Cookie policy

Information about cookies on the Global Challenges Foundation’s website

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The cookie policy informs that this website, https://globalchallenges.org, uses cookies. Under the Electronic Communications Act, in force from June 3rd, 2022, everyone who visits a website that uses cookies must have information that the website uses cookies, what their their use is, and how to deactivate them.

The Global Challenges Foundation strives to provide visitors to its https://globalchallenges.org website with the best possible service. To facilitate your visits to the site, we need to know a few details  about your computer. 

We only use cookies to improve our website. We carry out analysis to establish how many unique users read given pages or download our content. Cookies also look at where content opens, so we can optimise the user experience of our site.

What is a cookie?

Cookies are small text files that are downloaded when you visit a website, and stored on the hard drive of your computer. The next time you visit the https://globalchallenges.org site, your browser will read these cookie files and send the information to our website. Cookies do not tell us who you are. Rather, they assign a unique identification number to your computer. The cookie recognises your computer and you save time when using the site.

The Swedish Post and Telecom Authority, which is the supervisory authority in this area, provides additional information about cookies https://pts.se/en/english-b/regulations2/legislation/electronic-communications-act/q/.

Types of cookies on the website

This website uses Matomo, a free, open source web analytics application, to track online visits. You can read more about which data Matomo tracks here: https://matomo.org/faq/general/faq_18254/. This applies primarily when measuring traffic. With the help of cookies, we obtain relevant statistics that are valuable to us when we further develop our website.

This website  also uses functionality and performance cookies to ensure services on the site work, according to our cookie policy.

Opting out of cookies

The cookie function of this site can be deactivated in your browser. However, please note that deactivating cookies on this site means that you may have problems when visiting https://globalchallenges.org and many other sites.

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