QBE Cookies Policy
1. About us
QBE European Operations (QBE EO) is part of a wider group of companies, the QBE Insurance Group, one of the world’s leading international insurers and reinsurers. A list of all the companies within QBE EO is available in the about us section of our Privacy Policy. Our websites use cookies to distinguish you from other users, to make our websites work properly, to allow us to improve our sites, and to provide you with a more personalised experience.
2. What are cookies?
A cookie is a small piece of data (text file) that a website – when visited by a user – asks your browser to store on your device in order to remember information about you, such as your language preference or login information. Those cookies are set by us and called first-party cookies. We also use third-party cookies – which are cookies from a domain different than the domain of the website you are visiting – for our advertising and marketing efforts.
You can select which types of cookies to accept or reject using our cookie pop-up tool, or by changing the settings on your browser. However, blocking some types of cookies (including Strictly Necessary Cookies) may impact your experience of the site (you may not be able to access all or part of our websites) and the services we are able to offer.
If you share the use of a computer, accepting or rejecting the use of Cookies may affect all users of that computer.
For further general information on cookies and more detailed advice on how to disable and enable them please go to https://www.allaboutcookies.org.
The information set out in this policy is provided in addition to our Privacy Policy, which provides comprehensive information about how we use your personal information, and our websites terms and conditions, which are available at: https://qbeeurope.com/privacy-policy/ and https://qbeeurope.com/website-terms-conditions/
More specifically, we use cookies and other tracking technologies for the following purposes:
The lifespan of the Cookies is detailed above confirming how long they remain on your computer. Where it refers to Session, this means the Cookies are created temporarily in your browser's subfolder while you are visiting a website and are automatically deleted when you leave the website.
3. Third-party cookies
Please note that when you visit our website, some cookies may not be related to us. When you visit a page that contains embedded content, for example from YouTube, you may be sent cookies from these websites, see the ‘Targeting Cookies’ table above for more details. We do not control the setting of such cookies and you should check the third-party websites for more information about these cookies and how to manage them.
4. Contact us
If you would like further information about any of the matters in this policy or if have any other questions about how we collect, store or use your personal information, you may contact our data protection officer by emailing dpo@uk.qbe.com or writing to:
The Data Protection Officer
QBE European Operations
30 Fenchurch Street
London
EC3M 3BD
Updates to this policy
From time to time we may need to make changes to this policy to make sure it is accurate. Please check this site on a regular basis so you are aware of any updates.
This policy was last updated on 09/06/2021.