Cookie Policy
The Cookie Policy for FIRST DOCTORS – HEALTHY LIVING LDA outlines how we use cookies and similar technologies on our website to improve user experience, analyze site traffic, and deliver personalized content. This policy provides transparency about the types of cookies we use, why we use them, and how users can manage their cookie preferences.
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and to provide information to the site owners. Cookies can also be used to remember user preferences and enhance the browsing experience.
- Session Cookies: These cookies are temporary and are deleted from your device when you close your browser. They are used to store session information, such as keeping you logged in during your visit.
- Persistent Cookies: These cookies remain on your device after you close your browser and can be used to remember your preferences for future visits. Persistent cookies have an expiration date and are automatically deleted after that period.
- First-Party Cookies: These are cookies set by the website you are visiting. They are typically used to store user preferences and other data to improve your experience.
- Third-Party Cookies: These cookies are set by external services that are integrated into the website, such as analytics providers or advertising networks. They can be used to track your behavior across different sites and provide targeted ads.
2. How We Use Cookies
FIRST DOCTORS – HEALTHY LIVING LDA uses cookies for various purposes to enhance your experience on our website:
- Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the basic functionality of the website. They enable core features such as page navigation, access to secure areas of the site, and the ability to make appointments or access your account. Without these cookies, certain services you request cannot be provided.
- Performance and Analytics Cookies: We use these cookies to collect information about how visitors use our website. This data helps us understand which pages are popular, how long visitors stay on our site, and how they navigate through our content. This information is used to improve the performance and design of our website.
- Functional Cookies: These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make, such as your language preference or the region you are in, and provide enhanced, more personalized features. Functional cookies can also be used to remember changes you’ve made to text size, fonts, and other customizable elements of the website.
- Advertising and Targeting Cookies: These cookies are used to deliver ads that are relevant to you. They can also limit the number of times you see an advertisement and help measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns. These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners and may track your browsing habits across different websites.
3. Managing Your Cookie Preferences
You have the right to choose whether or not to accept cookies. When you first visit our website, you will be presented with a cookie consent banner that allows you to manage your preferences.
- Cookie Settings: You can manage your cookie preferences through our website’s cookie settings tool. This tool allows you to accept or reject different types of cookies. Essential cookies, however, cannot be disabled as they are necessary for the functioning of the website.
- Browser Settings: Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings preferences. You can set your browser to accept or reject cookies, or to notify you when a cookie is being placed on your device. If you choose to block cookies, some parts of our website may not function properly.
- Opt-Out Options: For third-party cookies, such as those used for advertising, you may also opt out by visiting the relevant third-party website or using tools provided by advertising networks to manage cookie preferences.
4. Third-Party Cookies
Our website may include cookies from third-party providers, such as Google Analytics, which helps us analyze how users interact with our site. These third-party services may also use cookies to serve targeted advertisements on other websites.
- Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics to collect data on user interactions with our site. This data is anonymized and used to generate reports on website traffic and user behavior, which help us improve our services.
- Advertising Networks: We may work with advertising networks that use cookies to deliver personalized ads based on your browsing history. These cookies collect information about your browsing habits and are used to build a profile of your interests.
5. Data Protection and Privacy
The information collected through cookies is used in accordance with our Privacy Policy. We ensure that any data collected is handled securely and in compliance with applicable data protection laws, such as the GDPR.
- Anonymized Data: Where possible, we anonymize data collected through cookies to ensure that it cannot be used to identify individual users. This is particularly relevant for analytics data, which is used to assess website performance.
- User Rights: As outlined in our Privacy Policy, you have the right to access, correct, or delete personal data collected through cookies. If you have any concerns about how your data is being used, please contact us directly.
6. Updates to the Cookie Policy
FIRST DOCTORS – HEALTHY LIVING LDA may update this Cookie Policy periodically to reflect changes in our practices or relevant laws. We will notify you of any significant changes by updating the date at the top of the policy and, if necessary, providing a notice on our website.