2025

Necessary cookies

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Necessary cookies
Name	Hostname	Vendor	Expiry
lb_selection	www.tuni.fi		Session
Load balancer selection cookie, assist in balancing the servers
cookiehub	.tuni.fi	CookieHub	365 days
Used by CookieHub to store information about whether visitors have given or declined the use of cookie categories used on the site.
csrftoken	4932.clients.giosgusercontent.com		364 days
Used by many systems for Cross Site Request Forgery protection.
sgid	service.giosg.com		400 days
Personal, secret identifier of the visitor. This ID is only known by the end user's browser and is only sent to Giosg for validation. This secret prevents any other person (like an agent) from impersonating the visitor or accessing their private data. This is the same value as “sgid” in service.giosg.com domain. This cookie is normally set only for those visitors for whom we cannot store this information to *.giosg.com domain in an iframe because of blocked third-party cookies.
giosg_chat_id_	www.tuni.fi		365 days
Organization specific visitor identifier. This cookie is used to distinguish unique visitors and allow chat to continue from page to page.
giosg_operator_state_cache_4932			Session
Information is stored to offer better user experience by faster chat loading time after page change.
scrollPos:/			Session
Scrolling position depth based on user's device' width and length

Preferences

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Preferences
Name	Hostname	Vendor	Expiry
uxt:2b1bdeff-d4a2-4ed9-90fb-30eb5e4a16fc			Session
uxtr_disable_0c226930-efad-492d-a88e-df6b7568227a			Session

Analytical cookies

Analytical cookies help us improve our website by collecting and reporting information on its usage.

Analytical cookies
Name	Hostname	Vendor	Expiry
_ga_	.tuni.fi	Google	400 days
Contains a unique identifier used by Google Analytics 4 to determine that two distinct hits belong to the same user across browsing sessions.
_ga	.tuni.fi	Google	400 days
Contains a unique identifier used by Google Analytics to determine that two distinct hits belong to the same user across browsing sessions.
nmstat	.tuni.fi	Siteimprove	400 days
This cookie is used to help record visitors' use of the website. It is used to collect statistics about site usage such as when the visitor last visited the site. This information is then used to improve the user experience on the website. This Siteimprove Analytics cookie contains a randomly generated ID used to recognize the browser when a visitor reads a page. The cookie contains no personal information and is used only for web analytics.

Marketing cookies

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Marketing cookies
Name	Hostname	Vendor	Expiry
_gcl_au	.tuni.fi	Google Advertising Products	90 days
Used by Google AdSense to understand user interaction with the website by generating analytical data.
test_cookie	.doubleclick.net	Google	1 hour
Used to check if the user's browser supports cookies
msd365mkttr	www.tuni.fi		365 days
This is being used for the same purpose as the first cookie(79f08280-5c63-4331-b04d-fb6f39afda51). Only difference is that this cookie is set on the customer domain. In some cases, we're unable to access third party cookies (ex: safari OOB blocks) therefore we set this first party cookie to keep functionality.
msd365mkttrs	www.tuni.fi		Session
This cookie is similar to (319af4c0-e197-4de9-8a9b-fe98c8a2ca04). Only difference is that it's a first party cookie
IDE	.doubleclick.net	Google Advertising Products	390 days
Used by Google's DoubleClick to serve targeted advertisements that are relevant to users across the web. Targeted advertisements may be displayed to users based on previous visits to a website. These cookies measure the conversion rate of ads presented to the user.

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