Effective Date: 5-Apr-2023
Last Updated: 29-Sep-2025
Our Approach to Cookies
Polmanarkivet is committed to protecting your privacy and providing a seamless, uninterrupted browsing experience. We use a minimal number of cookies on our website, and only those that are strictly necessary to provide core functions such as memberships, donations, and website security.
We do not use cookies for analytics, performance tracking, advertising, or any other form of user surveillance. As we only use essential cookies, we do not have a cookie consent banner.
What are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are used to store small pieces of information. They are stored on your device when the website is loaded on your browser. These cookies help us make the website function properly, make it more secure, and provide a better user experience.
More info about cookies
You can learn more about cookies here: What is a cookie?
How We Use Cookies
Our website uses a small number of first-party and third-party cookies for essential purposes only. First-party cookies are set by our domain (polmanarkivet.com), while third-party cookies are set by our trusted service provider, Stripe, which securely handles our membership and donation processing.
The cookies on our site are used exclusively to:
- Keep our services secure and protect against fraud.
- Manage user sessions for logged-in members.
- Enable the core functionality of our membership and donation systems.
These cookies do not collect or store any of your personally identifiable data beyond what is necessary for these functions.
The Cookies We Use
Below is a detailed list of the cookies used on Polmanarkivet.com. All are considered strictly necessary for the operation of the site.
| Cookie Name | Provider | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| __stripe_sid | Stripe (on polmanarkivet.com) | A session cookie used to identify your current session, which is essential for secure transactions and maintaining your login status. | Session |
| __stripe_mid | Stripe (on polmanarkivet.com) | A persistent cookie used for advanced fraud prevention and security, helping to ensure that membership and donation transactions are legitimate. | 1 Year |
| m | Stripe (on m.stripe.com) | A third-party cookie essential for Stripe’s fraud prevention and device identification, which helps secure the entire payment process. | Approx. 2 Years |
Note: Our payment processor, Stripe, may set other related cookies as part of its secure infrastructure (js.stripe.com) that are all considered essential for its service to function.
Your Choices Regarding Cookies
Because we only use cookies that are strictly necessary for the website to function, we do not offer a tool to manage cookie preferences on our site.
However, you always have control over cookies at the browser level. Most web browsers provide methods to block and delete cookies used by websites. You can change the settings of your browser to block or delete cookies. Listed below are links to the support documents on how to manage cookies from the major web browsers:
- Chrome: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/32050
- Safari: https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac
- Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/clear-cookies-and-site-data-firefox
- Microsoft Edge: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/microsoft-edge-browsing-data-and-privacy-bb8174ba-9d73-dcf2-9b4a-c582b4e640dd
If you are using any other web browser, please visit your browser’s official support documents.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy, You can contact us:
- By visiting this page on our website: polmanarkivet.com/contact
- By sending us an email: [email protected]