Cookie Policy
About cookies
Cookies allow a website to recognise a user’s device and respond to them as an individual. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you other than the data you choose to share with us. This cookie policy explains what cookies are, the types of cookies we use and how we use them. You can at any time change or withdraw your consent from the Cookie Declaration on our website.
Your consent applies to the following domains: www.bromleyhealthcare.org.uk
You can learn more how we handle your personal information and how you can access your healthcare records in our Privacy notice.
What are cookies ?
Cookies are small text files that are used to store small pieces of information. The cookies are stored on your device when the website is loaded on your browser. These cookies help us make the website function properly, make the website more secure, provide better user experience, and understand how the website performs and to analyze what works and where it needs improvement.
How do we use cookies ?
As with most of the online services, our website uses first-party and third-party cookies for a number of purposes. The first-party cookies are mostly necessary for the website to function the right way, and they do not collect any of your personally identifiable data.
The third-party cookies used on our websites are used mainly for understanding how the website performs, how you interact with our website, keeping our services secure and all in all providing you with a better and improved user experience and helping to speed up your future interactions with our website.
What types of cookies do we use ?
Essential: Some cookies are essential for you to be able to experience the full functionality of our site. They allow us to maintain user sessions and prevent any security threats. They do not collect or store any personal information.
Statistics: These cookies store information like the number of visitors to the website, the number of unique visitors, which pages of the website have been visited, the source of the visit etc. These data help us understand and analyze how well the website performs and where it needs improvement.
Functional: These are the cookies that help certain non-essential functionalities on our website. These functionalities include embedding content like videos or sharing contents on the website on social media platforms.
Preferences: These cookies help us store your settings and browsing preferences like language preferences so that you have a better and efficient experience on future visits to the website.
The below list details the cookies used in our website.
| Cookie | Description |
|---|---|
| __utm.gif | Google Analytics Tracking Code that logs details about the visitor's browser and computer. |
| __utma | Third party cookie from careopinion.org.uk. Collects data on the number of times a user has visited the website as well as dates for the first and most recent visit. Used by Google Analytics. |
| __utmb | Third party cookie from careopinion.org.uk. Registers a timestamp with the exact time of when the user accessed the website. Used by Google Analytics to calculate the duration of a website visit. |
| __utmc | Third party cookie from careopinion.org.uk. Registers a timestamp with the exact time of when the user leaves the website. Used by Google Analytics to calculate the duration of a website visit. |
| __utmt | Third party cookie from careopinion.org.uk. Used to throttle the speed of requests to the server. |
| __utmz | Third party cookie from careopinion.org.uk. Collects data on where the user came from, what search engine was used, what link was clicked and what search term was used. Used by Google Analytics. |
| __widgetsettings | Third party cookie from twitter.com. |
| _ga | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. |
| _gat | Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate |
| _gid | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. |
| ARRAffinity | Third party plugin from careopinion.org.uk and patientopinion.org.uk. Used to distribute traffic to the website on several servers in order to optimise response times. |
| ASP.NET_SessionId | Third party cookie from careopinion.org.uk. Preserves the visitor's session state across page requests. |
| collect | Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor's device and behavior. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels. |
| CookieConsent | Stores the user's cookie consent state for the current domain. |
| google_experiment_mod# | Third party cookie from online.anyflip.com. Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services. |
| google_pem_mod | Third party cookie from online.anyflip.com. Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services. |
| GPS | Third party cookie from youtube.com. Registers a unique ID on mobile devices to enable tracking based on geographical GPS location. |
| i/jot | Third party cookie from twitter.com. Sets a unique ID for the visitor, that allows third party advertisers to target the visitor with relevant advertisement. This pairing service is provided by third party advertisement hubs, which facilitates real-time bidding for advertisers. |
| i/jot/syndication | Third party cookie from twitter.com. |
| IDE | Third party plugin from youtube.com. Used by Google DoubleClick to register and report the website user's actions after viewing or clicking one of the advertiser's ads with the purpose of measuring the efficacy of an ad and to present targeted ads to the user. |
| lang | Third party cookie from cdn.syndication.twimg.com. The cookie is used in context with the local-storage function in the browser. This function allows the website to load faster by pre-loading certain procedures. |
| local_storage_support_test | Third party cookie from twitter.com. The cookie is used in context with the local-storage function in the browser. This function allows the website to load faster by pre-loading certain procedures. |
| NID | Third party cookie from google.com. Registers a unique ID that identifies a returning user's device. The ID is used for targeted ads. |
| personalization_id | This cookie is set by Twitter - The cookie allows the visitor to share content from the website onto their Twitter profile. |
| r/collect | Third party cookie from patientopinion.org.uk. This cookie is used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor's device and behavior. It tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels. |
| rc::c | Third parts cookie from google.com. This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. |
| test_cookie | Third party cookie from youtube.com. Used to check if the user's browser supports cookies. |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | Third party cookie from youtube.com. Tries to estimate the users' bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos. |
| YSC | Third party cookie from youtube.com. Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. |
| yt-remote-cast-installed | Third party cookie from youtube.com. Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. |
| yt-remote-connected-devices | Third party cookie from youtube.com. Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. |
| yt-remote-device-id | Third party cookie from youtube.com. Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. |
| yt-remote-fast-check-period | Third party cookie from youtube.com. Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. |
| yt-remote-session-app | Third party cookie from youtube.com. Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. |
| yt-remote-session-name | Third party cookie from youtube.com. Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. |
How can I control the cookie preferences ?
Should you decide to change your preferences later through your browsing session, you can click on the “Privacy & Cookie Policy” tab at the bottom of your screen. This will display the consent notice again enabling you to change your preferences or withdraw your consent entirely.
In addition to this, different browsers provide different methods to block and delete cookies used by websites. You can change the settings of your browser to block/delete the cookies. To find out more out more on how to manage and delete cookies, visit wikipedia.org and allaboutcookies.org.