Cookie policy
We (B&CE Holdings Ltd) use cookies on our websites to help give you the best experience we can.
If you’d like to remove or refuse cookies, you can learn how to below – see ‘What to do about unwanted cookies or adverts’. However, this may mean our website won’t work in the way you’d expect.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device (such as a computer or mobile phone) when you browse websites. Almost all websites use them. They help us to distinguish you from other visitors. They also help us to customise our web pages by remembering your preferences, such as font size.
When you return to our websites, we use the information in the cookie to recognise your last session. This improves the quality of your experience on our websites.
Why do we use cookies?
We use cookies to make our websites work as you’d expect. They also help us to:
- continually improve our websites
- improve speed and security of our websites
- remember your search settings during and between visits
- let you share pages with social networks like Facebook and add comments to our site
- make our marketing more efficient so you should only see advertising or promotions that are relevant to you, eg via Google or Facebook.
We don’t use cookies to:
- collect any personally identifiable or sensitive information
- send personally identifiable data to third parties.
What type of cookies do we use?
The People’s Pension
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Cookie type |
Name |
Where we use it |
Why we use it and how long it lasts |
Cookie category |
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First-party cookie |
_dc_gtm_xxxxxx |
Google Tag Manager |
To identify visitors by age, gender or interests in Google Tag Manager. Expires after each visit. |
Essential |
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First-party cookie |
_ga |
Google Analytics |
To identify unique users. Expires after 2 years. |
Analytics |
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First-party cookie |
_gat |
Google Analytics |
To limit requests to Google Analytics. Expires after 1 minute. |
Analytics |
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First-party cookie |
_gid |
Google Analytics |
To distinguish different users by a non-personal random number, instead of using personal information. Expires after 24 hours. |
Analytics |
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First-party cookie |
Cusid |
ClickDimensions |
To uniquely identify visitors by a non-personal random number, instead of using personal information. Expires after 30 minutes. |
Marketing |
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First-party cookie |
Cuvon |
Google Tag Manager |
To identify the most recent page view. Expires after 30 minutes. |
Essential |
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First-party cookie |
_fbp |
The People’s Pension website |
Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers. Expires after 3 months. |
Marketing |
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First-party cookie |
_gcl_au |
The People’s Pension website |
Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services. Expires after 3 months. |
Marketing |
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First-party cookie |
lh_slider_103538 |
The People’s Pension website |
This cookie is used for tracking the session. It tracks user data, such as logged in credentials. Expires after 12 months.
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Essential |
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First-party cookie |
mf_user |
The People’s Pension website |
This mouseflow cookie establishes whether the user is a returning or first time visitor. This is done simply by a yes/no toggle – no further information about the user is stored. Expires after 90 days. |
Analytics |
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First-party cookie |
PHPSESSID |
The People’s Pension website |
To store a simple message when a form is submitted that can be displayed on a different page. Expires after each visit. |
Functional |
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First-party cookie |
rated_3680 |
The People’s Pension website |
This cookie is used to remember a user response when they rate an article on the website. Expires after 12 months. |
Functional |
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First-party cookie |
Recite.Persist |
The People’s Pension website |
This stores a flag to indicate whether toolbar should persist between pages or not. Expires after each visit. |
Functional |
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Third-party cookie |
IDE |
doubleclick.net |
To measure visitors’ actions after they click through from an advert. Expires after 1 year. |
Marketing |
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Third-party cookie |
fr |
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To track advertising opt-outs on Facebook. Expires after 3 months. |
Marketing |
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Third-party cookie |
1P_JAR |
Google Analytics |
Google cookie. These cookies are used to collect website statistics and track conversion rates. Expires after 30 days. |
Analytics |
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Third-party cookie |
Bcookie |
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Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services. Expires after 2 years. |
Marketing |
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Third-party cookie |
Bscookie |
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Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services. Expires after 2 years. |
Marketing |
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Third-party cookie |
CONSENT |
Google Analytics |
Used to detect if the visitor has accepted the marketing category in the cookie banner. This cookie is necessary for GDPR-compliance of the website. Expires after 18 years. |
Marketing |
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Third-party cookie |
lidc |
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LinkedIn cookie used for routing from share buttons and ad tags. Expires after 24 hours. |
Marketing |
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First-party cookie |
mf_d80daa54-ad56-420b-a91c-01c0ff0cd730 |
The People’s Pension website |
A mouseflow cookie for identifying the browser session. Session cookie expires when users closes browser or logs out. |
Analytics |
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Third-party cookie |
NID |
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Google uses cookies, like the PREF cookie, NID and SID, to contribute to the personalization of the ads in Google properties, like Google search. Expires after 6 months. |
Marketing |
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Third-party cookie |
PREF |
YouTube |
This cookie allows YouTube to collect usage information for YouTube hosted videos. Expires after each visit. |
Analytics |
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Third-party cookie |
Recite_Session |
ReciteMe |
These are a form of session-ID that is used for API requests to validate users, there is no data transferred other than a true or false value. Expires after each visit. |
Functional |
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Third-party cookie |
test_cookie |
DoubleClick |
To measure the visitors’ actions after they click through from an advert. Expires after each visit. |
Marketing |
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Third-party cookie |
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE |
YouTube |
This cookie allows YouTube to collect usage information for YouTube hosted videos. Expires after 179 days. |
Analytics |
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Third-party cookie |
YSC |
YouTube |
This cookie allows YouTube to collect usage information for YouTube hosted videos. Expires after each visit. |
Analytics |
B&CE
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Cookie type |
Name |
Where we use it |
Why we use it and how long it lasts |
Cookie category |
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First-party cookie |
browserupdateorg |
B&CE website |
Notifies users to update their browsers. Expires after each visit. |
Essential |
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First-party cookie |
_dc_gtm_xxxxxx |
Google Tag Manager |
To identify visitors by age, gender or interests in Google Tag Manager. Expires after each visit. |
Essential |
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First-party cookie |
_ga |
Google Analytics |
To identify unique users. Expires after 2 years. |
Analytics |
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First-party cookie |
_gat |
Google Analytics |
To limit requests from the web page to Google Analytics. Expires after 1 minute. |
Analytics |
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First-party cookie |
_gid |
Google Analytics |
To distinguish different visitors by a non-personal random number, instead of using personal information. Expires after 24 hours. |
Analytics |
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First-party cookie |
_gcl_au |
Google Adsense |
Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services. Expires after 3 months. |
Marketing |
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First-party cookie |
_vwo_uuid_v2 |
Visual Web Optimiser |
To ensure visitors see the same version of the page when we’re testing different versions. Expires after 1 year. |
Analytics |
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First-party cookie |
cb-enabled |
B&CE website |
To control the display of the cookie notice. Expires after 1 year. |
Essential |
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First-party cookie |
Cusid |
ClickDimensions |
To uniquely identify visitors by a non-personal random number, instead of using personal information. Expires after 30 minutes. |
Marketing |
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Third-party cookie |
Bcookie |
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Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services. Expires after 2 years. |
Marketing |
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Third-party cookie |
Bscookie |
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Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services. Expires after 2 years. |
Marketing |
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Third-party cookie |
IDE |
doubleclick.net |
To measure the visitors’ actions after they click through from an advert. Expires after 1 year. |
Marketing |
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Third-party cookie |
cusid |
ClickDimensions |
To uniquely identify visitors by a non-personal random number, instead of using personal information. Expires after 30 minutes. |
Marketing |
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Third-party cookie |
Cuvid |
ClickDimensions |
To identify the first visit from a web browser. Expires after 2 years. |
Marketing |
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Third-party cookie |
Cuvon |
ClickDimensions |
To identify the most recent page view. Expires after 30 minutes. |
Essential |
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Third-party cookie |
__cfduid |
Browser-update.org |
To optimise the use of the content delivery network and provide faster web page load speeds. Expires after 1 year. |
Essential |
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Third-party cookie |
Lang |
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This cookie is used by Twitter for marketing purposes. Expires after each visit. |
Marketing |
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Third-party cookie |
Lidc |
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LinkedIn Share button and advertising tags. Expires after 24 hours. |
Marketing |
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Third-party cookie |
PREF |
YouTube |
This cookie allows YouTube to collect usage information for YouTube hosted videos. Expires after each visit. |
Analytics |
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Third-party cookie |
test_cookie |
DoubleClick |
To measure the visitors’ actions after they click through from an advert. Expires after each visit. |
Marketing |
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Third-party cookie |
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE |
YouTube |
This cookie is set by YouTube to keep track of user preferences for YouTube videos embedded in sites. It can also determine whether the website visitor is using the new or old version of the YouTube interface. Expires after 6 months. |
Analytics |
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Third-party cookie |
YSC |
YouTube |
This cookie is set by YouTube to track views of embedded videos. Expires after each visit. |
Analytics |
Employer Online Services
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Cookie type |
Name |
Where we use it |
Why we use it and how long it lasts |
Cookie category |
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Authentication cookie |
.ASPXFORMSAUTH |
The People’s Pension – Employer Online Services |
To enable visitors to log in to the site, and for us to check who they are. This cookie is essential for our site. Expires after 30 minutes. |
Essential |
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Authentication cookie |
ASP.NET_SessionId |
The People’s Pension – Employer Online Services |
To enable us store data from each visitor session. Expires after 30 minutes. The site may function incorrectly without it. Expires after 30 minutes. |
Essential |
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First-party cookie |
ASP.Net_SessionId |
The People’s Pension – Employer Online Services |
For security checks after login. Expires on window closing. |
Essential |
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First-party cookie |
_dc_gtm |
Google Tag Manager |
To identify visitors by age, gender or interests in Google Tag Manager. Expires after use. |
Essential |
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First-party cookie |
_fbp |
Employer Online Services |
Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers. Expires after 3 months. |
Marketing |
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First-party cookie |
_gcl_au |
Employer Online Services |
Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services. Expires after 3 months. |
Marketing |
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Third-Party cookie |
1P_JAR |
Employer Online Services |
Google cookie. These cookies are used to collect website statistics and track conversion rates. Expires after 30 days. |
Analytics |
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Third-Party cookie |
CONSENT |
Employer Online Services |
Used to detect if the visitor has accepted the marketing category in the cookie banner. This cookie is necessary for GDPR-compliance of the website. Expires after 18 years. |
Marketing |
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Third-Party cookie |
fr |
Employer Online Services |
To track advertising opt-outs on Facebook. Expires after 3 months.
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Marketing |
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First-party cookie |
_ga |
Google Analytics |
To identify unique visitors. Expires after 2 years. |
Analytics |
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First-party cookie |
_gat |
Google Analytics |
To limit requests to Google Analytics. Expires after 1 minute. |
Analytics |
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First-party cookie |
_gid |
Google Analytics |
To distinguish different users by a non-personal random number, instead of using personal information. Expires after 24 hours. |
Analytics |
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Third-Party cookie |
IDE |
Employer Online Services |
To measure the visitors’ actions after they click through from an advert. Expires after 1 year. |
Marketing |
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First-party cookie |
MSAUTH |
Employer Online Services |
To enable visitors to log in to the site, and for us to check who they are. This cookie is essential for our site. Expires after 30 minutes. |
Essential |
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Third-Party cookie |
NID |
Employer Online Services |
Google uses cookies, like the PREF cookie, NID and SID, to contribute to the personalization of the ads in Google properties, like Google search. Expires after 3 months. |
Marketing |
MyProducts (Member’s Online Account)
| Cookie type | Name | Where we use it | Why we use it and how long it lasts | Cookie category |
| Third-party cookie | _dc_gtm_UA-34386883-2 | Google Tag Manager | An essential cookie associated with Google Tag Manager to enable us to track user behaviour on a page, this helps us to keep improving the website for users. Expires after 1 minute. | Essential |
| Third-party cookie | _dc_gtm_UA-37150123-1 | Google Tag Manager | An essential cookie associated with Google Tag Manager to enable us to track user behaviour on a page, this helps us to keep improving the website for users. Expires after 1 minute. | Essential |
| First-party cookie | _dc_gtm_UA-83014567-1 | Google Tag Manager | An essential cookie associated with Google Tag Manager to enable us to track user behaviour on a page, this helps us to keep improving the website for users. Expires after 1 minute. | Essential |
| Third-party cookie | _fbp | Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers. Expires after 3 months. | Marketing | |
| First-party cookie | _ga | Google Analytics | Used by Google Analytics to calculate visitor, session, campaign data and to keep track of site usage for the site’s analytics report. The cookies store information anonymously and assign a randomly generated number to identify unique visitors. Expires after 2 years. | Analytics |
| Third-party cookie | _gat_UA-34386883-2 | Google Analytics | Allows Google to limit the collection of data on high traffic sites. Expires after 1 minute. | Analytics |
| First-party cookie | _gat_UA-83014567-1 | Google Analytics | Allows Google to limit the collection of data on high traffic sites. Expires after 1 minute. | Analytics |
| First-party cookie | _gcl_au | Google Analytics | Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services. Expires after 2 months. | Marketing |
| First-party cookie | _gid | Google Analytics | To distinguish different users by a non-personal random number, instead of using personal information. Expires after 24 hours. | Analytics |
| First-party cookie | _RequestVerificationToken | MyProducts | To stop unauthorised posting of content to a website. Expires after each visit. | Essential |
| Third-party cookie | _utma | Google Analytics | To identify users and sessions. Expires after 2 years. | Analytics |
| Third-party cookie | _utmb | Google Analytics | To determine new sessions and visits. Expires after 30 minutes. | Analytics |
| Third-party cookie | _utmc | Google Analytics | To determine new visits and sessions. This cookie is deleted when the user closes the browser. Expires after 30 minutes. | Analytics |
| Third-party cookie | _utmt | Google Analytics | Allows Google to limit the collection of data on high traffic sites. Expires after 10 minutes. | Analytics |
| Third-party cookie | _utmz | Google Analytics | To record information about how the page was reached (for example via a search engine result or a direct link). Expires after 5 months. | Analytics |
| Third-party cookie | ANID | Google Analytics | To measure visitors’ actions after they click through an advert. Expires after 1 year. | Analytics |
| Authentication cookie | ASP.NET_SessionId | MyProducts | To enable us to store data from each visitor session. Expires after 30 minutes. | Essential |
| First-party cookie | ASP.NET_SessionId | MyProducts | For security checks after login. Expires after each visit. | Essential |
| First-party cookie | .ASPXAUTH | MyProducts | For security checks after login. Expires after each visit. | Essential |
| Third-party cookie | 1P_JAR | Google Analytics | To collect website statistics and track conversion rates. Expires after 1 year. | Analytics |
| Third-party cookie | Bcookie | Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services. Expires after 24 months. | Marketing | |
| Third-party cookie | CONSENT | Google Analytics | Used to detect if the visitor has accepted the marketing category in the cookie banner. This cookie is necessary for GDPR-compliance of the website. No expiry. | Marketing |
| Third-party cookie | DV | Google Adwords | To measure the visitors’ actions after they click through from an advert and to store user preferences. Expires after 24 hours. | Marketing |
| Third-party cookie | fr | To track advertising opt-outs on Facebook. Expires after 3 months. | Marketing | |
| Third-party cookie | Lang | Ads.linkedIn | LinkedIn uses this cookie to set the default locale or language for our adverts. This cookie expires after 1 session. | Marketing |
| Third-party cookie | lidc | LinkedIn cookie used for routing from share buttons and ad tags. Expires after 1 session. | Marketing | |
| Third-party cookie | Lissc | These cookies are used by LinkedIn to deliver adverts from us that are more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see our advertisements as well as to help measure the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns. Expires after 12 months. | Marketing | |
| Third-party cookie | MUID | Bing | This cookie is widely used by Microsoft as a unique user identifier to allow user tracking. Expires after 12 months. | Marketing |
| Third-party cookie | NID | Google uses cookies, like the PREF cookie, NID and SID, to contribute to the personalization of the ads in Google properties, like Google search. Expires after 6 months. | Marketing | |
| Third-party cookie | UserMatchedHistory | This cookie is placed by LinkedIn to enable ad delivery or retargeting marketing activity. Expires after 3 months. | Marketing | |
| Third-party cookie | UULE | To geolocate search engine results pages. This helps us to better tailor our advertising to visitor’s location. Expires after 24 hours. | Marketing |
First-party cookies
We set first-party cookies on behalf of the website you are visiting.
Third-party cookies
Third-party cookies collect and use anonymous information about your visits and interactions with our websites. We use third-party cookies to serve and personalise advertisements for our products and services. They also ensure we implement opt-outs made via the third party.
Necessary cookies
Cookies in this category are necessary for the site to function normally, so cannot be turned off.
Analytics cookies
These cookies are used to help us improve the performance of some or all pages on our website. For instance, we use Google Analytics to look at how people navigate through our website and use this to make improvements. For more information on how Google uses information from our site, please see the Google Privacy & Terms site.
Functional cookies
These cookies are used to enable certain functionality on our site such as personalisation. Disabling may lead to a poorer browsing experience.
Marketing cookies
These cookies will be used to track your preferences and only show adverts relevant to your interests. B&CE uses Facebook, LinkedIn, Microsoft Bing and Google advertising services. For more information on how Google uses information from our site, please see the Google Privacy & Terms site.
Social website cookies
So you can easily ‘Like’ or share our content on social networks (such as Facebook and Twitter) we’ve included sharing buttons on our websites. These are set by ShareThis, AddThis and Twitter.
The privacy implications will vary from social network to social network. They depend on the privacy settings you’ve chosen on these networks.
Anonymous visitor statistics cookies
We use cookies to compile visitor statistics – such as how many people have visited our website, how long they spend on the site and what pages they look at.
We use Google Analytics to provide these statistics, which help us to continuously improve our website. They also tell us, on an anonymous basis, how people reached our websites (for example from a search engine) and whether they’ve visited before. For more information on how Google uses information from our site, please see the Google Privacy & Terms site.
You can opt-out of Google Analytics by using Google’s opt-out tool.
What to do about unwanted cookies
Deleting cookies. Some web browsers allow you to delete cookies. If your browser allows this, you’ll be able to change your settings so that whenever you close your browser, it will delete any cookies that have been put on during that session of browsing.
Refusing cookies. Just remember that if you change your browser settings to refuse all cookies – in other words, websites won’t be able to put them on your device at all – you won’t be able to access your Online Account with us. If you’re worried about ‘spyware’, then rather than refusing all cookies, you may find you can use anti-spyware software to achieve the same goal by automatically deleting cookies it thinks are invasive.
Getting a warning about cookies. You can change your browser settings to warn you before cookies are used (and get the option of using them or not). You can do this by following the instructions in your browser. These are normally in the Help, Tools, or Edit menus.
How to stop unwanted adverts
Opting out of online adverts. To stop getting online interest-based advertisements from Facebook and other participating companies, visit the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance. You’ll need to opt out separately with each browser you use.
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