Cookie Policy
We use cookies to help improve your experience of FinStack’s websites. This Cookie Policy
is part of FinStack’s Privacy Policy, and covers the use of cookies between your device
and our site.
What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small text file that is placed on your computer, smartphone or other device when
you visit our website. Cookie files are stored on your device and allows us to recognise you and
ensure your view when you visit, typically containing information about the website itself, a
unique identifier that allows the site to recognise your web browser when you return, additional
data that serves the purpose of the cookie, and the lifespan of the cookie itself.
Cookies are used to enable certain features (eg. logging in), to track site usage (eg.
analytics), to store your user settings (eg. timezone, notification preferences), and to
personalise your content (eg. advertising, language).
Cookies set by the website you are visiting are normally referred to as “first-party
cookies”, and typically only track your activity on that particular site. Cookies set by
other sites and companies (ie. third parties) are called “third-party cookies”, and
can be used to track you on other websites that use the same third-party service.
Types of cookies and how we use them
- Essential cookies: Essential cookies are crucial to your experience of a
website. We use essential cookies to enable certain functions on our website.
- Performance cookies: Performance cookies are used in the tracking of how
you use a website during your visit, without collecting personal information about you.
Typically, this information is anonymous and aggregated with information tracked across all
site users, to help companies understand visitor usage patterns, identify and diagnose
problems or errors their users may encounter, and make better strategic decisions in
improving their audience’s overall website experience. These cookies may be set by the
website you’re visiting (first-party). We use performance cookies on our site.
- Functionality cookies: Functionality cookies are used in collecting
information about your device and any settings you may configure on the website you’re
visiting (like language and timezone settings). With this information, websites can provide
you with customised, enhanced or optimised content and services. These cookies may be set by
the website you’re visiting (first-party). We use functionality cookies for selected
features on our site.
- Targeting/advertising cookies: Targeting/advertising cookies are used in
determining what promotional content is more relevant and appropriate to you and your
interests. Websites may use them to deliver targeted advertising or to limit the number of
times you see an advertisement. This helps companies improve the effectiveness of their
campaigns and the quality of content presented to you. These cookies may be set by the
website you’re visiting (first-party).We use targeting/advertising cookies on our
site.
How you can control or opt out of cookies
If you do not wish to accept cookies from us, you can instruct your browser to refuse cookies
from our website. Most browsers are configured to accept cookies by default, but you can update
these settings to either refuse cookies altogether, or to notify you when a website is trying to
set or update a cookie.
If you browse websites from multiple devices, you may need to update your settings on each
individual device.
