Cookie Policy

Cookies are text files, containing small amounts of information, which are downloaded to your browsing device (such as a computer or smartphone) when you visit a website. Cookies can be recognised by the website that downloaded them — or other websites that use the same cookies. This helps websites know if the browsing device has visited them before.

Cookies do lots of different jobs, like helping us understand how our website is being used, letting you navigate between pages efficiently, remembering your preferences, and generally improving your browsing experience. Cookies can also help ensure marketing you see online is more relevant to you and your interests.

When you first visit our site, you are given the option to opt-out of cookies, but please be aware that by doing so this may negatively impact on your ability to view and use content on our website. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

“First party cookies” are cookies that belong to us and that we place on your device. “Third-party cookies” are cookies that another party places on your browsing device when you visit our site. Third parties setting cookies from our website will be providing a service to us or a function of the site but we do not always control how third party cookies are used.

You should check the third party’s website for more information about how they use cookies. Details of third parties that set cookies through our website can be found in the table below.

We use the following types of cookies:

Preference cookies: These enable our websites to remember information that changes the way the site behaves or looks, like your preferred language or the region that you are in.

Statistics cookies: These help us understand how visitors interact with our websites, by collecting and reporting information anonymously.

Marketing cookies: These are used to track visits across websites, to display ads that are relevant to you and therefore more valuable for publishers and third-party advertisers

Some cookies are placed by third party services that appear on our pages.

Please visit our Cookie Declaration page to see exactly what cookies our website uses and change your cookie preferences.

In addition to the options provided above, you may refuse or accept cookies from a website at any time by activating settings on your browser. Information about the procedure to follow in order to enable or disable cookies can be found on your Internet browser provider’s website via your help screen. To do this, follow the instructions provided by your browser (usually located within the “Help”, “Tools” or “Edit” settings). You can find out more on the All about Cookies website.

Please note, that if you delete cookies or refuse to accept them, you might not be able to use all of the features we offer or store your preferences, and some of our pages might not display properly.

Some third parties may use Advertising Cookies to help gather information about your browsing activity so that they can deliver website advertising to you that is relevant to your interests. The advertising industries in the European Union have developed schemes to help you opt-out of receiving cookies used for these purposes. You can find out more about the scheme on the Your Online Choices website. 

If you want to clear all cookies left behind by the websites you have visited, there are several programs you can use that clean out tracking cookie, such as Adaware and Webroot. 

Please visit our Cookie Declaration page to see exactly what cookies our website uses and change your cookie preferences.

Information about the cookies used by us may be updated from time to time, so please check back on a regular basis for any changes.

If you have any further queries, please contact us via contact form.

You can also contact us at the following address: The Royal British Legion, 199 Borough High Street, London SE1 1AA.