Ortho Care Cookies

We wish to be transparent and clearly explain to you about your privacy when you visit our website. We are providing the following information in compliance with the European Union (EU) E-Privacy Directive together with other privacy initiatives. We are working on further privacy and cookie-related improvements in relation to this website.

So What Are Cookies?

A cookie is a small text file which is transferred to your computer which allows a website to store and use information during your visit. Some cookies are deleted when you shut down your browser. These cookies are called ‘session cookies’. Other cookies remain until they expire or you delete them yourself. These cookies are called ‘persistent cookies’. Persistent cookies enable the website to remember things about you when you next visit it.

What do Cookies Do?

Cookies can improve your experience when using a website by:
- remembering your preferences which means you do not have to keep re-entering your choices every time you visit the website in the future.
- Measuring how you use the website, this means that changes can be made to the website to ensure it meets its users’ expectations.

The Cookies used on our Website

Ortho Care

[ PHPSESSID ] - this session cookie is used for our contact form and is deleted when you close your browser.

Google Analytics

We only use first-party Google Analytics cookies to track anonymous usage statistics. These do not collect any personal information about you which could be used to identify you. Google Analytics is a useful tool which helps us to analyse data about the webpage usage of our website thereby enabling us to improve it in order to tailor it to visitor needs. Read more about the Google Privicy Overview.

[ _utma, _utmb, _utmz, _utmv ] - these are examples of Google Analytics session and persistant cookies.

Video Links and YouTube

YouTube uses various cookies to collect details about video usage. These will vary depending upon your choices when viewing the video.

Actinic eCommerce

Actinic cookies are used on our shopping website where they are strictly necessary for our website’s functionality. Actinic cookies are used to aid navigation and to keep track of the contents of your shopping cart. If you log in to an account then your logged-in status is recorded in a temporary cookie. If you select the 'remember me' option in the checkout, a cookie will also be used to remember your details.

You can turn off cookies by blocking them in your browser’s privacy settings. However, if you decide to turn off Actinic cookies, you will be unable to place orders or benefit from the other features within our website that use them.

Actinic use the following types of cookies:

[ ACTINIC_CART ] - this cookie records the session file of the shopping cart.

[ ACTINIC_BUSINESS ] – this cookie is the login digest for logged-in customers.

[ ACTINIC_CONTACT ] - this cookie is the checkout 'remember me' function and it stores contact information to avoid the need for re-entering these details for subsequent orders which you may make with us. (The use of this cookie is optional).

[ ACTINIC_REFERER ] – this cookie returns you (the customer) to the last page you visited on our website after completion of the checkout process.

[ LAST_SECTION_URL ] – this cookie is used by the ‘back’ link on the product page to return you to the correct section page.

[ ACTINIC_RECENT ] – this cookie records the image filename(s) for the ‘recently viewed products’ list.

[ CART_CONTENT ] - this cookie stores the cart value and item(s) count for the shopping cart summary.

Links to other Websites

This information page does not cover links within our website linking out to other websites. We would encourage you to read the privacy statements on all other websites which you visit.

Opting out of Cookies

Should you wish to opt out of any of these cookies you will need to change your browser settings on your computer/device which you are using.

Instructions by Desktop browser:

Internet Explorer - How to Set and Customize Cookies Settings in Internet Explorer
Firefox - Enable and disable cookies that websites use to track your preferences
Google Chrome - Manage cookies
Safari - Managing cookies
Opera - Cookies

Other Information available: All About Cookies

Should you decide to block third-party cookies you must remember that whilst most third-party cookies are tracking cookies, some could be adding useful functionality to the website you are viewing, and by deleting them, it could impact negatively on your browsing experience.

It is important to know too that if you set the option to delete all cookies when you close your browser any preferences which will include any ‘opt outs’ you have set will also be deleted.

Please remember that not all cookies are harmful or dangerous and that they are often used to enhance your experience of a website.