Cookies Policy

This Cookies Policy (the “Policy“) explains how Astellas Pharma a/s, the data controller, whose registered office is at Arne Jacobsens Allé 15, 2300 Copenhagen S (hereinafter “Astellas”, “we”, “our” or “us”) uses cookies and similar technologies to recognise you when you visit our website www.astellas-pro.com/se and its sub-domains (the “Website”). It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used by website owners in order to make their websites work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information.

What type of cookies do we use?

We use limited cookies for the purposes mentioned in the table below. Some cookies are required for technical reasons in order for our Website to operate, and we refer to these as “strictly necessary” cookies. Other cookies are optional and enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our Website. Third parties may serve cookies through our Website for analytics and other purposes. This is described in more detail below.

The specific types of cookies served through our Website and the purposes they perform are described in the table below:

Do you use Flash cookies or Local Shared Objects?

Our Website may also use so-called “Flash Cookies” (also known as Local Shared Objects or “LSOs”) to, among other things, collect and store information about your use of our services, fraud prevention and for other site operations.

If you do not want Flash Cookies stored on your computer, you can adjust the settings of your Flash player to block Flash Cookies storage using the tools contained in the Website Storage Settings Panel. You can also control Flash Cookies by going to the Global Storage Settings Panel and following the instructions (which may include instructions that explain, for example, how to delete existing Flash Cookies (referred to “information” on the Macromedia site), how to prevent Flash LSOs from being placed on your computer without your being asked, and (for Flash Player 8 and later) how to block Flash Cookies that are not being delivered by the operator of the page you are on at the time).

Please note that setting the Flash Player to restrict or limit acceptance of Flash Cookies may reduce or impede the functionality of some Flash applications, including, potentially, Flash applications used in connection with our services or online content.

How can you control cookies?

You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject the optional performance & analytics cookies. You can change your cookie preferences at any time by clicking on the ‘C’ icon. You can then tick or untick the box and click ‘Save and close’. You may need to refresh your page for your settings to take effect.

You can set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies. If you choose to reject strictly necessary cookies in our website, you may still use our website though your access to some functionality and areas of our website may be restricted. As the means by which you can refuse cookies through your web browser controls vary from browser-to-browser, you should visit your browser’s help menu for more information.

For third parties cookies mentioned above, you can visit the relevant websites of such third parties and disable their cookies there; however, as mentioned above, you may not be able to access certain parts of our Website and lose its functionality.

To opt-out of being tracked by Adobe Analytics across all websites, visit https://experienceleague.adobe.com/docs/analytics/implementation/js/opt-out.html.

How often will we update this Cookie Policy?

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons. Please therefore re-visit this Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.

This Cookie Policy was last updated on 12th January 2022.

Where can I get further information?

If you have any questions about our use of cookies or other technologies, please email us at privacy@astellas.com.