What cookies we use
This site is deliberately light on cookies. We set exactly one of our own, and we set analytics cookies only if you tell us we may.
Nothing on this page applies to the clinic application at app.the-clinic.net, which has its own session and security cookies described in the Privacy Policy.
Categories of cookies
We group cookies into two categories:
- Strictly necessary — remembering your cookie choice itself. This cannot be turned off, because without it we would have to ask you on every page.
- Analytics — help us understand which pages people actually read. These are set only after you accept, and removing consent stops them.
We do not use advertising cookies, and we do not sell or share personal information for cross-context behavioural advertising.
Cookies on this site
The complete list. If you decline analytics, only the first row is ever set.
| Name | Purpose | Duration | Provider |
|---|---|---|---|
tc_consent | Remembers whether you accepted or declined analytics cookies | 12 months | The Clinic |
_ga | Google Analytics — distinguishes unique visitors. Set only after you accept analytics. | 24 months | Google Analytics |
_ga_* | Google Analytics — persists session state. Set only after you accept analytics. | 24 months | Google Analytics |
Third-party scripts
We load Google Analytics only after you accept analytics cookies. Before that, and if you decline, no analytics script is requested at all — not in a cookieless mode, not at reduced fidelity. Nothing is sent.
Changing your mind
Use the Cookie settings link in the footer of any page to reopen your choices and change them at any time. Declining after having accepted removes the analytics cookies on your next page load.
If your browser sends a Global Privacy Control signal, we treat it as a decline automatically and do not ask you again.
Questions
Cookie questions go to privacy@the-clinic.net.