Cookies

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The Bank's websites put small text files (known as cookies) onto your computer which collect information about how you browse our sites. We use this information to evaluate and improve the operation of those websites.

The cookies we use are listed below. Some are provided by Google Analytics, Microsoft and Microsoft Clarity with one provided by the Bank itself.

The cookies we use which are provided by Google Analytics, Microsoft and Microsoft Clarity collect information such as the IP address of your device and, in some cases, the time and date of your visit. This information is used to determine whether you are a returning visitor or a first-time visitor and how you use the website. The cookie provided by the Bank is used to identify user viewing preferences in Bulletin articles. Further details about the cookies used on the Bank’s websites are set out in the table below.

The information collected by cookies is transmitted via the internet in either encrypted or unencrypted form. The information collected by the cookie provided by the Bank is transmitted in encrypted form.

The information collected by the cookies we use is only available to be used or transmitted for a limited time. That time is shown for each cookie below in the Expiry column.

You can configure your browser (such as Chrome or Microsoft Edge) to accept or reject all cookies. If you refuse cookies, you may not be able to use some of the functionality of our websites.

For information about how Google and Microsoft collect and use information (which may include personal information) from sites or apps, such as Bank websites, which use their services, please refer to the following:

The Bank's websites use third party social media and video websites such as Facebook, Instagram, X, Flickr, LinkedIn and YouTube. The Bank does not collect or use any information stored in the cookies set by any of those websites. Please refer to those third party websites/applications for further information about the cookies they use.

Cookies used on the Bank's websites

This table describes:

  • first party cookies (cookies provided the Bank) and their purpose; and
  • third party cookies (cookies provided by a third party) and the purpose for which the Bank uses those cookies.

For further information about the third party cookies in this table and for details of other third party cookies used on the Bank’s websites, see the information below this table.

Name Provider Purpose Expiry
_ga Google Analytics This helps us count how many visitors there are to the Bank's websites by tracking if a device has visited before. 2 years
_ga_<containter-id> Google Analytics Used on the Bank’s websites to remember returning visitors and devices between visits. 2 years
_gid Google Analytics This helps us count how many visitors there are to the Bank's websites by tracking if a device has visited before. 24 hours
_gat Google Analytics Used to manage the rate at which page view requests are made. 1 minute
RBA-view-grid-list RBA Used in Bulletin page to identify if the user prefers grid or list view for the Bulletin articles. 1 year
_clck Microsoft Clarity Used to collect information about how visitors use the Bank’s websites such as the number of visitors, where visitors have come from, and the pages visited in an anonymous form. 13 months
_clsk Microsoft Clarity Used to store and combine statistical data about how a visitor uses the Bank’s websites in a single session recording so the Bank understands the visitor’s entire journey for the visit. 1 day
CLID Microsoft Clarity Used to store information about how visitors interact with the Bank’s websites. The cookie contributes to an analysis report. The data collection includes the number of visitors, where they visit the Bank’s websites from, and the pages visited on our websites. 13 months

The following additional third party cookies are used on the Bank’s website. These are used by the third party provider and the Bank does not collect or use data from these cookies:

  • ANONCHK, provided by Microsoft Clarity
  • SM, provided by Microsoft Clarity
  • MUID, provided by Microsoft
  • MR, provided by Microsoft

For information about these cookies and the other third party cookies in the table above (including how the third parties use those cookies), please visit: