This is how we use cookies
This policy explains how we use cookies and your ability to choose how to use them. You can read more about how we handle your personal data in our Privacy Policy.
If you want to avoid cookies
You can choose whether to accept cookies on your device. If you do not want to receive them, you can select a setting on your device that automatically causes your browser to refuse cookies or you can choose to be informed every time a website requests to store one.
You can also delete cookies manually from your hard drive at any time. You can read how to select these settings on your browser's help pages.
In order to use our website, you must allow temporary cookies to be used.
What are cookies?
A cookie is a small text file that consists of letters and numbers that the website you visit saves on your device. The cookie acts as a technical support that in various ways facilitates your use of the website. The cookies on our website are sent from SEB, or third parties and are stored on your device in different ways depending on what type of cookie it is.
Cookies are usually categorised depending on their endurance and provenance:
- Session cookie: A temporary cookie which is used only during the time you visit the website, and which automatically disappears when you close your browser.
- Persistent cookie: A cookie that is stored on your device for an extended period of time. For example, it is used in features that tell you what's new since you last visited the current website. This type of cookie remains on your device until you delete it, or it expires.
- First-party cookie: Cookies placed by the website you visit.
- Third-party cookie: A cookie which is placed by someone else than the owner of the website you visit.
You can find more information on cookies from the Irish Data Protection Commission on www.dataprotection.ie.
Why do we use cookies?
Cookies are used to support your experience when you use our website, for example, by displaying customised information or saving settings you have chosen so that you do not have to reselect them each time you visit us.
In addition, using cookies makes it easier for us to learn more about the needs of our visitors. They give us among other things statistics that we can measure and use in order to improve our websites.
The cookies we use are aimed at improving our services. Some of the cookies are needed for a service to work, while others are simply there to make the service easier for you to use.
Cookies, which are used on our websites, can be categorised as follows:
Necessary cookies are used to make our website functional, to maintain security and to save certain features. You can set your browser to block these cookies, but parts of our website will then stop working (for example, the menu).Within necessary cookies there are also cookies used to save settings such as language selection or whether we shall pre-fill your information in a form. Without these types of cookies, we would not be able to tailor our services to your wishes. These cookies are used as it is fundamental to our services that your experience with us should be as smooth as possible. You cannot opt out from these cookies.
Functional cookies are used for enhancing your experience and functions that are not critical for the service to work. A/B testing and personlisation could be such features. If you opt-out of these cookies some functions of the website could be affected.
Performance cookies provide us with analytical information about our visitors and how they use the website. With these cookies we can see what pages are visited the most, how short the response time is. The purpose of this collection is to make informed decisions on how to improve our services.