Privacy and cookies

Published on: 31st May 2013 | Updated on: 27th June 2022

What Are Cookies

As is common practice with almost all professional websites this site uses cookies, which are tiny files that are downloaded to your computer, to improve your experience. This page describes what information they gather, how we use it and why we sometimes need to store these cookies. We will also share how you can prevent these cookies from being stored
however this may downgrade or ‘break’ certain elements of the sites functionality.

For more general information on cookies see the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) article on Cookies.

 

How We Use Cookies

We use cookies for a variety of reasons detailed below.

In most cases there are no industry standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the functionality and features they add to this site. It is recommended that you leave on all cookies if you are not sure whether you need them or not in case they are used to provide a service that you use.

 

Disabling Cookies

You can prevent the storing of cookies by adjusting the settings on your browser (see your browser’s “Help” function for how to do this). Be aware that disabling cookies will affect the functionality of this and many other websites that you visit. Disabling cookies will usually result in also disabling certain functionality and features of this site. Therefore it is recommended that you do not disable cookies.

 

The Cookies We Set

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We use cookies when you are logged in so that we can remember this fact. This prevents you from having to log in every single time you visit a new page. These cookies are typically
removed or cleared when you log out to ensure that you can only access restricted features and areas when logged in.

Reporting Forms

When you submit data through a form such as those found on contact pages or comment forms cookies may be set to remember your user details for future correspondence and/or the capture of IP address to identify spam submissions or suspected fraudulent activity.

Third Party Cookies

In some special cases we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following section details which third party cookies you might encounter through this site.

Google Analytics

This site uses Google Analytics which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solutions on the web for helping us to understand how you use the site and ways that we can improve your experience. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site and the pages that you visit so we can continue to produce engaging content. For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics page.

 

More Information

Hopefully that has clarified things for you and as was previously mentioned if there is something that you aren’t sure whether you need or not it’s usually safer to leave cookies enabled in case it does interact with one of the features you use on our site.

Click here to view Community Pharmacy England’s Privacy Notice.

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