Cookies Policy

1. Introduction

• Our website uses cookies.
• Insofar as those cookies are not strictly necessary for the provision of our website and services, we will ask you to consent to our use of cookies when you first visit our website.

2. Credit

• This document was created using a template from SEQ Legal.

3. About cookies

• A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.
• Cookies may be either "persistent" cookies or "session" cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed.
• Cookies may not contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal data that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.

4. Cookies used by our service providers

• Our service providers use cookies and those cookies may be stored on your computer when you visit our website.
• We use Google Analytics, which gathers information about the use of our website and uses cookies for this purpose. We use the information gathered by Google Analytics to create reports about the use of our website. You can find out more about Google's use of information by visiting https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites and you can review Google's privacy policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy. The cookies used by Google Analytics are named _ga and _ga+container-id.
• We use Google Ads to advertise our services on Google. These ads are sometimes served on third-party vendor websites approved by Google. Cookies are used for a number of purposes, such as to stop users from seeing the same ad over and over again, to detect and stop click fraud, and to show ads that are likely to be more relevant. Users may opt out of personalised advertising by visiting https://myadcenter.google.com. Alternatively, you can opt out of a third-party vendor's use of cookies for personalised advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info.
• We use YouTube (part of Google) to present videos on our website. This service uses a set number of cookies for any page that includes a Youtube video. While we have no control over the cookies set by Google, they appear to include a mixture of pieces of information to measure the number and behaviour of Youtube users, including information that links your visits to our website with your Google account if you are signed in to one. Information about your use of our website, including your IP address, may be transmitted to Google and stored on servers in the United States. This cookie does not identify you personally unless you are logged into Google, in which case it is linked to your Google account. You can view the privacy policy of this service provider at https://policies.google.com/privacy. The relevant cookies are: LOGIN_INFO, demographics, VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE.
• We use a Meta pixel on our website. Using the pixel, Meta collects information about the users and use of our website. The information is used to personalise Meta advertisements on platforms including Facebook and Instagram, and to analyse the use of our website. To find out more about the Meta pixel and about Meta's use of personal data generally, see the Meta cookie policy at https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policies/cookies/ and the Meta privacy policy at https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy. The Meta cookie policy includes information about controlling Meta's use of cookies to show you advertisements.
• We use Bugherd as an online bug tracker for web designers and developers. It embeds into the website and allows feedback to be sent by technical and nontechnical people for collaboration on a website as it's being built, and for changes to be made to the website once live. You can view the privacy policy of this service provider at https://bugherd.com/privacy. The relevant cookies are: landing.

5. Managing cookies

• Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies and to delete cookies. The methods for doing so vary from browser to browser and from version to version. You can obtain up-to-date information about managing cookies via these links:
  • https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647 (Chrome);
  • https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/products/firefox/privacy-and-security (Firefox);
  • https://help.opera.com/en/latest/security-and-privacy/ (Opera);
  • https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/safari/welcome/mac (Safari); and
  • https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/microsoft-edge-browsing-data-and-privacy (Edge).
• Blocking all cookies will have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites.
• If you block cookies, you will not be able to use all the features on our website.

6. Our details

• This website is owned and operated by Cheshire Orthodontics.
• You can contact us by post, to Dental Studio, Malt St, Knutsford, WA16 6ES, or by telephone, on 01565 362565.