What are cookies?
Almost all modern websites to work properly need to collect certain data on their visitors such as login credentials, user's preferences and so on. To this end, they create and use cookies - small pieces of information which are stored on your computers (or any other personal devices with which you work on the Internet). These cookie files allow websites to recognise users on subsequent visits and improve their browsing experience adapting to their needs. A cookie usually contains a name of the website from which it comes from, a "lifetime", and a value, which is usually a randomly generated unique number. To find out more about cookies, you can visit this site.
Does Preventx use cookies?
Yes. Preventx uses various technologies to collect information, and this includes sending cookies to your computer or mobile device to improve your website experience. We may also collect information using web beacons (also known as "tracking pixels") - electronic images that can help deliver cookies, count visits, understand usage and product effectiveness and determine whether an email has been opened and acted upon. Preventx collects both some personal and anonymous information, uses session-based and persistent cookies. We also support third-party cookies, for example, for Google Analytics services.
How does Preventx use cookies?
Cookies assume a lot of responsibilities which make your surfing the Internet much smoother and more interactive. Some cookies are strictly necessary for the Service operation; other ones just let us increase their performance and responsiveness. We use cookies to ease website navigation, speed up your activities at Preventx, collect anonymous statistics to improve its functionality and structure. Some cookies let us recognise particular users to provide them access to their accounts; other ones remember their preferences and customise workspaces. We do our utmost to respect your privacy. Cookies are used exclusively to monitor and improve your work on our website, but not to transfer your personal data to third parties for personal gain.
What types of cookies do we use?
We use both session-based cookies and persistent cookies. Session-based cookies are temporary cookies that remain on your device until the completion of the current session. A browser session starts when a user opens the browser window and finishes when it is closed. Once you close the browser, all current session cookies are deleted. Session-based cookies allow us to link the actions of a particular user during his session activity. Persistent cookies remain on your device until you manually delete them or while their lifetime is up. They are activated each time when a user visits the website.
Cookies on the Service are used for different purposes, which can be broken down into the following categories:
| Category | Description |
|---|
Strictly necessary cookies | These set of cookies are required for the Services to work. They include, for instance, cookies for users' authentication and security. These cookies are essential to make Preventx work correctly, let you log into secure areas of the website, navigate around it, remember last actions in the system. They are necessary to enable our security mechanisms and prevent malicious activities. Examples of these cookies use could be setting unique identifiers for each visitor and signing into the website as a registered user. |
Functionality cookies | These cookies are essential for user preferences, feature and services provided by our website. They let us provide you with a more personalized online experience: remember your preferences (such as a user name, a language, a profile image, a region and so on), fill out forms which you could use on the service before, keep you logged in after a previous visit if you asked about this and much more. By disabling these cookies, you lose the efficiency of working with Preventx. |
Statistical cookies | Cookies and other technologies such as web beacons and tags allow us to anonymously track our users' activity, pages which they have visited, time spent on them, clicks and so on to make Preventx solution more relevant to your needs and workplace conditions. We do not share your personal information with advertisers. These cookies may be used to better understand your online activity, optimize and improve the Service content and capabilities. |
Performance cookies | Performance cookies let us recognize users, find out how they navigate through our website. All data is collected anonymously. Constant auditing and control on the Preventx usage, important logging events, research of new features and services let us quickly respond to the slightest issues in the work and fix them. These cookies can tell us, whether or not you have visited before, what functionality you are interested in and how successful your Preventx experience is. We involve third party analytics companies to perform these services for us. Cookies let us know how well Preventx copes with its duties. |
What cookies do we use?
Statistical cookies (_ga, _gat, _gid) are used by services of Google Analytics. They help us to understand how visitors interact with the website by collecting statistical information anonymously. We use IP anonymization, so all data provided to Google Analytics is kept anonymously. We analyse them without binding to any particular user, so that we understand users' needs and expectations better and improve your experience with Preventx. All Google Analytics cookies are stored in the United States, while the Service cookies are kept in the UK. We store cookies exactly as long as necessary for stable Preventx operation, after that they are .
Website | Name | Description | Expiry |
|---|
freetest.me hpv.uk sh.uk shl.uk | _ga | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. | Two years |
freetest.me hpv.uk sh.uk shl.uk | _gat | Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate. | Session |
freetest.me hpv.uk sh.uk shl.uk | _gid | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. | Session |
freetest.me | MUID | This cookie is used when using Microsoft Bing or Microsoft Edge as a browser, used to sync across different platforms that a user may be using. | Session |
Preventx.com freetest.me hpv.uk sh.uk shl.uk test.me | SL_GWPT_Show_Hide_tmp SL_wptGlobTipTmp | We use these cookies to make the website more convenient, for example, to keep your settings preferences. | Session |
freetest.me sh.uk | ASP.NET_SessionId | We use this cookie to maintain an anonymized user session on the server. | Session |
freetest.me | IDE | We use this cookie as it carries out information about how the end-user uses the website and any advertising that the end-user may have seen before visiting the said website. | Persistent - Up to five years |
freetest.me | _uetsid | We use this cookie for Bing users to determine what ads should be shown that may be relevant to the end-user perusing the site. | Persistent – Up to three years |
freetest.me | 1P_JAR ANID CONSENT NID | We use this cookie as it carries information about how the end-user uses the website and any advertising that the end-user may have seen before visiting the said website. | Session and persistent, up to a max of two years |
freetest.me | UULE | We use this cookie as it has base64 encoding arguments in URLs to geolocate search engine result pages, to ensure we are offering the required services. | Session |
Preventx.com test.me | __utma __utmb __utmc | We use these Google Analytics cookies which enables us to track visitor behaviour and measure site performance | Session |
Preventx.com test.me | __utmt | We use this Google Analytics cookie to throttle the request rate for our service, limiting the collection of data on high traffic sites | Ten mins |
Preventx.com test.me | __utmv | We use this additional cookie from Google Analytics service to enable us to track visitors behaviour and measure site performance | Two years |
Preventx.com | __utmz | We use these Google Analytics cookies which enables us to track visitor behaviour and measure site performance | Six months |
How can you turn off or remove cookies?
It is possible to manage cookies from particular websites if you do not want them to be stored on your device, or if you want to remove existing cookie files. Most browsers automatically accept cookies by default. You can manage your preferences to block cookies or to alert you when cookies are being sent to your device. However, it is worth noting that if you turn cookies off, this will limit the service that we are able to provide to you and may affect your user experience. You should be aware that saved website preferences will be lost if you delete cookies and some website functionality can be lost. For example, this may prevent the website from saving your login information. So, we do not recommend turning cookies off when using Preventx if there is no obvious need for this.
There are a number of ways to manage cookies on different browsers. As a rule, you have an ability to be informed about cookies you have got and delete them manually, block third party cookies or cookies from particular websites, accept or reject all cookies. If you use different browsers and devices to view and access Preventx, you should ensure that each one of them is adjusted to suit your cookie preferences. You also can opt-out third party cookies from Google Analytics on its website. Follow links below for more information:
For other browsers, please visit the appropriate page of your browser documentation to learn more.
Changes to this Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy at any time and at our own discretion. We will notify you of any changes by posting a new version of the document on this page and updating the "Effective date" field above. We will also report on such updates in our blog and news channels. The updated version becomes effective in 7 days after we post such the revised Policy. It is your responsibility to check for updates regularly. We undertake to inform you by your chosen communication route about all significant changes affecting processing personal data and the use of by Preventx. In the case of such changes, the use of the services will be possible only after you accept the new Cookie Policy.
Questions & Contact Information
Questions or comments about the service may be directed to us via email at [email protected] or using our contact form on our website at https://www.preventx.com/contact.