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We'd also like to set some additional cookies to understand how you use our website, remember your preferences and improve your experience.

We also use cookies set by other sites to help us deliver content from their services.

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Cookies policy

The purpose of this notice is to explain how the National Employment Savings Trust Corporation (Nest) as Trustee of the Nest pension scheme (the Scheme) collects and uses your personal information using cookies, and how we comply with data protection law. In legal terms, Nest is a ‘data controller’ for this information.

We use cookies to improve your experience on our website. They help us to distinguish you from other users and to customise our web pages by remembering your preferences, like font size. We also use cookies to help us bring our campaigns on social media and other websites to your attention.

What's a cookie?

A cookie is a small file sent from a website which is then stored by your web browser. When you return to the website the information in the cookie can be used to recognise your last session.

Cookies can't install malicious software such as viruses on your device, whether that’s a computer or a mobile phone. They don't store any of your account information.

Where do cookies come from?

There are two sources of cookies:

  • First-party cookies are set by us on your device. They can be used to remember your preferences when you visit our website or to maintain your browser connection.
  • Third-party cookies are set by a third party that provides services to Nest, for example, cookies set by advertising networks to support Nest marketing campaigns. Please note, while Nest can control cookies set on our website, we have no control over cookies set by third parties on their own websites or other sites. You should check the third-party websites for more information about these.

How long do cookies stay on your device?

Cookies stay on your device for different periods of time:

  • Session cookies generally only last while you have your internet browser open. Once you close your browser they’re automatically deleted from your device.
  • Persistent cookies generally stay on your device after you close your internet browser, unless your browser is set up to automatically delete them. They can be used by websites to remember your preferences when you open up your browser again.

What cookies do we use?

We use three types of cookies on our website:

Essential cookies

The essential cookies we use are:

Purpose Cookie Provider Cookie Name(s) Duration
A security feature to protect against malicious attacks by identifying bot access attempts. reCAPTCHA sets a necessary cookie (_GRECAPTCHA) when executed for the purpose of providing its risk analysis www.google.com _GRECAPTCHA 180 days
To maintain your online session Nest JSESSIONID, oam.Flash.RENDERMAP.TOKEN, PD-S-SESSION-ID Session
To display a message to remind users to log out Nest secMsgCookie Session
To display a message if multiple web chat sessions are initiated Nest Username Session
To maintain the security of your online session WAF TSxxxxxxxx (where x is replaced with a random series of numbers and letters) Session
Saves your cookie consent settings (New) Nest cookies_policy Persistent - 1 year
Lets us know that you've saved your cookie consent settings (New) Nest cookies-preferences-set Persistent - 1 year
Nest Careers Portal - these are session cookies that helps the visitor use the portal Eploy ASP.NET_SessionId ASP.NET_AuthId Eploy.Session Session
Nest Careers Portal - this is only used for multilingual sites to store the visitor’s culture and set formatting of currency, dates etc Eploy CultureSystemCodeID CultureSystemLanguageID Persistent – 1 year
Nest Careers Portal – Let’s us know that you have read the cookie banner so that it does not appear again Eploy CookiesDirective Persistent – 1 year
Purpose A security feature to protect against malicious attacks by identifying bot access attempts. reCAPTCHA sets a necessary cookie (_GRECAPTCHA) when executed for the purpose of providing its risk analysis
Cookie Provider www.google.com
Cookie Name(s) _GRECAPTCHA
Duration 180 days
Purpose To maintain your online session
Cookie Provider Nest
Cookie Name(s) JSESSIONID, oam.Flash.RENDERMAP.TOKEN, PD-S-SESSION-ID
Duration Session
Purpose To display a message to remind users to log out
Cookie Provider Nest
Cookie Name(s) secMsgCookie
Duration Session
Purpose To display a message if multiple web chat sessions are initiated
Cookie Provider Nest
Cookie Name(s) Username
Duration Session
Purpose To maintain the security of your online session
Cookie Provider WAF
Cookie Name(s) TSxxxxxxxx (where x is replaced with a random series of numbers and letters)
Duration Session
Purpose Saves your cookie consent settings (New)
Cookie Provider Nest
Cookie Name(s) cookies_policy
Duration Persistent - 1 year
Purpose Lets us know that you've saved your cookie consent settings (New)
Cookie Provider Nest
Cookie Name(s) cookies-preferences-set
Duration Persistent - 1 year
Purpose Nest Careers Portal - these are session cookies that helps the visitor use the portal
Cookie Provider Eploy
Cookie Name(s) ASP.NET_SessionId ASP.NET_AuthId Eploy.Session
Duration Session
Purpose Nest Careers Portal - this is only used for multilingual sites to store the visitor’s culture and set formatting of currency, dates etc
Cookie Provider Eploy
Cookie Name(s) CultureSystemCodeID CultureSystemLanguageID
Duration Persistent – 1 year
Purpose Nest Careers Portal – Let’s us know that you have read the cookie banner so that it does not appear again
Cookie Provider Eploy
Cookie Name(s) CookiesDirective
Duration Persistent – 1 year

Analytics, performance and campaign cookies

The analytics and performance cookies we use are:

Purpose Cookie Provider Cookie name(s) Duration
To monitor unique visitors Nest partyID Session
To monitor number of visitors and how they interact with our website Google Analytics _ga Persistent - 2 years
To manage the volume of page view requests made   Google Analytics _gat Persistent - 10 minutes
To monitor unique visitors Google Analytics _gid Persistent - 24 hours
Purpose To monitor unique visitors
Cookie Provider Nest
Cookie name(s) partyID
Duration Session
Purpose To monitor number of visitors and how they interact with our website
Cookie Provider Google Analytics
Cookie name(s) _ga
Duration Persistent - 2 years
Purpose To manage the volume of page view requests made  
Cookie Provider Google Analytics
Cookie name(s) _gat
Duration Persistent - 10 minutes
Purpose To monitor unique visitors
Cookie Provider Google Analytics
Cookie name(s) _gid
Duration Persistent - 24 hours

You can find out more about Google Analytics cookies on the Google privacy page.

Functionality and customisation cookies

The functionality and customisation cookies we use are:

Purpose Cookie Provider Cookie Name(s) Duration
To manage the text sizer at the top of our site Nest textSizer Session
To manage the contrast functionality at the top of our site Nest highContrast Session
To monitor site performance Dynatrace dtcookie (_dt, dtPC, dtLaTC) Session
Purpose To manage the text sizer at the top of our site
Cookie Provider Nest
Cookie Name(s) textSizer
Duration Session
Purpose To manage the contrast functionality at the top of our site
Cookie Provider Nest
Cookie Name(s) highContrast
Duration Session
Purpose
Cookie Provider
Cookie Name(s)
Duration
Purpose To monitor site performance
Cookie Provider Dynatrace
Cookie Name(s) dtcookie (_dt, dtPC, dtLaTC)
Duration Session

Transfers outside the United Kingdom (UK)

When our analytics provider, Google Analytics, collects information, it stores this in the U.S. For this activity, Nest relies on Model Contract Clauses or any replacements applicable in the UK. More information can be found in Google Analytics privacy policy.

What can you do if you don’t want cookies on your computer?

You can block analytics, performance and campaign cookies, and functionality and customisation cookies for our website by using the slider buttons on the ‘Cookies on Nest Pensions’ page.

You can block cookies for other websites by following third-party opt-out instructions. One way of doing this is to change your internet browser settings by following the instructions provided by your browser provider. These are normally located within the 'Help', 'Tools' or 'Edit' menus. You can also use a third-party tool to manage cookies.

If you know the third-party cookie that’s being used, you can follow the provider’s instructions to opt out. For example, you can opt out from Google Analytics cookies by visiting Google's website. However, this may not delete the cookie from your browser altogether. It may just stop the cookie from being sent to your computer in the future.

Some web browsers let you delete cookies completely. If your browser allows it, you’ll be able to change your settings to delete cookies when the browser is closed.

Just remember that if you choose to refuse cookies, some website functionality may not work for you.

More information

You have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office. For more information on cookies, or to exercise this right, go to the Information Commissioner's Office website.

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