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Cookie Policy
benenden hospital trust’s website use cookies. Cookies are pieces of code that allow small amounts of information to be passed from your internet browser to our web server. benenden hospital Trust use our own cookies, as well as those from third parties, serving several purposes. They allow us to remember whether you are logged in to the site and to serve you with content tailored specifically for you and to help us learn about how you like to use our website and where we can make it better. benenden hospital trust will never disclose your personal details to any third parties. All data passed by cookies is anonymous and will never contain your name, address, telephone number, email address, IP address or payment details.
What is a cookie?
Cookies, also known as browser cookies or tracking cookies are small text files that are created by your browser and placed on your computer or browsing device, at the request of websites that you visit. Cookies allow websites to recognise your computer or web browser. They can help to analyse which products or parts of a website you looked at, and how long for.
Why does benenden hospital Trust use cookies?
Cookies allow us to present you with relevant products and services that are based on the way that you want to use our website. Cookies allow us to work alongside our web analytics partner, to see how our customers like to use our websites and which pages or special functions they prefer. This helps us to continually improve our service. Third party cookies are also used with our marketing partners to present you with appropriate offers and advertising as you browse other sites on the internet, based on the products you looked at while on our site. Note: benenden hospital trust's cookies and those of our third party partners will never be used to collect any personal data. This includes your name, address, telephone number, email address, credit card information or any other payment details.
Turning off and deleting cookied
Most web browsers will provide the option to disallow cookies and web beacons. How you do this depends on the web browser you're using. Instructions for disallowing cookies can usually be found in the browser's 'Help' menu. Cookies can also be deleted using your internet browser. However, unless they are disallowed they will be re-applied the next time you visit a website. Note: In common with most websites, refusing cookies via your web browser you may find that the functionality of websites and services will be affected. You will also find that you are unable to make a transactional purchase on websites. However benenden hospital Trusts’ website does not currently have transactional functionality so this will not be applicable.
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Session cookies
Session cookies are deleted after each 'session'. For example, when you are browsing benenden hospital trust's site, it will remember you for the duration of your visit, but the cookie will be removed from your computer as soon as you close down your internet browser. Without a session cookie, every time you open a new web page the web server where that page is stored will treat you like a completely new visitor.
Persistent cookies
Persistent cookies remember you for a set period of time. (Unless you delete your cookies within this period) On your first visit, the website is presented in default mode. During your visit, you select your preferences and these preferences are remembered, through the use of the persistent cookie, the next time you visit the site.
benenden hospital trust third party marketing
benenden hospital trust uses Google who serve advertisements on our behalf. Google use session and persistent cookies across their advertising products, and cookies are used by Google partners across their third party advertising network. Google uses cookies to serve you relevant advertisements based on your recent searches. Anyone can opt out of this and Google also offers a number of options to permanently save your opt-out settings in your browser. benenden hospital Trust use Google cookies to track on-site conversions.
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