Cookie Policy

This is the cookie policy of The Nurses Memorial to King Edward VII in Scotland, (hereafter referred to as “Nurses Memorial”) a registered charity in Scotland No: SC023963.  We are here to help nurses in need for welfare, in hardship or for educational bursaries.  Our registered address is c/o Johnston Smillie Ltd, Secretaries & Treasurers, 6 Redheughs Rigg, Edinburgh EH12 9DQ.

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are text files containing small amounts of data which are sent to your browser when you visit a website. Cookies are then sent back to the website on each subsequent visit, or to a different website that recognises the cookie.

We use cookies to better understand how frequently certain pages are visited, and to make our website more user-friendly.

Below you’ll find a list of the different types of cookies we use on the Nurses Memorial website.

Cookies Used on Our Website

By using the Nurses Memorial website, you agree that we can place the following cookies on your device.

 _ga, _gali, _gat, _gid – These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our website. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the website, where visitors have come to the website from and the pages they visited.

• Performance Cookies
  These cookies collect anonymous information about how visitors use the website – for example, which pages are visited most often, and the types of actions visitors take when they reach particular pages.These cookies do not collect personally identifiable information. We use these cookies only to understand visitor behavior, and to improve our website’s performance.

 

• Functionality Cookies
  These cookies allow the website to remember any choices you may have made previously when using the site, in order to provide an enhanced and personal user experience.These cookies cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.

How Long Are Cookies Stored For?

Session cookies allow webmasters to link the actions of a user during a specific browser session. A browser session begins when a user opens the browser window, and it ends when they close the browser window. Session cookies are temporary, and once the browser session ends, all session cookies are deleted.

On the other hand, persistent cookies remain on a user’s device for a period of time specified by the cookie. These cookies are activated every time a user visits the website that generated the cookie in question.

If you’d like to learn more about how cookies work, how to reject them, and how to delete them, we recommend reading:

• https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-pecr/cookies-and-similar-technologies/