All personal information collected by Equinor using cookies is used to learn how you interact with our content and to improve your experience when visiting our website(s).
Visits to our sites are traceable, to help us see which of our web pages are most interesting to our users and help us perform analytics on user visits. We also use pixels and cookies on our website for the purpose of measuring traffic and handling sessions. If you accept cookies, we can offer you better service on our website, in social media and in advertising.
Automatic storage of information: What information do we collect and what do we use it for?
Equinor uses pixels and cookies on our website. Pixels are small images which are loaded successively as you navigate a page. Cookies are small text files that are left on your computer to allow us to optimise our service to you as a user. Pixels and cookies provide us with information on how you use the website, so that we know how much you have read and which links you have clicked on. This is done to improve your experience of Equinor.com. Social media and advertising cookies of third parties are used to offer you social media functionalities and personalized ads.
We use this information to determine how interesting our content is for you as a user, and to:
The following cookies are used on Equinor.com:
| COOKIE | COOKIE NAME | DESCRIPTION |
| Adobe Experience Cloud | AMCV_ | The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited. |
| Adobe Experience Cloud | demdex | Audience Manager sets this cookie to assign a unique ID to a site visitor. The demdex cookie helps Audience Manger perform basic functions such as visitor identification, ID synchronization, segmentation, modeling, reporting, etc. |
| Adobe Experience Cloud | s_cc | This cookie determines whether cookies are enabled in the browser. The main purpose of this cookie is performance. |
| Adobe Marketing Cloud | AMCVS_ | The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited. |
| Azure | ARRAffinity | Affinity Cookies are used to aid people who need to stay with a certain instance of web app or web site in Azure. |
| Browser Update | browser_update_org | This cookie is set when client browser is too old and it shows a popup to update the browser. The cookie is used by a plugin, not to show the same popup when user clicks on close button and tries to navigate through the pages. |
| CloudFlare | _cfduid | Cookie associated with sites using CloudFlare. It is used to override any security restrictions based on the IP address the visitor is coming from. It does not contain any user identification information. |
| Equinor.com | cookiealert | This cookie is set when user closes cookie consent banner. This cookie is used not to show the consent information when user to navigate through the pages. |
| fr | Facebook tracks opted-out Facebook users with a cookie (fr ) that is used for advertising purposes. | |
| IDE | DoubleCLick.net cookie. This cookie is used for re-targeting, optimisation, reporting and attribution of online adverts. | |
| Google |
NID | The purpose of this cookie is to store information about your preferences. |
| Google (YouTube) | GPS | Registers a unique ID on mobile devices to enable tracking based on geographical GPS location. |
| Google (YouTube) | PREF | This cookie is used to store user Youtube preferences. |
| Google (YouTube) | VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | This cookie is used for video speed and bandwidth calculations. |
| Google (YouTube) | YSC | This cookie is used to store user preference. |
| Google Analytics | _ga | These cookies allow us to count user visits and traffic sources so that we can measure and improve the site performance using Google Analytic services. |
| Google Analytics | _gat_UA | These cookies allow us to count user visits and traffic sources so that we can measure and improve the site performance using Google Analytic services. |
| Google Analytics | _gid | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. |
| Livestream | JSESSIONID | Preserves users states across page requests. |
| Livestream | vuid | This cookie is used to collect analytics tracking information. |
| Siteimprove | nmstat | This cookie is used to collect statistics about site usage which is then used to improve the user experience on the website. It contains a randomly generated ID used to recognize the browser when a visitor reads a page. The cookie contains no personal information and is used only for web analytics. |
| Siteimprove | siteimproveses | This cookie is used purely to track the sequence of pages a visitor looks at during a visit to the site. The information is used to create user journeys and enable visitors to find relevant information quickly. |
| turn.com (Amobee) | uid | This cookie collects anonymous data related to the user's visits to the website. Such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been loaded - with the purpose of displaying targeted ads. |
| personalization_id | This cookie is set due to Twitter integration and sharing capabilities for the social media. |
Your browser automatically sends information to Equinor’s servers every time you ask to see a page. This information may include what kind of browser and version you are using and your IP address. For every page displayed, various information, including date and time, the previous page you visited, what page you are visiting now, etc. is also stored.
None of these details will be used to identify individuals. We use this information to generate general statistics indicating for example what pages are most popular and what kind of information the users are searching for. We use statistics as a tool to improve our services.
Sharing of your information
Equinor does not sell any of the information generated by use of such tracing technology (cookies). Be aware, however, that our website may contain links/pointers to other external web sites that are not controlled by Equinor. Equinor is not liable for data protection handling on external websites.
For some of the functions within our websites we use third party suppliers which may utilise third party cookies. We therefore encourage you to consult the privacy policies of these third-party vendors on their websites for information regarding their use of cookies. An example of this is the use of YouTube for displaying video content, and display of such content will be shared with Google for use on their advertising platforms.
How do you administer or delete information?
You can block and delete cookies by adjusting your browser settings. Please note that this may impact website functionality and user experience. You can learn how to change your preferences and control cookies by visiting the website AboutCookies.org.
About this Cookie policy and responsible unit
Equinor ASA is the data controller for personal data submitted to this website. For questions about Equinor ASA’s treatment of personal data, please contact the company’s Data Protection Officer at gm_dataprotection@equinor.com..