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Cookies do not place viruses on your computer and cannot run programs.
Our cookies do not provide us with any private or personally identifiable information about you. All data that is gathered is anonymous.
For further information, visit the All About Cookies website:
How do we use them?
This website only uses cookies that are essential to its use, or which record your use of the website to help us understand how it’s used.
Our cookies
| Cookie | Domain | Description | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| AcceptCookies | northwestsde.nhs.uk | Persistent for one year. Used to store whether you have agreed to receive cookies. (Strictly necessary cookie.) | Necessary |
| WordPress_[hash] | northwestsde.nhs.uk | This cookie is used to store your authentication details upon login and is limited to the admin area. | Necessary |
| wordpress_logged_in_[hash] | northwestsde.nhs.uk | This cookie enables the interface to recognize you as a logged-in user and determine which account and preferences to use for various features. This is only for certain users who log-in. | Necessary |
| NID | google.com | Google uses NID, based on recent searches and interactions, to customise ads on Google websites. | 3rd Party |
| 1P_JAR | google.com | Google uses 1P_JAR, based on recent searches and interactions, to customise ads on Google websites. | 3rd Party |
| SOCS, and CONSENT | google.com | Google uses the ‘CONSENT’ cookie, which lasts for 2 years, to store a user’s state regarding their cookies choices. Another cookie, ‘SOCS’, lasts for 13 months and is also used to store a user’s state regarding their cookies choices. | 3rd Party |
| li_at | .www.linkedin.com | Used to authenticate Members and API clients | 3rd Party |
Further information
For further information on Google Analytics cookies, please visit the Google Analytics page on cookie usage.
Our forms may ask you to complete a reCAPTCHA field. reCAPTCHA helps with website security by preventing malicious computer programmes from submitting form data. Using reCAPTCHA may install additional cookies on your device. For further details, please see Google’s privacy policy.
How to manage cookies
You can set your browser not to accept cookies, and you can remove those that have already been installed. However, this may mean that some parts of our website won’t work correctly.
- How to stop cookies being installed (opens in new tab)
- How to clear installed cookies (opens in new tab)
The Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on may help if you would like to prevent Google Analytics cookies from being installed.
Last reviewed: 7th January 2025