Cookies Policy

  1. Introduction

1.1    Our website uses cookies.

1.2    Insofar as those cookies are not strictly necessary for the provision of our website and services, we will ask you to consent to our use of cookies when you first visit our website.

  1. Credit

2.1    This document was created using a template from SEQ Legal (https://seqlegal.com).

You must retain the above credit. Use of this document without the credit is an infringement of copyright. However, you can purchase from us an equivalent document that does not include the credit.

  1. About cookies

3.1    A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.

3.2    Cookies may be either “persistent” cookies or “session” cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed.

3.3    Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.

  1. Cookies that we use are standard cookies automatically produced by our website software.  We do not use cookies of our own.

4.1    Our website software uses cookies for the following purposes:

(a)    [authentication – we use cookies [to identify you when you visit our website and as you navigate our website]

(b)    [status – we use cookies [to help us to determine if you are logged into our website]

(c)    [shopping cart – we use cookies to [maintain the state of your shopping cart as you navigate our website]

(d)    [personalisation – we use cookies [to store information about your preferences and to personalise our website for you]

(e)    [security – we use cookies [as an element of the security measures used to protect user accounts, including preventing fraudulent use of login credentials, and to protect our website and services generally]

(f)     [advertising – we use cookies [to help us to display advertisements that will be relevant to you]

(g)    [analysis – we use cookies [to help us to analyse the use and performance of our website and services]

(h)    [cookie consent – we use cookies [to store your preferences in relation to the use of cookies more generally]

We are unable to name each individual cookie as they are generated by the software.  If you are not happy with the type of cookies that are used please do not accept them.

  1. Cookies used by our service providers

5.1    Our service providers use cookies and those cookies may be stored on your computer when you visit our website.

5.2    We use Google Analytics to analyse the use of our website. Google Analytics gathers information about website use by means of cookies. The information gathered relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of our website. Google’s privacy policy is available at: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

5.3    We publish Google AdSense interest-based advertisements on our website. These are tailored by Google to reflect your interests. To determine your interests, Google will track your behaviour on our website and on other websites across the web using cookies.  You can view, delete or add interest categories associated with your browser by visiting: https://adssettings.google.com. You can also opt out of the AdSense partner network cookie using those settings or using the Network Advertising Initiative’s multi-cookie opt-out mechanism at: http://optout.networkadvertising.org. However, these opt-out mechanisms themselves use cookies, and if you clear the cookies from your browser your opt-out will not be maintained. To ensure that an opt-out is maintained in respect of a particular browser, you may wish to consider using the Google browser plug-ins available at: https://support.google.com/ads/answer/7395996.

5.4    We use 1and1 as our web service provider. This service may uses cookies. You can view the privacy policy of this service provider at https://www.1and1.co.uk/help/privacy-policy/. The cookies they might use can be found on their website here https://www.1and1.co.uk/cookies

  1. Managing cookies [URL]

6.1    Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies and to delete cookies. The methods for doing so vary from browser to browser, and from version to version. You can however obtain up-to-date information about blocking and deleting cookies via these links:

(a) https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en (Chrome);

(b)    https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences (Firefox);

(c) http://www.opera.com/help/tutorials/security/cookies/ (Opera);

(d)    https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies (Internet Explorer);

(e)    https://support.apple.com/kb/PH21411 (Safari); and

(f)     https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10-microsoft-edge-and-privacy (Edge).

6.2    Blocking all cookies will have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites.

6.3    If you block cookies, you will not be able to use all the features on our website.

  1. Cookie preferences

7.1    We currently do not have the facility to manage your preferences relating to the use of cookies on our website.  Please manage your cookie preferences through your browsers settings.

  1. Our details

8.1    This website is owned and operated by Elliot Rose Psychotherapy.

8.2    You can contact us: enquiries@elliotrosetherapy.com

 

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