Cookies Policy
A simple guide to the cookies and similar technologies used on Oasis websites
This Cookies Policy applies to Oasis Cover Limited, including Oasis Underwriting, Oasis Commercial Lines and Oasis Personal Lines.
It should be read alongside our Privacy Notice.
At a glance
Essential cookies keep the website working
These cookies support things such as security, online forms, sessions and remembering your cookie preferences.
They are normally active because the website needs them to provide the service you have requested.
Optional cookies are your choice
Where consent is required, optional analytics, functional and marketing cookies should remain switched off until you choose to accept them.
You can change your mind
You can use Cookie Settings to review or change your preferences at any time.
Marketing tracking requires consent
We will not use advertising or cross-site tracking technologies that require consent unless you have agreed to them.
You can see which cookies are currently being used
Because website technologies can change, the Cookie Settings or preference centre should show the current cookie name, provider, purpose and duration.
1. What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small piece of information stored on, or accessed from, your computer, phone, tablet or other device when you use a website.
Cookies can help a website:
work properly;
keep information secure;
remember your choices;
understand how people use the site; and
support advertising or marketing.
Similar rules can apply to technologies such as:
pixels;
tags;
local storage; and
some device-identification technologies.
In this policy, we use the term cookies to include these similar technologies where appropriate.
2. The types of cookies we may use
Strictly necessary cookies
These cookies are required for the website or online service to work properly.
They can be used for things such as:
website security;
fraud prevention;
authentication;
online forms;
maintaining a session; and
remembering your cookie choices.
These cookies will usually not require your consent.
Blocking them through your browser may prevent parts of the website from working correctly.
Analytics and statistical cookies
These cookies help us understand how our websites are used.
For example, they may help us understand:
how many people visit the website;
which pages are viewed;
how visitors move around the site;
which devices or browsers are being used; and
whether visitors experience technical problems.
Where consent is required, these cookies will not be activated until you have chosen to accept them.
In some circumstances, UK law allows limited statistical technologies to be used without prior consent where specific legal conditions are met.
If we rely on such an exception, its purpose will be limited to producing aggregated statistics to help us improve the service, and an appropriate way to object will be provided.
Functional and preference cookies
These cookies help improve your experience or remember choices you have made.
This might include:
display preferences;
language choices;
accessibility preferences; or
other website settings.
Where consent is required, these cookies will only operate after you have chosen to accept them.
Marketing and tracking cookies
These technologies may be used to:
measure advertising campaigns;
personalise advertising;
connect advertising activity to website visits;
track users across different websites or services; or
integrate advertising and social-media activity.
Where consent is legally required, we will not activate these technologies unless you have agreed to them.
Third-party content
Some pages may contain content or services supplied by another organisation, such as:
videos;
maps;
social-media features; or
other embedded content.
Those providers may use cookies or similar technologies.
Where consent is required, non-essential third-party technologies should not be activated until you have made the appropriate choice.
3. Your cookie choices
When you first visit one of our websites, you may see a cookie banner or preference centre.
Depending on the technologies being used, this may allow you to:
accept optional cookies;
reject optional cookies;
choose individual cookie categories; or
object to certain limited technologies where the law permits them to be used without consent but requires an opt-out.
Changing your choice is easy
You can review or change your choices at any time by selecting:
Cookie Settings
Changing your preferences does not make any earlier lawful use of cookies unlawful.
4. Cookies currently used on this website
Website technology changes over time. The table below shows the cookies and similar technologies currently identified on this website, including who provides them, what they are used for and how long they remain on your device.
5. How long cookies last
Session cookies
Session cookies normally expire when you close your browser.
Persistent cookies
Persistent cookies remain on your device for a specified period or until you delete them.
We aim not to keep cookies, or information collected through cookies, for longer than is reasonably necessary for their purpose.
The duration of individual cookies should be shown in the cookie list or preference centre.
6. Managing cookies through your browser
Most web browsers allow you to:
view cookies;
delete cookies; and
block cookies.
The exact steps depend on the browser and device you use.
Blocking all cookies can affect the website
If you block strictly necessary cookies, some pages, forms or online services may not work correctly.
Your browser settings operate separately from the choices available through our Cookie Settings tool.
7. Personal information and cookies
Some cookies and similar technologies can involve the use of personal information.
This might include:
IP addresses;
device information;
browser information;
online identifiers; and
information about how you interact with our website.
Where personal information is involved, our Privacy Notice also applies.
8. Third-party providers
Some website features are supplied by third-party providers.
Depending on the service, those organisations may place or access cookies on your device.
Where consent is required, non-essential third-party technologies should not be activated until you have made the appropriate choice.
Some providers may process information outside the United Kingdom.
Where this involves an international transfer of personal information, the safeguards explained in our Privacy Notice apply.
9. Changes to this Cookies Policy
We may update this Cookies Policy if:
our websites change;
the technologies we use change;
our suppliers change; or
legal or regulatory requirements change.
The latest version will be published on the relevant Oasis website and will show when it was last updated.
10. Questions about cookies
If you have a question about cookies, online privacy or how we use your personal information, please contact:
Simon Oakes
Chief Financial Officer and Data Protection Lead
Oasis Cover Limited
Premier House
Londonthorpe Road
Grantham
Lincolnshire
NG31 9SN
Email: compliance@oasisunderwriting.com
Telephone: 01476 513797
Want to know more about how we use your personal information?
Read our Privacy Notice for information about what we collect, why we use it, who we may share it with, how long we keep it and your rights.