The Bank of New York Mellon EMEA Cookie Notice for BNY Mellon Investment Management Website

Effective from 25 May 2018

How we use Cookies and Similar Technologies

The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation and its affiliates (“we” or “us”) use cookies, web beacons and similar technologies (“Cookies”) to operate our websites and web-based applications (“Websites”), store information, enhance and personalise your browsing experience (including through customised services and advertisements, carrying out analytics and improving the functionality of our Websites), and allow you to share information on our Websites with persons you know on social media or by other means. The information set out in this notice is provided in addition to our privacy notice, and should be read alongside our privacy notice.

What this Cookie Notice covers

This Cookie Notice sets out:

Managing Cookies settings on our Websites

This link will take you to our cookie management tool where you can manage your cookie settings: 

You can disable all Cookies (except Strictly Necessary Cookies), manage your preferences regarding Cookies, or withdraw your consent to the use of Cookies at any time, using the Manage Cookies button in the Cookie Banner available from our Websites or by setting your preferences in our Cookie management tool. Please note that blocking all or certain Cookies may impact your experience of our Websites and certain services or features thereof may not be available to you.

What is a Cookie?

A Cookie is a small file placed on your device when you visit certain websites. Cookies provide a way for the Websites to recognise users and keep track of the users’ preferences (such as login, language, font size and other display preference) over a period of time, so users don’t have to keep re-entering them whenever they come back to the websites. Cookies perform essential functions to improve a user’s browsing experience.

You do not need to have Cookies turned on to visit most of our Websites. However, having Cookies turned on should allow for a better, personalised experience, and is required for certain parts of the Websites’ functionality. Consequently, blocking all or certain Cookies may impact your experience of our Websites and certain services or features thereof may not be available to you.

Who sets Cookies?

Cookies may be set on our Websites by us or by third parties providing certain services to us such as analytics and advertising services. Cookies may also be set by another website prior to or during your visit to our Websites.

These are known as ‘first party’ and ‘third party’ Cookies.

First party Cookies belong to the website domain that appears in the browser address bar.

Third party Cookies belong to website domains that are different from the one shown in the address bar. Some web pages can feature content from third-party domains (such as banner ads). Other sites may also set Cookies on your device during a visit to one of our Websites. These sites will be approved partners of ours listed in the below cookie list. Any information collected by these approved partners using third-party Cookies will be managed and controlled by the third-party partners according to their privacy policy.

How long do Cookies last?

Cookies can be placed either for an individual “session” or on a “persistent” basis.

“Session” Cookies are temporary and will expire at the end of a browser session; that is, when you leave a website. Session Cookies allow a website to recognize you and carry information as you navigate between pages during a single browser session and allow you to use the website efficiently.

“Persistent Cookies” remain in the Cookie file of your browser even after you leave a website and after the browser is closed. These Cookies remain valid until their set expiry date (unless deleted by the user before the expiry date). These Cookies allow a website to collect and analyze (on an aggregated basis) traffic and use of the website, monitor the system and improve operating performance. For example, they enable a website to recognize you on your return, remember your preferences and provide tailored services to you. For more information about Cookies, how they work, why they are so useful and how to disable them, please visit www.allaboutcookies.org.

The duration of the Cookies we use on our website is specified in the below cookie list.

Cookies on our Websites

Below we describe the Cookies we deploy on our Websites, organised by the categories defined by the International Chamber of Commerce. This list (together with the rest of this notice) is reviewed on a regular basis and is subject to change from time to time.

Cookie List

A cookie is a small piece of data (text file) that a website – when visited by a user – asks your browser to store on your device in order to remember information about you, such as your language preference or login information. Those cookies are set by us and called first-party cookies. We also use third-party cookies – which are cookies from a domain different than the domain of the website you are visiting – for our advertising and marketing efforts. More specifically, we use cookies and other tracking technologies for the following purposes:

Strictly Necessary

These Cookies are essential and help support security and basic functionality, as they enable you to move around the Websites and use their features, such as accessing secure areas. Without these Cookies, services you've asked for (such as internet banking) can't be provided. These Cookies don't gather information about you that could be used for marketing or remembering where you've been on the internet. These Cookies can be disabled through your browser or device settings but to do so would prevent our Websites from working properly, e.g. we cannot guarantee the security during your visit.

First Party Performance

These Cookies collect information about how you use our Websites, for example which pages you go to most often and if you get error messages from certain pages. These Cookies enable us to count visits and traffic sources so we can improve our website and its features but don't gather information that identifies you, as information collected by these Cookies is aggregated. Performance Cookies are not used to target you with online advertising. You can disable them, but then we will be unable to see how our Websites are performing and make relevant improvements to enhance your browsing experience.

First Party Targeting

We set these Cookies to gather information about your browsing habits, for example the cookies may remember that you've visited a particular website. This is to provide you with tailored online advertisements that are more relevant to you and your interests. These cookies may be set on our website to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other websites. Although these Cookies can track your visits to other websites, they don't usually know who you are. If these Cookies are disabled, online advertisements will be less relevant to you and your interests.

Third Party Performance

These cookies come from third-party organizations with which BNY Mellon partners and are used to collect information about how you use our websites, for example which pages you go to most often and if you get error messages from certain pages. These Cookies count visits and traffic sources to improve websites and features but do not usually gather information that identifies you, as information collected by these Cookies is usually aggregated. Performance Cookies are not used to target you with online advertising. You can disable them, but this will impact our ability to make relevant improvements to enhance your browsing experience.

Third Party Functional

These cookies come from third-party organizations with which BNY Mellon partners and allow websites to remember choices you make, such as entering your user name, selecting your language or the region you're in, and tailor the websites to provide enhanced features and content for you. For example, they can be used to remember certain log-in details and changes made to text size, font and other parts of pages that you can customize. They may also be used to provide services you've requested like watching a video or commenting on a blog. Without these Cookies, our websites cannot remember choices you have previously made to personalize your browsing experience, meaning you would have to reset these for every visit to our websites. In addition, some functionality will not be available if this type of Cookie is disabled.

Third Party Targeting

These cookies come from third-party organizations with which BNY Mellon partners, including social media providers, and gather information about your browsing habits, for example the cookies may remember that you've visited a particular website. This enables third parties to provide you with tailored online advertisements that are more relevant to you and your interests. These cookies may be set on our website by third parties to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other websites. If these cookies are disabled, third party advertisements will be less relevant to you and your interests. We do not set these cookies and cannot control their settings. You can choose to enable these cookies using the options below.

We will not set any cookies other than those that are Strictly Necessary without your consent. When we add new Third Party cookies we will seek your consent again, and we will always ask you to refresh your consent every 180 days.

We use Google Analytics Cookies to obtain an overall view of user habits and volumes, and to help improve the overall experience on our Websites. Google Analytics is a third-party web analysis service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”), which uses performance Cookies and targeting Cookies. The information generated by these Cookies about your use of our Websites (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google Inc. on servers in the United States.

Google will use the information its Cookies collect for the purpose of evaluating your use of a website on behalf of the website provider, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to activity and internet usage. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of any Cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser as described above, and you can prevent Google’s collection and use of data (Cookies and IP address) by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/181881?hl=en. This creates an opt-out Cookie which prevents the further processing of your data. For more information about Google Analytics Cookies, please see Google’s help pages and privacy policy.

Third Party Sites

Our Websites may contain links to third party sites (including social media bookmarking buttons which enable you to share certain content on our Websites). Please review the Cookie and Privacy policies of these sites to understand how they may use Cookies and your information.

Third Party Advertising

We may use third party advertising companies to serve ads on our behalf across the Internet. This enables us and these third parties to target advertisements to you for products and services in which you might be interested. To measure and track the effectiveness of such ads and to personalise advertising content to you, these companies will use Cookies and other tracking technologies, e.g. by setting a Cookie on your device when you click on one of our ads or visit a webpage associated with our campaigns. These companies may also use and measure information about your visits to our Websites as part of this same process. Third-party Cookies and tracking technologies are governed by each third party’s specific privacy or Cookies policy, not our Cookie Notice.

When accessing any third-party/external sites via links provided, you will leave our Websites. These third party sites are not controlled or endorsed by BNY Mellon, and BNY Mellon is not responsible for the contents, operation or security of these sites.

Opting-out of Third Party Advertising

You have the ability to opt out of many third-party advertisers. For example, you may go to the Digital Advertising Alliance (“DAA”) Consumer Choice Page for information about opting out of interest-based advertising and their choices regarding having information used by DAA companies. You may also go to the Network Advertising Initiative (“NAI”) Consumer Opt-Out Page for information about opting out of interest-based advertising and their choices regarding having information used by NAI members.

Opting out from one or more companies listed on the DAA Consumer Choice Page or the NAI Consumer Opt-Out Page will opt you out from those companies’ delivery of interest-based content or ads to you, but it does not mean you will no longer receive any advertising through our Websites or other websites. You may continue to receive advertisements, for example, based on the particular website that you are viewing (i.e., contextually based ads). Also, if your browsers are configured to reject Cookies when you opt out on the DAA or NAI websites, your opt out may not be effective. Additional information is available on the DAA’s website at www.aboutads.info or the NAI’s website at www.networkadvertising.org.

Data Transfers

BNY Mellon operates on a global basis. The activities carried out in the context of this Cookie Policy may lead to the transfer of your personal information to countries that are subject to different standards of data protection, including the United States and India. BNY Mellon will take appropriate steps to ensure that transfers of personal information are in accordance with applicable law and carefully managed to protect your privacy rights and interests, and that transfers are limited to countries which are recognized as providing an adequate level of legal protection or where we can be satisfied that alternative arrangements are in place to protect your privacy rights.

Privacy Notice

For more information regarding the conditions of our processing of your personal information using Cookies on our websites as well as your rights under applicable data protection laws, please consult our Privacy Notice. Regarding third party Cookies, please consult the Cookies Notice and Privacy Notice of the third-party provider at hand for more information and/or in order to know how to exercise your rights.

Contact Us

If you have any question or doubt regarding the information included in this Cookie Notice, the primary point of contact is our Data Protection Officer. The Data Protection Officer can be contacted in the following ways:

By email: Global_Privacy_Compliance@bnymellon.com

By post:

The Data Protection Officer

BNY Mellon

160 Queen Victoria Street

London EC4V 4LA