Essential cookies are essential for our Website to work correctly and can't be switched off. Essential cookies allow us to collect and analyse data (on an anonymous basis) in relation to website traffic and the use of our website. They allow us to monitor our systems and improve operating performance. Essential cookies can't be disabled but they aren't intrusive and don't store any personally identifiable information.
Performance cookies consist of text files sent by a web server to a web browser, which allows us to store your preferences to enhance your subsequent visits. It won't 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 Website and are used to manage registration/login and access to reserved features.
First Party Cookies, in basic terms, are cookies on our Website that we've 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 on our Website to better understand your preferences by analysing your behaviour on our Website and offer you products or services more in line with your interests. The banners and ads you will see will be based on your previous use of our Website (for example, your Leeds Building Society search history, the content you read about Leeds Building Society, etc.) 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 have looked at on our Website and social media sites like Facebook. Advertising networks across other website 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 Website, please see under 'Cookies we use':
Our use of cookies
We don't automatically capture or store personal information from browsers to our Website, 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 Website and the nature of the browser used. This information is used only for administration of our Website and in the compilation of statistics which we use for analysis in order to improve our Website and understand in general terms who uses our Website.
