Cookie Notice
This Cookie Notice applies to the IAIS website www.iaisweb.org as well as to any related IAIS websites or IAIS-branded pages on third-party platforms which are operated by or on behalf of the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (“IAIS Sites”).
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, ie, coded with a defined expiry date independent of the duration of the web session, or last only for the session.
The IAIS 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 IAIS webpages with restricted features. Cookies may also be placed by third parties on our websites.
Technical cookies, often referred to as strictly necessary cookies, may 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. IAIS 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 IAIS does not use or analyse marketing cookies.
| Name | Purpose | Expiry |
|---|---|---|
| _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 |
| iais_session | A session cookie that persists only until a visitor closes the browser in order to track a visitor session | 30 minutes |
| iais_uid | A visitor cookie that persists for two years in order to track recurring visitors | 30 minutes |
| Name | Purpose | Expiry |
|---|---|---|
| cc_cookie | Stores user’s permission to use cookies for the current domain. | 6 months |
| Name | Purpose | Expiry |
|---|---|---|
| LS-IIGFMWFDCNFRNNYQ | Keep track of a respondents progress in a survey | Session |
| YII_CSRF_TOKEN | Facilitate CSRF protection | Session |
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