Cookie Policy

Alva uses cookies on its website www.alva.fi. On this page, we explain how Alva-yhtiöt Oy uses and processes the information collected from visitors to its website.

What are cookies and why are they used?

A cookie is a small text file sent to and stored on a user’s computer or mobile device that helps website administrators identify devices visiting the site, facilitate user logins, and compile aggregate data about visitors. Cookies are used on almost all websites, and the sites often would not function properly without them. Cookies do not harm users’ computers or files.

Cookie data is collected and used to customize and improve the site, as well as to target online marketing. We also use cookie data to track website traffic and to develop the site to better serve our visitors.

Services that collect cookies on our website

Our website uses the following services that collect cookie data:

  • Google Analytics (our primary analytics tool for tracking and reporting website traffic)
  • Customer service chat
  • ReachMee recruitment system
  • Lime Forms form functionality
  • Google AdWords (advertising, marketing)
  • Google Tag Manager (advertising, marketing)
  • YouTube (embedded videos on our pages)
  • Cookiebot (enables cookie selection upon visiting our site)

In addition, visitors may be directed to our site through ads or content displayed on the following services:

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn

The data collected cannot be used to identify individual users or persons.

Option to choose between essential cookies and all cookies

When visiting our website, users can choose whether to enable only the cookies that are essential for the site’s functionality, or also those collected for statistical (analytics) or marketing purposes. This selection is made in a pop-up window that opens on the page. You can also choose to accept all cookies.

You can also block the use of all cookies in your browser settings so that the browser does not allow cookies to be stored at all. Blocking cookies may affect the functionality of the site.

Cookie data collected by systems used for marketing and advertising may be used to produce targeted advertising and marketing communications. In such cases, the collected cookie data may be sent to a third-party service provider for processing. The collection and processing of data from our websites through these third-party service providers is in accordance with this website’s and Alva-yhtiöt Oy’s privacy policy.

Changing your cookie settings

You can change your cookie settings at any time:

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