Cookie Policy

1. What are cookies?

Cookies are little text files which are stored on the browser of your computer or mobile device when you visit a website or app. 

2. How we use cookies?

Using cookies on our website allows us to recognize your computer/IP address and to see which sites you visit and which functions you use, including when and for how long.  Further, cookies work to make your experience browsing our site as smooth as possible and they remember your preferences so you don’t have to insert your details again and again.

All in all, we use cookies to optimize our website, to make it function as smooth as possible and to provide you with the best user experience. 

3. Types of cookies

We use the following types of cookies:

• Persistent cookies that are stored on your computer and allow us to recognize your computer next time you visit our website, and

• Session cookies that exit after your visit to our website and are deleted from your computer when you close your browser.

Some cookies are essential for you to be able to experience the full functionality of our website, e.g. in order to subscribe to our podcasts. 

4. How to remove cookies?

Within your browser, you may choose whether to accept cookies or not. Exactly how this is done depends on the browser you use. However, please note that if you block cookies on our website, you may not be able to access certain functions on the website and sites will not work 100%.

5. Which cookies do we use?

The following are a list of cookies which are used by the site and an explanation of what they are used for. Not all users will be subjected to all cookies. Furthermore statistical and marketing cookies are primarily set by thrid-parties such as google and facebook.

5.1 Necessary cookies

cookies-accept Is set once cookies have been accepted. It is used to check if cookies have been accepted every time the site is loaded.

cookies-functional Is set once functional cookies have been accepted. It is used to check if functional cookies have been accepted every time the site is loaded. Once it is set the functional cookies will be used by the website

cookies-statistical Is set once statistical cookies have been accepted. It is used to check if statistical cookies have been accepted every time the site is loaded. Once it is set the statistical cookies and functions will be used.

cookie-marketing Is set once marketing cookies have been accepted. It is used to check if marketing cookies have been accepted every time the site is loaded. Once it is set the statistical cookies and functions will be used.

podimo-token Is set once a member is logged in and is used to check user credentials in authorised areas.

creator If a user visits the site via a promotional page, this cookie is set. It is used to control the length of the user's trial period and to see where the promotional trial period comes from.

5.2 Functional cookies

signupFullName Is set once the name field in the sign-up form has been filled out. It is used to remember a users input to make the checkout process faster if it was not completed when it was first started.

signupEmail Is set once the email field in the sign-up form has been filled out. It is used to remember a users input to make the checkout process faster if it was not completed when it was first started.

signupOpen Is set once the sign-up dialogue is opened. It is used to remember the state of the sign-up dialogue, so that it opens if you during your sign up has left the site and entered it again.

podimo-locale Is set as soon as you enter the website with a country argument in the URL or when you change the country/language. It is used to remember your language when you enter the site.

podimo-lang-route Is set as soon as you enter the website with a country argument in the URL or when you change the country. It is used to remember your country when you enter the site.

5.3 Statistical cookies

HotJar A tool used to monitor user behavior on the site. The cookies they deploy on our site can be found here

Google analytics suite A collection of tools used to collect data on user traffic. Also we use it for testing purposes. A description of the cookies they use can be found here. We currently use the gtag.js and Optimize.

5.4 Marketing cookies

utm_source, utm_campaign, utm_medium are all set when a user visits the site from an external source where these parameters are part of the link. They are used to track where traffic comes from when users sign up for pre-launch campaigns.