What is a cookie?
Cookies are small files of information that a web server generates and sends to a web browser. Web browsers store the cookies they receive for a predetermined period of time, or for the length of a user’s session on a website. They attach the relevant cookies to any future requests the user makes of the web server.
Cookies help inform websites about the user, enabling the websites to personalize the user experience. For example, ecommerce websites use cookies to know what merchandise users have placed in their shopping carts. In addition, some cookies are necessary for security purposes, such as authentication cookies.
The cookies that are used on the Internet are also called “HTTP cookies.” Like much of the web, cookies are sent using the HTTP protocol.
If you have already accessed our website and do not accept our uses of cookies, you should immediately discontinue use of our website.
Where are cookies stored?
Web browsers store cookies in a designated file on users’ devices. The Google Chrome web browser, for instance, stores all cookies in a file labelled “Cookies.”
What are cookies used for?
User Sessions: Cookies help associate website activity with a specific user. A session cookie contains a unique string (a combination of letters and numbers) that matches a user session with relevant data and content for that user.
Personalisation: Cookies help a website “remember” user actions or user preferences, enabling the website to customize the user’s experience.
Tracking: Some cookies record what websites users visit. This information is sent to the server that originated the cookie the next time the browser has to load content from that server. With third-party tracking cookies, this process takes place anytime the browser loads a website that uses that tracking service.
Cookies in use by Gipping Occupational Health:
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Cookie Name |
Cookie Type |
Cookie Function |
Cookie Provider |
Retention Period |
|
_ga |
Statistics |
To store and count pages views |
|
2 Years |
|
_ga_HD54BJ553H |
Statistics |
Used to store and count page views |
|
1 Year |
|
cmplz_banner-status |
Functional |
Used to store is cookies banner has been dismissed |
WordPress |
1 Year |
|
cmplz_consented_services |
Functional |
Used to store cookie consent preferences |
WordPress |
1 Year |
|
cmplz_functional |
Functional |
Used to store cookie consent preferences |
WordPress |
1 Year |
|
cmplz_marketing |
Functional |
Used to store cookie consent preferences |
WordPress |
1 Year |
|
cmplz_policy_id |
Functional |
Used to stored accepted cookie policy ID |
WordPress |
1 Year |
|
cmplz_preferences |
Functional |
Used to store consent preferences |
WordPress |
1 Year |
|
cmplz_statistics |
Functional |
Used to store consent preferences |
WordPress |
1 Year |
Turning Off Cookies in Different Browsers
The Help menu on the menu bar of most browsers will tell you how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie and how to disable cookies altogether. Additionally, you can disable or delete similar data used by browser add-ons, such as Flash cookies, by changing the add-on’s settings or visiting the website of its manufacturer.