Privacy Policy

This privacy statement discloses the privacy practices for www.christie.nhs.uk. It applies solely to this website.

We will retain data about you which we obtain as a result of you visiting this website.  We will not sell personal information or share personal information with any third parties unrelated to The Christie NHS Foundation Trust.

We use records of the pages that have been visited by users on The Christie  NHS Foundation Trust website to analyse trends, administer the site and track users' movements.

When you specifically provide us with any personal information when raising an enquiry or complaint, we will only retain that personal information you provide to allow us to deal with your enquiry or complaint.  This information will be treated confidentially.

Use of cookies by The Christie NHS Foundation Trust

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.

The table below explains the cookies we use and why.

Cookie	Name	Purpose	More information
Google Analytics	_utma _utmb _utmc _utmz	These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visit once on the site	Click here for an overview of privacy at Google
WebWizForum	WWF	We only use cookies on our Psuedomyxoma Patient Forum to customize content to visitors chosen specification and present latest posts for their attention. Users can disable cookies from the forum homepage link	Delete cookies set by our forum by clicking here
Encrypted form data	ASP.NETSession_ID	Used to store temperary data anonymously. This cookie is deleted once the browser window is closed	See Microsoft's website for details

How to control and delete cookies

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust will not use cookies to collect personally identifiable information about you. However, if you wish to restrict or block the cookies which are set by The Christie NHS Foundation Trust websites, or indeed any other website, you can do this through your browser settings. The Help function within your browser should tell you how.

Alternatively, you may wish to visit www.aboutcookies.org which contains comprehensive information on how to do this on a wide variety of browsers. You will also find details on how to delete cookies from your computer as well as more general information about cookies.

Please be aware that restricting cookies should not impact on the functionality of The Christie NHS Foundation Trust website, however if you use our PMP forum you might find allowing cookies will improve the experience for you