Cookie policy
This site uses cookies to store information on your computer and enhance your browsing experience.
Some of these cookies are essential for the site to function properly, while others help us improve your experience by providing insights into how the site is being used. We also use cookies to personalise content and help our marketing. You can choose which types of cookies you allow below.
How LHC uses cookies
A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on a computer's hard drive. The file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets individuals know when they visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to individuals
Overall, cookies on this website help provide a better website by enabling monitoring of pages which are useful and those which are not.
A cookie in no way gives access to individual computers to share information other than the data and information about individuals already shared. The web application can tailor its operations to individual needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about individual preferences.
LHC uses traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps to analyse data about webpage traffic and improve the website in order to tailor it to customer needs. LHC only uses this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.
Individual website visitors can choose to accept or decline cookies..
Use of cookies in the manner described above shall relate to visitors to this website.
Use of cookies in the manner described above also enacts compliance with the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations.
This notice therefore informs individuals as to the use of cookies, what they and why – as required under regulation 6. As regards to consent actively and clearly given, this website provides a prompt for opt in to cookies.
The company recognises it cannot show consent if only providing information about cookies as part of a privacy policy that is hard to find, difficult to understand, or rarely read. Similarly, it understands it cannot set non-essential cookies on the website’s homepage before user has consented to them.
Therefore the settings on this website allow for:
- Explicit opt in consent for cookies
- Ability to see and manage cookie preferences
- Ability to reject cookies
The method for this is through what is termed a cookie banner, cookie notice or cookie popup. This is the notification often displayed on a user's first visit to a website that informs them about the cookies and trackers the site uses and asks for the user's consent to store cookies on their device.
ICO guidelines for cookie consent management can be found here Cookies and similar technologies | ICO
Links to other websites
This website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, individuals should note that LHC does not have any control over that other website. Therefore, LHC cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which individuals provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy notice. Individuals should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.
Controlling personal data and information
You may choose to restrict the collection or use of personal data and information in the following ways:
- whenever you are asked to fill in a form on the website, look for the box that you can click to indicate that you do not want the information to be used by anybody for direct marketing purposes
- if you have previously agreed to LHCPG using personal data and information for direct marketing purposes, individuals may change their minds at any time by contacting the company. Details for the company Data Protection Officer are shown elsewhere in this notice.
- LHC will not sell, distribute or lease personal data and information to third parties unless LHC has permission or is required by law to do so.
- LHC may use personal data and information to send you promotional information about third parties which LHC thinks individuals may find interesting if you tell LHC that individuals wish this to happen.
Individuals may request details of personal data and information which LHC holds under GDPR. If individuals would like a copy of the information held on them, then they can make contact.
Information from social networking sites
Our Site includes interfaces that allows individuals to connect with social networking sites (each a “SNS”). If any individual wants to connect to a SNS through this Site they shall authorise the company to access, use and store the information that they agreed the SNS could provide to the company based on the settings on that SNS.
LHC will access, use and store that information in accordance with this Notice. Individuals can revoke access to the data and information provided in this way at any time by amending the appropriate settings from within account settings on the applicable SNS.
Information obtained from others
LHC may also get information about you from other sources; for example, LHC retains service providers to identify the organisation associated with the IP from which individuals visit this website, and LHC may add this to the other information it obtains from this website.
Date of last update to this notice – Monday 3 March 2025
Necessary Cookies
Necessary cookies enable core functionality such as page navigation and access to secure areas. The website cannot function properly without these cookies, and can only be disabled by changing your browser preferences.
| Cookie Name | Description | Retention Period | Third Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| CookieControl |
Stores user consent preferences for your website. |
3 months | No |
| CookieControlTC |
Stores IAB TCF consent preferences. |
3 months | Unknown |
| _GRECAPTCHA |
Google reCAPTCHA sets a necessary cookie (_GRECAPTCHA) when executed for the purpose of providing its risk analysis. |
6 months | No |
Analytical Cookies
Analytical cookies help us improve our website by collecting and reporting information on its usage. These cookies allow us to understand how visitors navigate the site and where we can make improvements. The data collected is aggregated and anonymized, ensuring that no PII is stored or shared.
| Cookie Name | Description | Retention Period | Third Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMP_TOKEN |
Contains a token code that is used to read out a Client ID from the AMP Client ID Service. By matching this ID with that of Google Analytics, users can be matched when switching between AMP content and non-AMP content. |
1 year | No |
| FPAU |
Assigns a specific ID to the visitor. This allows the website to determine the number of specific user-visits for analysis and statistics. |
session | No |
| FPID |
Registers statistical data on users' behaviour on the website. Used for internal analytics by the website operator. |
1 years | No |
| FPLC |
This FPLC cookie is the cross-domain linker cookie hashed from the FPID cookie. It’s not HttpOnly, which means it can be read with JavaScript. It has a relatively short lifetime, just 20 hours. |
20 hours | No |
| __utma |
ID used to identify users and sessions |
2 years | No |
| __utmb |
Used to distinguish new sessions and visits. This cookie is set when the GA.js javascript library is loaded and there is no existing __utmb cookie. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to the Google Analytics server. |
30 minutes | No |
| __utmc |
Used only with old Urchin versions of Google Analytics and not with GA.js. Was used to distinguish between new sessions and visits at the end of a session. |
session | No |
| __utmt |
Used to monitor number of Google Analytics server requests |
10 minutes | No |
| __utmv |
Contains custom information set by the web developer through the _setCustomVar method in Google Analytics. This cookie is updated each time new data is sent to the Google Analytics server. |
2 years | Unknown |
| __utmx |
Used to determine whether a user is included in an A / B or Multivariate test. |
18 months | No |
| __utmxx |
Used to determine when the A / B or Multivariate test in which the user participates ends |
18 months | No |
| __utmz |
Contains information about the traffic source or campaign that directed user to the website. The cookie is set when the GA.js javascript is loaded and updated when data is sent to the Google Anaytics server |
6 months | No |
| _dc_gtm_ |
Used to monitor number of Google Analytics server requests |
1 minute | No |
| _ga |
ID used to identify users |
1 years | Unknown |
| _ga_* |
Used to identify and track an individual user session. |
2 years | No |
| _gac_ |
Contains information related to marketing campaigns of the user. These are shared with Google AdWords / Google Ads when the Google Ads and Google Analytics accounts are linked together. |
90 days | No |
| _gat |
Used to monitor number of Google Analytics server requests when using Google Tag Manager |
58 seconds | No |
| _gat_* |
Used to set and get tracking data |
1 hour | No |
| _gid |
ID used to identify users for 24 hours |
24 hours | No |
Marketing Cookies
We use marketing cookies to help us improve the relevancy of advertising campaigns you receive. These cookies track help us to measure the effectiveness of marketing campaigns.
| Cookie Name | Description | Retention Period | Third Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACLK_DATA |
This cookie is used to help improve advertising. This targets advertising based on what's relevant to a user, to improve reporting on campaign performance. |
5 minutes | No |
| APC |
This cookie is used for targeting, analyzing and optimisation of ad campaigns in DoubleClick/Google Marketing Suite |
6 months | No |
| DSID |
This cookie is used for targeting, analyzing and optimisation of ad campaigns in DoubleClick/Google Marketing Suite |
60 minutes | Yes |
| FLC |
This cookie is used to link your activity across devices if you’ve previously signed in to your Google Account on another device. We do this to coordinate that the ads you see across devices and measure conversion events. |
10 seconds | Yes |
| GED_PLAYLIST_ACTIVITY |
Improves targeting/advertising within the website |
session | No |
| GoogleAdServingTest |
Used to register what ads have been displayed to the user. |
session | No |
| ID |
This cookie is used for targeting, analyzing and optimisation of ad campaigns in DoubleClick/Google Marketing Suite |
2 months | Yes |
| IDE |
This cookie is used for targeting, analyzing and optimisation of ad campaigns in DoubleClick/Google Marketing Suite |
1 years | No |
| RUL |
Used by DoubleClick to determine if the website ad was properly displayed. This is done to make their marketing efforts more efficient. |
1 year | Yes |
| __gads |
This cookie is used by Google for a variety of purposes (e.g., ensuring Frequency Caps work correctly). It includes AdSense if you have AdSense enabled. This cookie is associated with the DoubleClick for Publishers service from Google. Its purpose is to monitor the showing of advertisements on the site, for which the owner may earn some revenue. The main purpose of this cookie is targeting/advertising. |
1 years | No |
| __gpi |
Collects information on user behaviour on multiple websites. This information is used in order to optimize the relevance of advertisement on the website. |
1 years | No |
| __gpi_optout |
Collects information on user behaviour on multiple websites. This information is used in order to optimize the relevance of advertisement on the website. |
13 months | No |
| __gsas |
Provides ad delivery or retargeting. |
3 months | No |
| _gcl_au |
Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services. |
3 months | No |
| _gcl_dc |
Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services. |
3 months | No |
| ar_debug |
Store and track conversions |
1 years | No |
| test_cookie |
This cookie is set by DoubleClick (which is owned by Google) to determine if the website visitor's browser supports cookies. |
15 minutes | No |