Privacy Policy and Cookies

Here, we explain how and why we collect information about our visitors and users. User trust is important to us, and we are committed to protecting your privacy.

1. INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS

This privacy policy applies to visitbodo.com and related publications and services.

2. WHY WE STORE INFORMATION

We store information for several reasons:

• To allow the system to recognize our users and use the services.
• For confirmation of purchase/registration.
• To enable users to sign up for our events.
• For targeting and removal of ads and editorial content that are relevant/irrelevant to you.
• To send you updated information about courses and conferences you have registered for.
• To develop and improve our services by understanding how they are used.
• Processing of applications.

3. HOW WE DON’T USE THE INFORMATION

Information provided to us is only stored in our systems. The information will not be sold, and it will only be used to provide you as a user with more relevant information and better services.

Third parties (such as Google Analytics and Facebook Pixel) may retrieve IP addresses and data based on your browsing patterns. We are obligated to ensure that these third parties process data in accordance with Norwegian regulations.

4. HOW INFORMATION IS COLLECTED

ANONYMOUS INFORMATION

We log visited web pages, time, browser, and the IP address of the visit.

PERSONAL INFORMATION

USER ACCOUNT REGISTRATION

When registering a user account, we store email addresses. We may also store optional information such as full name and phone number.

SIGNING UP FOR COURSES AND CONFERENCES

When signing up for our courses and conferences, we only store the information you provide during registration.

5. LOCALLY STORED INFORMATION

We use cookies, for example, to store anonymous identification locally in your browser. These are used to improve the user experience, such as remembering entered form data for future use.

We also include elements from third-party services like Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Google+, which load their own cookies that readers may already have from those services.

6. HOW WE USE COOKIES

Visit Bodø uses cookies in marketing to make advertisements more relevant to users.

By using our website, you consent to us showing you tailored and relevant ads on the sites you visit. We achieve this using Google Tag Manager. You can choose to withdraw your consent and delete cookies at any time, see point…

Visitbodo.com uses the following cookies for personalized marketing:

• Meta Pixel
• Snapchat Pixel
• Google Remarketing and Google Ads
• Adform

7. PROCESSING OF PERSONAL INFORMATION / COOKIES

Personal information will be stored in our database, processed, and published in accordance with the provisions of the Personal Data Act.

Regarding consent to the use of cookies, this is regulated by the E-commerce Act. More on this can also be found on the Data Inspectorate’s page on cookies.

8. DATA CONTROLLER

Your personal information will be processed by Visit Bodø, which is the data controller, and our IT providers for the purpose of delivering services and improving them.

We sometimes engage other companies to contribute to our development, and in such cases, we may provide these companies with the information they need to perform their tasks. Your personal information will not be disclosed to others without your consent or unless legally obligated.

Your personal information is stored within the EU/EEA area and in accordance with Norwegian data protection laws.

9. REGISTERED PROFILE DATA, INSIGHT, AND CORRECTION

The information you provide during registration (name, email, etc.) and when editing this profile is used to deliver and develop the service, as well as for analysis and statistical purposes.

You register the information in our database yourself.

You have the right to request insight into the information recorded about you, and if it is incorrect or incomplete, you can have it corrected, supplemented, or deleted. You can do this by contacting us.

You have the right to request the deletion of your personal information from our databases. We comply with this as long as the service you want to be deleted from does not have specific requirements and justifications for retaining your data.

In case of suspicion of grossly incorrect information in the user profile, we can delete your account without further proceedings.

THE RIGHTS OF THE REGISTERED ALSO INCLUDE

• The right to request restriction of processing.
• The right to object to processing.
• The right to data portability.
• The right to complain to the Data Inspectorate.
• The right to withdraw your consent at any time.

10. HOW TO PREVENT COOKIES FROM BEING STORED

You can delete cookies from your hard drive at any time, but this will cause your personal settings to disappear.

You can also change the settings in your browser to prevent cookies from being stored on your hard drive. However, this may result in reduced functionality on certain websites, prevent access to pages that require login, and make parts of the content and certain functions unavailable.

To avoid the storage of so-called anonymous identifiers, you must disable JavaScript in your browser. However, JavaScript is necessary for many basic functions on the websites to work.

If you want control over which third parties use technology for various purposes, we recommend tools like Ghostery and Disconnect.

For more information on cookies and settings, refer to allaboutcookies.org.

11. CONTACT INFORMATION

VISIT BODØ

Visiting address: Dronningensgate 15, 8006 Bodø

Email: post@visitbodo.com

Phone: +47 755 48010

Organization number: 99 518 715