Cookies
What is a cookie?
Cookies are small pieces of information, stored in simple text files, placed on your computer by a web site. Cookies can be read by the web site on your subsequent visits. The information stored in a cookie may relate to your browsing habits on the web page, or a unique identification number so that the web site can "remember" you on your return visit. Generally speaking, cookies do not contain personal information from which you can be identified, unless you have furnished such information to the web site.
How do Bank of Ireland use cookies?
Bank of Ireland uses cookies to collect information about visitors' use of the website, including things like connection speed, operating system details, the time and duration visits and IP addresses. The information collected by cookies enables Bank of Ireland to understand the use of its site, including the number of visitors it has, the pages viewed per session, time exposed to particular pages etc. This in turn helps to provide visitors with a better experience. Bank of Ireland will not attempt to personally identify visitors from their IP addresses.
Cookies will not be used to contact you for marketing purposes other than by means of advertisements offered within Bank of Ireland's website.
Cookies do not in any way compromise the security of your computer.
Visitors can use this Website with no loss of functionality if cookies are disabled from the web browser.
How to disable cookies?
Below is information on how to disable cookies for some of the more popular web browsers.
Please note: Bank of Ireland’s 365 online banking service requires cookies to be enabled in order for the service to function properly. If you disable cookies, you will not be able to use our online banking service.
Internet Explorer 5.0+
Go to the 'Tools' menu
Click on 'Internet Options'
Click the 'Security' tab
Highlight the 'Internet' zone (selected by default)
Select security level 'High' for this zone
Click on 'OK'
Mozilla Firefox
Open the Edit menu and choose Preferences.
Under the Privacy & Security category, choose Cookies. (If no subcategories are visible, double-click the category to expand the list.)
Click the following radio button: Disable cookies
Netscape 6.0+
Go to 'Edit' in the menu bar
Click on 'Preferences'
Click on 'Advanced'
Select the 'Cookies' field
Tick either 'Warn Me Before Accepting a Cookie' or 'Disable Cookies'
Click on 'OK'