Baillie Gifford Cookie Policy

What are Cookies and how are they used on our website?
A cookie is text-only information that a website transfers to the cookie file of the browser on your computer's hard disk so that the website can remember who you are.  Without a cookie every time you open a new web page the server where that page is stored will treat you like a completely new visitor.

On this website we use session cookies to ensure that you are recognised when you move from page to page within our site and that any information you have entered is remembered.  Session cookies are temporary and are erased when you exit your web browser.

We use session cookies for the purposes of our risk warnings to ensure that once you have accepted a risk warning for the first time you will not have to do it repeatedly every time you visit a new page within the site.  Because cookies are harmless files they cannot look into your computer and find out information about you, your family, or read any material kept on your hard-drive.  It is technically impossible for cookies to read personal information.

We will be making some changes to our Cookie Policy in the near future to reflect new legislation regarding the use of Cookies. Please make sure you re-check this page over the next few weeks.

Managing cookies

There are a number of ways to manage cookies.  If you use different computers in different locations you will need to ensure that each browser is adjusted to suit your cookie preferences.

Some modern browsers have a feature that will analyse website privacy policies and allow a user to control their privacy needs. These are known as "P3P" features (Privacy Preferences Platform).  To find out further information on Baillie Gifford's P3P Policy please click here.

Enabling Cookies based on privacy settings:
You can make Internet Explorer only accept cookies that do not hold personally identifiable data (like ours) by setting your privacy slider to 'High'. To do this go to:

     Tools -> Internet Options -> Privacy -> Default and then move the slider to 'High'.

Blocking all Cookies:
You can make Internet Explorer accept no cookies at all by setting your privacy slider to 'Block All Cookies'.  To do this go to:

     Tools -> Internet Options -> Privacy -> Default and then move the slider to 'Block All Cookies'.

For information on changing these settings for other browsers please click here.

Deleting Cookies
You can easily delete any cookies that have been installed in the cookie folder of your browser.  To delete cookies in:

     Internet Explorer go to Tools -> Internet Options -> Delete Cookies

     Netscape go to Tools -> Cookie Manager -> Manage Stored Cookies -> Remove All Cookies

Once you delete these files, you will have no more cookies and your browser will no longer send or receive new cookies.

Please note that if you do this and/or block all cookies you will have to accept our risk warning on every page that you visit within our UK and International Institutional Investors areas.

For further information on cookies please visit the www.aboutcookies.org website.