JPAC Joint United Kingdom (UK) Blood Transfusion and Tissue Transplantation Services Professional Advisory Committee

Cookie Policy

Your privacy - how cookies are used by UKBTS

UKBTS uses small amounts of data stored on your computer called 'cookies' to collect information about how visitors use the website. You can control what cookies, if any, are stored on your computer. Find out more about cookies below.

What is a cookie?

A cookie is a small amount of data sent to your computer or mobile phone from a website. It often includes a unique identifier and is stored on your device's hard drive. UKBTS doesn't use cookies to collect information that can be used to identify you.

Each website can send its own cookie to your browser if your browser's preferences allow it. Your browser is the computer program you use to access the internet. By default, your browser will only allow a website to access the cookies it's already sent to you, and not the cookies sent to you by any other website. This is to protect your privacy.

For more information go to: http://www.bbc.co.uk/webwise/guides/about-cookies

Services that need cookies to work

Some services need to store a cookie on your computer for them to work. These cookies are removed when you finish using the service. If cookies are blocked then these services will not work.

Controlling what cookies are stored on your computer

You can set your devices to:

  • Accept all cookies
  • Tell you when a cookie is being received
  • Not receive cookies

Each browser is different, so check the 'Help' menu of your browser to learn how to change your cookie preferences.

Rejecting cookies

If you want to restrict or block the cookies set by UKBTS you can do this through your browser settings. The 'Help' menu in your browser should explain how you can do this, as well as how to delete cookies from your computer.

Google Analytics cookies

UKBTS uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. Google Analytics sets a cookie in order to evaluate your use of the site.

Google stores the information collected by the cookie on servers in the United States. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. By using the site, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.

How to reject or delete this cookie

http://www.google.com/intl/en/privacypolicy.html

Crazy Egg cookies

Some sections of this website use Crazy Egg cookies to track visitor activities and to improve user experience. Cookies placed by Crazy Egg do not include personally identifiable information such as name, phone number, email address or mailing address, nor does Crazy Egg link cookies to such personally identifiable information in their servers or databases.

For more information see

https://www.crazyegg.com/cookies

Mobile phones - rejecting cookies

For information about how to reject cookies on your mobile phone's browser, see your handset manual.