Cookie Policy | SuomiGuide
Last updated: 8 November 2026.
This policy explains which cookies and similar technologies SuomiGuide (suomiguide.fi) uses, why, and how you can accept, refuse or change your choice. It adds to our Privacy Policy.
1. Who is responsible
The website is run by Madloba Info Limited, registration number 2457193, International Finance Centre, 8 Finance Street, Central, Hong Kong. Contact: [email protected].
2. What cookies and similar technologies are
A cookie is a small text file that a website stores in your browser. Similar technologies work in the same way: local storage in the browser, pixels (tiny images or scripts that report a visit) and scripts from other services that read information from your device. In this policy "cookies" means all of these.
3. When we ask for consent
Under section 205 of the Finnish Act on Electronic Communications Services (917/2014), we may store or read information on your device only with your consent, unless it is strictly necessary to deliver the service you have asked for. Consent must meet the requirements of the GDPR.
- Strictly necessary cookies are always on. Without them the site, sign-in, forms and your cookie choice do not work.
- The cookie banner has four categories: Necessary (always on), Analytics, Marketing and External content (maps, videos and widgets from other services). Analytics and marketing cookies and external content are set or loaded only after you agree to that category in the cookie banner. Before that, these services are not loaded.
- Refusing is as easy as accepting: the banner has three equal buttons, "Accept all", "Reject non-essential" and "Customise". Closing the banner or scrolling the page does not mean consent.
- You can change or withdraw your consent at any time with the "Cookie settings" link at the bottom of every page. Withdrawal does not affect use before it. When you withdraw consent, analytics and marketing tags stop working at once and the non-essential cookies set by the site are deleted. Your choice (consent or refusal) is kept for 6 months. After that, and when the purposes or recipients change significantly, we ask you again.
4. Cookies we use
Strictly necessary
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Lifetime | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| sessionid | suomiguide.fi | Keeps you signed in during the visit | Up to 2 weeks | Necessary |
| csrftoken | suomiguide.fi | Protects forms against forged requests | 1 year | Necessary |
| ng_cookie_consent | suomiguide.fi (first-party cookie) | Remembers your cookie choice | 6 months | Necessary |
| cf_clearance | Cloudflare, Inc. | Tells people from bots on forms. Set only when Cloudflare protection or a form check is active | Up to 1 day | Necessary |
| __cf_bm | Cloudflare, Inc. | Protects the site against automated traffic. Set only when Cloudflare protection is active | Up to 30 minutes | Necessary |
Analytics (only with consent)
Google Tag Manager loads analytics and marketing services only after you have given consent. In Google Analytics we keep user-level and event-level data for 2 months.
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Lifetime | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | Google Ireland Ltd / Google LLC (Google Analytics 4) | Distinguishes visitors for statistics | 2 years | Analytics |
| _ga_<ID> | Google (Google Analytics 4) | Keeps the session state for statistics | 2 years | Analytics |
Marketing (only with consent)
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Lifetime | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| _gcl_au | Google (Google Ads) | Measures ad conversions | 90 days | Marketing |
| IDE | Google (DoubleClick) | Shows and measures ads | 13 months | Marketing |
| test_cookie | Google (DoubleClick) | Checks whether the browser accepts cookies | 15 minutes | Marketing |
Cookie-free measurement
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Lifetime | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloudflare Web Analytics | Cloudflare, Inc. | Counts page views without cookies and without identifying you | No cookie | No cookie consent needed; listed for transparency |
The names and lifetimes come from the providers' documentation and the scripts seen on the site on 6 November 2026. Providers can change them. You can see the current list in your browser settings.
5. Embedded content
Maps, videos and widgets from other services that may track you are in a separate category, "External content". Until you give consent to this category, they are replaced by a placeholder. Only after this consent does the service load; it may then receive your IP address and set its own cookies. You can also block such cookies in your browser settings.
6. Data transfers
Google and Cloudflare may process data in the USA. Google LLC and Cloudflare, Inc. are certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework; in addition the EU Standard Contractual Clauses apply. See our Privacy Policy for details.
7. How to manage cookies
- On this site: "Cookie settings" at the bottom of every page.
- In your browser: you can block or delete cookies (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge: Settings, Privacy). If you block all cookies, sign-in and forms may stop working.
- Google: you can opt out of personalised ads at adssettings.google.com.
8. Changes
We update this policy when we add or remove a service. The date at the top shows the current version.
9. Contact and complaints
Questions: [email protected]. You can complain to the Office of the Data Protection Ombudsman (Tietosuojavaltuutetun toimisto, P.O. Box 800, 00531 Helsinki, [email protected], tietosuoja.fi). Compliance with the Act on Electronic Communications Services as regards cookies is supervised by the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Traficom (traficom.fi).