Cookies

A browser cookie is a small data file transmitting information to the user's browser, with as purpose to authenticate or identify the user. A cookie cannot collect information from the user's computer or carry any viruses.

Cookies are normally stored on your PC and may contain information such as registration data, user preferences and enabling basic website functionalities. When a server receives a request from a browser that has a cookie, the server is then able to use the information stored in the cookie. For example, the server might be able to customize what is sent back to the user, or keep a log of particular user's requests.

Cookie usage

Any personal information with which we are provided is used exclusively to help us help you!

Cookies on www.kongsberg.com

KONGSBERG uses several cookies, that enable the user to experience the information provided in the best way, and to help us maximize the user-friendliness of our web. Additional cookies from third parties may occur, for example enabling streaming of YouTube movies, PDF readers, Adobe Flash functionalities etc.

By using the KONGSBERG website, you approve that we can set cookies in your browser. Note, cookies can always be deleted and or disabled. Please refer to your browser's help file to determine the browser's settings.

Be aware of the following, several webpages will not have optimal functionality if cookies are deleted or blocked in settings.

KONGSBERG  is using the following cookies

Necessary Cookies

Cookie Purpose
Episerver infrastructure:
ARRAffinity Assign unique identifier to ensure that users requests are handles by same server behind load balancer (a.k.a. sticky session)
.AspNet.Cookies Stores identity of currently logged in users (applies only to logged in users)
_cfduid generated by Cloudflare and used to identify individual clients behind a shared IP address and apply security settings on a per-client basis
_epiXSRF Prevents Cross Site Request Forgery attacks
TiPMix Enabled Testing in Production also known as A/B tests
Episerver Forms:
.EPiForm_VisitorIdentifier Stores a GUID which is the visitor identifier.
.EPiForm_BID Stores a GUID as the browser ID.
EPiForm_{FormGuid}:{Username} One cookie is created for each form and each logged in user. It stores the current submission status of the form (formGuid, submissionID, and if submission is finalized or not).
__RequestVerificationToken anti forgery token which prevents CSRF attacks. It guarantees that the poster is the one who gets the form displayed.
Application Insights:
ai_user unique indentifier used by AppInsight to store user context in order to help diagnosing issues
ai_session used by AppInsight to store user session context in order to help diagnosing issues

Marketing, analytics and advertising

Cookie Purpose
Facebook:  
_fbp, fr Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers.
Twitter:
guest_id, personalization_id used by Twitter for advertising purposes, to deliver more relevant advertisements and track users' interation with ads.
Google Analytics:
__utma Used to track of the number of times a visitor has visited a site, when their first visit was, and when their last visit occurred.
__utmb, __utmc The B and C cookies are working together to calculate how long a visit takes. __utmb takes a timestamp of the exact moment in time when a visitor enters a site, while __utmc takes a timestamp of the exact moment in time when a visitor leaves a site.
__utmt_UA-nnnnnnnn Used to throttle request rate.
__utmz Keeps track of where the visitor came from, the search engine used, what link were clicked on, the keyword used, and where in the world the website was accessed.
__utmv For use with user-defined reports in Google Analytics. Please see information about IP Anonymization in Analytics
LinkedIn:  
UserMatchHistory Cookie
used fo LinkedIn Ad analytics
bcookie Browser ID cookie used for Sign-in with Linkedin and/or for Linkedin follow feature
bscookie Secure browser ID cookie used for Linkedin follow feature
lang Session-based cookie used for Sign-in with Linkedin and/or for Linkedin follow feature
lidc Used for routing
JSESSIONID Cookie used for Sign-in with Linkedin and/or for Linkedin follow feature

Information collected is used in the following ways:

  • Information is collected and stored in order to assist us in fulfilling your requests for information, and providing you with the publications you need.
  • We do not sell any of the information we receive.

Please note, that our website may contain links to other, non-KONGSBERG websites. KONGSBERG is not responsible for the privacy practices of other such sites.

KONGSBERG appreciates your visit to our website and your interest in our products.

We want you to feel secure visiting our site, and we assure you that your personal information is safe with us.