North Yorkshire and Humber CSU cookie policy

What are cookies?

Cookies are small files can be saved to and read from your computer by any website you visit on the internet. They are one of the only reliable ways that a website can persistently identify you (or your session). This means that when you visit a particular website, the cookies you have saved for that website are automatically sent to the website with each request.

They are used for a variety of purposes, from allowing website owners to see how their users use their websites, to saving user preferences, remembering a user is logged in, or delivering targeted advertising.

How we use cookies

On our websites, we use cookies for three purposes:

• Analytics: We use Google Analytics on all of our websites to track how people use our websites. This allows us to see where a user comes from (i.e. a search engine, directly typing the address into their browser, or another website), what pages they visit, how long they spend on the website, and what kind of computer they are using (i.e. screen size, operating system, web browser version). We use this information to make informed decisions about the content of our websites- it allows us to see if a particular page is not getting many visits, and whether a large percentage of our users visit from their mobile phones.
• Identification: If a website allows you to log in, it is almost certainly setting a cookie to remember you. These can either last until you log out, or until you close your browser.
• Storing preferences: Some of our websites allow you to set particular preferences such as page layout or colour scheme. In these instances we store a cookie which contains this preference, so our website knows to serve you the appropriate version of the website.

How can I manage my cookies?

The following links provide an overview how to manage cookies in the five most popular desktop web browsers:

• Internet Explorer
• Chrome
• Firefox
• Safari
• Opera

Where can I get more information?

Below is a list of links to information on cookies. If you have any further questions about how we use cookies within the NHS in North East Lincolnshire and North Lincolnshire, please send an email to our web team who will be able to answer any queries you may have.

• Google Analytics privacy information
• All About Cookies