COOKIE POLICY
Last updated April 26, 2022
This Cookie Policy explains how Dementia United ("Company",
"we", "us", and
"our") uses cookies and similar technologies to
recognize you when you visit our website at https://www.gmdementiaresources.org.uk, ("Website").
It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well
as your rights to control our use of them.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or
mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used by
website owners in order to make their websites work, or to work more
efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information.
Cookies set by the website owner (in this case,
Dementia United) are called "first party
cookies". Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are
called "third party cookies". Third party cookies enable third party
features or functionality to be provided on or through the website
(e.g. like advertising, interactive content and analytics). The
parties that set these third party cookies can recognize your computer
both when it visits the website in question and also when it visits
certain other websites.
Why do we use cookies?
We use first and third
party cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for
technical reasons in order for our Website to operate, and we refer
to these as "essential" or "strictly necessary" cookies. Other cookies
also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to
enhance the experience on our Online Properties.
Third parties serve cookies through
our Website for analytics.
This is described in
more detail below.
The specific types of first and
third party cookies
served through our Website and the purposes they perform are
described below (please note that the specific cookies served may vary
depending on the specific Online Properties you visit):
How can I control cookies?
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You
can exercise your cookie rights by setting your preferences in the
Cookie Consent Manager. The Cookie Consent Manager allows you to
select which categories of cookies you accept or reject. Essential
cookies cannot be rejected as they are strictly necessary to provide
you with services.
The Cookie Consent Manager can be found in the notification banner
and on our website. If you choose to reject cookies, you may still use
our website though your access to some functionality and areas of our
website may be restricted. You may also set or amend your web browser
controls to accept or refuse cookies. As the means by which you can
refuse cookies through your web browser controls vary from
browser-to-browser, you should visit your browser's help menu for more
information.
The specific types of first and third party cookies served through
our Website and the purposes they perform are described in the table
below (please note that the specific cookies served may vary depending on the specific Online Properties
you visit):
Analytics and customization cookies:
These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate
form to help us understand how our Website are being used or how
effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us customize our
Website for you.
|
Name:
| _ga_# |
|
Purpose:
| Used to distinguish individual users by means of
designation of a randomly generated number as client
identifier, which allows calculation of visits and
sessions |
|
Provider:
| .gmdementiaresources.org.uk |
|
Service:
| Google analytics
View Service Privacy Policy |
|
Country:
| United States |
|
Type:
| http_cookie |
|
Expires in:
| 1 year 11 months 29 days |
|
Name:
| _ga |
|
Purpose:
| It records a particular ID used to come up with data
about website usage by the user. It is a HTTP cookie that
expires after 2 years. |
|
Provider:
| .gmdementiaresources.org.uk |
|
Service:
| Google Analytics
View Service Privacy Policy |
|
Country:
| United States |
|
Type:
| http_cookie |
|
Expires in:
| 1 year 11 months 29 days |
What about other tracking technologies, like web beacons?
Cookies are not the only way to recognize or track visitors to a website. We may use other,
similar technologies from time to time, like web beacons (sometimes
called "tracking pixels" or "clear gifs"). These are tiny graphics
files that contain a unique identifier that enable us to recognize
when someone has visited our Website
or opened an e-mail including them. This allows us, for example, to monitor the traffic patterns of users from one page within a website to
another, to deliver or communicate with cookies, to understand
whether you have come to the website from an online
advertisement displayed on a third-party website, to improve
site performance, and to measure the success of e-mail marketing
campaigns. In many instances, these technologies are reliant on
cookies to function properly, and so declining cookies will
impair their functioning.
Do you use Flash cookies or Local Shared Objects?
Websites may also use so-called "Flash Cookies" (also known as Local
Shared Objects or "LSOs") to, among other things, collect and store
information about your use of our services, fraud prevention and for
other site operations.
If you do not want Flash Cookies stored on your computer, you can
adjust the settings of your Flash player to block Flash Cookies storage
using the tools contained in the
Website Storage Settings Panel. You can also control Flash Cookies by going to the Global Storage Settings Panel and following the instructions (which may include instructions that
explain, for example, how to delete existing Flash Cookies (referred
to "information" on the Macromedia site), how to prevent Flash LSOs
from being placed on your computer without your being asked, and (for
Flash Player 8 and later) how to block Flash Cookies that are not
being delivered by the operator of the page you are on at the
time).
Please note that setting the Flash Player to restrict or limit
acceptance of Flash Cookies may reduce or impede the functionality of
some Flash applications, including, potentially, Flash applications
used in connection with our services or online content.
Do you serve targeted advertising?
Third parties may serve cookies on your computer or mobile device to
serve advertising through our Website. These companies may use
information about your visits to this and other website in order to
provide relevant advertisements about goods and services that you may be
interested in. They may also employ technology that is used to measure
the effectiveness of advertisements. This can be accomplished by them
using cookies or web beacons to collect information about your visits to
this and other sites in order to provide relevant advertisements about
goods and services of potential interest to you. The information
collected through this process does not enable us or them to identify
your name, contact details or other details that directly identify you
unless you choose to provide these.
How often will you update this Cookie Policy?
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for
example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational,
legal or regulatory reasons. Please therefore re-visit this Cookie
Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and
related technologies.
The date at the top of this Cookie Policy indicates when it was
last updated.
Where can I get further information?