This Cookie Notice describes the different types of cookies and similar technologies that may be applied on Shard Capital website.
Shard Capital may change this Cookie Notice at any time.
What is a Cookie?
Cookies are text files containing small amounts of information which are downloaded to your device when you visit a site. Cookies are then sent back to the originating site on each subsequent visit, or to another site that recognises that cookie. Cookies are useful because they allow a site to recognise a user’s device. You can find more information about cookies at:
- allaboutcookies.org
- youronlinechoices.eu
Cookies do lots of different jobs, like letting you navigate between pages efficiently remembering your preferences, and generally improve your website experience. They can also help to ensure that adverts you see online are more relevant to you and your interests.
Most sites you visit will use cookies in order to improve your user experience by enabling that site to ‘remember’ you, either for the duration of your visit (using a ‘session cookie’) or for repeat visits (using a ‘persistent cookie’). Cookies may be set by the site you are visiting (‘first party cookies’) or they may be set by other sites who run content on the page you are viewing (‘third party cookies’).
Cookies used on this site
Shard Capital (“us”/”our”/”we”) uses first party and third party cookies. We use cookies in order to make this site easier to use, to support the provision of information and functionality to you, as well as to provide us with information about how this site is used so that we can make sure it is as up to date, relevant and error free as we can.
To the extent any Personal Information is collected through cookies, our Privacy Policy applies and complements this Cookie Notice.
If you block our use of cookies, you may be unable to access certain areas of our site and certain functions and pages will not work in the usual way. Doing so may also affect our ability to update this site to cater for user preferences and improve its performance.
Change your Cookies preferences
You can amend your Cookies preferences at any time by clicking on the blue ‘C’ logo in the bottom right hand corner of the webpage.
Strictly Necessary Cookies
Strictly necessary cookies are essential in order to enable you to move around the site and use its features and/or services. Without these absolutely necessary cookies, the site will not perform as smoothly for you as we would like it to and we may not be able to provide the site with certain services or features.
| Cookie Name | Description | Provider | Expiry | 1st or 3rd Party | Domain |
| CookieControl | This cookie is set to remember the user’s preferences about cookies. | CivicUK | 3 Months | 1st Party | Shard Capital |
Analytical Cookies
Analytical cookies help us to improve our website by collecting and reporting information on its usage.
| Cookie Name | Description | Expiry Date | 1st or 3rd party | Domain |
| _ga | This cookie is used to store, count and track pageviews. | 14 months | 3rd Party | Shard Capital |
| _gat_gtag_UA_*_1 | This cookie is used to store and track conversions. | 1 hour | 3rd Party | Shard Capital |
| _gid | This cookie is used to store, count and track pageviews. | 14 months | 3rd Party | Shard Capital |
Marketing Cookies
Marketing cookies are linked to services provided by third parties. The third party provides these services in return for recognising that you have visited our Site. These cookies collect information about your browsing habits on this site in order to make advertising both on this site and other sites you subsequently visit relevant to you and your interests, to limit the number of times those adverts are served to you and to help measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.
| Cookie Name | Description | Expiry Date | 1st or 3rd party | Domain |
| AnalyticsSyncHistory | Used to store information about the time a sync took place with the lms_analytics cookie | 30 days | 3rd Party | |
| UserMatchHistory | Used for id sync process. It stores the last sync time to avoid repeating the syncing process in a frequent manner | 30 days | 3rd Party | |
| _guid | Used to identify a LinkedIn Member for advertising through Google ads | 90 days | 3rd Party | |
| bcookie | Browser Identifier cookie to uniquely identify devices accessing LinkedIn to detect abuse on the platform | 1 year | 3rd Party | |
| lang | Used to remember a user’s language setting to ensure LinkedIn.com displays in the language selected by the user in their settings. | session | 3rd Party | |
| li_gc | Used to store consent of guests regarding the use of cookies for non-essential purposes | 6 months | 3rd Party | |
| li_mc | Used as a temporary cache to avoid database lookups for a member’s consent for use of non-essential cookies and used for having consent information on the client side to enforce consent on the client side | 6 months | 3rd Party | |
| liap | Used by non-www.domains to denote the logged in status of a member | 1 year | 3rd Party | |
| lidc | To facilitate data center selection | 24 hours | 3rd Party | |
| lms_ads | Used to identify LinkedIn Members off LinkedIn for advertising | 30 days | 3rd Party | |
| lms_analytics | Used to identify LinkedIn Members off LinkedIn for analytics | 30 days | 3rd Party |
Managing Cookies in your Browser
In addition to the options provided above, you may refuse or accept cookies from the site at any time by activating settings on your browser. Information about the procedure to follow in order to enable or disable cookies can be found on your Internet browser provider’s site via your help screen. We have also supplied links to several of the more popular browsers for procedures on how to view and disable cookies.
- Google Chrome Browser
- Microsoft Internet Explorer Browser
- Mozilla Firefox Browser
- Apple Safari Browser
- Opera Web Browser
Please be aware that if cookies are disabled, not all features of the site may operate as intended.
How to delete Cookies
For further information on how to delete cookies we recommend that you read the information provided at following link:
Further Information
You can find more information about cookies by visiting www.allaboutcookies.org to obtain detailed information on how to prevent cookies from being set on your particular browser.
For further information about Google Analytics please see: Safeguarding your Data.
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