Cookie Policy

Last updated: [INSERT DATE]

1. About this policy

This Cookie Policy explains how Caledonia Medical Assessments Ltd (“CMA”, “we”, “us” or “our”) uses cookies and similar technologies on its website.

It should be read alongside our Privacy Notice, which explains how we collect and use personal information more generally.

2. What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files that websites place on your computer, tablet, mobile telephone or other device.

Cookies can allow a website to:

  • operate securely and correctly;

  • remember settings and preferences;

  • understand how visitors use the website;

  • detect errors or security threats; and

  • provide content or services supplied by third parties.

Cookies may be:

  • Session cookies, which are deleted when you close your browser; or

  • Persistent cookies, which remain on your device for a specified period or until you delete them.

3. Similar technologies

Our website may also use technologies that perform similar functions, including:

  • local or session storage;

  • tracking pixels;

  • scripts and tags;

  • software development kits;

  • device identifiers; and

  • other technologies that store information on, or access information from, your device.

References to “cookies” in this policy include these similar technologies where appropriate.

4. How we use cookies

CMA may use cookies for the following purposes:

Strictly necessary cookies

These cookies are required for the website to function properly or securely.

They may be used to:

  • maintain website security;

  • prevent fraudulent or malicious activity;

  • support network management;

  • remember privacy choices;

  • enable requested forms or website features; and

  • maintain a secure browsing session.

Strictly necessary cookies cannot normally be switched off through our cookie settings because the requested website service cannot operate correctly without them.

Preference cookies

Preference cookies remember choices such as:

  • language;

  • display settings;

  • accessibility preferences; and

  • previously selected website options.

Where these cookies are not exempt from consent requirements, they will not be placed unless you choose to allow them.

Analytics and statistical cookies

These cookies help us understand how visitors use the website, such as:

  • which pages are visited;

  • how visitors navigate between pages;

  • whether errors occur;

  • the type of browser or device being used; and

  • general website performance.

Where consent is legally required, analytics cookies will remain disabled unless you accept them.

In limited circumstances, statistical technologies may be used without consent where the applicable legal exemption is satisfied. This requires the information to be used only for permitted statistical purposes, subject to appropriate safeguards and an accessible means of objecting.

Third-party and embedded-content cookies

Some website features may be supplied by third parties, including:

  • embedded videos;

  • maps;

  • appointment or contact tools;

  • externally hosted documents;

  • security services; and

  • social-media content.

These providers may place or access cookies when you interact with their content.

Where an exemption does not apply, the relevant content or cookies will remain disabled until you provide consent.

5. Cookies used on this website

The following table must be completed following a cookie scan of the final website.

Cookie or technologyProviderPurpose and categoryDuration[INSERT COOKIE NAME][CMA/PROVIDER]Strictly necessary – [INSERT PURPOSE][SESSION/EXPIRY][INSERT COOKIE NAME][CMA/PROVIDER]Cookie preference – remembers the visitor’s cookie choices[INSERT DURATION][INSERT COOKIE NAME][PROVIDER]Analytics – [INSERT PRECISE PURPOSE][INSERT DURATION][INSERT COOKIE NAME][PROVIDER]Embedded content – [INSERT PRECISE PURPOSE][INSERT DURATION]

Remove any rows that do not apply and add every cookie or similar technology identified by the website scan.

6. Cookie consent

Where consent is required, we will ask for your permission before placing or accessing non-essential cookies.

Our consent mechanism should allow you to:

  • accept optional cookies;

  • reject optional cookies;

  • choose between available cookie categories; and

  • change or withdraw your consent later.

Continuing to browse the website is not treated as consent to non-essential cookies.

Refusing optional cookies should not prevent you from accessing the main information on the website, although some optional or third-party features may not function.

7. Managing your preferences

You can review or change your choices at any time by selecting:

[INSERT “COOKIE SETTINGS” LINK OR BUTTON]

Withdrawing consent will not affect the lawfulness of processing that occurred before consent was withdrawn. Once withdrawn, the relevant optional cookies will no longer be used, although cookies already stored on your device may remain until they expire or are deleted.

8. Browser controls

Most web browsers allow you to:

  • view stored cookies;

  • delete individual or all cookies;

  • block cookies from particular websites;

  • block third-party cookies; and

  • prevent cookies from being placed.

Instructions are normally available through your browser’s privacy or security settings.

Blocking all cookies may affect website security, accessibility or functionality. Strictly necessary cookies may need to remain enabled for certain requested services to operate.

9. Third-party providers

Third-party providers may process information according to their own privacy and cookie policies.

Before publishing this policy, CMA should list all applicable third-party providers here, for example:

  • [PROVIDER NAME]: [DESCRIPTION AND LINK TO PROVIDER POLICY]

  • [PROVIDER NAME]: [DESCRIPTION AND LINK TO PROVIDER POLICY]

  • [PROVIDER NAME]: [DESCRIPTION AND LINK TO PROVIDER POLICY]

CMA does not control cookies placed independently when you leave our website and visit another organisation’s website.

10. Personal information collected through cookies

Some cookie information may constitute personal information, particularly when combined with:

  • IP addresses;

  • device identifiers;

  • account information;

  • browser details; or

  • website usage records.

Where personal information is involved, it will be processed in accordance with our Privacy Notice and applicable UK data-protection law.

11. How long cookies remain

Each cookie is retained for the period shown in the cookie table.

We will not retain information collected through cookies for longer than reasonably necessary for its stated purpose. We will periodically review the cookies and similar technologies used on our website and remove those that are no longer required.

12. Changes to this policy

We may update this Cookie Policy when:

  • the cookies or technologies used on the website change;

  • a new website provider or feature is introduced;

  • our legal obligations change; or

  • our privacy or security practices are updated.

The latest version will be published on this page with a revised “last updated” date.

Where a change affects consent choices, we may ask you to review or renew those choices.

13. Contact us

For questions about our use of cookies or personal information, contact:

Caledonia Medical Assessments Ltd
Email: enquiries@caledonianmedicalassessments.co.uk
Telephone: 07387290407

You can also read our Privacy Notice for further information about your data-protection rights.