Cookies Policy

By using the Southern Cross Central Lakes Hospital website, you agree to the use of cookies as disclosed in this policy.

What is a cookie?

Cookies are small text files which are sent to your web browser when you visit a website. Cookies are then sent back to the originating website on each subsequent visit, or to another website that recognises that cookie. Cookies act as a memory for a website, allowing that website to remember your browser on your return visits. Cookies can also remember your preferences, improve the user experience and tailor the adverts you see to those most relevant to you.

This means we automatically collect and store the following information about your visit:

  • the internet domain and IP address from where you access the website;
  • the type of browser software and configuration and operating system used to access the website;
  • the date and time you access the website;
  • if you linked to the website from another website, the address of that website; and
  • the pages you enter, visit and exit the website from, content viewed and duration of visits

 

Our Privacy Statement sets out full details of the other information we collect and how we use your personal information.

What cookies do Southern Cross Central Lakes Hospital use on this website?

Cookies used on the Southern Cross Central Lakes Hospital website include Session cookies advertising/targeting cookies and social media cookies.

Session cookies are used to remember selections made on our website (for example in Plan comparison tool). Session cookies are deleted automatically when you leave the website or close your browser.

Advertising / targeting cookies collect information about your browsing habits, which assists in the delivery of more relevant advertising. Third party organisations, including Google, collect certain information when you visit our website in order to display our advertisements when you visit other websites. Advertising features that Southern Cross Central Lakes Hospital uses include Google AdWords and Analytics, Remarketing and Google Display Network Impression Reporting.

Social media cookies on some sections of our website, social media cookies are used to help communicate our messages. Facebook Pixels are used to determine which page(s) a user has visited and these cookies are usually stored in browsers for 30 days.

Social media services have their own privacy policies and may track your use of our website on those pages where their links are displayed. They do this by the use of persistent session cookies. If you are logged in to those services (including any Google service) while using our site, their tracking will be associated with your profile with them.

Please note that some cookies on the website are managed by third parties, including, for example, advertising networks, features such as videos, maps and social media, and providers of external websites like web traffic analysis services. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies.

You should refer to such third parties’ own cookie and privacy policies for information about how they may use your information.

How do I control my cookie settings on my computer?

Should you choose to disable or block our cookies you can do this through your browser. Most browsers allow you to manage your cookie preferences from the browser settings.

More on how Google uses cookies and how to opt out of targeted advertising.

We may change the content of this cookie policy at any time without notice, and any revised terms located on the website from time to time will apply to your use of the website or any website services.

Updated: September 2021