Cookie Policy

You are about to read the Cookie Policy of Touchwood Laser Clinic. In this Cookie Policy we, would like to inform you about cookies which cookies are used on our website www.touchwoodlaserclinic.co.uk and how you can manage your consent to store cookies.
For more information about how we protect your personal data, please see our Privacy Policy.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small files that are stored on your device when you visit a website. The next time you visit, the website can recognise the file. The files are thus typically used to compile statistics or for convenience and other related purposes. As such, cookies help us to provide you with our services on our website and are partly necessary for website functionality purposes.

We collect and process data for the following purposes:

• Optimisation of the website and your user experience,
• Compliance with applicable legal requirements, including documentation requirements in particular the UK`s Data Protection Act 2018 (“DPA”), the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (“PECR”) and EU`s the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”).
• Compliance with basic principles concerning the processing of Personal data and legal basis for the processing (e.g., obtaining consent),
• Implementation and maintenance of technical and organisational security measures,
• Investigation of suspected or known security breaches and notification to data subjects and authorities, and
• Statistics on the use of the website.

How long are cookies stored?

Cookies are stored on your device for different lengths of time depending on their type. From a technical point of view, a distinction is made between two types of cookies:
Session cookies: session cookies are used, for example, to temporarily store the items in your shopping cart while you navigate the website. Session cookies are not stored on your device and disappear when you close your browser.
Persistent Cookies: Persistent cookies are stored as text files on your device. Persistent cookies allow our server to recognise your device the next time you visit our website.
However, there are also different categories of cookies:
The classification as technically necessary or technically non-necessary also determines the cookies we use:
a) Technically necessary cookies
Technically necessary cookies are required for our website to function properly; they enable you to navigate our website efficiently and use its functional features. An example of this is, the reminder of recently performed actions (e.g., entered text) when you return to a page within the same session.
b) Technically non-essential cookies
Technically non-essential cookies are not necessary for the proper functioning of our website, but they enable us to improve the content of our website, compile statistics for internal market analysis purposes, provide you with a more personalised online experience or provide additional features. In particular we use analytical cookies.
c) Analytical cookies
Analytical cookies are used by third parties. These cookies allow third parties to recognise that you have visited our website. We and our third-party providers may also combine information obtained from these cookies with Personal data available from other sources, including data collected about you when you use other websites and data collected about you when you are offline, whether on our website or data maintained by the third-party provider.

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics, web analytics services provided by Google LLC. Google Analytics uses "cookies", which are text files placed on your device, to help the website analyse how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server. In the event that IP anonymisation is activated on this website, your IP address will be truncated beforehand by Google. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google and shortened there. On our behalf, Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity, and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage to us.
You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however, please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. In addition, you can prevent the collection of the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (incl. your IP address) by Google as well as the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following
link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.
The legal basis for the processing of the data with the help of Google Analytics is your consent for the analysis and better design of our website.

How can I prevent and delete cookies?

When you visit our website, one or more cookies are automatically stored on your device. If you do not want this to happen, it is best to use the following links (depending on the browser you use) to set your browser to prevent cookies from being stored on your device in the future.

(Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Flash cookies, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Opera, Safari)

Why do we provide information about cookies?

The legal basis for the collection of your Personal data through cookies, including for profiling and analytical purposes, is your consent. The use of necessary cookies however is our legitimate interest and as such no consent would be required.

Why do we use cookies?

Why do we use cookies? Cookies are small text files that can be used by websites to make a user's experience more efficient. The law states that we can store cookies on your device if they are necessary for the operation of a website. For all other types of cookies (including Analytical Cookies), we need your permission.

Does this policy change?

We may update our Cookie Policy from time to time. This might be for a number of reasons, such as to reflect a change in the law or to accommodate a change in our business practices and the way we use cookies. We recommend that you check here periodically for any changes to our Cookie Policy.

Who should I contact for more information?

If you have any questions or comments about our Cookie Policy or wish to exercise your rights under applicable laws, please contact us using [email protected].