Cookie Notice
Who We Are
This Cookie Notice explains how Sky Finance Company Limited and affiliated companies operating under the Sky Capital brand (“Sky Finance ”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) use cookies and similar technologies on our websites.
About This Notice
Our website uses cookies and similar technologies to collect data from your device. This is in order for the website to operate, but also to provide an optimised experience, understand how you use the website, provide features and personalised content, and to deliver advertisements. This Cookie notice provides you with information about the cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them.
We may share this data with other companies under the Sky Capital brand. We also share some data with outside organisations. You can find out more about how we share data – and who we share it with in our Privacy notice.
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are text files containing small amounts of information, which are downloaded by your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. This allows for websites and applications to recognise you or your device on each subsequent visit so they can remember things like your preferences.
There are session cookies, which only last for the direction of your online session and disappear from your device when you close your browser and persistent cookies which stay on your device after the browser has been closed and last for the period of time specified in the cookie.
Why do we use cookies and similar technologies?
The cookies tell us which parts of the website you have visited so that we can ensure we provide you with information that you are interested in and make any future visits to our website simple and easy for you. In addition, cookies can help us to analyse the use of our websites and online content (analytics cookies) and they can also facilitate/track the interaction on our websites and online content with social media (e.g. links to social media sites, like buttons, etc.).
Do we use cookies for marketing and Analytics
Yes, we may use information collected from our cookies to identify user behaviour and improve our future interactions with you, for example if we send you a targeted email, which includes web beacons, cookies or similar technologies, we will know whether you open, read or delete the message.
Which Cookies do we use
Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are essential for the operation of our websites and cannot be disabled in our systems. They enable core functionality such as:
- Website navigation
- Access to secure areas
- Session Management
- System security
Without these cookies, some parts of our websites may not funtion correctly.
Performance & Analytics Cookies
These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our websites. They allow us to collect information such as:
- Pages visited
- Time spent on the website
- Website performance metrics
- User navigation patterns
We may use analytics tools such as Microsoft or similar services to analyse website traffic and imporve our services. The information collected is typically aggregated and anonymised.
Functional Cookies
Functional cookies allow our websites to remenber choices you make, such as :
- Language preferences
- Region settings
- Saved preferences
These cookies help provide enhanced and personlised features.
Targeting & Marketing Cookies
These cookies may be used to:
- Measure the effectiveness of marketing campaigns
- Understand user engagement with website content
- Track interactions with digital communications
They may also be set by third party services integrated into our websites.
Third-Party Cookies
Some cookies used on our website may be placed by third party service providers These may include providers of:
- Analytics services
- Marketing tools
- Social media integration
- Embedded content such as videos
These third parties may collect information about your interaction with our website in accordance with their own privacy policies. Sky Finance does not control how these third parties process the data collected through their cokkies .
Cookies in Emails
In addition to the cookies used on this website, we also use cookies and similar technologies in some emails. This allows us to see how you have interacted with the email, and if you have opened it. Cookies will also be set if you click on a link within this kind of email.
Social Buttons
Social media tools, like widgets and plug-ins, are sometimes used so that you can share information from our websites on other sites such as X (previously Twitter), (found on our Blog pages). These interactive mini programs collect your IP address, record the pages you visit on our site, and set cookies that will enable the widget to function properly. Your interactions with these widgets are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing them, not by us. We may also use X, Facebook, Instagram and Youtube pixel tags to help us understand how effective our marketing is on those sites.
Interractions with live chat platforms
IData may also be collected when you interact with the live chat platform from the website, and live chat conversations may be logged. You will need to consent to your data being collected prior to interacting with the live chat platform. The tawk Widget is a service for interacting with the Tawk live chat platform provided by Tawk.to.
Managing Cookies
Our Cookie Banner
You can directly edit your preferences in relation to the cookies we use on the website using the pop-up banner that appears when you first enter the website. Here you can set preferences in relation to the non-essential cookies placed by our website.
Using your browsers to control cookies
You can decline the use of cookies at any time by modifying your browser settings. By deleting, blocking or declining cookies, you may not be able to use some interactive features or access certain areas of the website that depend on cookies. Most browsers allow you to see what cookies you have and delete them on either an individual basis or block them. You can block cookies for specific websites or for all websites, depending on your preferences.
How to Contact Us
If you have any concerns or questions about this cookie notice or would like to exercise your rights as a data subject, you can contact our Data Protection Officer: Email: dpo@skycapitallimited.com
Updates
We may occasionally update this cookie notice when necessary to reflect changes in the law, our practices and in our services, as well as to ensure it is accurate and up to date. When we make an update we will amend the date at the top of this notice, you are therefore advised to check this privacy notice periodically. We may also notify you in other ways for time to time about the processing of your personal information.