Protecting and managing your online privacy

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Our Cookies policy explains how we use cookies and other internet tracking software. It also explains the choices you can make about whether we can put some types of cookies on your PC, tablet or mobile phone.

In this policy, where we say 'cookies' it can also mean other software that collects data while you use our websites and mobile apps.

Data we collect will be held by Strategy Analytics. We use this data to:

• Protect you from fraud and keep improving security

• Study how people use our websites and apps and our other services, so we can improve them

• Decide which of our products, services and offers may be relevant for you

• Tailor the marketing you see on social media, apps and other websites.

We do not share this data with any other companies or outside organisations. You can find out more about how we work with other data collectors in our Privacy Policy

We do not sell data to organisations outside our Group
 

What are cookies?

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Cookies are small files that are sent to your PC, mobile phone or tablet when you visit a website. They stay on your device and are sent back to the website they came from when you visit it again. Cookies collect data and send it to us while you use the site. These are written into mobile apps and web pages that you go to on your device.
 

Session and persistent cookies

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All cookies are either session cookies or persistent cookies.

Session cookies last for the length of your visit to a website. They delete themselves when you close your browser.

Session cookies can help with security. For instance, they can keep you logged on as you move around a website.

Persistent cookies stay on your device when you close your browser.

They are used for many jobs. For instance, they can remember your User ID for websites where you log on. They can also store your choices for when you go back to a website.

Organisations find them useful to see how people use their websites. They can also be used to tailor the ads and marketing you see on social media, apps and other websites.
 

First and third party cookies

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Whether a cookie is first or third party depends on where it comes from.

First party cookies are set by websites you visit.

Third party cookies are used by other organisations. For instance, our website uses ‘Share’ buttons for social network sites. If you click one, the social network site will put a ‘third party’ cookie on your device. That cookie may then collect data about you and send it to them too. You will need to set your privacy choices on their site, to tell them how they can use your data.

We use our own cookies and others from companies we work with such as social media, search engines, and our business partners.

Essential cookies and cookies you can choose

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Different types of cookies do different jobs on our website. Some are needed to make the website work. We need your consent to use others that are not essential. You can change your choices at any time. Just click the 'Cookies' link at the end of any page.