Your Privacy

This Policy combined with our terms and conditions forms the ‘User Agreement’ of this website (woundmatters.co.uk). Please ensure that you read the Terms and Conditions in conjunction with this policy.

We take your privacy seriously. This privacy policy describes how and why we obtain, store and process data which can identify you.

Wound Matters may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page periodically to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy was last updated on the 26 October 2020.

Consent

By using this website you consent to the terms of our online privacy policy. You can withdraw your consent at any point by or emailing us at sarah@woundmatters.co.uk. You can also request any data that we may hold from you by emailing us at the same address.

What information do we collect?

We collect site usage information which is collected in log files.

Why we collect your data?

We collect your browsing data to enhance your experience and to help us improve the website.

Site usage data

Cookies usage

Our website, like lots of websites, uses cookies. Cookies are small data files that we place on your computer, they help our website work better and you to have a more enjoyable browsing experience.

They improve things by:

  • Remembering settings, so you don’t have to keep re-entering them whenever you visit a new page
  • Remembering information you’ve given (eg your postcode) so you don’t need to keep entering it
  • Measuring how you use the website so we can make sure it meets your needs

The cookies aren’t used to identify you personally. They’re just here to make the site work better for you. However if you don’t want the cookies on your computer, you can manage and/or delete these small files as you wish.

To learn more about cookies and how to manage them, visit AboutCookies.org

Our website also uses Google Analytics cookies:

  • _UTMA – This randomly generated number is used to determine unique visitors to our site – Expires after 2 years.
  • _UTMB – This randomly generated number works with _utmc to calculate the average length of time users spend on our site – Expires after 30 minutes.
  • _UTMC – This randomly generated number works with _utmb to calculate when you close your browser – Expires when you close your browser.
  • _UTMZ – This is a randomly generated number and information about how the site was reached (e.g. direct or via a link, organic search or paid search) – Expires after 6 months.

These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited. You can read Google’s privacy policy if you wish to know more.