Cookies statement
Cookies statement
Cookies are small text files that are used to store small pieces of information. The cookies are stored on your device when the website is loaded on your browser.
We use cookies to see how our site is used. These help us make the website function properly, make the website more secure, provide a better experience for visitors to our site, understand how the website performs and analyse what works and where it needs improving. Royal Surrey NHS FoundationTrust uses essential cookies to function and to improve your security, e.g. when submitting forms. These essential cookies are only for security and site function and do not track individuals in any way.
The law states that we can store cookies on your device if they are strictly necessary for the operation of the site (such as essential cookies). For non-essential cookies, we need your permission. The Trust uses a range of non-essential cookies provided by Google when using our website. This includes cookies that help us understand how visitors interact with our website. They provide information to help help improve our visitor’s website experience.
If you are happy to accept these cookies, please press the accept button; if you are not happy to accept these analytics cookies, please press decline. If you decline, this site will still work correctly but some third-party services (such as some videos) may not display.
You can find out more about cookies on aboutcookies.org, for example, how the cookies used on this website affect you and how to disable them.
| Name | Description | Duration/Expiration |
|---|---|---|
| JSESSIONID | Preserves user’s status across page requests. | Session |
| TS0xxxxxxx | Maintains context across multiple high-availability application servers and secure Web Application Firewall (WAF). | Session |
| VOPECRA | Remembers that a user has accepted or declined. | 1 year |
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For process payments used for our maternity courses. Our online payment provider Stripe provides this service. They will only be placed on your machine if you are paying for a course. | 1 year |
| Description | Duration/Expiration | |
|---|---|---|
| Non-essential cookies _GA |
Stores and counts page views. | 2 years |
| __gid | Stores and counts page views. | 1 day |
| DV | Collects information about how visitors use our site. | End of browser session. |
| uid | Tracks users across various website segments. | 2 years. |
| OTZ | Provides an analysis of website visitors in aggregate. | 1 month. |
| SOCS | Stores a user’s status regarding their cookie choices. | 13 months. |
| AEC | Ensures requests within a browsing session are made by the user, and not by other sites. They prevent malicious sites from acting on behalf of a user without that user's knowledge. | 6 months. |
| SIDCC | Provides identification of trusted web traffic. | 1 year. |
| SID | Captures a user’s Google Account ID and documents their recent sign-in time. | 1 year. |
| SEARCH_SAMESITE | Prevents the browser from sending this cookie along with cross-site requests. | 4 months. |
| APISID | This cookie is used to display personalised advertisements on Google sites, based on recent searches and previous interactions. | 2 years. |
| SAPISID | This cookie is used by Google to display personalised advertisements on Google sites, based on recent searches and previous interactions. | 1 year. |
| HSID | This cookie contains digitally signed and encrypted records of a user’s Google Account ID and most recent sign-in time. | 1 year. |
| __Secure-1PAPISID, __Secure-1PSID, , __Secure-3PAPISID, __Secure-3PSID, | This cookie is used for targeting purposes to build a profile of the website visitor's interests in order to show relevant & personalised Google advertising. | 2 years. |
| __Secure-1PSIDCC, __Secure-3PSIDCC, | This cookie is used for targeting purposes to build a profile of the website visitor's interests in order to show relevant & personalised Google advertising. | 1 year. |
| NID | This cookie is used to show Google ads in Google services for signed-out users. | 6 months. |