The Society of Assistance for Medical Families Cookie Policy
Our Use of Cookies
We use cookies on our http://www.samf.org.uk website for a number of purposes. They help us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and allow us to improve our website. When you first arrive at our website home page you will be presented with a pop-up seeking your permission to store cookies on your PC or laptop, tablet or mobile phone (summarised as computer in this document). However, if you block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our site.
What are Cookies and why We Use Them
A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer, if you agree. We do not control the operation of any of the cookies set by the website.
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 make use of the payment services.
- Statistics cookies. These cookies help website owners to understand how visitors interact with the website, by collecting and reporting information anonymously.
You can find more information in the tables below about:
- the individual cookies we use
- the purposes for which we use them
- how long the data collected by the individual cookies is retained
Strictly Necessary Cookies
| Cookie Set By | Cookie | Purpose | Expiration |
|---|
| PayPal | Session ID #27 | This cookie is used to secure membership and donation transactions with PayPal. | 2 days |
| SAMF | _paypal_storage | This cookie is necessary for making a safe transaction through PayPal. | Never |
| PayPal | C | This cookie detects spam and improves website security. | 20 years |
| PayPal | enforce_policy | This cookie is used in context with transactions on the website and is necessary for secure transactions. | Session |
| PayPal | I7_az | This cookie is necessary for the PayPal login-function on the website. | 1 day |
| PayPal | sc_f | This cookie is necessary for the PayPal login-function on the website. | 5 years |
| PayPal | ts | Used in context with the PayPal payment-function on the website, this cookie is necessary for making a safe transaction through PayPal. | Session |
| PayPal | ts_c | Used in context with the PayPal payment-function on the website, this cookie is necessary for making a safe transaction through PayPal. | 3 years |
| PayPal | v2/counter2.cgi | Used in context with the PayPal payment-function on the website, this cookie is necessary for making a safe transaction through PayPal. | Session |
| Vimeo | _cf_bm | This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, in order to make valid reports on the use of our website. | 1 day |
| nr_data.net | JSESSIONID | This cookie stabilises the website across page requests for playing Vimeo videos. | Session |
| SAMF | CookieConsent | This cookie stores the user’s cookie consent for the current domain | 1 year |
Statistics Cookies
| Cookie Set By | Cookie | Purpose | Expiration |
|---|
| nr_data.net | events/1/# | This cookie is used to monitor website performance for statistical purposes. | Session |
| jserrors/1/# | This cookie is used to prevent errors when playing Vimeo videos. | Session |
Date Cookie Policy completed: 01/12/2022
