Privacy and Cookie policy

The proprietary, copyright and other intellectual property rights of this website are owned by the Farmers’ Social Insurance Institution Mela. Despite the copyrights, the mela.fi pages may be freely quoted and copied. Responsibility for the content and ensuring that it is up to date transfers to the borrower or copier. In accordance with good practice, the source must be stated when quoting pages.

Use of this service does not require registration with the exception of Mela’s e-services, which require registration to provide insured persons with access to their own information regarding Mela security. Lomitusnetti (Farmers’ Holiday e-services) also require registration.

Care has been taken to ensure the accuracy of the information contained in these pages. However, Mela is not responsible for the accuracy or correctness of the pages. In addition, Mela is not responsible for the content of any linked pages that are not published by Mela.

Mela does not guarantee undisrupted service. Mela is not responsible for any damage, expense or loss resulting from use of the service. Similarly, Mela is not responsible for any damage caused to our customers by telecommunications disruptions, IT system errors, or data security risks such as computer viruses.

Mela is entitled to make changes to the content, use and technology of the service and to restrict access to the service at any time.

Use of cookies

This website uses cookies. Cookies are small text files that our website saves on your device when you visit our website. Cookies identify your device when visiting the website and remember your previous visits in the future. The purpose is to improve the user experience. Cookies do not store any personal data about you.

Our website stores two types of cookies on your device: technical cookies and so-called third-party cookies. Technical cookies enable our online services to run smoothly and for us to provide you with a better service. For example, we use profiling to recommend content that may be of interest to you.

Third-party cookies refer to cookies on our website connected to the services of external service providers. We use Google Analytics on our website, for example, to monitor website usage and performance. Our website also utilises social plugins (such as embedded content from sites like YouTube, as well as share buttons for Facebook and Twitter) that may use their own cookies. These third-party services or apps offered by a third party on our website are subject to the user terms and other conditions of the third party in question.

Accepting or declining cookies

Accepting cookies allows you to receive the best user experience on our website. If you decline the use of cookies, some website features may not work on your device. We therefore recommend that you accept the use of cookies. If you want to completely block cookies, you can do so in your browser’s security settings. You can also clear the cookie history of your device in the browser settings.

Profiling

This website uses cookie-based profiling to recommend content that you may be interested in. You can choose to enable or disable profiling.