Privacy & cookies policy
Visitors to our websites
When someone visits www.barings.com, we are able to collect standard internet log information and details of visitor behaviour patterns. The reason this is done is to find out useful information such as the number of visitors to each page or section of the site and how long they spent there.
The way in which we collect this information use methods that do not identify anyone personally and we will not make any attempt to find out the identities of those visiting our site. We will not associate or link any data gathered from our site’s visitors with any personally identifying information from any other sources.
If there is a need to collect any personal information through our website, we will state this very clearly upfront as well as the purpose for doing so and how we are intending to use the information
Use of cookies by Barings
When you visit websites, your computer places small text files on your computer which are known as cookies. They are commonly used so that websites will work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the site owners.
The table below explains the cookies we use at Barings and the reasons why
| Cookie | Name | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Google Analytics | _utma _utmb _utmc _utmz | These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited. For more information, visit the Google Privacy Page |
| Global Site Cookie | bypassSplash | This cookie is used to remember which of the Barings' regional websites you last visited. For convenience, the next time you visit www.barings.com, the cookie will automatically redirect you to that region’s site. You can change this at any time by clicking the "Change Country" link at the top of every page |
| Site Login | IdcLocale IntradocAuth IdcTimezone IdcAuthorization IntradocLoginState | These cookies are used when you log into one of the Barings' regional websites. They are used to keep track of your locale, time zone, permission level and current logged in state and are essential for the login functionality. Therefore, logging in will automatically set these cookies without requesting permission. They are all deleted at the end of the user session. |
| Site Disclaimers | The names of these cookies are determined by a number of factors, and broken into three sections. 1. Location of the website, 2. Your investor category and 3. The word "Disclaimer" for example, if you are viewing the Professional Advisers section of the UK website, the cookie name will be called ukProfessionalDisclaimer | These cookies are used to remember the fact that you have read and accepted the disclaimer for the website section you are viewing. Once you have accepted a disclaimer, you will not be prompted to accept it again. Disclaimer cookies are considered essential to the operation of the Barings website, and will therefore be placed without consent. |
| Cookie Detection | cookiesEnabled | This is an empty cookie and is used to test if your browser allows the setting of cookies. If your browser will allow this cookie to be dropped onto your computer, cookies are enabled. Otherwise, no cookies can be installed. |
| Cookie Permission | allowCookies | This cookie is used to indicate that you have allowed the Barings’ websites to use cookies. When you accept the use of cookies, this cookie is installed. No other cookie will be installed unless this cookie is present. The allowCookies cookie is a permanent cookie and will not be deleted unless you manually remove it. |
If you no longer wish us to use cookies on our website, you can remove all Barings cookies. This will prevent us from using cookies until you explicitly allow us to do so, and will have no effect on any site outside of the www.barings.com domain.