Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer, smartphone or other device by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to help us to improve our site and deliver a better and more personalised service.

The Alliance Finance Bank website uses persistent cookies and session cookies. We use cookies to estimate audience size and usage patterns; to store information about your preferences, allowing us to customise our site according to your individual interests and to make searches you make quicker and more accurate. Our website also uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site. By continuing to browse the site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.

We use the following cookies:

• Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website.
• Analytical/performance cookies. They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
• Functionality cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language).
• Targeting cookies. These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.

Persistent cookies

A ‘persistent cookie’ remembers your computer and, by doing so, allows us to identify specific information about your visits to the site.

Session cookies

Our system also uses what are known as 'session cookies' for the transactional areas of our website. This type of cookie does not save or store, but merely accesses and uses some of the personal information you have previously given us to remember log-in details and facilitate your transactions with us. 'Session cookies' are deleted once you log out from the transactional area you entered.

Analytics Services

We use third parties, including Google Analytics and Lucky Orange to assess your experience on our website by storing cookies on your browser and/or device and the information generated by these cookies (including your IP address) may be transmitted to servers outside of the European Union but only where there are similar data protection laws. This tool gathers anonymous data, which we use to continually improve our online services and information. You can find out more about how these cookies are used on their respective websites at:

www.support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en

www.luckyorange.com/privacy.php

By using this website you are consenting to the use of these cookies.

How to control and delete cookies

If you do not wish to allow the use of cookies, and still wish to browse the website, you can turn off cookies within your browser settings. Please note that if you do opt to reject cookies, any personalised functionality of this website will not operate correctly.

You should be able to refer to the Help function in your browser for information on how to turn off cookies. You can also find more information on how to remove cookies at www.allaboutcookies.org.

When we provide links to third party websites, please be aware that they will have their own privacy and cookie policies which you should read carefully.

For more information on Alliance Finance Bank’s privacy measures, please use the links below.