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A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that is downloaded onto your computer or device by a website, stored and used to send information back to that website.</p><p>Cookies help to make websites work. They can also improve the performance of a site and some provide information to the owners of the site.</p><p>Cookies do not store or collect information about you like your name. But they do collect information that relates to, for example, the devices you use to access the internet and your browsing history.</p></div></div></div></div></div></section><section class="c-section"><div class="o-container tw-grid tw-grid-cols-6 sm:tw-grid-cols-12 tw-grid-rows-1 tw-gap-x-gutter print:tw-block" data-gtm="grid"><div class="tw-col-span-full tw-max-w-full md:tw-col-start-4 md:tw-col-end-10"><h2 class="tw-leading-heading tw-font-medium tw-tracking-heading-minor tw-text-heading-lg tw-mb-responsive-md after:tw-bg-amber-30 after:tw-block after:tw-h-static-xxs after:tw-w-static-xl after:tw-mt-responsive-sm print:after:tw-border-b-4 print:after:tw-border-b-amber-30 js-section-title tw-relative md:tw-z-med">What cookies do we use?<span id="what-cookies-do-we-use?-a1a2" class="c-section__title-anchor tw-invisible tw-absolute tw-left-0 tw-top-0 tw-block tall:-tw-top-site-header md:-tw-top-full-header"> </span></h2></div></div><div class="o-container tw-grid tw-grid-cols-6 sm:tw-grid-cols-12 tw-grid-rows-1 tw-gap-x-gutter print:tw-block c-grid--text" data-gtm="grid"><div class="tw-col-span-full tw-max-w-full md:tw-col-start-4 md:tw-col-end-10"><div class="c-scaffold-grid-item tw-pb-scaffold"><div class="c-text"><div class="c-rich-text"><h3>Cookies that measure website use</h3><p>These allow us to count your visits to the website, and to see how you move around it. This helps us to provide you with a good experience while you browse, for example by helping to make sure you can find what you need. It also allows us to improve the way the website works.</p><h3>Cookies that help with our communications and marketing</h3><p>We will use these to measure how you are interacting with our marketing and advertising materials, and the effectiveness of our campaigns.</p><p>We may use targeting cookies to understand your interests and show you relevant adverts about us on other websites you visit. This includes social networks, such as Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn.</p><p>Targeting our adverts means they’re more effective and enable us to reach a diverse and wide-ranging audience.</p><h3>Strictly necessary cookies</h3><p>These cookies are necessary for our website to function and therefore cannot be switched off. We use them for things like remembering your privacy settings, or information that you enter into an online form.</p><h3>First-party cookies</h3><p>These are cookies that Wellcome sets when you visit our website.</p><h3>Third-party cookies </h3><p>These are cookies that are used by third parties other than Wellcome. They include advertising partners and social media providers, such as Facebook and LinkedIn. These cookies share information with third parties, and we may use these to serve advertisements about our work across the internet.</p></div></div></div></div></div></section><section class="c-section"><div class="o-container tw-grid tw-grid-cols-6 sm:tw-grid-cols-12 tw-grid-rows-1 tw-gap-x-gutter print:tw-block" data-gtm="grid"><div class="tw-col-span-full tw-max-w-full md:tw-col-start-4 md:tw-col-end-10"><h2 class="tw-leading-heading tw-font-medium tw-tracking-heading-minor tw-text-heading-lg tw-mb-responsive-md after:tw-bg-amber-30 after:tw-block after:tw-h-static-xxs after:tw-w-static-xl after:tw-mt-responsive-sm print:after:tw-border-b-4 print:after:tw-border-b-amber-30 js-section-title tw-relative md:tw-z-med">Cookies consent and changing preferences<span id="cookies-consent-and-changing-preferences-55d6" class="c-section__title-anchor tw-invisible tw-absolute tw-left-0 tw-top-0 tw-block tall:-tw-top-site-header md:-tw-top-full-header"> </span></h2></div></div><div class="o-container tw-grid tw-grid-cols-6 sm:tw-grid-cols-12 tw-grid-rows-1 tw-gap-x-gutter print:tw-block c-grid--text" data-gtm="grid"><div class="tw-col-span-full tw-max-w-full md:tw-col-start-4 md:tw-col-end-10"><div class="c-scaffold-grid-item tw-pb-scaffold"><div class="c-text"><div class="c-rich-text"><p>We will ask for your consent to place cookies on your computer or device, except where they are essential to make our website work.</p><p>You can change your cookie preferences at any time clicking the 'Manage cookies' link in the footer. You can then adjust the toggles to ‘on’ or ‘off’ and save. You may need to refresh your page for your settings to take effect.</p><p>We will ask you to revisit your preferences if you haven’t visited our websites in over six months, so that we can check that they are accurate.</p></div></div></div></div></div></section><section class="c-section"><div class="o-container tw-grid tw-grid-cols-6 sm:tw-grid-cols-12 tw-grid-rows-1 tw-gap-x-gutter print:tw-block" data-gtm="grid"><div class="tw-col-span-full tw-max-w-full md:tw-col-start-4 md:tw-col-end-10"><h2 class="tw-leading-heading tw-font-medium tw-tracking-heading-minor tw-text-heading-lg tw-mb-responsive-md after:tw-bg-amber-30 after:tw-block after:tw-h-static-xxs after:tw-w-static-xl after:tw-mt-responsive-sm print:after:tw-border-b-4 print:after:tw-border-b-amber-30 js-section-title tw-relative md:tw-z-med">Cookies we use<span id="cookies-we-use-25dd" class="c-section__title-anchor tw-invisible tw-absolute tw-left-0 tw-top-0 tw-block tall:-tw-top-site-header md:-tw-top-full-header"> </span></h2></div></div><div class="o-container tw-grid tw-grid-cols-6 sm:tw-grid-cols-12 tw-grid-rows-1 tw-gap-x-gutter print:tw-block c-grid--text" data-gtm="grid"><div class="tw-col-span-full tw-max-w-full md:tw-col-start-4 md:tw-col-end-10"><div class="c-scaffold-grid-item tw-pb-scaffold"><div class="c-text"><div class="c-rich-text"><h3>Strictly necessary cookies</h3><p>These cookies are necessary for our website to function and therefore cannot be switched off. We use them for things like remembering your privacy settings, or information that you enter into an online form.</p></div></div></div></div></div><div class="o-container tw-grid tw-grid-cols-6 sm:tw-grid-cols-12 tw-grid-rows-1 tw-gap-x-gutter print:tw-block c-grid--text" data-gtm="grid"><div class="tw-col-span-full tw-max-w-full md:tw-col-start-4 md:tw-col-end-10"><div class="c-scaffold-grid-item tw-pb-scaffold"><div class="c-text"><div class="c-rich-text"><h3><span>Cookies that measure website use </span></h3><p><span>We use analytics cookies on our websites. These collect information related to the number of visitors to the website, where visitors have come to the website from, and the pages they visited. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the website. We use the following analytics cookies on our website:</span></p><div class="c-rich-text__table-wrap"><table><thead><tr><th>Provider</th><th>Purpose</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Google Analytics</td><td><div>With your permission, we use Google Analytics to to collect data about how you use the website. This information helps us to improve the website.<br> </div><div>Google Analytics stores information about what pages you visit, how long you are on the site, how you got here and what you click.</div><div> </div><div>We do not allow Google to use or share the data about how you use our website. We do not collect or store your personal details such as your name or address. </div><div> </div><div><a href="https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245" target="_self">Visit Google to see a full list of cookies and their uses</a>. </div></td></tr><tr><td>HotJar Analytics</td><td><div>With your permission, we use HotJar to help us understand how you are using the website. We use the data to inform changes we make to improve your experience on wellcome.org.</div><div> </div><div>Hotjar Analytics cookies store data about whether you have participated in a Hotjar survey, the way in which you interact with a page and what you click on while you are visiting the site.</div><div> </div><div><a href="https://help.hotjar.com/hc/en-us/articles/6952777582999-Cookies-Set-by-the-Hotjar-Tracking-Code" target="_self"><span>Visit HotJar's website to see a full list of cookies and their uses</span></a><span>. </span></div></td></tr><tr><td>YouTube</td><td><p><span>We embed videos on our websites from our official YouTube channel using YouTube's privacy-enhanced mode. This mode may set Cookies on your computer once you click on the YouTube video player, which measure how you view YouTube videos on our website. </span></p><p><span>YouTube will not store personally-identifiable Cookie information for playbacks of embedded videos using the privacy-enhanced mode.</span></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/intl/ALL_uk/howyoutubeworks/our-commitments/protecting-user-data/?utm_campaign=1008960&utm_source=paidsearch&yt_product=ytgen&yt_goal=eng&utm_medium=googlesearch&utm_content=txt&yt_campaign_id=hyw&yt_creative_id=&utm_keyword=youtube%20privacy%20policy&utm_matchtype=e&gclid=Cj0KCQiAs5eCBhCBARIsAEhk4r6Mp0IyU-vkOj21ieJyq1qrxsYgc0i-YU_bdkLdL9OMI1kU-DQOnAkaAlBrEALw_wcB" target="_self">Read about how YouTube maintains user privacy</a><span>.</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="o-container tw-grid tw-grid-cols-6 sm:tw-grid-cols-12 tw-grid-rows-1 tw-gap-x-gutter print:tw-block c-grid--text" data-gtm="grid"><div class="tw-col-span-full tw-max-w-full md:tw-col-start-4 md:tw-col-end-10"><div class="c-scaffold-grid-item tw-pb-scaffold"><div class="c-text"><div class="c-rich-text"><h3>Cookies that help with our communications and marketing</h3><p>We will use these to measure how you are interacting with our marketing and advertising materials, and the effectiveness of our campaigns.</p><p>We may use targeting cookies to understand your interests and show you relevant adverts about us on other websites you visit. This includes social networks, such as Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Research Gate. You can control what adverts you see on these sites by logging into your settings on the relevant service.</p><p>Targeting our adverts means they’re more effective and enable us to reach a diverse and wide ranging audience.</p><p>We use the following marketing cookies on wellcome.org:</p><div><p> </p><div class="c-rich-text__table-wrap"><table><thead><tr><th>Provider</th><th>Purpose</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><span>Meta</span></td><td><span>We use tracking technologies to enhance the measurement, optimisation, and targeting of our advertising campaigns on Meta (includes Facebook and Instagram). </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policies/cookies?annotations%5b0%5d=explanation%2F1_common_cookies_and_uses" target="_self">See the full list of cookies on Meta's website</a>.</td></tr><tr><td>LinkedIn</td><td><span>We use tracking technologies to enhance the measurement, optimisation, and targeting of our advertising campaigns o</span>n LinkedIn. <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/legal/l/cookie-table" target="_self">See the full list of cookies on LinkedIn's website</a>.</td></tr><tr><td><span>GoogleAds</span></td><td><span>We use tracking technologies to enhance the measurement, optimisation, and targeting of our advertising campaigns o</span>n Google advertising. <a href="https://business.safety.google/adscookies/" target="_self">See the full list of cookies on Google's website</a>.</td></tr><tr><td>Spotify</td><td>W<span>We use tracking technologies to enhance the measurement, optimisation, and targeting of our advertising campaigns o</span>n Spotify. 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For example, your web browser will enable you to:</p><ul><li>delete all or selected Cookies</li><li>block all Cookies</li><li>allow all Cookies</li><li>block ‘third-party’ Cookies</li><li>clear all Cookies when you close the browser</li><li>open a 'private browsing'/ 'incognito' session, which allows you to browse the web without recording your browsing history or storing local data such as Cookies.</li></ul><p>If you do choose to block Cookies, please be aware that you may lose some of the functionality of our websites.</p><p>Find out more about managing Cookies on browsers: </p><ul><li><a href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/microsoft-edge-browsing-data-and-privacy-bb8174ba-9d73-dcf2-9b4a-c582b4e640dd" target="_self">Microsoft Edge</a> </li><li><a href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/delete-and-manage-cookies-168dab11-0753-043d-7c16-ede5947fc64d" target="_self">Internet Explorer</a> </li><li><a href="https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en-GB" target="_self">Chrome</a> </li><li><a href="https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/delete-browsing-search-download-history-firefox" target="_self">Firefox</a> </li><li>Safari – <a href="https://support.apple.com/en-gb/105082" target="_self">mobile devices</a> and <a href="https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac" target="_self">desktops </a></li><li><a href="https://help.opera.com/en/latest/web-preferences/" target="_self">Opera</a>.</li></ul></div></div></div></div></div></section><section class="c-section"><div class="o-container tw-grid tw-grid-cols-6 sm:tw-grid-cols-12 tw-grid-rows-1 tw-gap-x-gutter print:tw-block" data-gtm="grid"><div class="tw-col-span-full tw-max-w-full md:tw-col-start-4 md:tw-col-end-10"><h2 class="tw-leading-heading tw-font-medium tw-tracking-heading-minor tw-text-heading-lg tw-mb-responsive-md after:tw-bg-amber-30 after:tw-block after:tw-h-static-xxs after:tw-w-static-xl after:tw-mt-responsive-sm print:after:tw-border-b-4 print:after:tw-border-b-amber-30 js-section-title tw-relative md:tw-z-med">Changes to this Policy<span id="changes-to-this-policy-8f89" class="c-section__title-anchor tw-invisible tw-absolute tw-left-0 tw-top-0 tw-block tall:-tw-top-site-header md:-tw-top-full-header"> </span></h2></div></div><div class="o-container tw-grid tw-grid-cols-6 sm:tw-grid-cols-12 tw-grid-rows-1 tw-gap-x-gutter print:tw-block c-grid--text" data-gtm="grid"><div class="tw-col-span-full tw-max-w-full md:tw-col-start-4 md:tw-col-end-10"><div class="c-scaffold-grid-item tw-pb-scaffold"><div class="c-text"><div class="c-rich-text"><p><span>We may update how we use cookies (and this policy) from time to time. 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