Paediatric Psychology Clinic Cookie Policy

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Thank you for reviewing out our cookie policy.  We are committed to ensuring our website and the use of cookies comply with UK laws on privacy and data protection.  This policy sets out the types of cookies we use, the exact cookies used on our website, whether we use any third-party cookies, how you can control our use of cookies, what their expiry dates are and how you can get in contact with us for more information.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small files of information, usually containing letters and numbers, that websites store on your browser, or the hard drive of your computer. You must however agree to these cookies being stored for them to be stored on your device.

Our website needs to use these cookies so that we can understand what works well with our website, and what we can do to improve. These cookies also allow us to distinguish you from other website visitors, helping us to provide you with a seamless experience on our site.

What type of cookies do you use?

We use the following cookie types:

Essential Cookies – These can also be known as “Strictly Necessary Cookies”, and they’re very important for us to make sure our website runs as it should. As a result, these cookies are always automatically enabled, to make sure our website works sufficiently. Some examples of uses of essential cookies include the distribution of website traffic across multiple servers – without the website speed being affected.

Analytical Cookies – These can also be known as Performance Cookies, and they gather information about how website visitors use a website. These cookies help us to keep count of the number of visitors on our website and also helps us to understand how these visitors use our website. This enables us to understand what works well on our website, and what doesn’t work so well, so we can continuously improve the site for visitors.

Functionality Cookies – These make your experience on our website easier by remembering user preferences and simplifying interactions. Some examples of what these cookies enable include remembering your language preferences or your font sizes.

Advertising Cookies – These can also be known as Targeting Cookies. These cookies track your visits to our website, including the pages you visit, and any links you have followed from said pages. This information is then used to display adverts to you, based on what we have learned about your preferences from these cookies.

To provide you with the best, tailored browsing experience, we may share this information with third-parties, so they can display adverts based on what we know you like.

What exact cookies do you use on your website?

We’ve provided a detailed breakdown below of all the cookies we use on our website, and why we use them.

Cookie Name; Purpose & Duration

_acloggedin

  • Supports login by Acuity Scheduling client if the client has an account

  • January 1, 2025

_dd_cookie_test

  • Tests if cookies are supported

  • Expires instantly

_dd_s

  • Tracks browser errors

  • Four hours

_dd_site_test

  • Tests if cookies are supported

  • Expires instantly

_grecaptcha

  • Helps reduce spam in Acuity Scheduling

  • Type: localStorage

  • No expiry

_ssid

  • Remembers devices for anti-fraud purposes

  • Four years

Crumb

RecentRedirect

  • Prevents redirect loops if a site has custom URL redirects. Redirect loops are bad for SEO.

  • 30 minutes

squarespace-announcement-bar

  • Prevents the announcement bar from displaying if a visitor dismisses it

  • Type: localStorage

  • Persistent

squarespace-likes

  • Shows when you've already "liked" a blog post

  • Type: localStorage

  • Persistent

squarespace-popup-overlay

  • Prevents the promotional pop-up from displaying if a visitor dismisses it

  • Type: localStorage

  • Persistent

squarespace-video-player-options

ss_performancecookiesAllowed

  • Remembers if a visitor agreed to placing Performance and Analytics cookies on their browser, if your site has a cookie banner and is restricting the placement of cookies

  • 30 days

ss_marketingcookiesAllowed

  • Remembers if a visitor agreed to placing Marketing cookies on their browser, if your site has a cookie banner and is restricting the placement of cookies

  • 30 days

ss_sd

Test

  • Investigates if the browser supports cookies and prevents errors

  • Session

ss_cid

·       Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site

·       Two years

ss_cpvisit

·       Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site

·       Two years

ss_cvisit

·       Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site

·       30 minutes

ss_cvr

·       Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site

·       Two years

ss_cvt

·       Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site

·       30 minutes

Do you use any Third-Party Cookies?

Third-party cookies are not set by us, but are set by other domains than the website you visit. These cookies are placed on website visitors’ devices by third-party providers such as analytics services, embedded content providers, and marketing platforms.

Where we use third-party services (for example, website analytics or email subscription services such as MailerLite), these providers may set cookies or use similar technologies to collect information about your interaction with our website. This may include information such as pages visited, time spent on pages, and actions taken (for example, subscribing to a newsletter).

We do not control the cookies used by these third parties. For more information, please refer to the relevant third party’s own cookie and privacy policies.

Newsletter and Sign-Up Forms

If you choose to subscribe to our newsletter, cookies or similar technologies may be used to:

  • remember whether you have previously seen or dismissed a sign-up form

  • prevent repeated display of pop-up messages

  • help us understand how users interact with sign-up forms

Where these cookies are not strictly necessary, they will only be placed on your device with your consent.

Advertising cookies

Where advertising or marketing cookies are used, these will only be activated with your consent.

How can I control these cookies?

You are able to control your use of cookies on our website. You can do the following:

·       Reject all cookies

·       Select certain cookies you wish to use, and reject other cookies

To decide which essential, analytical, functionality and targeting cookies our website sets, follow the below steps:

You can select “Accept” or “Reject” options within our cookie banner to control the use of non-essential cookies (such as analytical or marketing cookies). Essential cookies will still be placed as they are necessary for the website to function properly.

You can also deactivate third-party cookies with your chosen browser. These steps vary slightly dependent on your browser choice, but more often than not can be located on the Settings page.

Google Analytics also provides the option for you to opt out of being tracked by them across all websites you visit. To do so, we recommend visiting http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout]

How do I ask you for more information?

If you’d like to learn more about our use of cookies, or if you have any questions, please get in touch with us on the following details:

Info@paediatricpsychologyclinic.co.uk

We will ensure we get back to you within a reasonable period of time.