Cookie policy

We've developed this policy to explain how we use cookies and similar technologies on our Meningitis Research Foundation and CoMO (meningitis.org) website, and to demonstrate our commitment to the privacy of your personal information.

The first time that you visit our websites, we notify you about our use of cookies using a notification banner. By continuing to use these websites, you consent to our use of cookies as described in this policy. However, you can choose whether or not to continue accepting cookies at any later time. Information on how to manage cookies is set out here.

Please note that our use of any personal information we collect about you is described in our privacy policy.

 

Essential cookies

Some cookies are essential to the functionality of our websites e.g. cookies used for our online store. If you disable all cookies, some parts of our site may no longer work.

 

Non-essential cookies

These are used for analytics, so we can continue to monitor and improve our websites, and for advertising, to ensure we have the resources we need to do our work. These include Google Analytics and Meta’s pixel. For more details on these two products please refer to their respective privacy policies.

Strictly necessary cookies

Domain: .meningitis.org

Cookie type: First-party

Expiration: 11 months 4 weeks

Description: This cookie is used by the CloudFlare service to identify trusted web traffic and override any security restrictions based on the visitor’s IP address. It is essential for supporting a website’s security features and in providing protection against malicious visitors.

Performance cookies

Domain: .meningitis.org

Cookie type: First-party

Expiration: 29 minutes 53 seconds

Description: This cookie is used to track user activity and sessions to improve the performance and usability of the website, helping to understand how visitors interact with the website.

Domain: .meningitis.org

Cookie type: First-party

Expiration: 1 year 1 month

Description: This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics – which is a significant update to Google’s more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports.

Domain: .meningitis.org

Cookie type: First-party

Expiration: 1 day

Description: This cookie is set by Google Analytics. It stores and update a unique value for each page visited and is used to count and track pageviews.

Domain: .meningitis.org

Cookie type: First-party

Expiration: Session

Description: This cookie is used to store user-specific data to help monitor and analyze the effectiveness of the advertising campaigns and optimize the user experience on the website.

Domain: .meningitis.org

Cookie type: First-party

Expiration: Session

Description: This cookie is used to store information about the current visit to distinguish between users and sessions. It typically includes details such as source of traffic, campaign data, and user behavior to help in tracking and analyzing the effectiveness of marketing campaigns.

Domain: .meningitis.org

Cookie type: First-party

Expiration: Session

Description: This cookie is used to store details about the user’s first visit to the website, including timestamp, referring site, and source of the traffic, to assess the effectiveness of marketing campaigns and website sources.

Domain: .meningitis.org

Cookie type: First-party

Expiration: Session

Description: This cookie is used to track users’ activities and interactions across the website to facilitate better analysis and understanding of traffic sources and user behavior.

Domain: .meningitis.org

Cookie type: First-party

Expiration: Session

Description: This cookie is used to store information about the user’s first session on the website. It tracks details such as the source from which the user came, the path they took, which search engine and keyword were used, and their location at the time of the first visit. This information is used to analyze and improve the website’s performance by understanding user behavior.

Domain: .meningitis.org

Cookie type: First-party

Expiration: 1 minute

Description: This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Analytics, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. It is a variation of the _gat cookie which is used to limit the amount of data recorded by Google on high traffic volume websites.

Domain: .meningitis.org

Cookie type: First-party

Expiration: 1 year 1 month

Description: This cookie is used by Google Analytics to persist session state.

Domain: .meningitis.org

Cookie type: First-party

Expiration: Session

Description: This cookie is used to track user interactions and migration between different pages or sections of the website to improve user experience and website performance analytics.

Storages

Type: Local

Category: Strictly necessary

Type: Session

Category: Strictly necessary

How to limit or disable cookies

Our website (meningitis.org) stores cookies. You can choose to disallow all non-essential cookies by clicking the cookies icon at the bottom left of your screen.  This would mean that only cookies that are essential to allow the websites to work would apply.

Please note that, if you choose not to accept certain cookies, it may mean we are unable to provide you with some services or features on our websites. To understand more about what this means in certain browsers you can read more below (or you can use the “Help” option in your browser).

More about how to manage cookies: allaboutcookies.org and youronlinechoices.com.