Cookie policy

Introduction 

This cookie policy describes how SKF Vertevo AB (559505-9022, Gothenburg) (“SKF Vertevo”) uses “cookies” and other similar technologies on www.skfvertevo.com (the “SKF Vertevo website”).   

SKF Vertevo cares about the protection of your personal data. In relation to some cookies, SKF Vertevo may be able to identify you directly, or indirectly and will thereby be processing your personal data. For information about how we process personal data, please visit SKF Vertevo Privacy Notice.   

What cookies are   

Cookies are text files that contain small amounts of information that are downloaded to your device, when you visit our website or use our Apps, to ensure a more efficient and customized experience. In this cookie policy, we use the term “cookies” for cookies and all such similar tracking technologies. 
Some cookies are required for the SKF Vertevo website to function or to provide the services. Meanwhile, it is up to you to choose whether to allow the non-mandatory cookies on your device, which are not installed without your consent. To change your cookie settings at any time, please see below section "How to manage cookies". 

Some cookies collect information to protect our website; other cookies provide us with information to improve performances; others are used to customize content.  As you navigate the SKF Vertevo website, you can either install “first-party” or “third-party” cookies.  “First-party cookies” are installed and managed by SKF Vertevo, whereas “third-party cookies” are installed by third parties. Please note that SKF Vertevo is not responsible for how third-party’s cookies are used to collect information (whether the SKF Vertevo website links to such third-party website, or vice versa). 

Cookies used by SKF Vertevo  

Each cookie performs a specific action, and based on the function and purpose of use they can be divided into the following groups. 

  • Functional and technical cookies are essential for websites and their features to work properly. These categories of cookies can be used without the prior and express consent of the user and are enabled automatically; they can be managed by SKF Vertevo directly, or by third parties. These cookies are recognizable and identifiable by a disabled button.
  • Non-functional cookies store information or gain access to information stored in your device. They are used with your consent, and managed by SKF Vertevo directly, or by third parties. Non-functional cookies includes:
    • Measurement cookies, including performance and analytics cookies, collect information of the user that visit the SKF Vertevo website and provides information to SKF Vertevo on how its websites/apps perform. These cookies enable us to optimize the use of the SKF Vertevo website/apps to improve the website's performance, giving you the possibility to easily find what you are looking for.
    • Marketing cookies are profiling and advertising cookies; they store information on user preferences during navigation and are installed to offer targeted services or content, commercial initiatives based on the sections in our websites that are most relevant to user interests.
    • Social media cookies set by third-party social media platforms, that have been integrated into our website to track users’ online activities and present them with digital content that may be of interest to them. More information on how your data is used is available on the relevant third-party websites.

Cookies may be: 

  • Temporary or session cookies: used to store temporary information and to connect actions performed during a specific session and are removed from the user’s device once the browser is closed.
  • Permanent or persistent cookies: used to store information such as name and access password, so that users do not need to enter this information every time they visit a particular website. These cookies are permanently stored in the users’ device after the browser is closed. 

First-party cookies used by SKF Vertevo include: 

 Code variable  

Cookie name  

Cookie Duration  

Purpose  

repair_access_token  

Access repair instructions cookie  

5 min  

This cookie is used to temporarily keep the authentication token active, enabling secure backend communication required to access repair instructions.  

repair_download_token  

Download repair instructions cookie  

5 min  

This cookie is used to temporarily keep the authentication token active, enabling secure backend communication required to download repair instructions.  

snowFlakeTracking  

Snowflake tracking cookie  

browser session(Until browser is closed)  

This cookie records the user's tracking consent preference. It allows backend services to determine whether tracking-related functionality and analytics behavior should be enabled or disabled based on the user's consent choice.  

For more information about first-party cookies, please contact webassist@skfvertevo.com  
Please follow the link  to learn more about them.

How to manage cookies 

Cookie settings can be found on your device and can be changed at any time, following the instruction for your specific browser.   

Changes to this cookie policy 

This cookie policy is regularly updated, and we therefore encourage you to visit this site at intervals. This cookie policy is in effect as of September 2026. 

Contact us 

For any question about our use of cookies, you may contact webassist@skfvertevo.com.  
For any question concerning the processing of your personal data, you may contact our Group Data Privacy Officer at privacy@skfvertevo.com.