What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small text file that is stored on your device (computer, smart device, etc) browser when you visit a website. Each subsequent visit to your website, cookies are sent back to that website or to another website that recognizes the cookie to gain an overview of the user's online activity.
Cookies can help us analuyse how this website is used (for example, which pages are most popular) so that we can provide the best user experience for our website users.
Cookies used by this site
Strictly Necessary cookies
These cookies allow you to navigate our website. They do not collect any information about you that could be used for marketing purposes, nor do they remember where you have been on the Internet. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.
These cookies cannot be disabled.
| Cookie | Source | Expiry | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| has_js | www.rahandusministeerium.ee | Session | Registers whether the visitor has enabled JavaScript in their browser. JavaScript is used to create interactive functionality on the website |
Analytical cookies (Statistics).
These cookies are used to collect information about how you use this website.
| Cookie | Source | Expiry | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | www.rahandusministeerium.ee | 2 years | Registers a unique ID used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website |
| _gid | www.rahandusministeerium.ee | 1 day | Registers a unique ID used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. |
| _gat | www.rahandusministeerium.ee | 1 day | Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate. |
We use this information to improve our site by collecting anonymous data (e.g., number of website visitors and the page from which visitors accessed the site)
Marketing cookies
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| Cookie | Source | Expiry | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| __atuvc | www.rahandusministeerium.ee | 13 kuud | AddThis cookie that enables visitors to share content across various networking and social platforms. Stores the updated count of shared pages.. |
| __atuvs. | www.rahandusministeerium.ee | 1 day | AddThis cookie that enables visitors to share content across various networking and social platforms. |
Unclassified cookies
These are cookies whose category has not been determined.
This site does not use such cookies.
Third-party website cookies
This website may use content from other websites (e.g., Google Maps) or may redirect you to other websites that may use their own cookies. We have no control over cookies placed by other websites, even if you are redirected to them from this website..
Third-party services collect data according to their own terms and conditions.
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How to manage and delete cookies in your browser
Cookies used on this website can be enabled or disabled in your browser. Disabling a cookie or cookie category does not automatically delete the cookie from your browser.
Instructions for managing cookies: Chrome, Internet Explorer, Edge
Restricted access
Data exchange is encrypted via HTTPS protocol. In addition to us, access may also be granted to employees of our contractual partners (Information Technology Centre of the Ministry of Finance) who analyse, maintain or develop the website, based on a need-to-know basis.
Additional information
For more information, please contact the Data Protection Officer at [email protected]
Last updated: 08.12.2025
