You can view a detailed list of the cookies we use.
Strictly necessary cookies are strictly necessary for our websites to work correctly and enable certain features. These cookies can't be disabled but they don't contain any personal or intrusive information.
Performance cookies consist of text files sent by a web server to a web browser. These allow us to collect and analyse (on an anonymous basis) traffic and use of our websites, monitor the system and improve operating performance, for example by storing your preferences to improve your future visits. It will not be automatically deleted when the browser is closed, but is stored by the browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date (unless deleted by the user before the expiry date).
Session cookies are essential to ensure the correct functioning of our websites and are used to manage registration, login and access to reserved features.
First Party Cookies, in basic terms, are cookies on our websites that we have set.
Third Party Cookies are set by a third party, such as an ad network, social media platform or search engine.
Other Tracking Technologies are used to better understand your preferences by analysing your behaviour on our websites, and offer you products or services more in line with your interests. The banners and ads you'll see will be based on your previous use of our websites (for example, your Leeds Building Society search history or the content you read about Leeds Building Society), or on banners or ads you’ve previously clicked on which are associated with us.
Targeting cookies are also known as pixels and they collect information about products you've looked at on our websites and social media sites like Facebook. Advertising networks across other websites then use this information for profiling and advertising purposes. The pixels allow us to send individualised advertisements to you (elsewhere on the internet).
Clear GIFs are tiny graphics with a unique identifier, similar in function to cookies. In contrast to cookies, which are stored on your computer’s hard drive, clear GIFs are embedded invisibly on web pages.
For a full list of the cookies we use on our websites, please see below under 'Cookies we use':
Our use of cookies
We don't automatically capture or store personal information from browsers to our websites, other than to log your IP address (which in certain circumstances will be your personal information), and session information such as the duration of your visit to our websites and the nature of the browser used. This information is used only for administration of our websites and in the compilation of statistics which we use for analysis in order to improve our websites and understand in general terms who uses our websites.