1. What are cookies?
When you access the chelsea groton bank login portal or browse our educational resources, small text files known as cookies are placed on your device. These files allow the website to recognize your browser, maintain security within your session, and remember specific preferences.
Cookies are standard across the financial industry. They do not grant us access to your computer or any information beyond the data you choose to share with us through your interaction with Chelsea Groton Bank online banking services.
2. How we use them
Security is our primary driver for cookie utilization. When you perform a chelsea groton bank online sign in, session cookies ensure that your authentication remains active as you navigate between your checking, savings, and loan accounts. Without these, the system would require a re-authentication with every single click, making modern banking virtually impossible.
Beyond security, we use these files to understand how visitors engage with our site. This helps us refine our financial education content and ensures that our most vital services are easy to find.
3. Categories of Cookies
Essential Cookies
Strictly necessary for the operation of the site. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website, use a shopping cart, or make use of e-billing services.
Analytical/Performance Cookies
These allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us improve the way our website works.
Functionality Cookies
Used to recognize you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalize our content for you and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).
4. Managing your preferences
Most web browsers allow you to manage cookies through their settings. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when websites set or access cookies.
Last Updated: October 2023
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