About Cookies

A cookie is a small text file, which is saved on your computer by the websites you visit. Additional information about cookies can be found at the website of the Swedish Post and Telecom Authority. The use of cookies on the SinterCast website are described below.

You need to agree to cookies being stored on your computer to be able to use the website in the way we have intended. Cookies are used to provide visitors with access to various functions. If you do not want cookies to be stored on your computer, you can amend your browser settings accordingly. If you do not agree to our use of cookies, the website will work but your user experience may be adversely affected.

ASP.NET_SessionId is a session cookie that is automatically used by SinterCast.se to enable the website to function as intended. During the time you visit and surf on our website, this session cookie is temporarily saved to your computer’s memory, for example to keep track of the choices you make on the site. This session cookie automatically disappears when you close your browser.

Analytical Tools for Web Statistics

SinterCast uses Google Analytics to gather information about the way in which visitors use the SinterCast website and to evaluate how the website can be improved. We use information from Google Analytics primarily to be able to improve content, navigation and the architecture of the website.

The following cookies are used by SinterCast.com as a result of its use of Google Analytics:

  • _utmb is used to determine the duration and number of page viewings on the website and is saved for 30 minutes after being created or the most recent update;
  • _utmz is used to keep track of how visitors found their way to the website and is saved for six months;
  • _utma is used to identify unique visitors and is saved for two years.

Information created by these cookies through use of the website (including your IP address) is forwarded to, and stored by, Google on servers in the USA. Google is the sole data controller for any personal data processing carried out by Google. Google can also transfer this information to third parties if required by law or in the event a third-party processes information on behalf of Google. For further information concerning Google Analytics and Google’s processing of data, please refer to Google's privacy policy.

If you do not want your visit to the SinterCast website to appear in Google Analytics' statistics, you can install an opt-out add-on to your browser. The add-on is available for: Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari and Opera.

Download the add-on from Google.