Cookie Policy

We are Cambridge Sleep Sciences Ltd, part of The Barkby Group Plc (“Barkby Group”) (company number: 12401790) (“we”, “our” and “us”). We operate the website www.cambridgesleepsciences.com (“website”).

What are cookies?

Cambridge Sleep Sciences Ltd tries to give the visitors to our website the best experience possible. One of the ways we achieve this is by using cookies.

Cookies are small files of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your device if you agree when you visit the website. These may be cookies, web pixels, beacons or other web files and will all be referred to as “cookies” in this policy.

Cookies are used on websites to help visitors navigate around them effectively. They are also used to perform certain functions within a website, such as displaying certain content to you and remembering login details.

Cookies also provide information to us so we can analyse visitor behaviour patterns, for example, how many visitors view a particular page.

Our use of cookies

We use the following cookies:

  • Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to access our website.
  • Analytical or performance cookies. These allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
  • Functionality cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to, for example, personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example your choice of language or region).
  • Targeting cookies. These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.

You can find out more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below.

Strictly necessary cookies

Cookie TitlePurposeExpiry (following connection)
_cfduidThis cookie is used to identify trusted web traffic. It does not correspond to your user ID and it does not store any of your personally identifiable information.2 years
_RequestVerificationTokenThis is a necessary cookie for websites that are published through the Umbraco system platform. It is used for preventing cross-site request forgery attacks.2 years
useCookiesThis cookie is used to establish whether you agree to cookies being used via the pop-up presented when you first visit the website.1 year
disclaimer-cookieThis cookie is used to ensure the cookie pop-up presented to you is appropriate for the territory from which you are accessing the website.1 year

Analytical or performance cookies

Cookie TitlePurposeExpiry (following connection)
_gaThis cookie is used to generate statistical data in respect of how you use our website.2 years
_utmzThis cookie is used to collect information about how you use our site. This cookie identifies how you reached our website.2 months
_utmaThis cookie is used to collect information about how you use our site. This cookie is used to identify whether you are a new or returning visitor.2 years
_utmbUsed to determine new sessions/visits. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes a note existing _utmb cookie exists. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics.30 minutes from the set/update
_utmzSource the traffic source or campaign that explains how the user reached your site. The cookie is created when the javascript library executes and is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics.6 months from the set/update
_utmvUsed to store visitor level custom variable data. The cookie is created when a developer uses the set custom var method with a visitor level custom variable. The cookie is updated every time it is sent to Google Analytics.2 years from the set/update
_gidThis cookie is used to generate statistical data in respect of how you use our website.24 hours

Functionality cookies

Cookie TitlePurposeExpiry (following connection)
ASP.NET_SessionIdThis cookie is used to identify your session on the server.End of session

We may change the cookies we use from time to time so we recommend that you review this cookies policy and your cookie settings regularly.

Third Party Cookies

Please note that third parties (such as advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies. We recommend that you check the cookie policies and privacy policies of the third parties listed above for further information.

You block cookies (including third party cookies) by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our site, or use some of the features that we offer on our site.

Except for essential cookies, all cookies will expire after a maximum of 2 years from being set/updated.

How to contact us

If you would like any further information about how we use cookies, please contact us using one of the following options:

Last updated: June 2020