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We use cookies to make our website work including:
- Remembering an administrator or editor’s logged in status
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- Cookies are also used in Practice Alerts, Polls to identify if you’ve seen the alert and whether you’ve changed the alert properties.
Third party cookies
Our site, like most websites, includes functionality provided by third parties. A common example is the Google Translate cookie which stores the translation preference: it contains translation languages, for example ‘/en/it (English to Italian)’. Our site includes the following which use cookies:
- Videos (powered by YouTube)
- Google Maps
- Google Translate
- From time to time we may add other embedded content
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This site uses Google Analytics which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solution on the web for helping us to understand how you use the site and ways that we can improve your experience. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site and the pages that you visit so we can continue to produce engaging content.
For more information on Google Analytics cookies, refer to the official guide to Google Analytics cookie usage on websites.
Blocking or deleting cookies
You can usually switch cookies off by adjusting your browser settings to stop it from accepting cookies. We suggest consulting the Help section of your browser or taking a look at the About Cookies website which offers guidance for all modern browsers. However, because cookies are a standard part of most modern websites switching cookies off will likely limit the functionality of our’s and a large proportion of other websites too.
