Cookie Notice
This Cookie Notice applies to the FSB website www.fsb.org as well as to any related FSB websites or FSB-branded pages on third-party platforms which are operated by or on behalf of the Financial Stability Board (“FSB Sites”).
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files which are downloaded to the browser directory of your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. 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 website.
Other tracking technologies, such as web beacons or tags, are used by some content providers in marketing or social media to track and monitor the access of provided content.
There are different types of cookies that can be classified according to their purpose. Also, cookies may be persistent, i.e., coded with a defined expiry date independent of the duration of the web session, or last only for the session.
Why do we use cookies?
The FSB is committed to continuously updating and enhancing its websites. To this end, we use statistical cookies to collect user data in an anonymised and aggregated format to support the optimisation of the provided content and to improve the user experience. Cookies help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and how visitors navigate around our sites. We also use security cookies to support access to FSB webpages with restricted features. Cookies may also be placed by third parties on our websites.
Technical cookies, often referred to as strictly necessary cookies, maybe be placed on a website to fulfil its purpose. By definition, without such essential technical functions, the website would not work, or be displayed in a wrong format. FSB websites do not deploy technical processes which would require such strictly necessary technical cookies.
Marketing cookies or beacons, also often referred to as targeting cookies, are used to collect identifiable personal information about visitors of websites. Such cookies identify browsing behaviours, personal interest and product preferences, tracing individual users in support of advertising or marketing campaigns. The FSB does not use or analyse marketing cookies.
Which cookies do we use?
The FSB use of cookies is limited to the following types of cookies:
Statistics cookies, also referred to as webmetrics or performance cookies, collect data about how visitors use and navigate websites. These cookies count visits and identify web traffic sources by collecting user data in an anonymised and aggregated format.
The FSB uses the following statistics cookies:
| Name | Purpose | Expiry |
|---|---|---|
| fsb_uid | A visitor cookie that persists for two years in order to track recurring visitors | After two years |
| fsb_session | A session cookie that persists only until a visitor closes the browser in order to track a visitor session | When the session is closed |
| _pk_ref | Used to store the referrer initially used to visit the website | 6 months |
| _pk_id | Used to determine if a user is a new or returning visitor | 13 months |
| _pk_ses | Used to indicate if the current session is still active since the last tracked action | 30 minutes |
| _pk_hsr | Used to store information related to heatmap analysis | 30 minutes |
Preference cookies (also referred to as functionality cookies) are used to remember personalisation choices visitors have made in the past, like a language preference. None of the information derived from such cookies is used by FSB to identify you.
The FSB uses the following preference cookies to enhance the functionality of the FSB website:
| Name | Purpose | Expiry |
|---|---|---|
| wordpress_test_cookie | A cookie to test if cookies can be placed. | Session |
Security cookies are used to identify or authenticate visitors. FSB webpages with restricted access require initial registration and identification via user ID and password or deploy multifactor authentication.
Some restricted pages may set the following connected security cookies:
| Name | Purpose | Expiry |
|---|---|---|
| fsb_embargo_auth | Authentication cookie for Embargo page. | When session is closed |
Third-party cookies are set by parties other than the website owner. They enable third-party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website. In cases where visitors of a FSB website follow a link which takes them to a social media homepage, an external application or third-party website, they are leaving the FSB website realm and are subject to the cookie policies of the respective third party. The degree to which third parties are able to place cookies depends on the cookie control preference settings of your browser. The following third-party cookies may be set on a FSB Site:
Third-party cookies related to social media
FSB webpages link to social media websites such as Twitter and LinkedIn, and YouTube and may also show embedded content. They also link to RSS feeds. Social media providers may place cookies, or other tracking technologies, including those set by Google Analytics, or may direct the visitor to websites hosted outside a FSB Site.
Third-party cookies related to service and collaboration partners
The FSB engages service and collaboration partners to facilitate and support FSB work. Cookies placed by our service and collaboration partners on a FSB Site are limited to support technical functionality, including statistics, preference and security cookies.
| Name | Purpose | Expiry |
|---|---|---|
| LS-PFADDBYMZNTAGILO | To keep track of a respondents progress on FSB’s online survey tool | When the session is closed |
| YII_CSRF_TOKEN | To facilitate CSRF protection on FSB’s online survey tool | When the session is closed |
How do you manage cookies?
Most browsers allow you to manage if and/or how cookies are set and used, and to clear cookies and browser data. Your browser may have settings that let you manage cookies on a site-by-site basis. Please refer to your browser instructions to learn more about your options for managing cookies.
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