Cookie policy

This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, what cookies and similar technologies LANARS AS ("LANARS", "we") uses on lanars.com and lanars.no, why we use them, and how you can control them. It should be read together with our Privacy Policy, which describes how we handle your personal data more generally.

Cookies are small text files that a website stores on your device when you visit it. They allow the website to recognise your browser on subsequent visits, remember your preferences, and collect information about how you use the site. Similar technologies (such as local storage, pixels, and SDKs) work in comparable ways.

Cookies can be first-party (set by us) or third-party (set by services we embed), and either session cookies (deleted when you close your browser) or persistent cookies (retained for a defined period).

We use cookies for the following purposes:

• To make our websites function correctly and securely.
• To remember your preferences, such as your cookie consent choices.
• To understand, in aggregate, how visitors interact with our websites so that we can improve them.
• To measure the effectiveness of our marketing, where you have given consent.

We obtain your consent for all non-essential cookies through a cookie banner the first time you visit our websites. You can change or withdraw your consent at any time using the "Manage cookie settings" button on this page.

We group cookies into the following categories. The lawful basis under the GDPR is consent for analytics and marketing cookies, and legitimate interest / necessity for strictly necessary cookies.

• Strictly necessary: required for core functionality such as page navigation, security, and remembering your consent preferences. These are always active and cannot be disabled.
• Analytics and performance: help us understand how visitors use our websites by collecting and reporting information anonymously or in aggregate.
• Functional: remember choices you make (such as language) to provide an enhanced experience.
• Marketing: used to deliver relevant advertising and measure campaign performance. Set only with your explicit consent.

Some cookies on our websites are set by third-party services that we embed (such as analytics or video players). When third parties set cookies through our websites, they act as independent controllers for those cookies and handle the data in accordance with their own privacy policies. Where these services are located outside the European Economic Area (EEA), data is transferred under the safeguards described in our Privacy Policy.

The specific tools we use are listed below, grouped by category. Strictly necessary tools load to make the site work; analytics and marketing tools load only after you give consent.

• Cookie consent (LANARS / OneTrust) — remembers your cookie choices (for example the lanars-cookie-consent cookie). Strictly necessary.
• Google reCAPTCHA (Google) — protects our forms from spam and abuse. Strictly necessary.
• Cloudflare (Cloudflare, Inc.) — security and aggregated performance measurement. Strictly necessary.
• Google Tag Manager (Google) — loads and manages the analytics and marketing tools below, and runs only after consent.
• Google Analytics 4 (Google) — measures how visitors use the site (cookies _ga, _ga_*). Analytics; loaded only with your consent.
• Microsoft Clarity (Microsoft) — session analytics and heatmaps to improve usability. Analytics; loaded only with your consent.
• Hotjar (Hotjar Ltd.) — behaviour analytics such as heatmaps and session insights (cookies _hjSession*, _hjSessionUser*). Analytics; loaded only with your consent.
• Google Ads and Google Marketing Platform (Google) — conversion measurement and remarketing (cookies _gcl_au and related). Marketing; loaded only with your consent.

Third-party providers may act as independent controllers and process data under their own privacy policies. This list may change as we add or remove tools; the "Last updated" date above reflects the latest version.

You can manage cookies in several ways:

• Through our cookie banner: use the "Manage cookie settings" button on this page to reopen the banner and change or withdraw your consent at any time.
• Through your browser: most browsers allow you to view, delete, and block cookies. See your browser's help pages for instructions.
• Through industry tools: for behavioural advertising you can opt out at youronlinechoices.eu (EU) or aboutads.info/choices (US).

Please note that disabling strictly necessary cookies may affect how our websites function.

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the cookies we use, our practices, or the legal framework. The "Last updated" date at the top of this page shows when the latest version took effect.

If you have any questions about how we use cookies, please contact us at [email protected]. For details on your rights and how to lodge a complaint with Datatilsynet (the Norwegian Data Protection Authority), see our Privacy Policy.