COOKIES WEBSITE STATEMENT

Cookies are small text files that a website may place on your computer or mobile device when you first visit the website. These cookies help the website recognize your device the next time you visit. Web beacons or other similar files can also do the same thing. We use the term ‘cookies’ in this policy to refer to all files that collect information in this way.

At Cotswold Private GP, we use cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us provide you with a good experience when you use our website and also allows us to improve the services we provide to you.

We use the following types of cookies:

• Strictly necessary cookies. These cookies are essential to enable you to move around our website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas. Disabling them may mean you are unable to access parts of our website.

• Analytical or performance cookies. We use these cookies to collect information about how visitors use our website, for instance, which pages visitors go to most often. This helps us improve how our website works, for example, by ensuring that users can easily find what they’re looking for. Some of these cookies are known as analytic cookies, which allow us to monitor website traffic using industry-accepted third parties.

• Functionality cookies. These cookies are used to recognize you when you return to our website and to remember changes you’ve made to things like text size, fonts, and other customizable parts of the website so we can personalize our content for you.

• Targeting cookies. We use these cookies to record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited, and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and any advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may share this information with third parties for this purpose.

For more details on the specific cookies we use, why we use them, and when they will expire, please see Part 1 of Appendix 1 of this Cookie Policy.

Please note that third parties (such as advertising networks and providers of external services) may also use cookies on the website, over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical cookies, performance cookies, or targeting cookies. Part 2 of Appendix 1 of this Cookie Policy provides a list of the third parties who may use these cookies and the reasons for which they use them.

Most browsers accept cookies automatically, but you can change your cookie preferences by adjusting your browser settings to refuse the setting of all or some cookies if you prefer. You can usually do this by visiting the ‘options’ or ‘preferences’ menu on your browser.

Please note, however, that if you do this and choose to block all cookies (including essential cookies), we cannot guarantee that your experience will be as fulfilling as it would otherwise be, and you may not be able to access all or parts of our website.

Where we collect personal data as part of our use of cookies on the website, we will do so in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

Appendix 1

Part 1 – Cookies used

Cookie TitleCookie NamePurposeMore InformationExpiry[Example: Session Cookie][Example: PHPSESSID][Example: Maintains user session across page loads][N/A][Example: When browser session ends][Example: Google Analytics][Example: _ga][Example: Collects anonymized data on website usage for analytical purposes][Link to Google Analytics Privacy Policy][Example: 2 years][Example: Preference Cookie][Example: font_pref][Example: Remembers user’s preferred font size][N/A][Example: 1 year][Example: Advertising Cookie][Example: _fbp][Example: Used by Facebook to deliver advertising products][Link to Facebook Data Policy][Example: 3 months]

(Please fill in this table with your specific cookies. If you don’t use certain types of cookies (e.g., functionality or targeting), you can remove those rows and the corresponding sections from the main policy.)

Part 2 – Third-party cookies

Third-Party NamePurpose[Example: Google Analytics][Example: Used to track and report website traffic, helping us understand how visitors engage with our site.][Example: Google Ads][Example: Enables us to measure the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns and deliver relevant ads to users.][Example: Facebook Pixel][Example: Allows us to track website activity, measure ad performance, and create targeted audiences for advertising.]

(Please fill in this table with the specific third-party services that use cookies on your website. If you do not use third parties for these services, you can delete this entire “Part 2” section.)

Pop-Up Cookie Banner Guidance

For your website, you will need to implement a pop-up banner that appears the first time a user visits. This banner should require the user to accept or reject cookies. If no action is taken and the user continues to use the website, only strictly necessary cookies should be set.

Here’s the suggested wording for your pop-up banner:

“If you are happy for us to use cookies (as detailed in our Cookie Policy), please click “Accept” below to enable them. If you would prefer to choose which cookies we use. You may reject our use of all cookies except strictly necessary cookies by clicking “Reject” below.”

Buttons for your pop-up:

• “Accept”: (By clicking this, all cookies detailed in your policy should be accepted and used.)

• “Reject”: (By clicking this, no cookies should be enabled, except strictly necessary cookies.)

 

To make this policy fully effective and compliant, you need to:

1. Insert Hyperlinks: Add the correct hyperlinks to your Privacy Policy and your Cookie Policy within this document and on your website.

2. Complete Appendix 1, Part 1: List all the specific cookies your website uses, their names, purposes, any external information links, and their expiry times. This is crucial for transparency.

3. Complete Appendix 1, Part 2: List all third-party services that use cookies on your website and explain their purpose.

4. Implement the Pop-Up Cookie Banner: Work with your website developers to ensure the pop-up banner is correctly implemented and functions as described.