Cookie Policy

Essential Cookies

Some cookies are essential in order to navigate and utilise our website features. These cookies enable us to provide a secure online environment and correct functionality of the website’s features. They do not store your information for marketing purposes, nor do they track your online presence.

This type of cookie cannot be disabled.

Cookie Name	Type	Source	Description / Function / Purpose
Cookie Name ASP.NET_SessionId	Type Essential	Source Plus500	Description / Function / Purpose Connects you to the server and is used to store data in between your requests. When you close the page, this cookie is deleted.
Cookie Name theme_type	Type Essential	Source Plus500	Description / Function / Purpose Indicates whether you use Dark Mode in order to present you with the site’s features accordingly.
Cookie Name InAppView	Type Essential	Source Plus500	Description / Function / Purpose Indicates how Plus500 website’s display should be adjusted, according to whether the website was accessed through a browser or the Plus500 app.

Performance and Functionality

Performance/Statistical analysis cookies

These cookies are used to collect information for our advertising efforts. Some of this data includes the website previously visited which directed you to our site and the average duration of website visits. This helps us improve the usability of our website to enhance your experience. We also use technologies which track browsing habits anonymously. This information helps us understand how our online advertising works.

Google Analytics is an example of cookies which we use to monitor the performance of our website and platform for optimisation purposes as well as to analyse the performance of certain functionalities.
These cookies do not collect information that personally identifies you and only collect aggregated and anonymous information. Also, they are not used to target you with online advertising.

For more information about Google Analytics please go to: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en

Functionality cookies

Functionality cookies are used to remember the choices you make on our website. Some of these include language preferences or changes made to the text size and fonts.

You can disable both performance and functionality cookies. However, without these cookies we cannot test our website’s performance nor can we make improvements to optimise and personalise your browsing experience.

Cookie Name	Type	Source	Description / Function / Purpose
Cookie Name referralGclId	Type Performance	Source Plus500	Description / Function Purpose Identifies the Google advertisement which transferred you to our website (if applicable).
Cookie Name _ga	Type Performance	Source Third Party-Google Analytics	Description / Function Purpose Used to distinguish users.
Cookie Name referralUrl	Type Performance	Source Plus500	Description / Function Purpose Used for analysis of whether the URL that links to the Plus500 website was approved in accordance with regulatory requirements.
Cookie Name innerTags	Type Performance	Source Plus500	Description / Function Purpose Used for A/B testing for website functionality.

Targeting Cookies

These cookies track your browsing habits on the Plus500 website to deliver targeted (interest-based) advertising. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement and to measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns. They are usually placed by advertising networks (third-party) with our permission. They remember that you have visited our website and this information is shared with other organisations, such as publishers. We will only use these cookies where you have provided your consent.

These cookies can be disabled, however, without these cookies, online advertisements will not be tailored to your interests.

Cookie Name	Type	Source	Description / Function / Purpose
Cookie Name 1P_JAR	Type Targeting	Source Third Party- Google	Description / Function Purpose These cookies are based on recent searches and interactions to customise ads on Google websites.
Cookie Name IDE	Type Targeting	Source Third Party- DoubleClick (Google)	Description / Function Purpose Used to avoid seeing the same advertisement twice and improve advertisements.
Cookie Name DSID	Type Targeting	Source Third Party- DoubleClick (Google)	Description / Function Purpose These cookies are used for serving targeted advertisements that are relevant to you across the web, based on your previous visits to a website.

How to Control Cookies

You can update your Cookie Settings anytime by visiting this Cookie Policy page, which can be found at the bottom of our website. Third party cookies can be disabled by removing them via the browser settings or via your setting preferences on the third-party’s site.

For more details on how to control and/or delete cookies as you wish through your browser see aboutcookies.org. You can delete all cookies that are already on your computer and set most browsers to prevent them from being placed. However, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit our website or platform, as well as some services and functionalities we offer may not work.

For more information on which types of cookies are exempt, please see: https://wikis.ec.europa.eu/display/WEBGUIDE/04.+Cookies+and+similar+technologies