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Privacy Policy

NHS Wiltshire is committed to protecting the privacy of all individuals using this website.

Information collection and use

NHS Wiltshire does not store or collect any personal information about site users.

Cookies

A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user’s hard drive while they are visiting a particular website. It contains simple information about the user’s identity but no personal information. When the user closes their browser, the cookie is destroyed.

Cookie Policy

In compliance with EU legislation*, the following table lists the use of cookies on this web site:
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http://www.ico.gov.uk/~/media/documents/library/Privacy_and_electronic/Practical_application/advice_on_the_new_cookies_regulations.ashx

#	Cookie Name	Cookie Description
1	ASP.NET_SessionId	This is used to implement ASP.NET session which is a Microsoft methodology that temporarily lets sites store server-side, user specific data. Required to process requests from the user for which the session state was instantiated.
2	Sitekit	The Sitekit cookie is used to persist any logins to extranets or restricted areas. A successful login is held in this cookie so that when a user navigates to another extranet page they are not requested to login again.
3	Trackerate	The Trackerate cookie is used to store a list of the pages that a user visits during their navigation of the site. The list is added to on every visit to create a profile of site user paths and assist owners in improve site design and navigation. The path is optionally output to site owners attached to form submissions.
4	setString	This is used to store user preferences for viewing sites in textOnly mode. It's only written on sites which use the text only option.

For further information, please refer to:
http://code.google.com/apis/analytics/docs/concepts/gaConceptsCookies.html

Log files

We use our records of the pages users have visited on www.wiltshire.nhs.uk to analyse trends, administer the site and track users’ movements so that we can improve the site. Our records do not contain any personal information about users.

Links

This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that NHS Wiltshire is not responsible for the privacy practices of other websites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of other websites.

Feedback

Feedback submitted via online forms are used to feed into current consultations or review our services. This work is always carried out in the strictest confidence.

Notification of changes

If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on our homepage so our users are always aware of what information we collect and how we use it.