Hampstead Orthodontic Practice Cookie Policy

What are Cookies?

Cookies are tiny informational files stored on your computer when you visit certain web pages – well, most web pages, actually! They enable a website to recognise you when you return to the site, so you can pick up where you left off. For example, cookies allow you to customise views, create and store Favourites Lists, retrieve Past Order information etc. Cookies can’t harm your computer, but are sometimes used unscrupulously for online marketing purposes. This has prompted recent legislation requiring websites to declare whether they use cookies, and in what manner. We are only too happy to comply. Please click the tab above to see our cookie Policy.

Note that you can adjust the settings on your Web Browser to either allow or block cookies.

Our Cookies Policy

We never store any personally identifiable information such as credit card details, telephone numbers, or addresses as cookies, and we never sell information about your page viewing to external marketing companies (though we recommend you check the Cookie policy of the search engine you are using). Below is a list of the main cookies we use, and how we use them. You’ll find information about 3rd party cookies on the next tab. We hope this reassures you of our best intentions to protect your privacy online.

If you don’t want to enable cookies, you will still be able to view all the content on our website.

Cookie Name:

Google Analytics  

Google Analytics (_utma)

Google Analytics (_utmb)

Google Analytics (_utmc)

Google Analytics (_utmz)

Purpose

These cookies collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited.

CMS

Session Cookie

Slider Session Cookie

crm_cookies_accepted

Purpose

Holds data regarding the PHP session.

Holds data regarding the Slider Content related to session

Holds data regarding the Cookie Policy Popup Plugin which expires after a year.

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Managing Cookies

You can use your browser to enable, restrict, block or delete cookies from the website or any other website. Each browser is different, so check the ‘Help’ menu of your particular browser (or your mobile phone’s handset manual) to learn how to change your cookie preferences. If cookies aren’t enabled on your computer, you will still be able to view the content on our website, but won’t be able to customise your page views or create/save a Favourites List.

To enable cookies

If you’re not sure of the type and version of web browser you use to access the Internet: For PCs: click on ‘Help’ at the top of your browser window and select the ‘About’ option For Macs: with the browser window open, click on the Apple menu and select the ‘About’ option

How to check cookies are enabled for PCs

Google Chrome

Click on ‘Tools’ at the top of your browser window and select Options

Click the ‘Under the Hood’ tab, locate the ‘Privacy’ section, and select the ‘Content settings’ button

Now select ‘Allow local data to be set’

Microsoft Internet Explorer 10

Click on “Cog icon” at the top right hand side of your browser window and select ‘Internet options’ , then click on the ‘Privacy’ tab

Ensure that your Privacy level is set to Medium or below, which will enable cookies in your browser

Settings above Medium will disable cookies

Mozilla Firefox

Click on ‘Tools’ at the top of your browser window and select Options T

hen select the Privacy icon

Click on cookies, then select ‘allow sites to set cookies

Safari on OSX

Click on ‘Safari’ at the top of your browser window and select the ‘Preferences’ option

Click on ‘Security’ then ‘Accept cookies’ Select the ‘Only from site you navigate to’

All other browsers

Please consult your documentation or online help files.

Third Party Cookies

When you visit the site you may notice some cookies that aren’t related to Hampstead Orthodontic Practice. Currently the only third party company we work with is Google. We use Google Analytics plugin. The Google Analytics cookies collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited.

We don’t control the setting of the Google Analytics cookies, so we suggest you check their website for more information about their cookies and how to manage them.

Further information about cookies

If you’d like to learn more about cookies in general and how to manage them, visit www.aboutcookies.org (please note that we can’t be responsible for the content of external websites).