Policy for Using Cookies

Standard Chartered Bank uses cookies to make browsing of its internet page more functional and efficient, creating behavioral profiles of people to determine what content to display.

What are cookies and what are they used for?

Cookies are kind of short-term memory for the Internet and represent small text files placed in the browser used by your device – computer, tablet, mobile phone, etc. The files record information about user’s behavior on a Web site and enable him/her to be recognized and the website to be be adapted according to his/her preferences. Cookies typically contain the name of the Web site to which they belong, the time period for which they are stored on the user's computer and a unique number. They are widely used because they allow adjustment of website content to the preferences of the individual user, optimization of its handling and general collection of anonymous statistical information, which all help to improve the structure and content of the website.

Types of cookies used by Standard Chartered Bank

Standard Chartered Bank uses only one kind of cookies – temporary. They are temporary files that track consumer behavior only during the use of the website. Once the user exits the site, the respective cookie is deleted.

How to use cookies?

Cookies can be managed and controlled by the user's browser. Consent to the use of cookies is given once by clicking the "Accept" button.

Users may initially refuse the use of cookies by disabling this functionality in the browser through the respective setting for blocking automatic storage of cookies.

Users may at any time choose to remove all the cookies stored in the browser of their device, including by deleting them from the cache when they leave the web site. Detailed information on the different ways to work with cookies can be found in the respective web browser’s settings.

Please note that the refusal of cookies usage may affect some of the functionality of the site.