1. Cookies and similar technology
Cookies are small text files that are sent to and saved on your computer or mobile device (hereinafter collectively referred to as "the Device") when you access this website.
Cookies are generally categorized into two types: 1st party cookies and 3rd party cookies. Sony Bank sets up the 1st party cookies. This type of cookie is mostly used to enable functions on the Sony Bank website. The 3rd party cookies, on the other hand, are set up not by Sony Bank but by an affiliated third party. For example, the 3rd party cookies may be placed to track your browsing activities for our affiliated ad delivery service companies to place suitable ads at suitable locations.
A web beacon (also called pixel tag) is a technique to transmit data from the Device to a server. A web beacon can be embedded in various online content, such as movies, pictures, and emails, to record date of viewing, IP address of the Device, etc. via a server that recognizes your device type, specific content viewed, opened/viewed email, etc.
2. Purposes of using cookies and similar technology
- In general, cookies are a technique to let users revisit a website without re-entering the same information by recognizing the user's device when the user views the internet in general or uses a specific web service. Today cookies are used to display suitable ads on users' displays by tracking user browsing activities.
- Sony Bank may use cookies and similar technologies to improve the performance of the Website and the services offered, and to ensure the security of the customer by detecting and preventing fraudulent access by analyzing the customer information (access, traffic, routine, etc.) collected through cookies.