Use of cookies
Cookies are small text files placed on your computer when you browse a website. In common with many other websites, Legal & General use cookies for a variety of purposes.
Legal & General use 'first party cookies' in a general way, to gauge use of our website and measure response to our publicity and site usage.
Legal & General may use the same cookie for more than one purpose. For example, to understand the effectiveness of a campaign a cookie may be used to measure media responsiveness and site navigation.
Legal & General will not use data from which you can be individually identified in conjunction with data that tracks general user behaviour.
Most browsers are set to automatically accept cookies and if you're using Microsoft's Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or Netscape Navigator you should be able to configure your browser to restrict or block cookies, or you may wish to delete them.
For example, you may decide to delete or block the tracking cookie(s). The main one is set by the domain report.legalandgeneral.com and is managed by our agent Red Eye International Ltd. For your information, this particular cookie cannot be used or accessed by any company besides Legal & General.
Please note that should you block all cookies, you may not be able to use some of the forms on our site. If you block our tracking cookie only, your use of our site during a session should not be affected.
Google Analytics
Some Legal & General websites use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. ("Google"). Google Analytics uses cookies to help us to analyse how users use Legal & General web sites. The information generated by the cookie about your use of our sites (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States.
Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of our sites, compiling reports on website activity for us and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google.
You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of Legal & General web sites. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.
How to find and control your cookies
Users have the opportunity to set their computers to accept all cookies, to notify them when a cookie is issued, or not to receive cookies at any time. If you decide not to receive cookies it may limit your use of our website and services.
Below are the instructions on how to find your cookie settings:
If you're using Netscape 6.0:
On your Task Bar, click:
- Edit
- Preferences
- Click on Advanced
- Click on Cookies
If you're using Internet Explorer 6.0:
- Choose Tools
- Internet Options
- Click the Privacy Tab
- Click on Custom Level
- Click on the 'Advanced' button
- Tick the 'override automatic cookie handling' box and select Accept, Block or Prompt for action as appropriate.
If you're using Mozilla Firefox 1.5:
- Choose Tools
- Options
- Click the Privacy Icon
- Cookies
If you're using Internet Explorer 5.0 or 5.5:
- Choose Tools
- Internet Options
- Click the Security tab
- Click on Custom Level
- Scroll down to the sixth option to see how cookies are handled by IE5 and change to Accept, Disable, or Prompt for action as appropriate.
For more information about how to find and accept/reject cookies please read your browser help manual.
