Cookie Policy

Your privacy - how cookies are used by Dermal

The Dermal website uses small amounts of data stored on your computer called 'cookies' to collect information about how visitors use the website. You can control what cookies, if any, are stored on your computer. Find out more about cookies below.

What is a cookie?

A cookie is a small amount of data sent to your computer or mobile phone from a website. It often includes a unique identifier and is stored on your device's hard drive. Dermal doesn't use cookies to collect information that can be used to identify you.

Each website can send its own cookie to your browser if your browser's preferences allow it. Your browser is the computer program you use to access the internet. By default, your browser will only allow a website to access the cookies it's already sent to you, and not the cookies sent to you by any other website. This is to protect your privacy.

Services that need cookies to work

Some services need to store a cookie on your computer for them to work. These cookies are removed when you finish using the service. If cookies are blocked, then these services will not work.

Controlling what cookies are stored on your computer

You can set your devices to:

  • Accept all cookies
  • Tell you when a cookie is being received
  • Not receive cookies

Each browser is different, so check the 'Help' menu of your browser to learn how to change your cookie preferences.

Rejecting cookies

If you want to restrict or block the cookies set by the Dermal website, you can do this through your device's browser settings. The 'Help' menu in your browser should explain how you can do this, as well as how to delete cookies from your computer. For more information, see the 'About cookies' website.

How to control or delete cookies

Google Analytics cookies

The Dermal website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. Google Analytics sets a cookie in order to evaluate your use of the site.

Google stores the information collected by the cookie on servers in the United States. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. By using the site, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.

How to reject or delete this cookie

Mobile phones - rejecting cookies

For information about how to reject cookies on your mobile phone's browser, see your handset manual.

Other devices - rejecting cookies

For information about how to reject cookies on your device's browser, see your device's manual.

Cookies witnessed on www.dermal.co.uk

The following are names of cookies that are currently witnessed on the Dermal website. Each cookie includes a short description of what the cookie does and what type of variant the cookie falls into.

Name of cookie Expiry Description

Form entry security

__RequestVerificationToken

ASP.NET_SessionId

Session These cookies are used with form entry, for reCAPTCHA protection and to prevent forged entries.

Cookies message displayed

cookie-preferences-set

Session Stores a user’s preference about cookies.

Analytics Cookies opt-in status

cookie-preferences-analytics

1 Year Stores a user’s choice to opt-in or out of Analytics Cookies.

Functional Cookies opt-in status

cookie-preferences-functional

1 Year Stores a user’s choice to opt-in or out of Functional Cookies.

Third-Party Cookies opt-in status

cookie-preferences-third-party

1 Year Stores a user’s choice to opt-in or out of Third-Party Cookies.

Tracking whether user is a healthcare professional

healthcare-professionals-agree

1 Year Stores a user’s choice to confirm they are a qualified healthcare professional and can therefore view specific content intended for that audience.

Promotional banners displayed

hide-banner

Session Stores a list of which promotional banners the user has chosen to close

Google Analytics

_ga

_ga_0RPJBWS0N4

_gat_UA-26887800-4

_gid

 

1 year and 5 weeks

1 year and 5 weeks

1 day

1 day

These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our website. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the website. The cookies collect information in a way that does not directly identify anyone, including the number of visitors to the website and blog, where visitors have come to the website from and the pages they visited.

 

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