Firewalls
A firewall acts as a barrier between internal and external computers in a network, controlling the flow of information between the two. When a computer outside the firewall wishes to communicate with a computer inside, it must communicate with the firewall, which then passes the data to the internal Computer. This two-step process helps protect the Bank's internal network from unauthorized access.
Security Audits
Butterfield Bank (Guernsey) Limited is committed to ensuring our Security measures are of the highest of standards. As part of this measure standard, in order to achieve this, we have employed an external auditing firm to perform regular security audits against of our infrastructure to ensure we are not exposed to new vulnerabilities in hardware and software.
Cookies
A cookie is a package of data containing a string of text that identifies you as it travels between your computer and ours. This helps ensure the right information is delivered to the right destination. Butterfield Bank (Guernsey) Limited encrypts the text contained within these cookies so that they may not be tampered with or viewed by another party. Only 'Bank of Butterfield' servers may read these cookies; your web browser ensures that these cookies are not sent to other web sites. Butterfield Bank (Guernsey) Limited does not use cookies for marketing purposes.
There are two types of cookies: a session cookie and a persistent cookie.
Session cookies are stored in your browser only for the extent of time that you are connected to Butterfield Online. Butterfield Bank (Guernsey) Limited uses session cookies to guide the dialog from page to page within Butterfield Online and to control the logout process. When you click the 'Logout' button, the session cookie expires. To perform any further inquiries or transactions, you must log back into Butterfield Online, establishing a new session cookie. Session cookies are time sensitive; after 10 minutes of inactivity, the session cookie expires and you are automatically logged out of Butterfield Online.
Persistent cookies are stored on your hard drive. Butterfield Bank (Guernsey) Limited does not use persistent cookies.
Because of our security system, you will need to use a browser that supports SSL encryption if you wish to take full advantage of the Butterfield Online. For the full 128-bit encryption you must have Netscape Navigator version 3.0+ or Microsoft Internet Explorer version 4.0+. If you have an older version of the browser, 40-bit encryption is available to ensure your security. If you only want to gather information about Butterfield Bank, any browser that supports the HTML 2.0 standard should accommodate our pages. Butterfield Online will accept any Netscape 4 and above or Internet Explorer 4 and above browser.
Digital Certificates.
To help ensure the security of your account information, we use a system involving Digital Identification Certificates from VeriSign, the world leader in digital authentication products and services. Using today's strongest cryptographic techniques, VeriSign Digital ID's provide the means of verifying the identity of each party in an electronic transmission. Through Digital ID's, you can tell that you are actually transacting with Butterfield Bank (Guernsey) Limited when you transmit personal or financial information to us through our Web site.
Butterfield Bank (Guernsey) Limited.
In this statement Bank of Butterfield means Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son Limited and its subsidiary and associated companies, unless the context otherwise requires.
Disclaimer
Although the information in this statement has been obtained from sources which we believe to be reliable, we do not guarantee its accuracy.
PRIVACY STATEMENT
Butterfield Bank (Guernsey) Limited Privacy Statement
Any information that may be collected by the Bank regarding customers and their account(s) is used so as to administer customer accounts, provide good service, and offer products and services that will be of benefit to customers.
Children's Online Privacy Protection
The Bank does not knowingly solicit information from children, and does not knowingly market to children. The Bank recognizes that protecting children's identities and privacy online is important and that the responsibility to do so rests with both the online industry and with parents.
