Cookie Notice
Last Updated: October 2024
This Cookie Notice applies to S&P Global Inc. and its affiliates, which you have a contract with or which provide services to you, (collectively or individually, as applicable, referred to as "S&P Global", "Company", "we", "our", "us") and the S&P Global websites and applications at or linked to from www.spglobal.com ("Websites"). This Cookie Notice explains how we use cookies and similar technologies to recognize you when you visit our Websites and use our web applications. It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them.
Cookies contain small amounts of information and are downloaded to your computer or other device by a website server. Your web browser then sends these cookies back to the website on each subsequent visit so that it can recognize you and remember things about you, such as your user preferences. You can find more detailed information about cookies and how they work at AboutCookies.org.
Where required by applicable law, we will obtain your consent before we place any cookies on your device that are not strictly necessary for the functioning of our Websites.
Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, S&P Global) are called "first party cookies". Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called "third party cookies". Third party cookies enable third party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (e.g. like advertising, interactive content and analytics). The parties that set these third-party cookies can recognize your computer both when it visits the website in question and also when it visits certain other websites.
Whenever you use this site, information may be collected through the use of cookies and other technologies. By using this site, you agree to our use of cookies as described in this notice.
What cookies are used and why?
We use cookies on this site in three main ways:
"Strictly necessary" cookies, which are first party cookies that must be set to allow us to deliver the Website to you and to provide specific services that you request from us. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms. The services offered by our Websites that require cookies in order to function include: account log-in, shopping basket/online store, billing and comments/blog features.
"Performance" cookies, which are first party cookies that help us to collect information about how visitors use our Websites and helps us with site analysis and improvements. Performance cookies will remain on your computer after you close your browser. If you opt out of, or do not allow, these cookies (as applicable), we will not know when you have visited our Websites and will not be able to monitor its performance.
"Functionality" cookies, which allow our Websites to remember your choices or preferences, such as information on online forms or previous orders. These cookies enable you to move around our Websites and use its features such as accessing secure areas (e.g. content for registered users). These cookies allow us to offer you a personalized experience while using the Website. They are not used to track your browsing activity on other websites. They may be set by us or by third party providers whose services we have added to our pages. If you do not allow these cookies then some or all of these services may not function properly.
This site does not use targeting cookies to deliver targeted advertising to site visitors.
What about other tracking technologies, like web beacons?
Cookies are not the only way to recognize or track visitors to a website. We may use other, similar technologies from time to time, like web beacons (sometimes called "tracking pixels" or "clear gifs"). These are tiny graphics files that contain a unique identifier that enables us to recognize when someone has visited our websites or opened an e-mail that we have sent them. This allows us, for example, to monitor the traffic patterns of users from one page within our Websites to another, to deliver or communicate with cookies, to understand whether you have come to our Websites from an online advertisement displayed on a third-party website, to improve site performance, and to measure the success of e-mail marketing campaigns. If you do not wish to enable such tracking, please do not download any images in such emails, or alternatively please unsubscribe from our mailing lists by updating your choices on our preference page or by following the link at the bottom of each email. In many instances, these technologies are also reliant on cookies to function properly, and so declining performance cookies will impair their functioning.
In this policy, references to "cookies" are to cookies and to the similar tracking technologies referred to above.
How to control cookies?
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject certain cookies. You can use our Cookie Settings link or set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse certain cookies.
You can amend your cookies choices at any time, including by withdrawing your consent to certain cookies, through our Cookie Settings link or by changing your web browser controls. If you choose to reject cookies, you may still use our Websites though your access to some functionality and areas of our Websites may be restricted. You may need to refresh your page for your settings to take effect.
Browser controls
Most browsers will allow you to see what cookies you have and delete them on an individual basis or block cookies from particular or all sites. Be aware that any preference set will be lost if you delete all cookies, including your preference to opt-out from cookies as this itself requires an opt-out cookie to have been set.
Find out how to manage cookies on popular web browsers:
If you are visiting this site using a mobile device such as a smartphone or tablet, please also refer to the manufacturer’s instructions on how to manage cookies.
External web services
We sometimes use external web services on our site to display content within our web pages. For example, to display images, show videos and run polls. As with the social buttons we cannot prevent these sites, or external domains, from collecting information on your use of this embedded content.
Where can I get further information?
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or other technologies, please contact our Privacy Compliance team at privacy@spglobal.com or Privacy Compliance team, S&P Global Inc., 55 Water Street, New York, NY 10041.
You may also use this personal information request form to contact us or exercise any of your rights in relation to personal information we collect or otherwise process by using cookies.
In some of our locations, we also have local contact details that you may prefer to use as set out in the "How to contact us" section of our Corporate Privacy Policy.