What are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer, smartphone or other device when you access the internet.

Why are cookies essential to the Santander Websites?

This website, along with most other major websites, uses cookies. Cookies enable users to navigate around websites and (where appropriate) enable us to tailor the content to fit the needs of visitors who have accessed the site and help us improve the user experience. Without cookies enabled we cannot guarantee that the website and your experience whilst visiting are as we intended it to be. None of the cookies used on our websites collect personally identifiable information about you.

The cookies uses

Two types of cookies are used on this website:

Please note that none of the cookies we use on our website contain personal information, and cannot be used to identify you.

The length of time a cookie will remain on your device will depend on the type of cookie.

• WordPress Session Cookies. These are temporary cookies, which only exist in the period you access the website (or more strictly, until you close the browser after accessing the website). These cookies do not contain personal information and cannot be used to identify you.
• Google Cookies: Google Analitycs for stadistics about te visit to our website. These cookies do not contain personal information and cannot be used to identify you.

How to control and delete cookies

If you wish to restrict or block the cookies which are set by us, or indeed any other website, you can do this through your browser settings. The Help function within your browser should tell you how.

Alternatively, you may wish to visit www.aboutcookies.org, which contains comprehensive information on how to do this on a wide variety of browsers. You will also find details on how to delete cookies from your computer (including those from this visit) as well as more general information about cookies. For information on how to do this on the browser of your mobile device you will need to refer to your handset manual.