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Cookie policy

The purpose of this policy is to explain to users of this website www.medishout.co.uk how cookies are used on the site, the options for controlling the use of cookies and what cookies are used.

Scope

This policy applies to the cookies used on this website www.medishout.co.uk.

Definitions

The following terms are used throughout this policy and are defined as follows:

  • “Cookie” - Cookies are small files that are placed on your computer by the websites that you visit. They are used in order to make websites work, to provide features, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owner of the site such as pages visited, number of visitors etc. Some cookies also enable the display of relevant advertising when you move from site to site.

  • “We/us/our” - refers to MediShout Ltd, the owner of this website registered at 2 Sherrock Gardens, Hendon, London, NW4 4JJ with company registration number 08357958.

  • “Personal data” - is any information which can directly or indirectly identify a living person.

  • “First Party Cookie” - this is a cookie that is controlled by us.

  • “Third Party Cookie” - this is a cookie provided by a third party e.g. Google Analytics for which we have no control over.

  • “Session” - If a cookie does not contain an expiration date, it is considered a session cookie. Session cookies are stored in memory and never written to disk. When the browser closes, the cookie is permanently lost from this point on.

  • “Persistent” - these cookies stay in one of your browser's subfolders until you delete them manually or your browser deletes them based on the duration period contained within the persistent cookie's file.

Cookie types

We use the following types of cookie on our website:

  • Necessary Cookies - These cookies are necessary for the operation of our site. They don’t access or store any personal data. Our website cannot function without these cookies so they are, by default switched on.

You can manage cookies in your browser. Your choices will include the ability to switch off cookies completely and removing cookies by deleting them when you leave our site. If you do switch cookies off you may find problems with the operation of our website.

  • Marketing Cookies - these cookies allow us to provide personalised and relevant services or advertising to our visitors, and to assess the effectiveness of our digital marketing activities. We also use these cookies to enable third party ‘plug-ins’ like social media sharing and like buttons. They also enable us to play video content.

You can control whether you want to accept the use of these cookies via the cookie consent options on the website.

Cookie details

Necessary Cookies

Cookie Name 1st or 3rd Party Duration Purpose
cookiesConsent 1st Persistent This cookie stores information about cookie preferences for non-necessary cookies.

Embedded Content

Cookie Name 1st or 3rd Party Duration Purpose
IDE 3rd 1 year This cookie from YouTube registers and reports the website user's actions after viewing or clicking one of the advertiser's ads.
_ga 3rd 2 years This cookie registers a unique ID that is used to generate data on how the visitor uses the website.
APISID 3rd 2 years This cookie is used to personalise Google ads on websites based on recent searches and interactions.
__Secure-xxxSID 3rd 2 years This cookie is used by YouTube to build a profile of website visitor interests to show relevant and personalised ads through retargeting.
NID 3rd 6 months This cookie registers a unique ID that identifies a returning user's device. The ID is used for targeted ads by Google and YouTube.
PREF 3rd 179 days This cookie determines settings and preferences for YouTube embedded videos.
yt-remote-device-id 3rd Persistent This cookie stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video.
yt-remote- connected-devices 3rd Persistent This cookie stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video.
YSC 3rd Session This cookie stores a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen.
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE 3rd 179 days This cookie stores an estimation of the users' bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos.
AEC 3rd 6 months This cookie prevents malicious sites from acting on behalf of a user without that user's knowledge.
HSID 3rd 2 years This cookie contains digitally signed and encrypted records of a user’s Google Account ID and most recent sign-in time.
LOGIN_INFO 3rd 2 years This cookie is used by YouTube to play embedded YouTube videos.
SAPISID 3rd 2 years This cookie collects visitor information for videos hosted by YouTube.
SID 3rd 2 years This cookie contains digitally signed and encrypted records of a user’s Google Account ID and most recent sign-in time.
SIDCC 3rd 1 year This is a security cookie that protects the user data from unauthorised access.
SSID 3rd 2 years This cookie is used to collect visitor information for videos hosted by YouTube on maps integrated with Google Maps.
VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA 3rd 179 days This cookie stores the user’s consent state for the current domain where the YouTube video is embedded.
__Secure-xxxSIDCC 3rd 1 year This is a security cookie that protects the user data from unauthorised access.
__Secure-ENID 3rd 1 year This cookie stores encrypted data to identify visitors and prevent fraudulent use of login data.
ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ ENTRY_KEY 3rd Persistent This cookie stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video.

Using your browser to control cookies

As well as setting cookie preferences using the cookie settings options when you visit the website, you can also control cookie settings in your browser. How to control cookies for some of the most common browsers are detailed below:


Further information

If you would like any further information about the use of cookies on this website, please contact us at dpo@medishout.co.uk.

Please also see our privacy notice here.

Changes to this policy

We may make changes to this policy from time to time and the latest version of the policy will always be displayed on our website. You should check this policy from time to time to see any updates. This policy was last updated on 12th July 2024.