What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are transferred to your computer or phone when you visit a website.

These cookies are used to remember information about your visit, such as your chosen preferences and for things like shopping baskets. The cookies often remain on your device for a year.

Cookies can be broadly split into two categories:

• First-party cookies
  These cookies come from SignHealth, and will only work on our website. They cannot be accessed by anyone else.
• Third-party cookies
  These are created by other websites. We use different third party services on our website, such as YouTube and Vimeo to play BSL videos. We also use plugins to support the smooth running of the website. They may set their own cookies on your device.

What cookies do SignHealth use?

There are different types of cookies that we have on our website.

First-party cookies

• Necessary cookies
  These are used to make sure that the website works properly, and to improve your website browsing experience. These cannot be turned off, unless you change your browser settings.
• Analytic and performance cookies
  These are used to collect anonymous data to help us understand how our website visitors use the site.

Third party cookies

• Advertising, marketing, and tracking cookies
  These type of cookies collect information about visitors’ web browsing behaviour, which are then used to show you targeted adverts and personalise content in different sites.

SignHealth use third party cookies to share relevant fundraising appeals, resources or events with you. We will not profile our audience for targeted advertising based on any service or health information related page views.

How to manage cookies

You can disable cookies on the SignHealth website, except those necessary for the website to work properly. You can do this by clicking the ‘Deny’ option in the white Manage Consent box in the bottom left corner of your screen. You can find out how to disable cookies in your web browser at the About Cookies website which offers guidance for different browsers.

You can also find out more about how we use, store and process your data by checking our Privacy Statement.