Cookie Policy

Cookies are small files that are created and saved on your phone, tablet or computer when you visit a website. Cookies are not viruses or computer programs. They are very small so they do not take up much space.

Cookies make our website work, keep it secure, remember your choices and store information about how you use the website. This information could be about the pages you visit and how you interact with the content on them.

If you use the social media buttons on our website and allow cookies from the companies that own these platforms, they will collect information about you. Social media buttons could be a link to a Youtube video, Facebook, Twitter or other social media channels.

Information our cookies collect

Cookie browser data

This gives us information on:

• the time and date you were on our site
• the pages you looked at, for how long and how you engaged with the pages
• which cookies you gave permission for us to use

Device data

This gives us information on:

• the type of device you are using to access the internet, for example a mobile phone, tablet, laptop or desktop computer
• the operating system you are using, for example Microsoft Windows
• the type and size of the screen you have
• the browser version you use, for example Chrome, Safari, Firefox

Log data

This is information on when you used the website, how long you were on it for and what you searched for.

Location data

This tells us the country and county you were in when you used the website.

Analytical data

Data about how you use the website. For example, how often you visit.

IP addresses

IP addresses are processed in NHC server log files for website security purposes. We have configured our analytical tools to collect anonymised IP addresses where possible.

In cases where the analytical tool collects IP addresses, these are anonymised when collected. They are held and processed separately from IP addresses collected for website security purposes.

When we collect the information, we pseudonymise it by aggregating it and removing personal data. This means that you are not identified and we don’t know who you are. If you give us permission to collect more information, we only do this with your consent. There are a small number of situations where we collect the information in our legitimate interests for website security purposes.

Consent and cookies

We automatically set cookies that are strictly necessary. We do not need your consent to use them. You cannot change these or opt-out because these are needed for the website to work properly.

For all other cookies, we need your consent. We use cookies to save your cookie preferences.