Cookie Policy

Cookies are small text files. Websites you visit place cookies on your computer and other devices.

Cookies are widely used to make websites work, be more efficient and to provide website functionality. For example, cookies help us to remember certain information about you, such as your actions and preferences over a period of time. This could include login, language, font size and other display preferences, meaning you don’t have to keep re-entering details when you come back to our Website or browse from one page to another.

Our purposes for the use of cookies include:

• helping us to understand how people use our Website;
• ensuring our Website works properly and helping us to keep it secure;
• making our Website easier to use by remembering information previously entered;
• improving your experience of our Website by showing you information that's relevant to you; and
• for fraud prevention and protection purposes.

Essential cookies: are essential for our Website to work correctly and cannot 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 cannot be disabled but they are not intrusive and do not store any personally identifiable information.

Functional cookies: enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalisation. They may be set by us or by third party providers whose services we’ve added to our pages. If you don’t allow these cookies then some or all of these services may not function properly.

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. Performance cookies won’t be automatically deleted when the browser is closed but will be stored by the browser and will remain valid until their 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 have set.

Third party cookies: are set by a third party, such as an ad network, social media platform or search engine.

Other tracking technologies: can be used, including web beacons (whether that be pixel tags, tracking pixels, clear gifs or otherwise) which are tiny graphics files which show when someone has visited our Website or opened an email that we have sent to them. These technologies help us to not only assess and manage the effectiveness of our Website and emails, but to also 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.

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.

Most browsers will allow you to alter the settings used for cookies and to disable and enable them as you require.

You can reject all cookies, except essential cookies. You can have your computer warn you whenever cookies are being used. You can delete the cookies that are already on your computer and you can set your browser to prevent them from being placed.

Disabling cookies may, however, prevent some web services including on this Website from working correctly.

To disable cookies, or to receive a cookies warning, you will need to adjust your browser settings. Visit the "help" section of your browser for how to manage your cookie settings. Alternatively, you can use the links below.

Microsoft Edge

Mozilla Firefox

Google Chrome

Safari

Opera

For more information on cookies and advice on how to disable and enable them please go to http://www.allaboutcookies.org

Opting-out of Third Party Ad Networks

Visit the following for information about opting out of interest-based advertising and your choices for information used by DAA and NAI members.

• Digital Advertising Alliance (“DAA”)
• Network Advertising Initiative (“NAI”) Consumer Opt-Out Page

Opting out from one or more companies listed on the DAA Consumer Choice Page or the NAI Consumer Opt-Out Page will opt you out from delivery of interest-based content or ads to you by those companies. It doesn’t mean you’ll no longer receive any advertising through our Website or on other websites. You might continue to receive advertisements, for instance based on the particular website that you’re viewing you may see contextually based ads.

If your browsers are configured to reject cookies when you opt out on the DAA or NAI website, your opt out might not be effective. .

Additional information is available on the:

• DAA’s website
• NAI’s website

By using our website, you’re consenting to our cookie policy. You can change your cookie settings at any time through your browser.