Cookie Notice

1. Introduction

Your privacy is important to us.  This Cookie Notice explains how we use cookies and similar tracking technologies on our Website.  It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them. 

When we say "you" or "your" in this Cookie Notice, we mean visitors to our Website.  When we use “PWM”, "we", "us" or "ours", we are referring to Goldman Sachs – Private Wealth Management. Whenever we refer to "Website" we mean https://privatewealth.goldmansachs.com.

2. What are cookies?

Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website.  Cookies are widely used by website owners in order to make their websites work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide aggregated reporting information.

Cookies set by a website owner (in this case, PWM) are called "first-party cookies".  Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called "third-party cookies".  On the Website we only use first-party cookies. 

3. Why do we use cookies?

We use first-party cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons in order for our Website to operate.  For example, if you want to access a secure area of the Website, we need to check you have authority to do so.  Other cookies are required to make the Website function well in the way you would like it to.  For example, we measure use of the Website to optimise it and we provide aggregated information about suspicious activity to other PWM departments, to assess fraud and ensure your information is kept safe.  We refer to these all as "strictly necessary" cookies.

4. Do you serve targeted advertising?

We do not currently serve targeted advertising to visitors of our Website.

5. How can you control cookies?

Because the only cookies we use are strictly necessary to provide the Website to you, you cannot refuse them.  We do not use third-party cookies, advertising cookies or social media cookies.

You can however set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse all cookies.  If you choose to reject all cookies, you may still use our Website though your access to some functionality and areas of our website may be restricted.  As the means by which you can refuse cookies through your web browser controls vary from browser-to-browser, you should visit your browser's help menu for more information.

6. How often will you update this Cookie Notice?

We may update this Cookie Notice from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons.  Please therefore re-visit this Cookie Notice regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.

The date at the top of this Cookie Notice indicates when it was last updated.