Cookie Policy

Cookies are small text files that a website or one of its supporting services may place in a browser. Similar technologies, including local storage, can remember a setting on a particular device without being the same thing as a cookie. They can help a website operate, remember a preference or understand how a site is used when an optional tool is enabled.

A cookie or browser setting is separate from the information you choose to submit through the organisation enquiry form. The enquiry form collects organisational contact details and message content for follow-up, as described in the Privacy Policy.

Essential cookies or similar browser storage may be used where needed for basic site operation, security, routing or remembering a cookie choice. The current consent notice uses local browser storage to remember whether you selected optional cookies or essential-only settings. The precise storage used by the website and its supporting infrastructure should be checked against the actual configuration before relying on this policy.

Essential storage supports a website function that a visitor has requested or that is needed to provide the site as intended. For Healthwise, this may include remembering the cookie preference so the consent notice does not appear on every visit, along with any essential operation or security mechanism that the actual site infrastructure requires.

Essential storage does not turn the enquiry form into a health record and does not replace the form's contacts or CRM record. If you submit an enquiry, those details are handled for organisational follow-up under the Privacy Policy.

No optional analytics or marketing cookies are intentionally enabled on the website at publication. We have not named a current analytics, advertising or social media cookie vendor because no such current vendor should be assumed from this policy.

If Healthwise introduces an optional analytics, advertising or other tracking technology in the future, it should first assess the technology and its supplier, update this policy, update the consent notice and settings, and obtain any choice or consent required for the actual use. The supplier, purpose, storage period, data flows and any overseas handling should be documented before the change is relied on.

Most browsers let you view, delete, block or restrict cookies through their privacy or site settings. Browser controls also commonly let you clear local storage or other saved site data. The exact steps vary by browser and device, so use the help information for the browser you are using.

You can reopen the Healthwise cookie settings from the “Cookie settings” control in the website footer. Clearing the website's saved site data will remove the stored choice and cause the consent notice to appear again on a later visit.

Blocking essential cookies or local storage may affect a site's operation, security or ability to remember your choices. On the current Healthwise website, blocking storage may mean the consent notice returns because the preference cannot be remembered. Optional tracking is not intentionally enabled at publication, so there is no current optional analytics or marketing function to preserve by accepting the optional setting.

We may update this policy when the website, supporting services, consent behavior or legal expectations change. The latest version will be published on this page with a new “Last updated” date. Healthwise should review the wording against the actual website configuration, suppliers, analytics and marketing tools before relying on it.