Privacy policy :: King's Health Partners

Privacy policy :: King's Health Partners
Privacy policy
Please find below information about our privacy policy, cookie policy, copyright, and general practices of this website.
Privacy statement
We're committed to the privacy of individuals using this website. This statement sets out the privacy practices for the
King’s Health Partners website
. It applies solely to this website.
Some of the forms on our website collect personal information from you. We're asking you to 'opt-in' before giving us any personal details. This is due to a change to the rules which govern how we can communicate with you and a new regulation on personal data (the General Data Protection Regulation) coming into force. Therefore the new approach relies on you giving us your consent before sharing any personal details with us.
Any information you do submit will be kept in the strictest confidence and will never be passed on to a third party, unless there is a legal obligation to do so.
Our website uses cookies to help us monitor site usage, for example: pages looked at and the type of browser used. Cookies are not used to identify you as an individual.
For more information about accessing health records or freedom of information requests, please contact the relevant Trust where your care is delivered.
Cookie policy
How we use cookies
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work more efficiently, and sometimes provide useful information to the owners of the site.
There are some cookies necessary to this site functioning, such as logging in and interacting with our accessibility toolbar. These cookies will usually remove themselves when you close your browsing session. More information can be found in the ‘Necessary cookies’ section.
We use some additional cookies, such as Google Analytics, to help us gather information and improve the website. You have the option to deny use of these cookies; more information can be found in the ‘Additional cookies’ section.
You can find more
information on cookies from the Information Commissioners Office
.
Necessary cookies
The following cookies are necessary to our site functioning.
Cookie
Purpose
Expiry
cookieconsent_status
Persistently records your option regarding additional cookies.
1 year
CONCRETE5
Allows the website (CMS or Content Management System) to record if the user is logged into an account on the website.
End of browsing session
CONCRETE5_LOGIN
Allows the website (CMS) to record if the user is logged into an account on the website.
End of browsing session
Necessary accessibility cookies
The following necessary cookies allow the functions within our accessibility toolbar to work optimally.
Cookie
Purpose
Expiry
accessibility-controls
Records option regarding additional cookies.
End of browsing session
saveFontSize
Allows the website (CMS) to record if the user’s font size selection.
End of browsing session
contrast-mode
Allows the website (CMS) to record the user’s contrast mode selection.
End of browsing session
googtrans
Allows the language of page content to be changed and records the language selected.
End of browsing session
Additional cookies
The following third-party cookies are used for analytical and media purposes.
If you do not accept use of these additional cookies, some third-party media content – such as YouTube, Vimeo or Google Maps – may not load on this website.
Analytics cookies
In order to help us to improve the content, format and structure of this website we record and analyse how visitors use the using Google Analytics.
You can read Google’s extensive
information on data practices in Google Analytics
.
You can opt-out of Google Analytics on our website by denying additional cookies or by using the
Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on
.
Cookie
Purpose
Expiry
_ga
Distinguishes user for Google Analytics.
2 years
_gid
Distinguishes user for Google Analytics.
1 day
_gat
Throttles request rate for Google Analytics.
1 minute
_ga_{ID}
Persists session state for newer versions of Google Analytics.
2 years
_gat_gtag_UA_{ID}
Persists session state for older versions of Google Analytics.
1 minute
__utma
Distinguishes user and session for Google Analytics.
2 years
__utmb
Determines new session or visit for Google Analytics.
30 minutes
__utmc
Determines new session or visit for Google Analytics.
End of browsing session
__utmz
Stores traffic source for Google Analytics.
6 months
Embed cookies
We may use embeds from YouTube, Google Maps or Vimeo on our site to display content. That content uses the following third-party cookies. Where possible, we will use privacy-oriented settings to ensure as few cookies as possible require consent.
These additional cookies that remain, and the content from which they stem, will not display on the site unless you choose to ‘Accept additional cookies’.
Cookie
Source
Purpose
Expiry
CONSENT
YouTube (.youtube-nocookie.com)
Google cookie tracking consent with analytics and/or ad integration.
2 years
CONSENT
Google Maps (.google.com)
Google cookie tracking consent with analytics and/or ad integration.
2 years
__cf_bm
Vimeo (.vimeo.com)
Vimeo ClouldFlare layer which filters out requests from bots.
30 minutes
Captcha cookies
We use Google reCAPTCHA in order to verify whether or not you are a human when submitting data to the website. Most of the time, this will only be present on pages containing forms.
Cookie
Source
Path
Purpose
Expiry
_GRECAPTCHA
_grecaptcha
Google (
www.google.com
)
/recaptcha
Provides risk analysis to Google spam protection.
6 months
Copyright
The content of this website is the copyright of our host organisation - Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust - unless otherwise stated. Where copyright applies, visitors can download material for private research, study, or in-house use only. This is subject to material being reproduced accurately and not used in a misleading context. Visitors must not copy, distribute, or publish any material from this website with accreditation. Any other use of copyright material requires the formal permission of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust.
Permission to reproduce Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust copyright material does not extend to any material on this site which is identified as being the copyright of another NHS Trust, university, or other third party. Authorisation to reproduce such material must be obtained from the copyright holders concerned.
Information specifically for patients and families has been reviewed for accuracy, but we hold no responsibility for alterations made thereafter without our consent.
Accuracy
We work hard to ensure that the information on our website is accurate, complete and kept up to date. However, we cannot guarantee that all of the information is accurate and consistent with current practice.
Availability
We cannot guarantee uninterrupted access to this website, or the sites to which it links. We accept no responsibility for any damages arising from the loss of use of this information.
Links
Links from this site to other websites are provided for information only. We cannot accept responsibility for the sites linked to, or the information found there. A link does not imply an endorsement of a site. Similarly, not linking to a particular site does not imply lack of endorsement.
Further information
If you have any questions about our terms and conditions or the practices of this website, please
contact us.
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