Midlands Dissociation & Depersonalisation Centre Cookie Policy

The Midlands Dissociation & Depersonalisation Centre (MDDC) are committed to ensuring our website and use of cookies complies with UK laws on privacy and data protection.  This policy sets out the types of cookies we use, the exact cookies used on our website, whether we are using any third-party cookies, how you can control our use of cookies, what their expiry dates are and how you can get in contact with us for more information.

What are cookies? 

Cookies are small files of information, usually containing letters and numbers, that websites store on your browser, or the hard drive of your computer. However, you must agree to these cookies being stored for them to be stored on your device. 

Our website needs to use these cookies so we can understand what works well with our website, and what we can do to improve. These cookies also allow us to distinguish you from other website visitors, helping us to provide you with a seamless experience on our site. 

What type of cookies do you use?

We use the following cookie types:

Essential Cookies: These can also be known as Strictly Necessary Cookies, and they are very important for us to make sure our website runs as it should. As a result, these cookies are always automatically enabled, to make sure our website works sufficiently. Some examples of uses of essential cookies include the distribution of website traffic across multiple servers – without the website speed being affected, facilitating payment processes.  

Analytical Cookies: These can also be known as Performance Cookies, and they gather information about how website visitors use a website. These cookies help us to keep count of the number of visitors on our website, and also helps us to understand how these visitors use our website. This enables us to understand what works well on our website, and what does not work so well, so we can continuously improve the site for visitors. 

Functionality Cookies: These make your experience on our website easier by remembering user preferences, and simplifying interactions. Some examples of what these cookies enable include remembering your language preferences, font sizes, or log-in details. 

Advertising Cookies: These can also be known as Targeting Cookies. These cookies track your visits to our website, including the pages you visit, and any links you have followed from said pages. This information is then used to display adverts to you, based on what we have learned about your preferences from these cookies.

What exact cookies do you use on your website?

We’ve provided a detailed breakdown below of all the cookies we use on our website, and why we use them:

Purpose & Duration Before Cookie Expires

Name & Type of Cookie

  • tests if cookies are supported

  • expires instantly

Necessary & Required Cookies

dd cookie test

  • tracks browser errors

  • four hours

dd s

  • tests if cookies are supported

  • expires instantly

dd site test

  • remembers devices for anti-fraud purposes

  • four years

ssid

  • prevents cross-site request forgery

  • lasts for the session

Crumb

  • shows when you have already “liked” a blog post

  • persistent (in localStorage)

squarespace-likes

  • remembers if a visitor agreed to placing analytics cookies on their browser

  • 30 days

ss_cookieAllowed

  • investigates if the browser supports cookies and prevents errors

  • lasts for the session

Test

  • remembers if a user has consented to allow performance cookies. Stores consent and manages user experience. Collects information on how users interact with the site.

  • 30 days

ss_performanceCookiesAllowed

  • identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on the site

  • two years

Analytics & Performance Cookies

ss_cid

ss_cpvisit

ss_cvr

  • identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on the site

  • 364 days

ss_lastvisit

  • identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on the site

  • 30 minutes

ss_cvisit

ss_cvt

  • identifies unique visitors to the site

  • 1 year & 11 months

Functionality Cookies

SS_MATTR

  • identifies unique visitors to the site

  • 1 year & 6 months

SS_MID

  • remembers your site preferences

  • 364 days

Advertising Cookies

User_segment

  • remembers if a user has granted permission for the site to enable marketing cookies

  • 30 days

ss_marketingCookiesAllowed

Do you use any Third-Party Cookies?

Third party cookies are not set by us, but are set by other domains than the website you visit. These cookies are placed on website visitor’s devices by third-party outlets. Common examples of these third-parties can include social media platforms, analytical providers, and advertising networks. 

We do not share any information collected from our cookies with any third parties.

How can I control these cookies? 

You are able to control your use of cookies on our website. You can do the following: 

  • Reject all cookies

  • Select certain cookies you wish to use, and reject other cookies

To decide which essential, analytical, functionality and targeting cookies our website sets, please select the relevant options in the “Cookie Preferences” menu at the bottom of the webpage.

You can also deactivate third-party cookies with your chosen browser. These steps vary slightly dependent on your browser choice, but more often than not can be located on the Settings page. 

Google Analytics also provide the option for you to opt out of being tracked by them across all websites you visit. To do so, we recommend visiting http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

 

Contact

If you have any questions, please get in touch with us on: info@midlands-ddc.com