Use of cookies on our websites
The Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH) uses cookies on its websites. The cookies are necessary or analytics cookies.
Cookies are small text files in which the system stores information. Cookies are sent to the user's computer and stored on the computer. Cookies do not damage or disturb the user’s device.
If you do not want cookies to be stored on your device or browser, block cookies in your browser settings. You can block the cookies either before or during using the website.
Necessary cookies
Necessary cookies are important to the website’s features and technical functions, and the site does not work without them. These cookies cannot be blocked.
Cookies used by our website publishing system
The publishing system for our websites prh.fi, ytj.fi, vuosikertomus.prh.fi (website for our annual reports), and yrityksennimipaiva.fi (website about company names, trademarks and domain names) was developed by Abako Oy. The system uses session cookies. They are stored in the computer's memory during a browsing session and deleted when the browser is closed.
Cookies used by our chat and chatbot services
A separate chat service and chatbot service can be used on the websites prh.fi and ytj.fi. They use cookies that are necessary for them to function properly.
Analytics cookies
Analytics cookies are used to track visitors’ activities on the website and to make analyses, which help us to make the website more functional and user-friendly.
Analytics cookies used by the website
Our websites and services use the Snoobi Analytiikka service. The details are collected anonymously and do not include personally identifiable information.
The analytics contain details about:
- The level of use on the website overall and on individual pages
- Average durations of visits
- The address that referred to the user to our site
- Web browsers and operating systems
- The user’s IP address in an anonymous form
The following websites and services use Snoobi Analytiikka:
- prh.fi
- ytj.fi
- Virre
- Name checking service for companies
- Website Suojaa tavaramerkki (in Finnish)
- Website Yrityksen reittiapuri (in Finnish)
- PRH beneficiary guide (in Finnish)
- Website Aineettomia tarinoita (in Finnish)
- Annual Report
- Online library
Analytics cookies as part of the EU-level digital gateway
Details of visitors on the webpages of the Finnish Trade Register, trademarks, patents and design rights are collected as part of following up the enforcement of EU regulation (EU) 2018/1724 about a single digital gateway. Open: Regulation (EU) 2018/1724 of the European Parliament and of the Council.Open link in a new tab
The following details are collected on the pages linked to the single digital gateway:
- URL address of the page
- Number of visitors
- Visitors’ countries
- Device used
The details are collected anonymously and do not include personally identifiable information. The details are only used by the PRH, the European Commission and the national coordinators referred to in the regulation.
The collected details are stored in the European Commission’s databank for a maximum of three years, after which they are deleted automatically.