Privacy and Cookie Policy
Last updated 19 June 2024
Your Privacy
Your data is in safe hands, we are committed to looking after your personal information.
This website has been developed on behalf of gut-related charities, healthcare professional organisations, and patients working together to improve standards of diagnosis for gut problems.
Crohn’s & Colitis UK is responsible for the website and all digital elements are subject to Crohn’s & Colitis UK’s privacy policy and data protection policy.
No personal data is captured on this website apart from cookies, which are governed by our Cookie Policy for this website.
We may collect certain non-personal information automatically, such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring website, pages you viewed, and the dates/times when you accessed the website.
This information is used for internal analytics purposes to understand how visitors use our website and to improve our services.We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personal information to outside parties unless we provide you with advance notice, except as described herein or unless required by law.
By using this website, you consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms.
Cookies
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the website owners.
Types of cookies
Necessary cookies are cookies essential to make our website work for you.
Performance cookies are cookies which help us monitor and optimise the performance of our website. These tell us which pages are most popular, how people navigate our website and how many new users have viewed a page. We also sometimes use cookies to test different versions of a website page to see which work best. These don't identify you individually.
Functional cookies are cookies which allow our website to remember the choices you make in order to give you a more personal experience. This is anonymous and can't track your activity on other websites.
Advertising cookies are used to deliver adverts relevant to you. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advert and help measure how effective an advert is. They can also be used to choose the advertisements that are displayed to you on other websites.
First party cookies are set by the website you're visiting and only we can read them.
Third party cookies are not set by us and can be read by the owner of those cookies. They may be used by tools that we have on our website, such as when we include a form, map or video. Usually we can't control what information they collect but we can tell you the cookies we use.
Session cookies are temporary cookies files that are removed when you close your browser.
Persistent cookies stay in one of your browser's folders until you or your browser deletes them. They are used so you can be recognised when you come back to our website, such as your log-in details.
Why we use cookies
We use cookies on our website to:
Give you a better experience.
Provide us with aggregate analytics about how people are using our website.
Your cookie choices
You can manage the cookies on our website in your browser settings or through the consent management platform.
All browsers let you manage which cookies you have on or off. You can usually change your settings through the preferences or tools options. If you want to prevent new cookies being stored and/or delete existing cookies, here are some links for each of the most common browsers:
You can also learn more about browser settings and cookies in general on the About Cookies website.
Cookies we use
NecessaryName Domain Description Expiry Type cookiefirst-consent www.whatsupwithmygut.org.uk This cookie saves your cookie preferences for this website. You can change these or withdraw your consent easily. 3 months cookie _cfuvid .www.whatsupwithmygut.org.uk This cookie is a part of the services provided by Cloudflare - Including load-balancing, deliverance of website content and serving DNS connection for website operators. Session cookie _cfuvid .vimeo.com This cookie is a part of the services provided by Cloudflare - Including load-balancing, deliverance of website content and serving DNS connection for website operators. Session cookie __cf_bm .vimeo.com The __cf_bm cookie is a cookie necessary to support Cloudflare Bot Management, currently in private beta. As part of our bot management service, this cookie helps manage incoming traffic that matches criteria associated with bots. 29 minutes 56 seconds cookie cookiefirst-id www.whatsupwithmygut.org.uk This cookie contains your unique ID so CookieFirst can identify unique visitors to this website. Persistent local_storage cookiefirst-consent www.whatsupwithmygut.org.uk This cookie saves your cookie preferences for this website. You can change these or withdraw your consent easily. Persistent local_storage
Functional
| Name | Domain | Description | Expiry | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| li_gc | .linkedin.com | This is a cookie from LinkedIn and is used for storing visitors' consent regarding the use of cookies for non-essential purposes | 5 months 3 weeks 6 days 21 hours 59 minutes 59 seconds | cookie |
| YSC | .youtube.com | Register unique IDs and keep statistics on which videos users have viewed from YouTube. | Session | cookie |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | .youtube.com | This cookie allows YouTube to check bandwidth usage. | 5 months 3 weeks 6 days 21 hours 59 minutes 55 seconds | cookie |
Performance
| Name | Domain | Description | Expiry | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | .whatsupwithmygut.org.uk | Registers a unique ID for a website visitor to track how the visitor uses the website. The data is used for statistics. Data transfer to third countries: USA. Google LLC. is certified under the Data Privacy Framework, indicating that your rights as a data subject can be guaranteed. | 1 year 1 month 4 days 13 hours 59 minutes 57 seconds | cookie |
| _ga_******** | .whatsupwithmygut.org.uk | This cookie stores a unique ID for a website visitor and tracks how the visitor uses the website. The data is used for statistics. Data transfer. to third countries: USA. Google LLC. is certified under the Data Privacy Framework, indicating that your rights as a data subject can be guaranteed. | 1 year 1 month 4 days 13 hours 59 minutes 57 seconds | cookie |
| __Secure-ROLLOUT_TOKEN | .youtube.com | By setting this token, YouTube and therefore Google can ensure that a single user sees a consistent version of an experimental feature across different sessions or pages (a "staged rollout" or "A/B test") | 5 months 3 weeks 6 days 21 hours 59 minutes 55 seconds | cookie |
Advertising
| Name | Domain | Description | Expiry | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| tfpsi | .whatsupwithmygut.org.uk | This cookie registers user behaviour and navigation on the website, and any interaction with active campaigns. This is used for optimizing advertisements and for efficient retargeting. | 29 minutes 58 seconds | cookie |
| bcookie | .linkedin.com | Cookie from LinkedIn used by share buttons and advertising tags. | 11 months 4 weeks 2 days 9 hours 59 minutes 59 seconds | cookie |
| lidc | .linkedin.com | Cookie from LinkedIn used by share buttons and advertising tags. | 23 hours 59 minutes 59 seconds | cookie |
| _fbp | .whatsupwithmygut.org.uk | This cookie is used by Facebook for advertising purposes and conversion tracking. | 2 months 4 weeks 1 day 3 hours 59 minutes 58 seconds | cookie |
| VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA | .youtube.com | This cookie is used to track and enrich the users privacy settings on Youtube. | 5 months 3 weeks 6 days 21 hours 59 minutes 55 seconds | cookie |
| __Secure-YEC | .youtube.com | These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. They do not store directly personal information, but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising. | Session | cookie |
| lastExternalReferrer | This item is used to determine the origin of your visit. | Persistent | local_storage | |
| lastExternalReferrerTime | This item is used for visitor evaluation | Persistent | local_storage |
Unclassified
| Name | Domain | Description | Expirry | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| __Secure-YNID | .youtube.com | 5 months 3 weeks 6 days 21 hours 59 minutes 55 seconds | cookie | |
| topicsLastReferenceTime | Persistent | local_storage |