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Cookies used by polisen.se

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We use YouTube as a platform for showing videos on our website. The use of YouTube by the police does not generate any new cookies. Although the version of YouTube used on polisen.se is designed to minimise cookies, YouTube will save a number of cookies to your browser. How many depends on your browser cookie settings and whether you are logged into Google. Cookies used may include NID, _Secure-ENID, __Secure-YEC, AEC, SOCS, SID, HSID, SAPISID or SSID. For information about how these cookies are administered by YouTube, please refer to the Google website.

Personal data

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More about the rules concerning cookies

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