At Medic Mind, we prioritise your digital experience and privacy. Our website employs cookies to differentiate you from other visitors, enhancing your browsing experience and allowing us to refine our website.
By navigating our website, you consent to our cookie usage as outlined in this policy. Cookies are minor data files stored on your browser or device, containing information that is transferred to your device’s storage to improve your web navigation.
This Cookie Policy, last updated in March 2024, is effective immediately. We reserve the right to modify this policy to reflect changes in law or our data use practices.
Understanding Our Use of Cookies
We implement various types of cookies on our website for distinct purposes:
Strictly Necessary Cookies: Essential for website operation, enabling basic functions like secure log-in and session management. These cookies do not collect personal data.
Analytical/Performance Cookies: These allow us to recognise visitor numbers and how users navigate our site, helping us to enhance functionality and discoverability.
Functionality Cookies: With these, we recognise returning visitors and tailor content accordingly, remembering your preferences and settings.
Targeting Cookies: These track your website navigation to deliver relevant advertisements and gauge their effectiveness. We may share this data with trusted third parties for targeted advertising.
Further details on the specific cookies used can be found in our detailed cookies table, categorising cookies into Necessary, Functional, Analytics, Performance, Advertisement, and Others.
| Cookie | Duration | Description | Type of cookies |
|---|---|---|---|
| _fbp | 3 months | Facebook sets this cookie to display advertisements when either on Facebook or on a digital platform powered by Facebook advertising after visiting the website. | Analytical |
| _ga | 1 year 1 month 4 days | The _ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site’s analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognize unique visitors. | Analytical |
| _ga_* | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views. | Analytical |
| _gcl_au | 3 month | Provided by Google Tag Manager to experiment advertisement efficiency of websites using their services. | Functionality |
| _gid | 1 day | Installed by Google Analytics, _gid cookie stores information on how visitors use a website, while also creating an analytics report of the website’s performance. Some of the data that are collected include the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously. | Analytical |
| _tt_enable_cookie | 1 year 1 month | This cookie from the TikTok service is used to check whether cookies are enabled in the user’s browser. | Analytical |
| _ttp | 1 year 1 month | To measure and improve the performance of your advertising campaigns and to personalize the user’s experience (including ads) on TikTok. | Analytical |
| _uetsid | 1 day | Bing Ads sets this cookie to engage with a user that has previously visited the website. | Analytical |
| _uetvid | 1 year 24 days | Used to track visitors on multiple websites, in order to present relevant advertisement based on the visitor’s preferences. | Analytical |
| cf_clearance | 1 year | Clearance Cookie stores the proof of challenge passed. It is used to no longer issue a challenge if present. It is required to reach an origin server. | Necessary |
| __stripe_mid | 1 year | This cookie is necessary for making credit card transactions on the website. The service is provided by Stripe.com which allows online transactions without storing any credit card information. | Necessary |
| __stripe_sid | 1 day | This cookie is necessary for making credit card transactions on the website. The service is provided by Stripe.com which allows online transactions without storing any credit card information. | Necessary |
| asp_transient_id | 1 week | This one cookie is needed for Accept Stripe Payments plugin’s functionality with full compatibility with all the browsers and devices | Necessary |
| cmplz_* | 1 year | This cookie is used to record settings the user consent for the cookies. | Necessary |
| ns_popups | 1 year | This cookie is used to record to store information about closed pop ups | Necessary |
| wordpress_test_cookie | session | This cookie is used to check if the cookies are enabled on the users’ browser. | Necessary |
| dent | 1 year | This cookie is used to record and store information about the universities selected for comparison in the Comparison Tool/Dental Schools section. | Necessary |
| med | 1 year | This cookie is used to record and store information about the universities selected for comparison in the Comparison Tool/Medical School section. | Necessary |
| vet | 1 year | This cookie is used to record and store information about the universities selected for comparison in the Comparison Tool/Veterinary Schools section. | Necessary |
We also deploy Facebook cookies for advertising purposes, leveraging how you interact with our site to deliver targeted ads. For more on this, refer to Facebook’s Data Policy.
Third-Party Cookies
Be aware that our site might include third-party services (like advertising networks or web traffic analysis tools) that also use cookies, over which we have no control. These are primarily analytical/performance or targeting cookies.
Managing Cookies
You have the option to block cookies by adjusting your browser settings, allowing you to refuse all or some cookies. However, restricting cookies might limit your access to certain parts of our site or affect its functionality.
For detailed instructions on managing cookies in your browser, please refer to your browser’s help documentation.