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Cookies may also be used to keep track of the pages looked at during a visit as well as the path
taken to those pages.
How do we use cookies?
Our site sometimes uses cookies to track how our visitors move through the site. We
use this information to make decisions about ways to improve the services we offer online: e.g. we
analyze our website traffic to decide which areas of the site need attention as we strive to continually
make improvements.
We use permanent cookies on this site. A permanent cookie is crucial to processing
information relevant to your investor type while you use the site. When you select your investor
type as Retail, Professional or Institutional when entering the site, set a permanent cookie that
stays on your computer's hard drive even after you leave the site. It allows us to automatically show
content appropriate to your investor type whenever you visit using this computer.
Cookies and account security
The cookies we and our marketing partners use don’t include any information
about your personal identity or other confidential financial information. Simply accepting cookies
from our site does not compromise the security of your accounts. We don’t display account information
on this site.
Enabling and disabling cookies
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