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  2. Use of Cookies by Baillie Gifford

    Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.

    When you first enter our website we use analytics cookies to collect anonymous standard internet log information and details of visitor behaviour patterns. We do this to find out things such as the number of visitors to the various parts of the website. We collect this information in a way which does not identify anyone.

    On this website we use some permanent cookies. These retain the information they collect for varying timescales depending on the cookie. For example, one of the permanent cookies we use is for tracking which images you have seen on the home page. This cookie ensures that you do not see the same image twice.

    We also use session cookies which are temporary and are erased when you exit your web browser.

    You may delete or block cookies, but parts of the website may not work.

    To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.

    Details of all cookies used in this website are detailed in the table below.

    Cookie    Name    Purpose  

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    Risk warning acceptance session cookie

    		   bg_risk_warnings  

    This cookie is used to remember user acceptance of each investor channel’s risk warning. This cookie is deleted when a user closes their browser.

    		    

    Risk warning acceptance persistent cookie

    		   bg_chosen_risk_warning  

    This cookie is used to remember user acceptance of an investor channel risk warning when "Remember my choice" is selected. The duration of this cookie is 90 days.

    		    
    Cookie warning acceptance cookie

    		   bg_cookie_warning   This cookie is used to remember user acceptance of the cookie policy warning. This cookie is deleted when a user closes their browser.    

    Basket cookie

    		   saved-literature   This cookie is used to remember which literature is in the basket. This cookie is deleted when a user closes their browser.    
    Current channel cookie

    		   bg_current_channels   This cookie is used to remember a user’s current channel and current investor channel for use with navigation. This cookie is deleted when a user closes their browser.    
    Verification cookie

    		   __RequestVerificationToken    This cookie is used to verify certain HTTP requests. This cookie is deleted when a user closes their browser.    
    Google Analytics  

    _ga

    _gat_UA-XXXXXXX-X 

    		  

    These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our website. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the website. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the website, where visitors have come to the website from and the pages they visited.

    The duration of the Google cookies, and further information about Google cookies, can be found at https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage

    		   Click here for an overview of privacy at Google
    Flashtalking   flashtalkingad1  

    This cookie is used to monitor responses to our online advertising. The information is collected in an anonymous form. We use the information to help us improve our advertising.

    The duration of this cookie is 730 days.

    		   You can opt out of this cookie here
    FMX   FMX  

    These cookies collect and use non-personally identifiable (non-PII) data to better target advertisements to individuals in an effort to create a more relevant experience for each person and improve the advertising experience.

    The duration of this cookie is 395 days.

    		    
    FullStory   _fs_uid  

    This cookie is used to monitor how users navigate through our website. The information is collected in an anonymous form. We use the information to help us improve our website.

    The duration of this cookie is indefinite.

    		    
    Quantcast   mc  

    These cookies collect and use non-personally identifiable (non-PII) data to better target advertisements to individuals in an effort to create a more relevant experience for each person and improve the advertising experience.

    The duration of this cookie is 395 days.