Information about our use of cookies

What Information Do We Collect

Polar Capital may use “Cookies” to collect and access information concerning your visit to and use of the Website. “Cookies” are small pieces of information that your internet browser places on your computer’s hard drive and may be used by third parties to remember usernames and viewing preferences, tracking click streams on your browser and present users with personalised versions of the Website. Polar Capital presently uses the information it collects to identify you and your settings when you return to the Website and to enhance your experience of the Website. For full details on the “Cookies” applied by Polar Capital to your use of the website, please see the “Our Cookies” table below.

Where Polar Capital processes the information it collects from your use of the Website, other than the collection and access of such information, it will be carried out in accordance with the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulations (EU) 2016/679 (‘GDPR’). For more information about how Polar Capital process the personal information collected by “Cookies”, please read the Polar Capital Data Privacy Notice.

Types of Cookies

1. Strictly Necessary Cookies

   Strictly necessary cookies help make a website navigable by activating basic functions such as page navigation and access to secure website areas. Without these cookies, the website would not be able to work properly.
   
   

2. Functional Cookies

   Functional cookies make it possible to save information that changes the way the website appears or acts. For instance your preferred language or region.
   
   

3. Statistical Cookies 

   Statistical cookies help the website owner understand how visitors interact with the website by collecting and reporting information.
   
   

4. Marketing Cookies 

   Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across websites. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and interesting to the individual user and thus more valuable for publishers and third-party advertisers.
   
   

Our cookies

Information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them is included in the table below:

How to Disable Cookies

You have the option of setting your browser to block “Cookies”. In some cases, blocking “Cookies” may reduce the functionality of the Website or prevent access to it depending on your chosen internet browser options.

Information on how you can disable cookies relevant to your browser may be found below:

• Internet Explorer – https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
• Chrome – https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en-GB
• Firefox – https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/delete-browsing-search-download-history-firefox

If you are not using any one of these browsers, please refer to the “help” section of your internet browser for further instructions.