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This can include information about your use of the website, the browser and device type you are accessing it from and where you are in the world (see 'How do we collect and use geo-location information?').
Cookies are small files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit or certain emails you open. They are widely used in order to make websites function properly, as well as to provide business and marketing information to the owners of the site.
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British Airways uses cookies on ba.com for the following purposes:
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Ease of use
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Tracking
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Marketing
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For more details on the cookies that operate on ba.com please go to More information about cookies used on ba.com.
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Online behavioural advertising (also known as interest-based advertising) is a way of serving advertisements on the websites you visit and making them more relevant to you and your interests.
Shared interests are grouped together based upon previous web browsing activity and web users are then served advertising which matches their shared interests. In this way, advertising can be made as relevant and useful as possible. Relevant ads can also be delivered based upon the website content you have just been viewing. This is known as ‘retargeting’.
For more information refer to http://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/
There are a number of sites which can help you opt out of online behavioural advertising from the third party advertising agencies that operate online behavioural advertising for website publishers.
These include http://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/ and http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices.
Please note that opting out of online behavioural advertising using those services:
In addition, deleting browser cookies can remove your opt out preferences, so you may need to opt out again.
The table below details the most frequently used cookies on ba.com and explains their use.
Last updated: February 2019
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