COOKIE POLICY OF DUKASCOPY BANK SA
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or device by the visited websites. The cookie files are used to make websites work more efficiently, store information about your preferences, provide statistical information to website owners etc. Please note that cookies are not used to identify you personally or for any purpose other than those described in this Cookie Policy.
When you enter the website(s) of Dukascopy Bank SA, you accept the use of cookies. To reject the use of cookies, please see section “Managing cookies” below.
Types of cookies and their purpose
Generally, there are two types of cookies - first-party cookies created by the website you visit, i.e. Dukascopy Bank SA or its associated websites, and third-party cookies created by websites from a domain other Dukascopy Bank SA.
Cookies remain on your computer or device for different periods of time – session cookies exist while the browser is open and are deleted automatically after the browser is closed (once the session ends), whereas persistent cookies survive browser closure and remain on your hard drive until deleted by you.
Cookies used by Dukascopy Bank SA are further divided into the following categories based on their function:
- Strictly necessary cookies are essential for the proper functioning of the website and its features;
- Functionality cookies are used to provide personal features and remember your preferences and choices made about the website (e.g. language, region);
- Performance cookies are used to track statistical data, gather the information on how the website is being used, detect what interests website visitors the most etc. in order to improve website functions;
- Advertising cookies are third-party cookies that track online activity of website visitors to deliver relevant advertisements.
The website(s) of Dukascopy Bank SA deploy the following cookies:
| Cookie | Provider | Type | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FXCOMM1 | Dukascopy | First-party, Strictly necessary | Unpersonalized User ID in a social network fxcomm | Until the end of the browser session |
| __cfduid | Dukascopy | First-party, Strictly necessary | Security identifier | 1 month |
| mobDeviceFlag | Dukascopy | First-party, Strictly necessary | Indicator that shows which version of Dukascopy Community opened - mobile version = 0, desktop version = 1 | Until the end of the browser session |
| FXCOMM1_TRACK_ID | Dukascopy | First-party, Strictly necessary | Personalized cookie used in process of authentication and authorization of a registered user of Dukascopy Community | 1 month |
| FXCOMM_T | Dukascopy | First-party, Strictly necessary | Status of successful authorization by registered user in Dukascopy Community | 1 month |
| open-subscribed-announce | Dukascopy | First-party, Strictly necessary | Stores a status of showing news updates to authorized users of Dukascopy Community | 3 days |
| lastLang | Dukascopy | First-party, Functionality | Remembers user’s language preferences | 3 months |
| pubLang | Dukascopy | First-party, Functionality | Remembers user’s language preferences | 6 months |
| lang | Dukascopy | First-party, Functionality | Remembers user’s language preferences | Until the end of the browser session |
| dukascopy_trading _tools_session |
Dukascopy | First-party, Functionality | Necessary to support a special section of the website: “Trading Tools” | 1 day |
| XSRF-TOKEN | Dukascopy | First-party, Functionality | Necessary to support a special section of the website: “Trading Tools” | 1 day |
| cookiepolicy | Dukascopy | First-party, Functionality | Remembers user’s preference regarding use of cookies | 1 year |
| _dc_gtm_UA-186474-1 | Third-party, Strictly Necessary | Identifier used by Google Tag Manager to control the loading of a Google Analytics script tag | 1 year | |
| _hj | Hotjar | Third-party, Performance | Hotjar service is recording user sessions, preparing heatmaps of user interactions with the website | 1 year |
| cf_ | CloudFlare.com | Third-party, Performance | System cookie for security measures provided by CloudFlare.com | This cookie expires after 30 minutes of continuous inactivity by the end user |
| _ga | Third-party, Performance | Identifier of the Google Analytics system that assigns each user a unique ID, which then is used to summarize the page usage data | 2 years | |
| _gid | Third-party, Performance | Identifier of the Google Analytics system that stores a unique user session identifier and value for each page visited | 2 years | |
| _pk_id.1.a2ee | Matomo | Third-party, Performance | The default Matomo Tracking code in JavaScript uses first-party cookies, which are set on the domain of website, to track users on the website and/or app | 13 months |
| _pk_ref.1.a2ee | Matomo | Third-party, Performance | The default Matomo Tracking code in JavaScript uses first-party cookies, which are set on the domain of website, to track users on the website and/or app | 13 months |
| __utma | Third-party, Performance | Identifier of the Google Analytics system that tracks visitor behavior, measures site performance, calculates new and returning visitor statistics | 2 years | |
| __utmb | Third-party, Performance | One of the identifiers that calculates how long a website visit takes, i.e. takes a timestamp of the exact moment in time when a visitor enters a site | Until the end of the browser session | |
| __utmc | Third-party, Performance | One of the identifiers that calculates how long a website visit takes, i.e. takes a timestamp of the exact moment in time when a visitor leaves a site | Until the end of the browser session | |
| __utmz | Third-party, Performance | Identifier of the Google Analytics system that stores the traffic source that explains how users reached | 2 years | |
| Dukascopy Bank SA website, registers keywords that users have entered before entering Dukascopy Bank SA website | ||||
| AEC | Third-party, Performance | Google identifier used for user tracking and identification for security purposes | 6 months | |
| OTZ | Third-party, Performance | Google identifier used for tracking and identifying web traffic | 1 month | |
| DV | Third-party, Performance | This cookie is used by Google Ads Optimization in order to provide ad delivery or retargeting | 1 day | |
| _gcl_au | Third-party, Advertising | Identifier of the Google Analytics system that measures advertisement efficiency across Dukascopy Bank SA website on the use of Google’s services | 2 years | |
| 1P_JAR | Third-party, Advertising | Google search identifier that carries out information about how the end user uses the website and any advertising that the end user may have seen before visiting Dukascopy Bank SA website | 1 month | |
| CONSENT | Third-party, Advertising | Google search identifier that carries out information about how the end user uses Dukascopy Bank SA website and any advertising that the end user may have seen before visiting it | 13 months | |
| NID | Third-party, Advertising | Google search identifier that helps build a profile of the end user’s interests and show relevant ads | 6 months | |
| SOCS | Third-party, Advertising | Google identifier used to track the consents that the user has granted to Google for the privacy settings and the configuration of the related cookies | 13 months |
Consent and withdrawal
By continuing to use Dukascopy Bank SA website, you agree with Dukascopy Bank SA Cookie Policy.
Managing cookies
Note: Removal or block of cookies may result in some functionality of the website being unavailable and losing any preferences you have set.
It is possible to manage cookies on your computer or device by altering cookie settings in your browser. You may choose to accept/reject cookies or be notified of new cookies. Please see instructions on how to control cookies for most common browsers below.
Additional information
Additional information about the cookie files is available at About Cookies, EDAA (European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance) and FDPIC