Standard Life Search Home About Standard Life Products and Services Media Centre Investors Sustainability Careers > Home > Cookie policy Cookie policy Overview What are cookies? A cookie is a small file - it's saved onto your computer or other device when you visit our website. Cookies store small pieces of information. For example, - they will remember you've visited our site or performed a certain action. We use cookies to help us improve your experience when you visit our website. For example, a cookie might store information so you don't have to keep entering it. Cookies also let us know which pages of our site you visited; they help us develop and market our products and services. They also help us track sales.Cookies work in two main ways: Persistent cookies - these stay valid, and will work until their expiry date (unless you delete them before they expire) Session cookies - these expire when you close your web browser Why we use cookies The information we collect Most of the cookies we use record the pages of our site you visit and any interactive elements - such as forms or calculators - that you use. We don't collect any information that can identify you personally. For certain sales and marketing processes, we may verify sales by recording a policy or sale ID number and time. How we use this information We use cookie information to find out how our website is being used. We can learn which pages are being viewed and how many visitors are using the different sections of the site. This information helps us understand how useful the site is to our visitors, and how we can keep improving. We use session cookies for some secure online customer services. These cookies let us make the login process easier and more secure. We might also use a session cookie to pre-populate your details on one of our online forms. Cookies we use These are the main cookies we use, and why we use them. Essential cookies These cookies make sure our website delivers information and services securely. Without them, you wouldn't be able to move around our website or use its features. You can't opt out of using these cookies. Cookie name Purpose Expires ASP.NET_SessionID Enables tools to work After a short time or when you close your browser ASPSSESSIONIDBRAQBQ Allows webcast form to work After a short time or when you close your browser ASPSSESSIONIDSCATSCTR Allows job search form to work After a short time or when you close your browser Plugin%5FID Supports operation of careers section After a short time or when you close your browser Ref Tracks the posting reference After a short time or when you close your browser SLG_Cookie_Policy Records whether or not you have accepted cookies on our site Two years TSnnnnnn Part of ensuring security on our site After a short time or when you close your browser queryData Contains serialized criteria After a short time or when you close your browser restoreQuery When you return to the site you will have your search criteria restored from the previous visit After a short time or when you close your browser JSESSIONID The HTTP Session ID and the JBOSS ID are used to make sure you always hit the same JVM After a short time or when you close your browser Flash cookies We use Adobe Flash Player to play some videos on the site. We also use it for some of our calculators and tools. Flash cookies (also known as Local Shared Objects) are stored on your computer in the same way as other cookies. Flash cookies are managed slightly differently and can't be deleted manually from your browser. How to disable Flash cookies To disable or delete Flash cookies, visit the Adobe website for instructions. If you disable Flash cookies you won't be able to access any Flash content, including video and some of the tools on our site. Anonymous analytics cookies These help us measure how our websites are used. They tell us which pages are being viewed and how many visitors are interacting with the website. We use website analytics tools provided by WebTrends - a company that provides monitoring and analysis services. WebTrends cookies track the number of unique users of the site, but they don't allow us to identify any individuals. You can find more information about the data collected on the WebTrends website. Cookie name Purpose Expires WT_FPC Monitors and measures visitor numbers and how long visitors spend on the site Ten years ACOOKIE Two years _utma Two years _utmb 30 minutes _utmc After a short time or when you close your browser _utmz 6 months Web beacons Web beacons - also known as clear GIFs or page tags - are small transparent images which are embedded within the web page. Web beacons send information about your visit to us, and to other companies whose services we use. This is combined in reports with information about other visitors. Web beacons can be used in conjunction with cookies. If you opt-out of cookies, the web beacons will be limited to reporting on anonymous details of the device being used and the web pages visited. Web beacons aren't stored on your computer in the same way cookies are, so you can't control them using your browser settings. Online sharing using AddThis Cookies may be used by our online sharing tool AddThis. This tool appears on a number of webpages from Standard Life. It lets visitors share our information, tools, and other content with social networks and other sites. AddThis uses information in cookies to tell people where you have come from so it can provide profile updates or links to pages of interest. The information collected does not store any details which could personally identify you. You can change your cookie settings for AddThis from the AdChoices "I" icon within the AddThis tool anywhere online, or visit AddThis. Cookie name Purpose Expires _atuvc Supporting online sharing tool AddThis Two years di Two years dt One month uid Two years uit One day uvc Two years Changing your cookie settings When you opt-out of using cookies on this site and after you refresh or move away from this page, we will stop setting or using the analytics and other cookies described. Web Beacons may continue to be used on this site, but they won't be able to set or read any cookies. Web Beacons will be limited to reporting on anonymous details about the device being used and the web pages visited. No personally identifying information will be sent. Your cookie settings on this site You chose to accept cookies. You can change this below. I accept cookies I do not accept cookies Please confirm your change. After you move away from or refresh this page your settings will be saved. You can change your cookie settings at any time. How to disable cookies that have been set You can disable and remove the cookies if your browser supports this. To check and update your cookies settings, you will need to know what browser you are using and what version you have. You can usually find this out by opening the browser, then clicking on 'Help' and then 'About'. This will give you information about the browser version you are using. To manage your cookies, refer to your browser's help section or visit the aboutcookies website. Remember, if you amend your cookie settings, your browsing experience may change for the worse. For example, if you have set preferences on a website - such as your location for local news or weather forecasts - it will no longer remember these. More information Changes to this policy We occasionally update our cookie policy. You should visit this page periodically if you want to keep yourself informed. Last updated on 29 March 2013. Contact us Legal notice Security Cookie policy Data Protection Policy Important legal and regulator information