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Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement. </p> <p>London and South East Sarcoma Network may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from 23 May 2012. </p> <h2>What we collect</h2> <p>Certain pages on this website allow us to collect the following information about you: </p> <ul><li>name</li> <li>contact information, including email address</li> <li>other information relevant to your reason for contacting us. </li></ul> <h2>What we do with the information we gather</h2> <p>Any personal information you send to us via this website will be collected and stored, and used only for the purpose for which it was intended. For example, if you email us to enquire about a service we will respond using the contact details you provide. </p> <p>We will store this information for internal monitoring purposes (for example, we occasionally audit the amount of time it takes an email query to receive a response) but we will not share the information you send to us with anyone else. </p> <h2>Security</h2> <p>We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online. </p> <h2>How we use cookies</h2> <p>When you access this website we will place small amounts of information on the device you are using. 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We use this information to maintain and improve the website, for example by ensuring we can cope with the volume of visitors and by making changes to reflects users’ preferences. </p> <p>The tracking cookies we use are provided by Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. </p> <table class="table" summary="Tracking cookies"> <tbody> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Content</th><th>Description</th><th>Expires</th></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td>__utma</td> <td>Randomly generated number</td> <td>Used to determine unique visitors to the website and updated with each page view. Additionally, this cookie is provided with a unique ID that Google Analytics uses to ensure both the validity and accessibility of the cookie as an extra security measure.</td> <td>2 years from when set / updated</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td>__utmb</td> <td>Randomly generated number</td> <td>Used to establish and continue a user session. 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