Cookie Policy | Private Endocrinologist

Website code and device storage

This website does not set cookies of its own and does not use advertising pixels. Fonts and images are served from this site, not from a third party. Two optional Google services load only if you choose them: analytics, if you accept the banner, and a map on the Cambridge Clinic page, if you press “Show the map”. Both are described below. Under the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR) analytics cookies need your consent first, so the site asks before loading them and does nothing until you answer. To remember your answer it keeps one small item in your browser’s local storage, called pe-consent, which holds only the word “granted” or “denied” and no personal information.

This describes the website code. The website host or a security service may use mechanisms of its own.

Analytics

Analytics scripts are not currently enabled. Any future analytics service must be assessed and the notices updated before use. Where consent is required, it must be obtained before the relevant technology runs.

Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics (only if you accept)

If you press “Accept analytics”, your browser loads Google Tag Manager, which we use to run Google Analytics. Google then receives your IP address, device and browser details and the pages you visit, and may set cookies such as _ga on your device. We use this only to see how the site is used. The pages you visit can indicate your interests, including health topics, so please decline if you prefer. We have switched off advertising storage and ad personalisation, and we do not put anything you type into our forms into analytics. Google decides how it handles the data under its own privacy policy and processes it in the United States and other countries.

If you press “Decline”, nothing is loaded from Google and no analytics cookie is set. You can change your mind at any time with “Cookie settings” in the footer of every page. Choosing “Decline” after accepting removes the Google cookies from this site and reloads the page without Tag Manager.

Hosting and external services

When you send a form, your browser sends what you typed to Formspree, our form service. The Cambridge Clinic page offers a Google map. It is not loaded when you open the page: it appears only if you press “Show the map”. If you do, your browser connects to Google, which receives your IP address and device information and may set or read cookies on your device. Google’s own privacy and cookie information applies, and we do not receive that data. Nothing else on this website embeds third party maps, videos or social media content; it only links to them.

When you follow a link to maps, the NHS, NICE or another website, that service’s own privacy and cookie information applies. Read it before submitting information.