Cookies and personal data
SMHI’s website uses cookies to simplify the use of our services and to monitor and improve the website’s content.
A cookie is a small text file that is stored on the device you are browsing on, such as a computer or mobile phone. SMHI’s website uses cookies to simplify the use of our services and to collect statistics and information about how the website is used, in order to monitor and improve its design and content.
The cookies on the website do not contain information that is directly linked to you as an individual but may contain information that can be associated with your device and browser.
IP addresses and cookie IDs that are stored may be considered personal data, and you have the right to know when websites use cookies, the purpose of their use, and how you can opt out of them.
Detailed description of the cookies used on SMHI's website
If You Do Not Accept Cookies
If you do not wish to accept cookies, you can set your browser to automatically deny the storage of cookies or to inform you each time a website requests to store a cookie. You can also delete previously stored cookies using your browser.
Instructions on how to adjust your settings and delete cookies can be found in your browser's help pages.
Personal Data
As a user, you need to consent to our handling of cookies on the website. Consent means an informed agreement and can be revoked by deleting cookies from smhi.se in your browser and requesting that we delete information related to the cookie ID.
Cookies for Web Analytics
Matomo
Name: _pk_id.*, _pk_ses.*, _pk_ref.*, mtm_cookie_consent
Purpose: On smhi.se, we use the analytics tool Matomo to collect and analyze visitor statistics. The purpose is to monitor how the website's content and services are used and function.
Data Stored: The cookies set by Matomo do not contain personal information; they only contain information about the devices and browsers visiting the website. The data saved in the cookies includes unique cookie IDs to distinguish between visitors, as well as information about visits, such as which pages are visited, how long visits last, and which keywords, devices, and browsers are used. In addition, information is stored on whether the browser has accepted analytics cookies.
Anonymised IP addresses are stored to compile geographical usage data of the website.
All data is stored in SMHI’s server facilities. No data is shared with third parties.
Lifespan:
- _pk_id.*: stored for 13 months
- _pk_ses.*: stored for 30 minutes
- _pk_ref.*: stored for 6 months
- mtm_cookie_consent: stored for 13 months
Necessary Cookies
Consent to Cookies
Name: cookieyes-consent
Purpose: Used to allow you to make and save your cookie preferences on SMHI’s website.
Data Stored: The cookie contains a unique ID that can be linked to an anonymised IP address, country, which types of cookies you accept or deny, and the last time you adjusted your cookie settings on smhi.se.
Lifespan: Stored for one year.
Session Management
Name: JSESSIONID
Purpose: This cookie is used to associate the user with the current session. It contains a temporary identification code that helps keep track of which requests to the website belong to a specific visitor. The cookie does not contain any personal data and is deleted when you close your browser.
Lifespan: Session
Functionality and performance of services
Name: wptForecastFavorites, wptStartPageLastSearched, wpt-tab-value, wpt-param-cookie, among others.
Purpose: These are used to facilitate the use of the website’s services, for example, by allowing users to customise settings such as saving favourites or selecting a default location within the website’s services. The stored data is also used to speed up the loading time of various services.
Stored data: Information is stored locally in the browser’s local storage.
Lifespan: Data is stored until the browser’s cache is manually cleared.
Location information
The website’s services can use location information from your browser to provide you with relevant information about the area where you are located. You can choose whether to allow your browser to share your location with smhi.se.
Information about your location is not stored.