This Cookie Policy explains how Business Loans Companies uses cookies and similar technologies on businessloanscompanies.com, why we use them and how you can control them. It should be read together with our Privacy Policy.
What cookies are
Cookies are small text files that a website saves in your browser. They let the site remember your browser between page views and visits. Similar technologies include local storage, pixels and tags, which do comparable jobs. In this policy we call all of them “cookies”.
Cookies set by our own domain are first party cookies. Cookies set by other companies, such as an analytics provider or a lender you visit, are third party cookies.
Why we use cookies
As an independent comparison site, we use cookies for four practical reasons: to make the site work, to remember simple preferences, to understand which pages are useful and to record when a reader clicks through to a lender, which is how the site is funded.
The cookies we use
| Type | What it does | Set by | How long |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strictly necessary | Keeps the site secure, balances traffic across servers and protects forms from spam. The site cannot work properly without these. | Us and our hosting provider | Session to 12 months |
| Preferences | Remembers simple choices, such as a dismissed notice, so you do not see it again on every page. | Us | Up to 12 months |
| Visitor identifier | Stores a random code so we can recognize a returning browser and see which pages lead readers to lenders. It does not contain your name or contact details. | Us | Up to 12 months |
| Analytics | Counts visits and measures which pages, tools and links are used, in totals that help us improve the site. | Our analytics provider | Up to 24 months |
| Referral tracking | Records that a visit to a lender or partner came from our site, so the referral can be credited to us. | Us and the lender or partner network | Usually 30 to 90 days |
We do not use cookies to collect your bank details, Social Security number or loan application data. Our comparison tools run in your browser and do not need your name or contact details.
Cookies on lender websites
When you click through to a lender, you leave our site. The lender, and any network it uses to track referrals, may set its own cookies on its website. We do not control those cookies. Each lender’s cookie and privacy policies explain what it collects and how to manage it.
How to control cookies
You are in charge of the cookies in your browser. You can:
- block all cookies, or only third party cookies, in your browser settings;
- delete cookies that are already stored at any time;
- use a private or incognito window, which clears cookies when you close it;
- turn on Global Privacy Control in a browser or extension that supports it, which we treat as a request to opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information where the law requires.
Help pages for the most common browsers:
If you block cookies, our guides, comparisons and calculators will still work. We will simply be unable to remember your preferences or credit referrals from your browser.
Changes to this policy
We will update this page if we add, remove or change the cookies we use. The date at the top shows when it was last revised.