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    Cookies Policy

    What are cookies?

    Cookies are small text files that can be placed on your computer or mobile device that identifies your browser/device.

    What are cookies used for?

    Cookies allow a site to know if your device has visited that particular site before. Cookies can then help to understand how the site is being used, help you navigate through the pages efficiently, help remember your preferences, and generally improve your browsing experience. Cookies can also help to ensure that the marketing you see online is more relevant to you and your interests.

    What types of cookies are there?

    There are generally 3 different types of cookies: “Session Cookies”, “Permanent Cookies”, “Third-Party Cookies”. The different types of cookies are explained below:

    1. Session Cookies are mainly used by online shops, they allow you to keep items in your cart when browsing. They are also referred to as a “Transient Cookie”, a cookie that is erased when the user closes the Web browser. The session cookie is stored in the temporal memory and is not retained after the browser is closed. In simple terms, the Session cookies do not collect information from the users device.
    2. Permanent cookies remain in operation even when the browser is closed. They remember log in details and passwords so you don’t have to add these in every time you enter the site. The law concerning permanent cookies states they need to be deleted after 6 months of being stored on the device.
    3. Third-party cookies are installed by third parties with the aim of collecting certain information to carry out various investigations into behaviour, demographics etc.

    What types of cookies do Healthcare Today use?

    Here at Healthcare Today, we use both Session cookies, Permanent cookies and Third-Party cookies so that our website works correctly and provides you with the information you request.

    Website Access and Preference Cookies

    If you log in to the Healthcare Today website, it will use two cookies (cmsa and PHPSESSID) to remember that you are logged in and to present content which is restricted to users who are logged in. We also use a cookie (CookieControl) to record and remember which other cookies you have accepted or rejected. All of these cookies are strictly necessary for the correct functioning of the Healthcare Today website. Neither cookie set when you log in will store personal data about you, cmsa expires after 1 month, PHPSESSID expires when you close your browser.

    The CookieControl cookie will store a unique, anonymous identifier with a record of your preferences, it expires after 180 days. You can change your preference at any time. We control how your preference information is used. Civic UK (12 South Charlotte Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH2 4AX) process this data on our behalf to record your cookie consent preferences.

    Analytics and Advertising Campaign Management Cookies

    This website uses tracking and advertising campaign services provided by Google Ireland Limited and Google LLC.

    Google’s services use cookies and similar methods to store small pieces of information on your device. The information generated by the cookies about your use of this website and interaction with our advertising campaigns, are transmitted to Google (which may use data repositories outside of the European Economic Area (EEA) such as the United States of America), where it is then stored for us.

    We control how the information collected about you is used. Google will use it on our behalf to evaluate your use of this website, to evaluate the activities of digital advertising campaigns and to manage digital advertising campaigns. Google may provide it to third parties if needs be, for example, in order to comply with the law or to third parties processing that information on behalf of Google. For more information on Google’s practices, please see:

    Blocking and Restricting Cookies

    If you wish to restrict or block cookies you can do this through your browser settings – the Help function within your browser should tell you how. Alternatively, you may wish to visit www.aboutcookies.org which contains comprehensive information on how to do this on a wide variety of browsers. Please be aware that restricting cookies may impact on the functionality of this website.

    By using this website, you consent to the processing of the data captured relating to your use of the website by us (and by GoSquared acting on our behalf) in the manner and for the purposes described above, as may be supplemented by our privacy policy.”