Cookie Policy

What are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed within your browser aiding Finnlines to identify the user and help Finnlines Plc (“the Company”) provide better services as set forth in the purposes described.

Thanks to the installation of Cookies the website stores some information which are retransmitted when the user comes back to the website or navigates from one page to the other. Cookies are also used to store anonymous information about how the website pages are navigated (log in and log out links, time spent on the site etc.) as well as to monitor and analyze the performance, operation and efficacy of the website to upgrade and streamline the same.

In some cases, the installation of cookies may require the user’s approval.

How we use Cookies

Finnlines uses Cookies and other tracking technologies for the following purposes:

  • Assisting you in navigation and using our services in general
  • Functionalities for bookings
  • Analyzing the use of our products, services or applications
  • Developing our services per our customers’ preferences
  • Assisting with our marketing efforts

Types of Cookies on Company’s website

We use the following types of cookies on our website:

Functionality cookies – They allow the user to navigate more easily through the website and to find the information required more rapidly by simplifying the connection and the transmission of data from the user to the website and vice versa. They may be either session or persistent cookies.

They are used on our website for the following purposes: To store the user’s session and his confirmation of the cookie policy and display the relative banner on the following visits or not.

Third party analytical cookies (anonymized) – Used on the website for statistical purposes.

This type of cookies is employed to collect analytical information about the use of the website. The Information is anonymized and the user can not be identified.

They are generated and provided by third parties for statistical reasons and don’t apply any device lowering the identifying capacity of the analytics cookies employed.

Tracking cookies (anonymized)

This type of cookies is used to track the users as they navigate through the web and create customized user’s profiles. Through this type of cookies targeted ads may be retransmitted to the user’s terminal equipment in line with the user’s profile.

Can the user control the installation of Cookies?

Yes, the user is enabled to directly control which cookies to accept or not through the user browser and so prevent third parties from installing any of them if desired. By setting the browser preferences it is possible to disable cookies previously enabled including the Cookie which contains the user approval to the installation of cookies from this website.

Please note that by disabling any Cookies, the operation of this website may be impaired.

The user may find more information about how to manage Cookies installed in the user browser at the following addresses:

Google Chrome
For more info visit the dedicated page: Google Support

Apple Safari
For more info visit the dedicated page: Apple Support

Safari iOS (mobile devices)
For more info visit the dedicated page: Apple Support

Microsoft Internet Explorer
For more info visit the dedicated page: Microsoft Support

Data supply

To prevent supplying data through cookies they must be disabled.
The supply of personal data is voluntary. Please note that in case of cookie disabling some services on the website may not be available.

Data Processing Modalities

Finnlines electronically processes user personal data as above.

As third party installation of Cookies and other tracking systems cannot be controlled by the Company, any reference to Cookies and tracking systems installed by Third Parties is to be considered only indicative.

Entity enabled to receive information about your personal data

User personal data may be communicated and disseminated only to authorized entities as per current laws and regulations and to company staff, the company and companies providing services on behalf of the company as per relative notices.
The entity entrusted with the control of user’s personal data is Finnlines Plc.

Rights of the Parties concerned

The data subject may, at any time, exercise the rights:

  • access to personal data, requiring that such data be made available to you in an intelligible form, as well as the purposes of the processing
  • to obtain the rectification or the erasure of the same or the limitation of processing
  • to obtain the portability of such data
  • to object to the processing of personal data
  • to lodge a complaint with a competent supervisory authority.

In this regard, we also inform you that the Data Protection Officer (DPO) appointed by Finnlines can be contacted at the following e-mail address: dataprotectionofficer@finnlines.com

In case of services provided by third parties, the user is entitled to oppose the processing of personal data as per the third party privacy policy and consulting the privacy policy of any third party supplier.

This privacy policy has been drawn up in accordance with Directive (EU) 2016/679, Directive 2002/58/CE, as amended by Directive 2009/136/CE and with Finnish Law on Electronic Communications (917/2014).