Cookie policy
NS&I uses cookies to collect anonymous data in order to operate the website and our online service. You may delete or block cookies from this website, but parts of the website may no longer work as expected.
About cookies
Cookies are small items of data, created when you visit a website and stored on your computer. We use both permanent and session cookies. Session cookies are automatically deleted when you close all of your browser windows. Permanent cookies expire at a defined future date. Find out more about cookies and how to manage them:
How we use cookies
We do not use cookies to collect any personal information about you or to profile your activity on other websites. We do use cookies to track the number of unique visitors to the website and to particular pages on the site. We also use cookies to store your preferences. Some of our cookies are essential to the operation of the website, for example making online transactions work properly.
Cookie list
This list aims to include all the cookies placed on your computer when you visit our website. Please bear in mind that there may sometimes be a short delay in updating this list.
Contact us if you think a cookie is missing
| Cookie | Purpose | Lifespan | Opt out |
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| WT_FPC | Webtrends anonymous unique identifier used to track first-time and returning website visitors. | Permanent | Visit https://kb.webtrends.com/articles/Information/Opting-out-of-Tracking-Cookies-1365447872915 |
| accept-cookies | Stores whether you have accepted our cookie message | Permanent |
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| has_js | Stores whether you have JavaScript enabled, allowing us to ensure some services work correctly without it. | Session |
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| visid_incap_237326 | Essential to the operation of our website | Session |
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| incap_ses_198_237326 | Session |
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| ecos.dt | Set by the eDigital.com survey | Session |
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| eds | Permanent |
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| en-persist | Session |
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| YouTube cookies | We embed videos from our official YouTube channel using YouTube’s privacy-enhanced mode. This mode may set cookies on your computer once you click on the YouTube video player, but YouTube will not store personally-identifiable cookie information for playbacks of embedded videos using the privacy-enhanced mode. Read more at YouTube’s embedding videos information page. |
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| optimizelyEndUserId | Used to serve variations of our pages, to determine the best way to help our customers. | Permanent | Visit https://www.nsandi.com/?optimizely_opt_out=true |
Adviser site:
| Cookie | Purpose | Type |
| TEXT_SIZE | Stores your preferred font-size | Permanent cookie |
| popCookieStatus | Records whether you have accepted the cookie warning | Permanent cookie |
| mySheet | Persistently stores your preferred website theme (Default or High Contrast) so that it reappears on your next visit | Permanent cookie |
| cookieStatus | Records whether you have accepted the cookie warning | Permanent cookie |
| cookieenabledcheck | Records whether you have enabled cookies | Session cookie |
| _utmz | Google Analytics Cookies – anonymous unique identifiers used to track first-time and returning website visitors.You can opt out here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout | Permanent cookie |
| _utmc | Session cookie | |
| _utmb | Permanent cookie | |
| _utma | Permanent cookie | |
| _atuvc | Permanent cookie |