Essential cookies are essential for our Website to work correctly and can't be switched off. Essential cookies allow us to collect and analyse data on an anonymous basis in relation to website traffic and the use of our website. They allow us to monitor our systems and improve operating performance. Essential cookies can't be disabled but they aren't intrusive and don't store any personally identifiable information.
Performance cookies consist of text files sent by a web server to a web browser. These allow us to store your preferences to enhance subsequent visits to our Website. These won't be automatically deleted when the browser is closed. They'll be stored by the browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless the user deletes these before the expiry date.
Session cookies are essential to ensure the correct functioning of our Website and are used to manage registration, login and access to reserved features.
First party cookies are cookies on our Website that we've set.
Third party cookies are set by a third party, such as an ad network, social media platform or search engine.
Other tracking technologies are used on our Website to better understand your preferences. These analyse your behaviour and offer you products or services more in line with your interests. This could be your Leeds Building Society search history, the content you read about Leeds Building Society or on banners or ads you’ve previously clicked on which are associated with us.
Targeting cookies are also known as pixels. They collect information about products you have looked at on our Website and social media sites like Facebook. Advertising networks across other website then use this information for profiling and advertising purposes. The pixels allow us to send individualised advertisements to you elsewhere on the internet.
Clear GIFs are tiny graphics with a unique identifier, similar in function to cookies. In contrast to cookies, which are stored on your computer’s hard drive, clear GIFs are embedded invisibly on web pages.
For a full list of the cookies we use on our Website, please see under 'Cookies we use':
Our use of cookies
We don't automatically capture or store personal information from browsers to our Website, other than:
- to log your IP address (which in certain circumstances will be your personal information)
- session information such as the duration of your visit to our Website and the nature of the browser used.
This information is used for administration of our Website and in the compilation of statistics which we use for analysis to improve our Website and generally understand who uses our Website.
