That depends on the type of cookie and who places it. There are a number of options:
ABN AMRO sets up a first-party cookie on its own website
A first-party cookie, which is also known as a direct cookie, is a cookie created by the domain a web user is visiting. This cookie is placed when you visit abnamro.nl. It’s ABN AMRO’s responsibility to provide information on first-party cookies and ask for your consent. The same goes for cookies placed by third parties on the instruction of and for ABN AMRO, i.e. cookies that serve to provide a service to ABN AMRO. The party placing the cookies doesn’t use them for its own purposes. One example would be cookies that third parties set up on abnamro.nl for ABN AMRO to track user activity.
ABN AMRO sets up a third-party cookie on a third party’s website
A third-party cookie is a cookie that is placed on another organisation’s website. These cookies are created by domains other than the one the user is visiting. ABN AMRO sets up third-party cookies for instance by advertising on other organisations’ websites. If ABN AMRO reads the cookie and sets it up on the third party’s website, ABN AMRO is required to provide information to the user and ask for consent. In this context, ABN AMRO may agree with the third party that the latter will provide information to the user on behalf of ABN AMRO and ask for the user’s consent.
Another organisation sets up a third-party cookie on an ABN AMRO website
Other organisations also set up third-party cookies on ABN AMRO’s websites. If a third party wants to read or save cookies on your computer when you visit one of our websites, they’re required to ask for your consent.
There are multiple options for gaining consent for placing cookies:
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The website provider can choose to ask for one-off consent on behalf of all parties placing and reading cookies through its website.
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The third party placing and reading cookies can ask for one-off consent for reading and placing cookies through multiple websites at the same time. In doing so, it is imperative that the party asking for consent is clear about its intentions. It needs to be clear who places and reads the cookies and what the uses of the cookies are. It should also be clear what the requested consent is for exactly.
Please be advised that, if a third party sets up a cookie on abnamro.nl on behalf of ABN AMRO, this cookie doesn’t qualify as a third-party cookie since the cookie is set up for ABN AMRO. If third parties set up cookies on abnamro.nl for their own purposes, these cookies do effectively qualify as third-party cookies.