What’s a cookie?

• A “cookie” is a piece of information stored on your computer’s hard drive (with your consent) that records how you navigate a website. This allows the site to present tailored options based on your previous visits. Cookies can also analyze traffic and support advertising and marketing purposes.
• Cookies are used by nearly all websites and do not harm your system.

We are required to obtain your consent for all non-essential cookies used on our website. You can block cookies (including essential cookies) through your browser settings. However, blocking essential cookies may limit your access to parts of our site.

How do we use cookies?

• We use cookies to track your use of our website. This helps us understand patterns and improve our site, products, and services based on your needs.
• Cookies are either:
  • Session cookies: Stored only during your web session and deleted when you close your browser. These store an anonymous session ID but do not collect personal data.
  • Persistent cookies: Stored as a file on your computer and remain after closing your browser. These are often used for services like Google Analytics.

Cookies are further categorized as:

• Strictly necessary cookies: Essential for website functionality, such as completing transactions. These do not gather personal data.
• Performance cookies: Allow us to monitor and improve website performance by tracking traffic and popular sections.
• Functionality cookies: Enable the site to remember your choices and enhance features like video viewing or blog commenting.
• Targeting cookies: Record your visits, pages viewed, and links clicked to display relevant advertising.

First and third-party cookies:

• First-party cookies are set by our website.
• Third-party cookies are set by other websites, such as for advertising or Facebook pixels, to show you relevant content.

Cookies Used

Necessary Cookies

• wpEmojiSettingsSupports: Set by WordPress to ensure emoji functionality – Expires after the session.
• cookieyes-consent: Remembers users’ consent preferences – Expires after 1 year.
• m: Set by Stripe for fraud prevention and device identification – Expires after 1 year, 1 month, 4 days.
• __stripe_mid: Set by Stripe for payment processing – Expires after 1 year.
• __stripe_sid: Set by Stripe for payment processing – Expires after 1 hour.
• Cookietest: Ensures the user’s browser accepts cookies – Expires after 1 day.
• Elementor: Enables real-time website content updates – Never Expires.

Analytic Cookies

• sbjs_migrations: Tracks the source of visits – Expires after session.
• sbjs_current_add: Tracks the source of visits – Expires after session.
• sbjs_first_add: Tracks the source of visits – Expires after session.
• sbjs_current: Tracks the source of visits – Expires after session.
• sbjs_first: Tracks the source of visits – Expires after session.
• sbjs_udata: Tracks the source of visits – Expires after session.
• sbjs_session: Tracks the source of visits – Expires after 1 hour.

Advertisement Cookies

• NID: Set by Google to limit ad frequency and measure ad effectiveness – Expires after 6 months.

Uncategorised Cookies

• f3k2kqs7xc: Description unavailable; more details will be provided when available – Expires after 1 year.
• __cflb: Used by Cloudflare for load balancing – Expires after 1 hour.

Managing Your Cookie Preferences

You can alter your cookie preferences at any time using the settings at the bottom left of our home page. Please refresh your page to ensure that new settings are applied.

You can also control your cookie settings through your web browser. For more details, visit:
http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

If you have any questions about the cookies we use, feel free to email us at office@acupunctureassociation.org.uk