Cookie policy

Last updated: 16 March 2021

Techquity AB
Reg. no. 559262-0529
Pirgatan 13, 374 30 Karlshamn

Introduction

Techquity AB, Reg. No. 559262-0529 (“Techquity”, “we”, “us”, “our”) uses cookies to improve your experience when using our Services (as defined below).

This cookie policy (the “Policy”) explains how we use cookies, what cookies are, why we use them and how you can customise the use of cookies when using our platform and/or our website http://techquity.se (jointly referred to as the “Services”).

Please note that this Policy does not inform about our use of such cookies which are strictly necessary in order for us to be able to provide our Services and its features (known as “strictly necessary cookies”).

For more information about how we process your personal data in connection with cookies, please see our Privacy Policy, which is available at http://techquity.se/privacy-policy.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small pieces of text used to store information on web browsers. Cookies are used to store and receive identifiers and other information on computers, phones, and other devices.

Cookies help us recognise your device the next time you use our Services, and they help us provide necessary functionality and document user behaviour and patterns on our Services.

For how long are cookies stored on my device?

There are two categories of cookies: session cookies and permanent cookies. Session cookies are deleted from your device when you close your web browser (e.g. Internet Explorer, Safari or Google Chrome). Permanent cookies, on the other hand, remain on your device even after you have closed the web browser and finished a session.

The cookie will remain on your device for as long as it is programmed to remain, or until you delete it.

Techquity’s use of cookies

Techquity uses cookies for the following purposes:

Authentication
We use cookies to verify your account and determine when you are logged in.

Site feature and services
We also use cookies to enable the functionality that helps us provide our Services. For example, cookies help us store preferences and remember your choices (such as names, languages, etc.), and they help us understand how you have interacted with our Services to make them more personalised.

Performance
Cookies help us provide you with the best experience possible. For example, cookies help us analyse how visitors use our Services and track the performance of our Services. This helps us identify and fix potential problems. We may, for example, use performance cookies to keep track of what pages are most popular or how long it takes for a page to load.

Optimisation
We use cookies to ensure our Services work as intended. Cookies give us information which we can use to test new features and ideas and improve our Services.

Safety
Cookies help us increase security by helping us prevent, discover and handle potentially harmful activities on our Services, and keep your account and data safe and secure.

Marketing
Cookies help us be more relevant in our communication with you and improve your experience. We are able to do this by collecting information about how you interact with our Services.

Such cookies are often managed by a third party with the purpose of improving performance of and displaying advertisements.

Other tracking technologies
These help us understand how you interact with and use our Services. Such tracking technologies may include small, transparent images embedded in a webpage or an e-mail and capture data such as your IP address, when you viewed the page or e-mail, what device you used or where you were.

First-party cookies

First-party cookies are set by the Services on your device and can therefore only be read by you.

Platform (techquity.app)
Cookie #1
Name: Token
Type: Local storage
Purpose: Log-in authentication
Durability: Session

Cookie #2
Name: State
Type: Local storage
Purpose: Cache
Durability: Session

Cookie #3
Name: User
Type: Local storage
Purpose: User session information
Durability: Session

Website (techquity.se)
Cookie #1
Name: wordpress_test_cookie
Type: Session
Purpose: To check if the cookies are enabled on the browser to provide appropriate user experience to the users. This cookie is used on the front-end, even if you are not logged in.
Durability: Session

Cookie #2
Name: wordpress_[hash] Type: Session
Purpose: To store the authentication details on login. The authentication details include the username and double hashed copy of the password. However, this usage of the cookie is limited to the admin console area, the backend dashboard of the website.
Durability: Session

Cookie #3
Name: wordpress_logged_in_[hash] Type: Session
Purpose: To indicate when you are logged in, and who you are. This cookie is maintained on the front-end of the website as well when logged in.
Durability: Session

Cookie #4
Name: wp-settings-{time}-[UID] Type: Permanent
Purpose: To customize the view of your admin interface and the front-end of the website. The value represented by [UID] is the individual user ID of the user as given to them in the users’ database table.
Durability: 1 year

Cookie #5
Name: wporg_logged_in, wporg_sec
Type: Session
Purpose: Checks if the current visitor is a logged-in WordPress user. The expiration period of this cookie is 14 days if the user has consented to let the site remember the login credentials. Else, it acts as a session cookie.
Durability: Session

Cookie #6
Name: viewed_cookie_policy
Type: Permanent
Purpose: To indicate when you are logged in, and who you are. This cookie is maintained on the front-end of the website as well when logged in.
Durability: 7 days

Cookie #7
Name: cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary/cookielawinfo-checkbox-non-necessary
Type: Permanent
Purpose: Records the default button state of the corresponding category. It works in coordination with the primary cookie, that is, viewed_cookie_policy.
Durability: 7 days

Cookie #8
Name: cookielawinfo-checkbox-advertisement
Type: Permanent
Purpose: Records your settings for cookie consent.
Durability: 7 days

Cookie #9
Name: cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics
Type: Permanent
Purpose: Records your settings for cookie consent.
Durability: 7 days

Cookie #10
Name: cookielawinfo-checkbox-functional
Type: Permanent
Purpose: Records your settings for cookie consent.
Durability: 7 days

Cookie #11
Name: cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary
Type: Permanent
Purpose: Records your settings for cookie consent.
Durability: 7 days

Cookie #12
Name: cookielawinfo-checkbox-others
Type: Permanent
Purpose: Records your settings for cookie consent.
Durability: 7 days

Cookie #13
Name: cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance
Type: Permanent
Purpose: Records your settings for cookie consent.
Durability: 7 days

Third-party cookies

These cookies are set by a third party when you visit or use our Services. Techquity only uses reliable third parties connected to our Services. These parties can use information related to your visits or your use of our Services to generate relevant ads about products and services which you may be interested in. They can also use technology to measure the effectiveness of the advertisting. These cookies will most likely be performance cookies, marketing cookies or other tracking technologies. Information collected by these third parties cannot identify your name, contact details or other personal data unless you choose to provide these. We have no control over these cookies and therefore refer you to their respective policies.

We use the following service providers:

Service: Google Analytics

What does it do? Google Analytics helps us see information about our users’ activities on our Services, including page views, source and time, and gives us valuable insights about user behaviour, which is used to improve our products and services. The information is anonymised and shown as numbers, which means it cannot be tracked back to any individual. This helps us protect your privacy and integrity.

How can you control our use of cookies?

When you use our Services for the first time, we ask you to accept to the use of non-essential cookies. You can withdraw your consent at any time. If you no longer want to store the cookies you have already accepted, you can use your web browser’s settings to accept, deny or delete cookies. To do so, follow the instructions in your web browser (most commonly under “Help”, “Tools” or “Edit”. You should for example be able to block all cookies, only accept first-party cookies or delete cookies when you close your browser. Please note however, that if you deny all or even some cookies, you may not be able to use our Services as intended.

Updates to this policy

We reserve the right to make changes to this Policy. In case any such changes affect our obligations or your rights, we will inform about these changes in advance, so that you are able to understand the implications of the changes before they take effect.

Contact

If you have any questions concerning cookies, please send us an e-mail at privacy@techquity.se.