Cookie Policy | NorgeGuide

Last updated: 8 November 2026.

This Cookie Policy explains which cookies and similar technologies NorgeGuide (norgeguide.com) 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 3-15 of the Norwegian Electronic Communications Act (ekomloven), 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.

This means your consent must be freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous, and you give it by an active choice. We do not use pre-ticked boxes, and we do not treat continued use of the site as consent.

Strictly necessary cookies are always on. Without them the site, sign-in, forms and your cookie choice do not work.
Analytics and marketing cookies are set, and external content is loaded, only after you agree in the cookie banner. Before that, these services are not loaded. There are four categories: Necessary (always on), Analytics, Marketing and External content (maps, videos and widgets from other services). All except Necessary are off by default.
Refusing is as easy as accepting: the banner has three equal buttons to accept all, to reject non-essential cookies and to choose your own settings. Closing the banner or scrolling the page does not mean consent, and the site works fully if you refuse.
You can change or withdraw your consent at any time with the "Cookie settings" button at the bottom of every page. Withdrawal does not affect use before it. When you withdraw consent, the analytics and marketing tags stop at once and the non-essential cookies set by our site are deleted.
We store your choice (consent or refusal) for 6 months from the day you make it. Visits do not extend this period. After 6 months, and when we change the purposes or recipients in an important way, we ask you again.

4. Cookies we use

Strictly necessary (always on)

Name	Provider	Purpose	Lifetime	Category
sessionid	norgeguide.com	Keeps you signed in during the visit	Up to 2 weeks	Necessary
csrftoken	norgeguide.com	Protects forms against forged requests	1 year	Necessary
ng_cookie_consent	norgeguide.com (first-party)	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 or a form check is active.	Up to 30 minutes	Necessary

Analytics (only with consent)

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
GetYourGuide widget on the home page	GetYourGuide Deutschland GmbH	Shows bookable tours; may set its own cookies	Set by the provider	Marketing

Cookie-free measurement

Service	Provider	Purpose	Lifetime	Note
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. Google Analytics keeps user-level and event-level data for 2 months.

5. External content

Maps, videos and widgets from other services that can track visitors are in a separate category, External content. They load only after you consent to this category: until then you see a placeholder. After you agree, that service may receive your IP address and set its own cookies. You can 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: the "Cookie settings" button 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 Norwegian Data Protection Authority (Datatilsynet, datatilsynet.no). Datatilsynet supervises the consent requirement in section 3-15 of the Electronic Communications Act (ekomloven), and the Norwegian Communications Authority (Nkom, nkom.no) supervises the rest of the Act.