Purpose
The purpose of this policy is to explain to users of this website www.medishout.co.uk how cookies are used on the site, the options for controlling the use of cookies and what cookies are used.
Scope
This policy applies to the cookies used on this website www.medishout.co.uk.
Definitions
The following terms are used throughout this policy and are defined as follows:
- “Cookie” - Cookies are small files that are placed on your computer by the websites that you visit. They are used in order to make websites work, to provide features, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owner of the site such as pages visited, number of visitors etc. Some cookies also enable the display of relevant advertising when you move from site to site.
- “We/us/our” – refers to MediShout Ltd, the owner of this website registered at 2 Sherrock Gardens, Hendon, London, NW4 4JJ with company registration number 08357958.
- “Personal data” – is any information which can directly or indirectly identify a living person.
- “First Party Cookie” - this is a cookie that is controlled by us.
- “Third Party Cookie” – this is a cookie provided by a third party e.g. Google Analytics for which we have no control over.
- “Session” - If a cookie does not contain an expiration date, it is considered a session cookie. Session cookies are stored in memory and never written to disk. When the browser closes, the cookie is permanently lost from this point on.
- “Persistent” - these cookies stay in one of your browser's subfolders until you delete them manually or your browser deletes them based on the duration period contained within the persistent cookie's file.
Cookie Types
We use the following types of cookie on our website:
- Necessary Cookies - These cookies are necessary for the operation of our site. They don’t access or
store any personal data. Our website cannot function without these cookies so they are, by default switched
on.
You can manage cookies in your browser. Your choices will include the ability to switch off cookies completely and removing cookies by deleting them when you leave our site. If you do switch cookies off you may find problems with the operation of our website.
- Marketing Cookies - these cookies allow us to provide personalised and relevant services or advertising to
our visitors, and to assess the effectiveness of our digital marketing activities. We also use these cookies to
enable third party ‘plug-ins’ like social media sharing and like buttons. They also enable us to play video
content.
You can control whether you want to accept the use of these cookies via the cookie consent options on the website.
Cookie Details
Necessary Cookies
| Cookie Name |
1st or 3rd Party |
Duration |
Purpose |
| cookiesConsent |
1st |
Persistent |
This cookie stores information about
cookie preferences for non-necessary cookies. |
Embedded Content
| Cookie Name |
1st or 3rd Party |
Duration |
Purpose |
| IDE |
3rd |
1 year |
This cookie from YouTube registers
and reports the website user's actions
after viewing or clicking one of the
advertiser's ads. |
| _ga |
3rd |
2 years |
This cookie registers a unique ID that is
used to generate data on how the
visitor uses the website. |
| APISID |
3rd |
2 years |
This cookie is used to personalise
Google ads on websites based on
recent searches and interactions. |
| __Secure-xxxSID |
3rd |
2 years |
This cookie is used by YouTube to
build a profile of website visitor
interests to show relevant and
personalised ads through retargeting. |
| NID |
3rd |
6 months |
This cookie registers a unique ID that
identifies a returning user's device. The
ID is used for targeted ads by Google
and YouTube. |
| PREF |
3rd |
179 days |
This cookie determines settings and
preferences for YouTube embedded
videos. |
| yt-remote-device-id |
3rd |
Persistent |
This cookie stores the user's video
player preferences using embedded
YouTube video. |
| yt-remote-
connected-devices |
3rd |
Persistent |
This cookie stores the user's video
player preferences using embedded
YouTube video. |
| YSC |
3rd |
Session |
This cookie stores a unique ID to keep
statistics of what videos from YouTube
the user has seen. |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE |
3rd |
179 days |
This cookie stores an estimation of the
users' bandwidth on pages with
integrated YouTube videos. |
| AEC |
3rd |
6 months |
This cookie prevents malicious sites
from acting on behalf of a user without
that user's knowledge. |
| HSID |
3rd |
2 years |
This cookie contains digitally signed
and encrypted records of a user’s
Google Account ID and most recent
sign-in time. |
| LOGIN_INFO |
3rd |
2 years |
This cookie is used by YouTube to play
embedded YouTube videos. |
| SAPISID |
3rd |
2 years |
This cookie collects visitor information
for videos hosted by YouTube. |
| SID |
3rd |
2 years |
This cookie contains digitally signed
and encrypted records of a user’s
Google Account ID and most recent
sign-in time. |
| SIDCC |
3rd |
1 year |
This is a security cookie that protects
the user data from unauthorised
access. |
| SSID |
3rd |
2 years |
This cookie is used to collect visitor
information for videos hosted by
YouTube on maps integrated with
Google Maps. |
| VISITOR_PRIVACY_M
ETADATA |
3rd |
179 days |
This cookie stores the user’s consent
state for the current domain where the
YouTube video is embedded. |
| __Secure-xxxSIDCC |
3rd |
1 year |
This is a security cookie that protects
the user data from unauthorised
access. |
| __Secure-ENID |
3rd |
1 year |
This cookie stores encrypted data to
identify visitors and prevent fraudulent
use of login data. |
| ytidb::LAST_RESULT_
ENTRY_KEY |
3rd |
Persistent |
This cookie stores the user's video
player preferences using embedded
YouTube video. |
Using your browser to control cookies
As well as setting cookie preferences using the cookie settings options when you visit the website, you can also control cookie settings in your browser. How to control cookies for some of the most commonbrowsers are detailed below:
Further information
If you would like any further information about the use of cookies on this website, please contact us at dpo@medishout.co.uk.
Please also see our privacy notice here.
Changes to this policy
We may make changes to this policy from time to time and the latest version of the policy will always be displayed on our website. You should check this policy from time to time to see any updates. This policy was last updated on 12th July 2024.
