What are cookies?
A cookie is a simple text file which stores small pieces of information. When you visit one of our websites its server saves the cookie onto your computer or other device. Only that platform's server will be able to read or retrieve the contents of that cookie.
Cookies do many different jobs like storing your preferences, helping you navigate effectively, and improving your overall experience of a website. Cookies make the interaction between you and our platforms quicker and easier. For example, a cookie might store information so you don't have to keep entering it.
How does Standard Life use cookies?
Some cookies are needed to make our platforms work and can't be turned off. Others are optional and you can change your preferences below. You can update your choice at any time by clicking the 'cookie policy' link at the bottom of any page.
Cookie preferences
How long are cookies saved for?
This depends on whether they are session cookies or persistent cookies.
Session cookies delete themselves once you close your browser. Session cookies can help with security, and also remember what you've done on previous web pages so you don't have to re-enter information.
Persistent cookies stay on your device after you close your browser. They're used for lots of different things – one example is remembering your cookie preferences between visits, so you don't need to keep telling us which cookies to use. In case you've forgotten about them, or changed your mind, we'll ask you to confirm your cookie preferences every six months. You can update your choice at any time by clicking the 'cookie policy' link at the bottom of any page.
What types of cookies does Standard Life use?
We only use first party cookies on this site.
First-party cookies are set by the digital platform you're using and aren't shared elsewhere. Often these cookies are used to remember information about how you used a platform.
The cookies we use
Strictly necessary cookies
id
| Cookie name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| Cell Name | Let us balance load across our servers | After a short time or when you close your browser |
| CSRF | Let us provide secure access to our online servicing area | After a short time or when you close your browser |
| SLSSOCookie | Let us provide secure access to our online servicing area | After a short time or when you close your browser |
| LtpaToken2 | Let us provide secure access to our online servicing area | After a short time or when you close your browser |
| JSESSIONID | Let us provide secure access to our online servicing area | After a short time or when you close your browser |
| agent-authn-tx | Let us provide secure access to our online servicing area | 30 minutes |
| auth-jwt | Let us provide secure access to our online servicing area | After a short time or when you close your browser |
| TS* | Part of the websites security / firewall protection | After a short time or when you close your browser |
| sI#cookiecatagories | Standard Life - Records whether or not you have accepted the use of cookies on our site | 6 months |
| SLG_COOKIE_POLICY | Standard Life - Records whether or not you have made a cookie choice on our site and controls the visibility of the cookie banner | 6 months |
| incap_ses_* | Incapsula DDoS Protection and Web Application Firewall: cookie for linking HTTP requests to a certain session (visit). Re-opening the browser and accessing same site are registered as different visits. In order to maintain existing sessions |
After a short time or when you close your browser |
| nlbi_* | Incapsula DDoS Protection and Web Application Firewall: Load balancing cookie. To ensure requests by a client are sent to the same origin server. |
After a short time or when you close your browser |
| ___utmvc | Web Application Firewall: To save the result of the clients (end users) Javascript classification. In order to identify whether the end user is a browser, application or a bot. |
30 minutes |
| ADRUM* | AppDynamics - website server performance monitoring to help correlate browser data with server performance data | 30 seconds |
| SameSite | AppDynamics - website server performance monitoring to help correlate browser data with server performance data | 30 seconds |
Experience and insight cookies
id
| Cookie name | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| _ga | Google Analytics - Used to distinguish users | 6 months |
| _gid | Google Analytics - Used to distinguish users | 1 day |
| _gali | Google Analytics - Used to determine which links on a page are being clicked | 30 seconds |
| _gat_UA-* | Google Analytics - Used to throttle request rate | 1 minute |
| _ga_* | Google Analytics - Used to persist session state | 6 months |
Marketing cookies
None used at present.
How do I manage cookies?
When you turn off any non-essential cookies, and after you refresh or move away from this page, we will stop setting or using those cookies.
Cookies and your browser settings
You can use your browser settings to delete Cookies that have already been set at any time. You can also use your browser settings to manage Cookies to switch off a Cookie altogether. If you do this, it could mean that we can't use strictly necessary Cookies properly and so parts of our website may not work correctly.
For more information about how to use your browser settings to clear your browser data or to manage Cookies, check your browser 'Help' function.
Blocking or restricting Cookies
You can stop Cookies being used on your device by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to block the deployment of all or some Cookies. To find out how, visit all about cookies.
Please note, if you use your browser settings to block Cookies you may not be able to access all or parts of our website.
It is also important to know that rejecting Cookies will not delete any Cookies that have been saved to your device in the past. You can delete previously saved Cookies via your browser settings.
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 11th April 2023.
Contact Information
We welcome your comments about this policy digital@standardlife.ie .