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Cookie Policy

How vantar.co and the Vantar apps use cookies and similar technologies, and how to change your choices.

Effective date: October 26, 2026 · Issued by Vantar Inc.

At a glance

  • We use strictly necessary cookies to keep Vantar secure and working. You can’t turn these off.
  • Analytics, functional and marketing cookies are off until you allow them, where the law requires your permission.
  • You can change your choices at any time in Cookie settings.
  • We honor Global Privacy Control signals.
  • We don’t sell your personal information.
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About this policy

This Cookie Policy explains how Vantar Inc. (“Vantar”, “we”, “us”) uses cookies and similar technologies on vantar.co, the Vantar web app and the Vantar mobile apps (the “Platform”). It explains what they do and how you can control them. Read this alongside our Privacy Policy, which explains how we use personal information more generally.

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What cookies and similar technologies are

Cookies

What it isSmall text files that a website stores in your browser. First-party cookies are set by vantar.co. Third-party cookies are set by other companies, such as analytics providers. Session cookies are deleted when you close your browser. Persistent cookies stay until they expire or you delete them.

Local and session storage

What it isBrowser storage that works like cookies

Pixels and web beacons

What it isTiny images or code in web pages and emails that tell us whether a page was viewed or an email opened

Software development kits (SDKs)

What it isCode from other companies built into our mobile apps, for example to report crashes or measure use

Device and advertising identifiers

What it isIdentifiers your device provides, such as Apple’s IDFA or Google’s Advertising ID, which you can limit in your device settings

In this policy, we call all of these “cookies”.

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How we use cookies

Strictly necessary

PurposeNeeded to provide the Platform you ask for, and to keep it and your Account secure
ExamplesKeeping you signed in, protecting against fraud and bots, balancing server load, remembering your cookie choices, completing identity verification and bank linking
Your choiceAlways on. The Platform can’t work without them.

Functional

PurposeRemember your choices to improve your experience
ExamplesLanguage, display preferences, recently viewed securities
Your choiceOff until you allow them, where required

Analytics and performance

PurposeHelp us understand how the Platform is used so we can fix problems and improve it
ExamplesCounting visits and traffic sources, measuring feature use, crash and error reporting
Your choiceOff until you allow them, where required

Marketing and advertising

PurposeMeasure our campaigns and, where allowed, show Vantar ads on other sites and apps
ExamplesConversion tracking, campaign attribution, limiting how often you see an ad
Your choiceOff until you allow them

We don’t use cookies to collect your account balances, holdings or trades for advertising.

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Emails

Our emails may contain pixels that tell us whether an email was opened and which links were clicked. We use this to improve our communications and to check that important service messages were delivered. You can block pixels by turning off automatic image loading in your email app. Marketing email tracking follows your marketing preferences.

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Mobile apps

5.1 Our apps use SDKs for:

  • authentication
  • security and fraud prevention
  • identity verification
  • bank linking
  • crash reporting
  • analytics
  • push notifications

5.2 You can:

  • turn off analytics and marketing tracking in Settings › Privacy in the app
  • limit ad tracking in your device settings
  • on iOS, manage tracking permissions for the app in your device’s Settings › Privacy & Security › Tracking

5.3 Our App Store privacy labels and Google Play Data Safety section describe the data our apps collect.

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Cookies and SDKs we use

We keep this list up to date. If we add a cookie in a non-essential category, we’ll ask for your consent where the law requires.

session_id

ProviderVantar
CategoryStrictly necessary
PurposeKeeps you signed in
First or third partyFirst
DurationSession

csrf_token

ProviderVantar
CategoryStrictly necessary
PurposeProtects against cross-site request forgery
First or third partyFirst
DurationSession

cookie_consent

ProviderVantar
CategoryStrictly necessary
PurposeStores your cookie choices
First or third partyFirst
Duration12 months

fraud_device

ProviderFraud prevention provider
CategoryStrictly necessary
PurposeDetects fraud and account takeover
First or third partyThird
DurationUp to 12 months, or as set by the provider

lang

ProviderVantar
CategoryFunctional
PurposeRemembers your language
First or third partyFirst
Duration12 months

analytics_id

ProviderAnalytics provider
CategoryAnalytics
PurposeMeasures how the Platform is used
First or third partyThird
DurationUp to 13 months.

crash SDK

ProviderCrash reporting provider
CategoryAnalytics
PurposeReports app crashes
First or third partyThird
Durationn/a

ad_pixel

ProviderAdvertising platform
CategoryMarketing
PurposeMeasures campaign conversions
First or third partyThird
DurationUp to 13 months.

Marketing cookies are only set if you give consent through our cookie banner. You can withdraw consent at any time through the Cookie Settings, and we will stop setting these cookies. Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing before withdrawal. Strictly necessary cookies do not require consent and will remain active.

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Your choices

7.1 Cookie banner. When you first visit vantar.co, you can:

  • Accept all
  • Reject all non-essential cookies
  • Manage settings to choose by category

7.2 Change your mind at any time. Select Cookie settings in the website footer, or go to Settings › Privacy in the app. Changes apply from then on. They don’t remove cookies already set, which you can clear in your browser.

7.3 Global Privacy Control. If your browser or extension sends a Global Privacy Control signal, we treat it as a request to opt out of marketing cookies and any sale or sharing of personal information for that browser.

7.4 Do Not Track. Browsers’ “Do Not Track” signals have no common standard. We rely on Global Privacy Control and your cookie settings instead.

7.5 Browser controls. Most browsers let you block, delete or limit cookies. If you block strictly necessary cookies, you may not be able to sign in or use the Platform.

7.6 Industry opt-outs. You can also opt out of interest-based advertising from participating companies through industry tools, such as the Digital Advertising Alliance (optout.aboutads.info, onlinechoices.com).

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Third parties

Third-party providers set some cookies. They may collect information about your use of the Platform, and of other websites, under their own privacy policies. We require them to use the information only for the purposes we allow, and in line with the law.

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Changes to this policy

We’ll update this policy when our use of cookies or similar technologies changes. The effective date at the top shows when it last changed. If we make material changes, we’ll tell you in the app or on the website. We’ll ask for your consent again where the law requires.

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Contact us

Questions about cookies? Contact privacy@vantar.co or write to Vantar Inc., 8 The Green Suite B, Dover, Delaware. To learn more about how we handle personal information, read our Privacy Policy.