Cookie Policy

How we use cookies and similar technologies on elbowbright.ddd.

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1. What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. Similar technologies (such as local storage) may also be used to remember preferences. Cookies may be set by the website you are visiting (first-party cookies) or by third-party services operating on that website.

2. Legal Framework in Norway

Our use of cookies and similar technologies complies with:

  • The EU ePrivacy rules as implemented in Norway through the EEA Agreement;
  • The Norwegian Electronic Communications Act (ekomloven) and the associated regulations on cookies and electronic communications (ekomforskriften);
  • GDPR and the Personal Data Act (personopplysningsloven) where cookies involve personal data.

Under Norwegian law, storing or accessing information on your device generally requires your consent, except for cookies that are strictly necessary to provide a service you have explicitly requested. Analytics and marketing cookies require prior, informed consent.

3. How We Use Cookies

Elbowbright uses cookies for the following purposes:

  • Ensuring essential website functionality and security.
  • Remembering your cookie consent preferences.
  • Analysing website traffic and user behaviour to improve our content.
  • Supporting marketing efforts and measuring campaign performance.

4. Categories of Cookies

4.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for the website to function properly. They enable core features such as page navigation and access to secure areas. The website cannot operate correctly without these cookies, and they cannot be disabled.

  • cookie_consent: Stores your cookie consent preferences. Duration: 365 days. First-party.

Legal basis: Strictly necessary — no consent required under ekomforskriften. Personal data processed via these cookies, if any, is based on our legitimate interest in operating the site securely.

4.2 Analytics Cookies

Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information, often in aggregated form. These cookies are only activated if you accept them via our cookie banner.

Legal basis: Your consent (GDPR Art. 6(1)(a)).

  • _ga: Distinguishes unique visitors. Duration: 2 years. Third-party (Google Analytics).
  • _ga_*: Maintains session state. Duration: 2 years. Third-party (Google Analytics).

4.3 Marketing Cookies

Marketing cookies are used to measure advertising performance (for example, Google Ads conversion tracking) and may be used to show more relevant ads on other sites. These cookies are only activated if you accept marketing cookies via our cookie banner.

Legal basis: Your consent (GDPR Art. 6(1)(a)).

  • _gcl_au: Used to store and track conversions. Duration: 90 days. Third-party (Google Ads).

5. Managing Your Cookie Preferences

When you first visit our website, a cookie consent banner is displayed allowing you to:

  • Accept All: enables all cookie categories.
  • Decline: disables all optional cookies (analytics and marketing). Only strictly necessary cookies and consent storage remain active.
  • Cookie Settings: allows you to toggle individual cookie categories on or off.

Your choices are stored locally in your browser (localStorage under the key cookie_consent). You may withdraw consent at any time with the same effect as declining optional cookies — for example, by clearing site data for this website and making a new choice when the banner reappears.

Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before withdrawal. For more information about your rights, see our Privacy Policy.

6. Browser-Level Cookie Control

Most web browsers allow you to manage cookies through their settings. You can typically:

  • View which cookies are stored on your device.
  • Delete individual or all cookies.
  • Block cookies from specific or all websites.
  • Set preferences for first-party and third-party cookies separately.

Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of our website.

7. Third-Party Cookies

Some cookies on our website are placed by third-party services. We do not control how these third parties use cookie data. We recommend reviewing their respective privacy policies:

8. Complaints to Datatilsynet

If you believe our use of cookies or similar technologies violates your rights, you may lodge a complaint with Datatilsynet (www.datatilsynet.no).

9. Data Controller

For any questions regarding this cookie policy or our use of cookies, please contact:

Elbowbright
Vestre Torggaten 22, 5015 Bergen, Norway
Email: welcome@elbowbright.world
Phone: +47 41 14 39 04

10. Changes to This Policy

We may update this cookie policy periodically to reflect changes in the cookies we use or for regulatory reasons. The revised version will be posted on this page with a new "Last updated" date.