Cookies

What are cookies? 

Cookies are small text files that are, with your agreement, placed on your computer by the websites you visit. They can be used to improve website performance, remember your preferences and help us to promote our events and courses to you on other websites, based on what you’ve looked at. 

There are four main categories of cookie: 

• First party cookies. These are set by the website you are visiting and can be used to see how users are using the site. 

• Third party cookies. These can be set by other websites not owned by the site you’re visiting.  These may be set by sites whose content is shown on our website, such as YouTube.  We have no control over third party cookies. 

• Session.  These are temporary cookies that are stored while browsing and deleted once a user closes their web browser. 

• Persistent.  These are data files stored in a web browser and are used to remember user preferences, settings and information for future visits. 

Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been stored on your browser or hard drive and how to manage and delete them, visit All About Cookies. 

Please be aware that if you if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of certain websites. 

Types of cookies 

This section explains the types of cookies our website sets. Apart from Necessary Cookies, all cookies are turned off by default, but you can turn them on when entering the site by clicking ‘Accept all cookies’. 

Necessary Cookies: By using our website, you agree that we can set Necessary Cookies. Without these cookies our website will not function. Data protection and privacy laws allow us to set Necessary Cookies without user consent. 

Analytics Cookies: We would like your permission to set Analytics Cookies; the anonymous data collected helps us to understand how people use this website. Using this data, we can restructure the website to help people reach the mental health information they are looking for as quickly as possible.