Version release date: October 8, 2025
Version: 1.0
The Gatehouse Satcom cookie policy of based on the requirements in the Danish Executive Order No. 1148 of 6 December 2011 on Information and Consent Required in Case of Storing and Accessing Information in End-User Terminal Equipment (the “Cookie Order”). The Executive order implements the e-Privacy Directive (the EU Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive of November 2009), which introduces requirements for informed consent by the user of a network service to storing of cookies on computers.
1.1 Cookies
When you visit Gatehouse Satcom website, you will automatically receive one or several cookies. A cookie is a small text file that is sent to and stored in your browser by a web server and is recognized by the website the next time you visit it, making it possible to recognize and send individualized information to your browser. A cookie’s job is, for example, to identify the user’s computer and thereby register the traffic of visitors on a website or remember specified settings from previous visits on a website. A cookie may contain text, digits or a date, for example, but no personal data is saved in a cookie. A cookie is a passive file, not a program, and it cannot spread viruses or other harmful programs. During your first visit to our website, you will be presented with a “cookie choosing tool” in which you can select your preferred level of cookies.
1.2 Can Cookies be Avoided?
If you do not wish to receive cookies, you can block all cookies, delete existing cookies from your computer, or receive a warning before a cookie is saved on your computer. You can manage and delete cookies from your device at any time by following the instructions provided here: www.aboutcookies.org/how-to-manage-and-delete-cookies
Blocking all cookies will, however, have a negative impact upon the usability and function of our website(s). If you choose not to accept cookies at all, you can still visit our website, however, we cannot guarantee an optimum experience.
1.3 Information Collected on our Websites
In order to develop and improve our website www.gatehousesatcom.com, we collect information of a technical nature and generate statistics on how the website is used. The statistics are used solely in summarized form, for example to see which search terms from search engines generate most visits, and the most frequently searched words and expressions on our websites. In addition, your IP-address is also registered, to get an overall indication of where you visit our website from, so we might improve our website(s). This information is not person-specific data, and it is collected solely for system administration purposes. We do NOT use your IP-address for purposes of individual identification. On this website, cookies are used in accumulated form for statistics that provide an overview of the number of visitors to the various areas of our website, so that we can make it as user-friendly as possible. Cookies are also used to increase usability when sites are saved under “Favorites”, or if users complete opinion polls on the site, so that such requests do not keep popping up. In the case of customized news items such as newsletters, cookies are used to save information on which news items are displayed in a browser, so that we can better target our news stories at relevant recipients.
1.4 Third-Party Functions
Our main website has a range of third-party functionalities embedded. For example, videos shown on the website are powered by YouTube or Vimeo and you have the opportunity to “Like” and share content on different social media platforms.
When you use one of these functions, the provider of the function might place a cookie. The purposes and information collected by such third-party cookies may vary from provider to provider. We therefore encourage you to look at each provider’s privacy and cookie policies.
Our third-party providers are:
1.5 Cookies Used on our Websites
