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Cookies are text files placed on your computer or other device to collect standard internet log information and visitor behaviour information. When you visit our websites, we may collect information from you automatically through cookies or similar technology.
Cookies do not place viruses on your computer and cannot run programs.
Our cookies do not provide us with any private or personally identifiable information about you. All data that is gathered is anonymous.
For further information, visit the All About Cookies website:
How do we use them?
This website only uses cookies that are essential to its use, or which record your use of the website to help us understand how it’s used.
What happens if I allow cookies?
Unless you opt out of cookies, we will set a number of cookies on your computer to assist you when using the website and improve your user experience. With any future visits to our website, you will not be prompted with the notice.
What happens if I decline cookies?
If you do not accept cookies, this will remove all the cookies that are surplus to the basic functionality of this website, and we will not set them again on your machine. This may affect your user experience. Unfortunately, because cookies are the only way we have of remembering your preferences, we will have to ask this question every time you visit our website and on each page you view.
You can opt out of Google Analytics Cookies.
Cookies on our website
We use cookies on our website for a number of reasons, including keeping any settings you change for accessibility, counting visitor numbers and counting social sharing numbers. We use the following cookies on our website:
- Google Analytics cookies: _ga, _gid, _gat
These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our website. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the website. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the website, where they have come from, the pages they visit and what they click on while on our site.
Our cookies
| Cookie | Domain | Description | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| AcceptCookies | northwestsde.nhs.uk | Persistent for one year. Used to store whether you have agreed to receive cookies. (Strictly necessary cookie.) | Necessary |
| WordPress_[hash] | northwestsde.nhs.uk | This cookie is used to store your authentication details upon login and is limited to the admin area. | Necessary |
| wordpress_logged_in_[hash] | northwestsde.nhs.uk | This cookie enables the interface to recognize you as a logged-in user and determine which account and preferences to use for various features. This is only for certain users who log-in. | Necessary |
| NID | google.com | Google uses NID, based on recent searches and interactions, to customise ads on Google websites. | 3rd Party |
| 1P_JAR | google.com | Google uses 1P_JAR, based on recent searches and interactions, to customise ads on Google websites. | 3rd Party |
| SOCS, and CONSENT | google.com | Google uses the ‘CONSENT’ cookie, which lasts for 2 years, to store a user’s state regarding their cookies choices. Another cookie, ‘SOCS’, lasts for 13 months and is also used to store a user’s state regarding their cookies choices. | 3rd Party |
| AEC | google.com | Some cookies such as AEC and other technologies are used to prevent spam, fraud, and abuse. | 3rd Party |
- Cookie
This cookie is used to remember a user’s choice about cookies on this website. Where users have previously indicated a preference, that user’s preference will be stored in this cookie.
- Session cookies
A session cookie stores your browsing information and is active until you leave the site and close your browser, after which it is deleted.
Further information
For further information on Google Analytics cookies, please visit the Google Analytics page on cookie usage.
Our forms may ask you to complete a reCAPTCHA field. reCAPTCHA helps with website security by preventing malicious computer programmes from submitting form data. Using reCAPTCHA may install additional cookies on your device. For further details, please see Google’s privacy policy.
How to manage cookies
You can set your browser not to accept cookies, and you can remove those that have already been installed. However, this may mean that some parts of our website won’t work correctly.
The Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on may help if you would like to prevent Google Analytics cookies from being installed.
Last Reviewed: 11th December 2024