Cookies Policy
Use of Cookies
When you access this website log files are created, these files do not log any personal data but will log your IP address.
Changes in EU legislation governing the use of cookies, which came into effect on the 26th May 2012, mean we need to inform you about the cookies we store on your device. A cookie is a small file, typically of letters and numbers, downloaded on to a device when the user accesses certain websites. Cookies are then sent back to the originating website on each subsequent visit. Cookies are useful because they allow a website to recognise a user’s device.
The use of cookies and similar technologies is commonplace and cookies in particular are important in the provision of many online services. Using such technologies is not, therefore, prohibited by the Regulations but they do require that users are told about cookies and given the choice as to which of their online activities are monitored in this way. Further information regarding these changes can be accessed from the Information Commissioners Office at their website http://www.ico.gov.uk/
This site uses different types of cookie.
We use Google Analytics, a popular web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. Google Analytics uses cookies to help us to analyse how users use the site.
The information generated by the cookie about your use of our website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of our website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google undertakes not to associate your IP address with any other data held by Google.
If you want to delete any cookies that are already on your computer, please refer to the instructions for your file management software to locate the file or directory that stores cookies. You can access them through some types of browser. Search in your cookie folders for http://www.nosphn.scot.nhs.uk/ to find our cookie and the Google Analytics cookie if you wish to delete them.
More information about cookies, including how to block them or delete them, can be found at AboutCookies.org.
Visitors can use this website with no loss of functionality if cookies are disabled from the web browser.
This list shows all cookies used by the http://www.nosphn.scot.nhs.uk/ website, and what each is used for.
Cookie Name | Purpose | Expiry |
__utmb | Google Analytics cookie. This stores the domain name (hash code) of site, pages viewed this session, current time. | 30 minutes |
__utmc | Google Analytics cookie. This stores the domain name (hash code) of site. | At end of session |
__utma | Google Analytics cookie. This stores the domain name (hash code) of site, a unique visitor id (randomly generated number), time of first visit, time of previous visit, current time, number of sessions since first visit. | 2 years |
__utmz | Google Analytics cookie. This stores the domain name (hash code) of site, time when cookie last set, total number of visitor sessions, number of different channels or sources through which this site was reached, source of the last cookie update, search hit tag identifier (or just ‘organic’ if reached via normal search hit), search medium, keyword phrase used to find site. | 6 months |
mailpoet_subscriber | Mailpoet cookie. This is used for Abandoned Cart emails for Ecommerce functionality. This site has no Ecommerce capability, and so does not make use of this cookie. | This cookie is set to not expire |
mailpoet_page_view | Mailpoet cookie. This is used to calculate subscriber’s engagement and identify Inactive Subscribers. | This cookie is set to not expire |