Information about our use of cookies

What Information Do We Collect

Polar Capital may use “Cookies” to collect and access information concerning your visit to and use of the Website. “Cookies” are small pieces of information that your internet browser places on your computer’s hard drive and may be used by third parties to remember usernames and viewing preferences, tracking click streams on your browser and present users with personalised versions of the Website. Polar Capital presently uses the information it collects to identify you and your settings when you return to the Website and to enhance your experience of the Website. For full details on the “Cookies” applied by Polar Capital to your use of the website, please see the “Our Cookies” table below.

Where Polar Capital processes the information it collects from your use of the Website, other than the collection and access of such information, it will be carried out in accordance with the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulations (EU) 2016/679 (‘GDPR’). For more information about how Polar Capital process the personal information collected by “Cookies”, please read the Polar Capital Data Privacy Notice.

Types of Cookies

  1. Strictly Necessary Cookies

    Strictly necessary cookies help make a website navigable by activating basic functions such as page navigation and access to secure website areas. Without these cookies, the website would not be able to work properly.

  2. Functional Cookies

    Functional cookies make it possible to save information that changes the way the website appears or acts. For instance your preferred language or region.

  3. Statistical Cookies 

    Statistical cookies help the website owner understand how visitors interact with the website by collecting and reporting information.

  4. Marketing Cookies 

    Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across websites. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and interesting to the individual user and thus more valuable for publishers and third-party advertisers.

Our cookies

Information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them is included in the table below:

Polar Capital LLP

Cookie Category

Necessary

Cookie Identifier

sessionid

Purpose

Used to identify whether you have logged in, and if so, the account you have logged in with.

Expiry

Session

Polar Capital LLP

Cookie Category

Necessary

Cookie Identifier

csrftoken

Purpose

Ensures the website and application security.

Expiry

1 Year

Polar Capital LLP

Cookie Category

Necessary

Cookie Identifier

srpperm

Purpose

Used to remember the country and investor type you chose when you first visited the Website.

Expiry

3 Months

Cookie Information

Cookie Category

Necessary

Cookie Identifier

CookieInformationConsent

Purpose

Supports the website's technical functions.

Expiry

1 Year

Piwick Pro

Cookie Category

Necessary

Cookie Identifier

_pk_sesxxx

Purpose

Collects information about the users and their activity on the website for analytics and reporting purposes.

Expiry

30 Minutes

Piwick Pro

Cookie Category

Necessary

Cookie Identifier

_pk_idxxx

Purpose

Collects information about the users and their activity on the website for analytics and reporting purposes.

Expiry

1 Year

Cloudflare

Cookie Category

Functional

Cookie Identifier

__cf_bm

Purpose

Supports the website's technical functions.

Expiry

28 Minutes

Vimeo

Cookie Category

Statistical

Cookie Identifier

vuid

Purpose

Collects information about the users and their activity on the website through embedded video players for analytics and reporting purposes.

Expiry

2 Years

Google Analytics

Cookie Category

Statistical

Cookie Identifier

_ga

Purpose

Collects information about the users and their activity on the website for analytics and reporting purposes.

Expiry

2 Years

Google Analytics

Cookie Category

Statistical

Cookie Identifier

_ga_xxx

Purpose

These cookies are used to collect information in an anonymised form about how visitors use our websites. We use the information to produce reports covering metrics such as numbers of visitors to pages and time spent on the website.

Expiry

2 Years

Piwick Pro

Cookie Category

Statistical

Cookie Identifier

_pk_testcookiexxx

Purpose

Collects information about the users and their activity on the website for analytics and reporting purposes.

Expiry

Session

Piwick Pro

Cookie Category

Statistical

Cookie Identifier

_pk_sesxxx

Purpose

Collects information about the users and their activity on the website for analytics and reporting purposes.

Expiry

30 Minutes

Piwick Pro

Cookie Category

Statistical

Cookie Identifier

_pk_idxxx

Purpose

Collects information about the users and their activity on the website for analytics and reporting purposes.

Expiry

1 Year

Google

Cookie Category

Marketing

Cookie Identifier

_gcl_au

Purpose

Supports the integration of a third-party platform on the website to deliver targeted advertising.

Expiry

3 Months

Google Marketing Platform

Cookie Category

Marketing

Cookie Identifier

test_cookie

Purpose

Used for online marketing by collecting information about the users and their activity on the website. The information is used to target advertising to the user across different channels and devices.

Expiry

15 Minutes

How to Disable Cookies

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