Cookie policy
Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website.
A cookie is a small piece of data (text file) that a website, when visited by a user, asks your browser to store on your device to remember information about you.
We use first party cookies which helps us to provide you with a good experience when you visit our website and allows us to improve our site.
We also use third-party cookies, which are cookies from our partners. These are for the performance of our website and for our advertising and marketing activities. These can be identified by looking at the domain name in the cookie table (i.e. the company or website name in the cookie).
Why do we use cookies?
We monitor how people use our website so we can improve it. If you visit our website, we may record information including:
- The areas of the website you visit
- The amount of time you spend on the site
- Whether you are new to the site or have visited it before
- How you came to our website — for example, through an email link
- The type of device or browser you use
- How you use the website and the quality of your experience – for example, we may record a session or test different variations of a webpage to see how easy it is for you to find what you are looking for so we can improve the service.
- We also use cookies to make sure we keep your information confidential and secure as you move through secure or password protected areas of our websites. Some of the cookies that we use are 'Session Cookies' which are deleted when you close your browser. Others remain on your browser or device until they expire or you delete them from your browser history – these are known as 'Persistent Cookies'.
We use the following cookies:
- Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are set in response to actions made by you such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in, or filling in forms. For example, cookies that enable you to log into our Forum. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but then some parts of the site will not work.
- Performance cookies. These allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors to our website and to see how visitors move around when they are using it. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site and will not be able to monitor its performance.
- Functional cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to provide enhanced functionality and personalise our content for you, and remember your preferences (for example, your login details). They may be set by us or by third party providers whose services we have added to our pages. If you do not allow these cookies then these services may not function properly.
- Marketing cookies. These are used by our advertising partners (e.g. Facebook, goggle etc) to collect information about how you use our website (including visits to our cancer information pages) and show you associated adverts on other sites. The information that’s been used to build that profile may also be used to find other people with similar interests to yours, so that our adverts can be shown to them too. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.
You can opt-out of each cookie category (except strictly necessary cookies) by clicking on the "cookie settings" button below.