Advanced Medical Solutions
Cookie Policy
Our websites (the “Site”) uses cookies to deliver a better and more personalised service to users. This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how they are used on the Site and how to manage their use.
What is a Cookie?
Cookies are small text files containing small amounts of information which are sent to and stored on your computer, smartphone or other device when you access a website. Cookies are then sent back to the originating website on each subsequent visit or to another website that recognises that cookie. Cookies are useful because they allow a website to recognise a user’s device.
Therefore, if you want your browser to be recognized and individualized without needing to resubmit preferences every time you visit another page on the Site, then the Site must be able to identify your browser every time it makes a request. Therefore, when you visit many websites, your browser will, at the request of the website, save a cookie as a signal for the next time you visit that your browser is recognized as a previous visitor with particular preferences.
USE OF COOKIES ON SITE
The functionalities for which we use Cookies may include the following:
- Keeping track of visitors’ preferences regarding the content they would like to see and the format in which they would like to view it so they don’t need to resubmit the preferences every time they visit the site;
- Keeping track of the pages visitors’ request and other statistics, which creates data that can be used to make improvements to Site content and navigation; and
- Enabling advertising on third party websites
- Assisting you in navigation
- Assisting in registering for our events, login, and your ability to provide feedback
- Analysing the use of our products, services or applications
- Assisting with our promotional and marketing efforts (including behavioural advertising).
Cookies are generally used to improve and enhance the user experience. We use certain cookies that are considered “strictly necessary” for the regular operation and security of our Sites. For these cookies, we do not ask for your consent but we do inform you about their presence on our Sites. In addition, other categories of cookies that we use and for which we may be required to ask for your consent are:
- “Functional” cookies store information which enables us to remember user preferences e.g. sort types and media settings. They are also used to improve users’ experience by, for example, stopping users from being shown the same message twice;
- "Tracking” cookies enable us to store information about how users landed on our"
- "Analytics” cookies allow us to recognise and count the number of users and to see how users move around our Site when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our Site works; and"
- "Targeting" cookies that provide customized advertisements that are relevant to your interests"
MANGAGING COOKIES
Below is a detailed list of the cookies we use, with a description of its purpose(s), expiry and information on refusing the Cookies in “How to Block”.
Except where allowed by applicable law, we place cookies after having received your consent.
Annex A: Types of Cookies Used on This Site
| Name | Expiration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| L_ga | 2 years | Used to distinguish users. |
| _gat | 10 minutes | Used to throttle request rate. |
| __utmat | 2 years from set/update | Used to distinguish users and sessions. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and no existing __utma cookies exists. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. |
| __utmt | 10 minutes | Used to throttle request rate. |
| __utmb | 30 mins from set/update | Used to determine new sessions/visits. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and no existing __utmb cookies exists. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. |
| __utmc | End of browser session | Not used in ga.js. Set for interoperability with urchin.js. Historically, this cookie operated in conjunction with the __utmb cookie to determine whether the user was in a new session/visit. |
| __utmz | 6 months from set/update | Stores the traffic source or campaign that explains how the user reached your site. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. |
| __utmv | 2 years from set/update | Used to store visitor-level custom variable data. This cookie is created when a developer uses the _setCustomVar method with a visitor level custom variable. This cookie was also used for the deprecated _setVar method. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. |
| eucookie | 1 year | Used to record displayed cookie disclaimer notification |
We may use first-party cookies (cookies set directly by us to your device), as well as cookies served by third parties which are most commonly used for Site analytics or advertising purposes.
If you want to delete any cookies already stored on your device or stop the cookies that keep track of your browsing patterns on the Site, you can do so by deleting your existing cookies and/or altering your browser’s privacy settings (the process you follow will differ from browser to browser).
Please note that deleting our cookies or disabling our future cookies means that you may not be able to access certain areas or features of our Site.