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This Cookies Policy sets out the basis on which we, Pension Insurance Corporation plc, use cookies and similar technologies on or in relation to the website, www.pensioncorporation.com (‘our public website’). This Cookies Policy is effective from 27th June 2022.
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer 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 the owners of the site. This policy explains the cookies we use and why.
‘Essential’ cookies are automatically placed on your computer or device when you access or take certain actions on our public website; we do not need your consent to use essential cookies.
Analytics cookies may only be placed on your computer or device if you have given consent (permission) to us doing so. For more information about the different types of cookie, see the section below entitled About cookies.
For information on how you consent, and how you can withdraw your consent, to us placing non-essential cookies and other technologies on your computer or device, see the section below entitled How to accept or reject cookies.
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer 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 the owners of the site. Cookies are frequently categorised in a number of different ways:
Essential cookies: these are cookies that are either:
Non-essential cookies: these are any cookies that do not fall within the definition of essential cookies, such as cookies used to analyse and understand how people use a website (‘analytical’ cookies) or cookies used to display advertisements to you (‘advertising’ cookies).
Cookie persistence describes the period of time that a cookie will remain on your computer or device unless you manually delete it.
Session cookies: cookies only last as long as you keep your browser open. They expire when you close your browser.
Persistent cookies: persistent cookies expire at a fixed point in time or if you manually delete them from your browser, whichever occurs first. The list below provides details of the time period that applies to each cookie that our site may use.
First party cookies: these are cookies placed on your device by our public website domain.
Third party cookies: these are cookies placed on your device by third party website domains.
In the list below, the ‘Source’ column entry shows which website domain is responsible for placing cookies on your computer or device when using our site. If you require further information about cookies in general, please visit www.allaboutcookies.org
| Source | Cookie name | Description | Duration |
| pensioncorporation.com | CookieControl | Used to record whether you have consented to Analytics Cookies being placed on your computer or device | 3 months |
| pensioncorporation.com | dynamicFont | Used to store your choice of font size for viewing the site | session |
| picmemberzone.com | LPVID | This is a visitor identifier used by our webchat system. It allows you to resume a suspended or interrupted chat session. This cookie will be retained for a maximum of 7 days | 7 days |
| picmemberzone.com | lpLastVisit-# | Used by our webchat platform to store the timestamp of the users last visit | persistent |
| picmemberzone.com | LPSID-56527936 | This is a session variable used by LivePerson, our webchat system | session |
| pensioncorporation.com | showSignly,signlyVideoWidth, signlyTutorialShrink, signlyLoadCounter, signlyTutorialExpand, signlyTutorialClose |
(Local storage) Used by Signly to show sign language translations |
persistent |
| pensioncorporation.com | Recite:Persist | This cookie is used when the Assistive Toolbar is launched and allows the toolbar to persist across subsequent web pages on the website. | 365 days |
| pensioncorporation.com | Recite:Preferences | To store the toolbar user's accessibility settings, namely, what accessibility adjustments the user made using the toolbar, such as font-sizes or colours | 365 days |
| pensioncorporation.com | Recite:country-code | This cookie is used to store the country of the user and display localized content | 7 days |
| Source | Cookie name | Description | Duration |
| Google.com | _ga | Used to help us understand the number of website visits that were prompted by our public and corporate relations activities on other sites. | 2 years |
| Google.com |
_gid | Used to store information of how visitors use a website and helps in creating an analytics report of how the website is doing. | 24 hours |
| Google.com |
_gat | Used to collect information about how visitors use our website. We use this information to compile reports and to help us improve the website.
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1 minute |
| Siteimprove.com | AWSELB | The cookie ensures that the information about all page views for the same visit (user session) is combined to help us understand whether website visitors are able to easily find the information they need and to identify areas for improvement in the layout. | session |
When using our public website, you can change your cookie preferences at any time by clicking on the ‘Manage your cookie preferences’ button at the top of this page. You can then set your cookie preference by using the tick boxes in the pop up window and click 'Save'. You may need to refresh your page for the new settings to take effect.
Alternately, most web browsers allow some control of cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set, visit www.aboutcookies.org.
Find out how to manage cookies on popular browsers:
To find information relating to other browsers, visit the browser developer's website.
To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
