Fife Health and Social Care Partnership use of cookies
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer, mobile or other device when you visit a website.
They are used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site, for example, to record your preferences on a site or to help identify trends for statistical purposes.
The law states that we can store cookies on your device if they are strictly necessary for the operation of this site. For all other types of cookies we need your permission. By continuing to use our website, you are consenting to the use of our cookies.
This site uses different types of cookies. Some cookies are placed by third party services that appear on our pages such as YouTube.
Necessary
Necessary cookies help make a website usable by enabling basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.
What types of cookies do we use?
We use three types of cookies on our website, these are:
- Session cookies – temporary cookies which are deleted once you leave the site
- Permanent cookies – these remain on your computer and are re-activated if you return to the same website
- Third party cookies – installed by third parties with the aim to collect certain information to assist with research into behaviour and demographics
For additional information on cookies please visit the Information Commissioner´s Office. https://www.ico.org.uk
The table below shows all cookies used by the Fife Health and Social Care Partnership website, and what each is used for.
|
Cookie Name |
Purpose |
Expiry |
Type |
|
ASP.NET_SessionId |
Temporarily stores information to ensure the site’s functionality works for each individual user |
Session |
HTTP Cookie |
|
NHSSiteCookie |
Stores the user’s cookie consent state for the current domain |
1 year |
HTTP Cookie |
|
__cfduid |
Anonymous cookie to manage security via our Content Delivery Network (CloudFlare) |
30 days |
HTTP Cookie |
Statistics
Statistic cookies are used to collect information anonymously to help better understand and improve how people interact with our site – they do not record personal information. The cookies collect information including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited. We use Google Analytics 4 to collect this.
|
Name |
Provider |
Purpose |
Expiry |
Type |
|
_ga |
nhsfife.org |
Used to distinguish users from each other |
2 years |
HTTP Cookie |
|
_gat |
nhsfife.org |
Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate |
1 minute |
HTTP Cookie |
|
_gid |
nhsfife.org |
Used to distinguish users from each other |
24 hours |
HTTP Cookie |
|
_gac_<property-id> |
Nhsfife.org |
Track campaign conversions |
90 days |
HTTP Cookie |
Marketing
Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across websites. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user and thereby more valuable for publishers and third party advertisers.
|
Name |
Provider |
Purpose |
Expiry |
Type |
|
GPS |
youtube.com |
Registers a unique ID on mobile devices to enable tracking based on geographical GPS location. |
Session |
HTTP Cookie |
|
PREF |
youtube.com |
Registers a unique ID that is used by Google to keep statistics of how the visitor uses YouTube videos across different websites. |
8 months |
HTTP Cookie |
|
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE |
youtube.com |
Tries to estimate the users’ bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos. |
179 days |
HTTP Cookie |
|
YSC |
youtube.com |
Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. |
Session |
HTTP Cookie |
|
IDE |
Doubleclick.net. |
Used for tracking advertising on embedded YouTube videos |
25 Days |
HTTP Cookie |
Your privacy – how we manage cookies
Cookies are enabled by default in your browser. It is possible refuse cookies or selectively accept certain cookies by adjusting the preferences in your browser but we recommend you allow the cookies we set on this website as they help us provide a better service.
If you do not want to receive cookies from this website you can find information on how to adjust your cookie preferences for popular browsers in the ‘How do I change my cookie settings’ guidance below.
It is important to note that accepting cookies used on our sites does not give Fife Health and Social Care Partnership access to any personal information.
Cookies by third party service providers on our website
Our website uses Google Analytics to analyse and create reports about the use of our website. We share videos clips via YouTube.
- Google’s and YouTube’s privacy policy is available at: https://policies.google.com/privacy/update?hl=en-GB&gl=uk
- To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
How do I change my cookie settings?
Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set, visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.
Find out how to manage cookies on popular browsers
To find information relating to other browsers, visit the browser developer’s website.
- Google Chrome – https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl=en
- Microsoft Edge – https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10-microsoft-edge-and-privacy
- Mozilla Firefox – https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences
- Microsoft Internet Explorer – https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
- Opera – https://www.opera.com/help/tutorials/security/privacy/
- Apple Safari -https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac
What about other websites?
Fife Health and Social Care Partnership uses Microsoft Translator to provide translation services on the website. Fife Health and Social Care Partnership does not have access to information collected by Microsoft. Nor does Microsoft have access to data collected on a Fife Health and Social Care Partnership website. For more information on Microsoft’s privacy policy, please see http://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/fullnotice.mspx
Our cookie policy does not apply to websites that you can link to from this website, unless specifically stated.
We encourage you to read the cookie and privacy statements on any other websites you visit.