Why we use Cookies
 

This policy should be read carefully and in conjunction with our Terms of Website Use  (and any other documents referred therein). This explanation sets out the basis on which any personal data shared by you during the process of interacting with our site for the purpose of accessing information about the work of the Virtual Doctors or other interaction required for you to support our work, (collected from you, or provided by you), will be processed by us utilising cookies.

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This website uses cookies to help the performance of the website and enhance your online experience.

 

What is a Cookie
 

A cookie is a piece of information that is saved to the hard drive of your computer or mobile device. It has the ability to remember that you have visited a website previously and retains information about the configuration of your computer mobile device.  This improves your website browsing experience by storing information and thus avoids repeating requests for you to input the same data over and over again.

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Cookies come in two types and are known as either persistent or session cookies. A persistent cookie has a set expiry date and will remain valid until that date is reached (unless deleted by the user earlier); a session cookie expires when the user closes their computer’s web browser.

 

The Virtual Doctors use the following cookies on our website:

  

 

Functional and Required Cookies

We use some necessary cookies because they allow visitors to navigate and use key features on your site. These cookies vary from site to site depending on the features it uses.

 

Cookie Name: Crumb

Duration: Session

Purpose: Prevents cross-site request forgery (CSRF). CSRF is an attack vector that tricks a browser into taking unwanted action in an application when someone’s logged in.

 

Cookie Name: RecentRedirect

Duration: 30 minutes

Purpose: Prevents redirect loops if a site has custom URL redirects.

 

Cookie Name: CART

Duration: 2 weeks

Purpose: Shows when a visitor adds a product to their cart.

 

Cookie Name: hasCart

Duration: 2 weeks

Purpose: Tells Squarespace that the visitor has a cart.

 

Cookie Name: Locked

Duration: Session

Purpose: Prevents the password-protected screen from displaying if a visitor enters the correct site-wide password.

 

Cookie Name: SiteUserInfo

Duration: 3 years

Purpose: Identifies a visitor who logs into a customer account.

 

Cookie Name: SiteUserSecureAuthToken

Duration: 3 years

Purpose: Authenticates a visitor who logs into a customer account

 

Cookie Name: Commerce-checkout-state

Duration: Session

Purpose: Stores state of checkout while the visitor is completing their order in PayPal.

 

Cookie Name: squarespace-popup-overlay

Duration: Persistent

Purpose: Prevents the Promotional Pop-Up from displaying if a visitor dismisses it.

 

Cookie Name: squarespace-announcement-bar

Duration: Persistent

Purpose: Prevents the Announcement Bar from displaying if a visitor dismisses it

 

 

Analytics and Performance Cookies
We use Analytics and Performance cookies to collect information on your behalf about how visitors interact with your site. Storing these cookies is how we populate the data you find in Analytics.

 

Cookie Name: ss_cid

Duration: 2 years

Purpose: Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site.

 

Cookie Name: ss_cvr

Duration: 2 years

Purpose: Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site.

 

Cookie Name: ss_cvisit

Duration: 30 minutes

Purpose: Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site.

 

Cookie Name: ss_cvt

Duration: 30 minutes

Purpose: Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site.

 

Cookie Name: ss_cpvisit

Duration: 2 years

Purpose: Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site.

 

Cookie Name: ss_cookieAllowed

Duration: 30 days

Purpose: Remembers if a visitor agreed to placing Analytics cookies on their browser if a site is restricting the placement of cookies.

 

You can use your browser to determine which type of cookies are allowed and you can delete existing cookies. For information on how to do this with different browsers please refer to your browser guide.