Cookie Policy
Whilst
using this site, some information is collected automatically using 'cookies'.
What are cookies?
A
cookie is a small text file that is sent to your computer and stored on your
hard drive. This allows us to aggregate user data and analyse how the site is
being used by visitors in order to optimise and create the best possible
customer experience.
Collect
anonymous information that will help us understand visitors' browsing habits on
our website. We use this information to deliver a more user-friendly and
personal online service.
Why do we use cookies?
- Compile statistical reports on website activity, e.g. number of visitors and the pages they visit. By gathering this information, we can ensure that the content we provide is easily accessible, relevant and interesting to visitors.
- Temporarily store any information which you may enter in tools, such as calculators or demonstrations on our website. Information may need to be temporarily stored to deliver these types of services efficiently and is not used for any other means.
- In some cases, remember information about you when you visit our site. We may need to do this to provide some of our personalised services, such as getting a quote.
What do they not hold?
The
cookies we use do not hold any personally identifiable data such as:
1.
Names
2.
Phone Numbers
3.
Email Addresses
4.
Mailing Addresses
5.
Bank Account Numbers
6.
Credit Card Information
At
any time you can change your web browser settings to reject or delete cookies
that have already been saved on your computer. This can be done by using the
'Delete History' options found in the menu-bar within your web browser. However
this may prevent some parts of the website from working correctly on your
computer.
You
can stop cookies from being deployed on your computer by configuring your
browser not to accept them or opt-out. Please refer to your browser's 'help'
facility.
If
cookies are already on your system, you can delete them - For more information
on cookies and deletion of cookies please visit: www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies.
In
order to fully optimise our website, we use both Essential cookies and
Non-Essential Cookies.
Session cookies / Essential cookies:
The
most common 'essential cookies' is the shopping cart feature to save items as
you progress through a site so that your items are not forgotten and appear in
the 'checkout' stage when purchasing item(s) on a website. These are session
cookies and deleted when you leave the site.
Persistent cookies / Non essential cookies:
Authentication
is a common example to remember your log-in details when re-visiting a website.
Other website features made possible by persistent cookies include: language
selection, theme selection, menu preferences, internal site bookmarks or
favourites, among many others. On your first visit, the website is presented in
default mode. During your visit, you select your preferences and these
preferences are remembered, through the use of the persistent cookie, the next
time you visit the site.
Third Party Cookies
In
addition to cookies that Allianz places on your computer, cookies may also be
placed on your computer by third parties that we use to display our
advertisements on selected websites. Allianz may use reputable companies (such
as 'DoubleClick') to evaluate the effectiveness of our advertising and
promotions on third party websites. Please note that these cookies do not
contain any personally identifiable data.
We
may also use data tags on our website for reporting purposes, providing
information such as the web browser used and the time and date of a visit to
the Allianz website.
Web Analytics:
Websites
enabled with web analytics tags such as Google Analytics, allow us to measure
the performance of the pages on the website. We only use trusted web analytics
platforms that provide statistical insight into interaction and behaviours of
website visitors.
These
platforms work by dropping a cookie onto your computer on our behalf. The
information gathered by the cookies will be transmitted to a secure Server and
fed into the Analytics software. This software will provide us with information
about website usage that reflects visitor behaviours and used to enhance our
website experience.
Google's
own privacy policy can be found here: www.google.com/intl/en_uk/analytics/tos.html
(see section 8 for policy related information).
Display Advertising
You
may see Allianz owned website advertisements/content on third-party websites.
Allianz uses advertising techniques that target consumers. Some advertisements
you may see will be facilitated through a Display Advertising Network.
One
technique offered by Advertising Networks is Behavioural Targeting.
Advertisements can be tailored to transmit advertising of a more relevant
nature capturing user's online behaviour. These behaviours can then be used to
inform a network to place an advertisement on a website that is part of the
network.
Details
of how you can 'opt out' of receiving cookies that support behavioural
advertising can be found on the below site:
By
'opting out' of receiving cookies from any network, you may disable the ability
for a network to deliver ads that are targeted to your interests.
Accepting or rejecting cookies - what you need to do
You
can configure your internet browser to warn you each time a new cookie is about
to be stored on your computer so that you may make a decision whether to accept
or reject it.
Please
refer to your internet browser's help section for specific instructions.
Please
note that some parts of our website may not function properly if you reject
cookies.
Further information about cookies:
The
Interactive Advertising Bureau is an industry body that has produced a series
of web pages which explain how cookies work and how they can be managed.
With
regard to the new requirements on cookies after the revision of the Privacy and
Electronic Communications Regulations 2011, we are working towards implementing
the new requirements in line with official guidance.