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Our Cookies policy explains how we use cookies and similar technologies. It also explains the choices you can make about whether we can use cookies on your PC, tablet or mobile phone.

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In this policy, where we say 'cookies' it can also mean similar technologies that collect data while you use our website.

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Data we collect will be held by Distinct Finance Limited, we use this data to:

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• Protect you from fraud and keep improving security

• Study how people use our websites and apps and our other services, so we can improve them

• Decide which of our products, services and offers may be relevant for you

• Tailor the marketing you see on social media, apps and other websites.

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We may share some data with outside organisations. We do not sell data to organisations.

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WHAT ARE COOKIES?

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Cookies are a small text file placed on your computer or device when using our website, some information may be collected automatically using 'cookies'. They help improve your experience when visiting our website. By doing so, this helps us to understand your browsing habits, monitor which pages you find useful, tailor our operations to your needs and remembering information about your preferences; and understand the number of visitors we have to our site so that we can analyse data about web traffic and helps us to improve our website. 

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No information which identified you, such as your name address, email address or telephone number, is used to provide certain advertising. In order do display advertising tailored to you, Google and third-party websites may place or recognise a unique cookie on your browser. This cookie does not collect personal information about you nor is it linked to any identifiable information about you. Cookies can be temporary or permanent. 

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Temporary cookies form part of the security process while you are using the website; permanent cookies identify the link you used to find our website, check your browser so that we can make sure that our website and services work well with your computer and to help us monitor traffic on our website. 

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We do not have any control over the advertisements you see on other third party websites however you can request to opt out or customise these advertisements by using the Google Ads Preference Manager. 

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Why use cookies? 

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They help visitors:  Cookies allow sites to do things like provide personalised content and remember their log-in details and settings. You can turn them off - this won't stop a website from working, but it might mean it won't work as well as it could, or that you have to do the same thing more than once. 

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They help website owners: Cookies tell website owners things like: what search engine a visitor used to find the website, how often they've visited it, how long they've spent on it, and so on. 

 

How do I manage cookies? 

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You can choose to accept or decline cookies when visiting our website however this may affect your browsing experience and prevents you from taking full advantage of our site. Alternatively, you can disable cookies by following the instructions provided by your web browser, located within the ‘Help’, ‘Tools’ or ‘Edit’ facility. 

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If you are using Microsoft Windows Explorer: 

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1. Open 'Windows Explorer' 

2. Click on the 'Search' button on the tool bar 

3. Type 'cookie' into the search box for 'Folders and Files' 

4. Select 'My computer' in the 'Look In' box 

5. Click 'Search Now' 

6. Double click on the folders that are found 

7. 'Select' any cookie file 

8. Use the 'Delete' button on your keyboard 

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If you are not using Microsoft Windows Explorer, then you should select 'cookies' in the 'Help' function for information on where to find your cookie folder. 

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We do not pass on or sell cookies to any other companies.

Further information on the use of and managing cookies can be found at https://www.allaboutcookies.org.

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FIRST AND THIRD PARTY COOKIES

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Whether a cookie is first or third party depends on where it comes from.

First party cookies are set by websites you go to.

Third party cookies are set by outside organisations such as social media, search engines, other advertising networks, and our business partners.

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Here are links to the information notices for our main Third Party Partners.

 

Google

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How Google use cookies in advertising

How Google uses the data it collects

Types of cookies we use with Google

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Facebook

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Facebook Cookies Policy

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ESSENTIAL COOKIES AND COOKIES YOU CAN CHOOSE

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Different types of cookies do different jobs on our website. Some are needed to make the website work.

We need your consent to use others that are not essential. You can change your choices at any time. Just click the 'Cookies' link at the end of any page.

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CATEGORY WHAT THEY DO MY CHOICES

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Strictly necessary

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These cookies are needed to run our website, to keep it secure if you are logged on and to obey regulations that apply to us.

If you are a customer, they help us know who you are so that you can log on and manage your accounts. They also help us keep your details safe and private.

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Other important jobs they do are:

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• Help you move around the site

• Tell us if you’ve been to it before and which pages you went to

• Tell us how the site is working, so we can find and fix any problems.

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You can't turn off these cookies Functional

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These cookies are used for remembering things like:

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• Your region or country

• Your preferred language

• Accessibility options like large font or high contrast pages.

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You can't turn off these cookies Performance, these cookies tell us how you and our other customers user our website. We combine all this data together and study it. This helps us to:

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• Improve the performance of our services

• Improve the products we provide.

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We'll ask for your consent to use these cookies

 

Marketing

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These cookies help us decide which of our products, services and offers may be relevant for you.

We may use this data to tailor the marketing and ads you see on our own and other websites and mobile apps, including social media. For instance, you may see our ads on other sites after you have been to our website.

If you turn off marketing cookies, you will still see ads online, but they will not be tailored to things that may interest you.

We'll ask for your consent to use these cookies

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Find out how to manage cookies in common browsers (Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox and Safari) on the Information Commissioners’ Office (ICO) website.

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