Cookie Policy

Effective {{EFFECTIVE_DATE}}

This Cookie Policy explains how {{CLINIC_NAME}} uses cookies and similar technologies on this website, and how to control them. It supplements our Privacy Policy.

1. What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files a website stores in your browser. Similar technologies include local storage and pixels. They remember your choices and help us understand how the site is used.

2. Categories we use

• Necessary — security, load balancing, remembering your language and your cookie choices, and keeping staff signed in. You cannot turn these off; the site cannot work without them.
• Analytics — anonymous, aggregated counts of visits and page views from our self-hosted analytics tool. It does not use advertising profiles or follow you across other sites. You can turn it off.
• Marketing — measuring email campaign performance and, if ever enabled, other marketing tools. Off by default. You can turn it off.

3. Cookies and storage we set

• Language preference (first-party, necessary): remembers the language you chose. Lasts up to 1 year.
• Consent record (first-party, necessary): remembers your privacy choices. Lasts up to 180 days.
• Security and session cookies (first-party, necessary): protect forms and staff sign-in. Last until you close the browser or up to 2 hours.
• Analytics (first-party, optional): our self-hosted analytics. It does not store personal identifiers and honors your choice and Do Not Track / Global Privacy Control signals.

We do not use third-party advertising cookies and do not sell or share cookie data with ad networks.

4. Your choices

• Use the Privacy Settings page or the cookie banner to accept or decline optional categories at any time. Declining is as easy as accepting.
• Enable Global Privacy Control in your browser; we treat it as an opt-out of optional cookies and of any sale or sharing.
• Change browser settings to block or delete cookies. Blocking necessary cookies may break parts of the site.

5. Changes

We may update this policy as our cookies change. The effective date above shows the latest version.

6. Contact

Questions: {{PRIVACY_EMAIL}} or {{CONTACT_PHONE}}.

_This document is a template prepared for review by the clinic's legal counsel. It is not legal advice._