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The cookies we set

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Third party cookies
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Google Analytics
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Integration of video content
In order to integrate video content on our site we use external providers – both Vimeo and Youtube. In order to view embedded videos on our site it is necessary to call up the server of the provider in question. To find out more about the associated use of your browser or terminal data, please refer to the privacy policy of the respective third party provider listed below. When you interact with video content on our site (e.g. clicking the start button on a video) information regarding your visit to our side (like your IP address) may be transmitted and stored with the external provider. The external providers also use their own tracking and analytics to analyse data. You can prevent tracking by Google Analytics by using the deactivation tools that Google offers for a number of internet browsers. Moreover, users can prevent the collection of the data generated by Google Analytics relating to their use of the website (including their IP address) and the transmission thereof to Google, as well as the processing of this data by Google, by downloading and installing the browser plugin available here.

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Norwegian Crafts privacy policy
If you wish to read Norwegian Crafts' full privacy policy, you can find that here. Norwegian Crafts publishes The Vessel.