpose: Protect the website and its users from security threats.
4.2 Analytics Cookies
These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our educational content. All analytics data is processed in accordance with your consent preferences. Analytics cookies are disabled by default until you accept them.
- Page view tracking: Records which pages are visited, time spent on each page, and navigation paths. Duration: Up to 14 months. Purpose: Improve content organisation and identify popular educational topics.
- Traffic source analysis: Identifies how visitors arrive at our website (search engines, direct visits, referral links). Duration: Up to 14 months. Purpose: Understand which channels bring visitors interested in workspace guidance.
- Device and browser analytics: Collects anonymised information about device type, screen size, and browser version. Duration: Up to 14 months. Purpose: Ensure our website displays correctly across different devices and browsers.
4.3 Marketing Cookies
Marketing cookies are used to deliver content that may be relevant to your interests in workspace ergonomics and computer sitting guidance. These cookies are disabled by default and require your explicit consent.
- Content personalisation: Remembers which educational topics you have viewed to suggest related articles. Duration: Up to 6 months. Purpose: Provide a more tailored browsing experience.
- Campaign measurement: Tracks the effectiveness of educational outreach campaigns. Duration: Up to 90 days. Purpose: Measure engagement with informational content about desk ergonomics.
5. Third-Party Cookies
Some cookies on our website may be set by third-party services we use to deliver functionality. These third parties have their own privacy and cookie policies:
- Content delivery networks (CDN): Used to deliver icon fonts and other static assets efficiently. These may set performance-related cookies with minimal personal data.
- Analytics providers: If enabled through your consent, analytics services may set cookies to collect usage data. We configure these services to anonymise IP addresses where possible.
We require all third-party cookie providers to comply with GDPR requirements and to process data only according to our instructions and your consent preferences.
6. How to Manage Cookie Preferences
You have several options for managing cookies on our website:
- Cookie banner: When you first visit our website, a banner appears offering "Accept All," "Reject," and "Cookie Settings" options. Non-essential cookies are not placed until you make a choice.
- Cookie Settings panel: Access granular controls to enable or disable Analytics and Marketing cookies individually. Strictly necessary cookies cannot be disabled as they are required for basic functionality.
- Browser settings: Most browsers allow you to block or delete cookies through their settings menu. Note that blocking all cookies may affect website functionality.
- Changing preferences later: You can update your cookie preferences at any time by clearing your browser's local storage for our domain and revisiting the site, which will display the cookie banner again.
7. Browser-Specific Cookie Management
Instructions for managing cookies in common browsers:
- Google Chrome: Settings → Privacy and security → Cookies and other site data
- Mozilla Firefox: Settings → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data
- Apple Safari: Preferences → Privacy → Manage Website Data
- Microsoft Edge: Settings → Cookies and site permissions → Manage and delete cookies
For mobile devices, refer to your device's settings or the browser application's privacy section.
8. Local Storage and Similar Technologies
In addition to cookies, our website uses browser local storage to save your cookie consent preferences. Local storage data remains on your device until you clear it through browser settings or until the stored consent record expires after 12 months. Local storage used for consent management is classified as strictly necessary and does not require separate consent.
9. Data Collected Through Cookies
Information collected through cookies may include IP address (anonymised where configured), browser type, operating system, referring URL, pages visited, time and date of visits, and click patterns. This data is used in aggregated form for analytics purposes and is not used to identify individual users unless you have provided personal information through other means such as our contact form.
10. Cookie Retention Periods
We adhere to the following maximum retention periods for cookie-related data:
- Strictly necessary cookies: Session duration to 12 months
- Analytics cookies: Up to 14 months from the date of collection
- Marketing cookies: Up to 6 months from the date of collection
- Consent records: 12 months from the date consent was given or updated
11. Your Rights Regarding Cookie Data
Personal data collected through cookies is subject to the same rights described in our Privacy Policy, including the right to access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, data portability, and objection. To exercise these rights, contact us at assist@eliminationwashv.world.
12. Updates to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy when we add new cookies, change our analytics or marketing tools, or when legal requirements change. The "Last updated" date at the top of this page indicates when the policy was last revised. Material changes will be communicated through an updated cookie banner or a notice on our website.
13. Contact Information
If you have questions about our use of cookies or wish to exercise your data protection rights, please contact:
Eliminationwashv
Leppävaarankatu 3–9, 02600 Espoo, Finland
Email: assist@eliminationwashv.world
Phone: +358 9 855 3350
You may also lodge a complaint with the Office of the Data Protection Ombudsman (Tietosuojavaltuutetun toimisto) at tietosuoja.fi if you believe our cookie practices violate applicable law.