Cookie Policy | Compare Bond Rates UK

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1What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small alphanumeric text files stored on your computer, tablet, or smartphone when you visit a website. They allow the website to recognize your device, remember your preferences over time, and facilitate smooth interactive features like multi-step forms and dynamic financial sliders.

2Categories of Cookies We Deploy

CompareBondRates.co.uk deploys three distinct categories of cookies:

1. Strictly Necessary & Essential Cookies

Always Active

These cookies are indispensable for core site operations, including session security, load balancing, SSL encryption, and maintaining step progress in the comparison quote form. The platform cannot function properly without these cookies.

2. Functional & Preference Cookies

User Convenience

These allow our website to remember choices you make, such as your selected investment currency (GBP), preferred investment horizon slider positions, and recent calculation results so you don't have to re-enter data upon returning.

3. Performance & Analytics Cookies

Anonymised

We use aggregated, anonymised analytics to understand visitor volume, average page load times, popular bond search terms, and error diagnostics. This aggregated data contains no personally identifiable information (PII).

3How to Control & Disable Cookies

You can modify your browser settings to accept, reject, or delete cookies at any time. However, please note that blocking strictly necessary cookies may disable key interactive features, such as our bond yield calculator and enquiry submission tool.

Browser Cookie Configuration Guides:

Google Chrome: Settings > Privacy and Security > Cookies and other site data
Apple Safari: Preferences > Privacy > Block all cookies
Microsoft Edge: Settings > Cookies and site permissions
Mozilla Firefox: Settings > Privacy & Security > Cookies and Site Data

4Updates to This Policy

We review this Cookie Policy regularly to maintain alignment with UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) guidelines and Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR). Any revisions will be published here with an updated revision date.