Cookies information

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by the websites that you visit. They’re widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. It’s now standard for most websites to use cookies. If you’re uncomfortable with the use of cookies, you can manage and control them through your browser, including removing cookies by deleting them from your ‘browser history’ (cache) when you leave the site.

Managing cookies on your device

We use cookies to personalise content and improve your user experience. By using this website or application, you consent to the deployment of cookies. You can control and manage cookies using your browser (see below). Please note that removing or blocking cookies can impact your user experience and some functionality may no longer be available.

Using your browser to control cookies

Most browsers allow you to view, manage, delete and block cookies for a website. Be aware that if you delete all cookies, then any preferences you’ve set will be lost, including the ability to opt-out from subsequent cookies as this function itself requires an opt-out cookie to be set on your device. Guidance on how to control cookies for common browsers is linked below.

Google Chrome

Mozilla Firefox

MacOS Safari

Microsoft Internet Explorer

For information on additional browsers and device types, please see http://www.aboutcookies.org/ or http://www.cookiecentral.com/faq/.

Managing analytics cookies

You can opt out of having your anonymised browsing history within our websites or applications recorded by analytics cookies. We use the following service providers, and you can learn more about their privacy policies and how to opt out of their analytics cookies by clicking on following links:

Adobe: http://www.adobe.com/privacy/opt-out.html

Google Analytics: http://www.google.com/analytics/learn/privacy.html

Types of cookies

• ‘Session’ cookies only stay in your browser during your browser session, i.e. until you leave the website.

• ‘Persistent’ cookies stay in your browser after the session (unless you delete them).

• ‘Performance’ cookies collect information about your use of the website, such as the webpages you visited and any error messages. They don’t collect personally identifiable information, and the information collected is aggregated in such a way that it’s anonymous. Performance cookies are used to improve how a website works.

• ‘Functionality’ cookies allow the website to remember any choices you make about the website (such as changes to text size, customised pages) or enable services such as commenting on a blog.

Use of cookies by PwC

The following tables explain the ways in which we use cookies on each website.