Last updated: June 17, 2026
At Avain, we use cookies to give you the best possible experience when using our service. This policy explains what cookies are, how we use them, and how you can control your privacy.
1. What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that websites save on your device (computer, mobile, or tablet) when you visit them. They help the website remember your settings, understand how you interact with the content, and optimize your experience.
Cookies can be:
- Session cookies: Temporary files that are deleted when you close your browser.
- Persistent cookies: Files that remain on your device for a longer period or until you delete them manually.
2. How Avain uses cookies
We categorize the cookies we use based on their function:
- Necessary cookies: These are technically necessary for the website to function correctly and for us to remember your choices, for example, that you have consented to the use of cookies via our consent tool. You cannot turn these off.
- Analytics cookies: We use these to understand how visitors use our website. By analyzing statistics, we can improve content, fix technical problems, and make our guides more relevant to you.
3. Third-party cookies
We use services from external providers to run Avain and understand our visitors' needs. These services may place their own cookies on your device:
- Google Tag Manager: Used to manage and deploy our various tracking and analytics scripts in a structured manner.
- Google Analytics & Search Console: Helps us analyze how traffic finds its way to our website and which pages are most popular. Google processes this data to give us reports on website performance.
- PostHog: Used for product analysis. PostHog helps us understand user behavior at a detailed level so we can build a better and more intuitive housing guide for you.
4. Your choices - Managing cookies
You have full control over the cookies used on our website:
- Cookie banner: When you visit Avain for the first time, a banner is displayed where you can give your consent to or decline analytics cookies.
- Change choices: You can change your cookie settings at any time by clearing your browser's history or using your browser settings to block or delete cookies.
Instructions for the most common browsers (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Edge) can be found in the help section of the respective browser.
Please note: If you choose to block all cookies (including necessary ones), it may mean that some parts of our website will not function as expected.
5. Changes to this policy
We may update this cookie policy as we develop the website or change our tools. The latest version is always published on this page.
6. Questions
Do you have questions about our use of cookies or how we handle your data? Feel free to contact us at contact@avain.se.