Privacy and cookies

We respect your personal information and only collect and use it to improve our website, services, and your experience.

Privacy policy

At Practice Plus IUC, we are committed to protecting your privacy. We only collect and use personal information when it helps us deliver better services, enhance your experience on our website, or improve the way we interact with our users.

What information we collect

When you use our website, we may gather information in several ways, including:

Cookies and similar technologies

We use cookies and other tracking tools to make the website easier to use and to gain insight into how it’s being used. Cookies do not personally identify you. Most browsers allow you to block or manage cookies, though some website features may not function correctly if you do.

How we use cookies

We use cookies for purposes such as:

Examples of cookies we use:

More details about each cookie, their purposes, and options to manage them can be found on the relevant provider websites: Google Analytics, Microsoft Clarity, YouTube, LinkedIn, Meta.

Below you can see which cookies we use, and why we have them.


Cookie: Practice Plus IUC compliance cookies

Name: OptanonConsent, OptanonAlertBoxClosed

Category: Necessary

This cookie is set by the cookie compliance solution from OneTrust. It stores information about the categories of cookies the site uses and whether visitors have given or withdrawn consent for the use of each category.


Cookie: Google Analytics

Name: _ga, _gid, _gcl_au, _gat_UA-XXXXXXXX-X

Category: Performance

These are set and used by Google Analytics to track user activity. They collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to help us improve the site and identify which information is most important to our visitors. The information provided by these cookies includes the number of visitors to the website, where visitors have come to the site from, the pages they visited and more. We use the information afterwards to compile reports to improve a website visitors experience. Additional information about these cookies is available on Google’s privacy page.


Cookie: YouTube

Name: APISID, CONSENT, HSID, LOGIN_INFO, PREF, SAPISID, SID, SSID, VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE, YSC

Category: Performance

We embed videos 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, but YouTube will not store personally-identifiable cookie information for playbacks of embedded videos using the privacy-enhanced mode.

Video viewing

We may collect information about the videos you view on our website. This includes data such as the titles of videos watched, viewing duration, and interactions with video content. This information may be collected using cookies, pixels, or similar technologies provided by third parties, including (but not limited to) Google, YouTube, Meta (Facebook), or video hosting platforms such as Vimeo.

We use this information for purposes such as analytics, improving user experience, and delivering personalised content or advertisements. Where required under U.S. law, including the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA), we will obtain your consent before collecting or sharing this type of information.


Cookie: Microsoft Clarity

Name: _clck, _clsk

Category: Performance

Microsoft Clarity is a user behaviour analytics tool that that helps us to understand how users interact with pages, and how we can improve them. You can read more about Microsoft clarity here.


Cookie: Bing

Name: MUID, _uetvid, _uetsid

Category: Targeting

Universal Event Tracking (UET) is a useful way to track what happens after someone has clicked on your ad. You can read more about UET here.


Cookie: LinkedIn

Name: bscookie, bcookie, UserMatchHistory, lidc, AnalyticsSyncHistory, li_gc, lang, _clsk

Category: Targeting

Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services. You can read more about LinkedIn cookies here.


Cookie: Meta (Facebook and Instagram)

Name: _fbp, fr, sb, /tr

Category: Targeting

Conversion tracking helps us measure the return on investment of Meta ads by reporting on the actions people take after viewing one of those ads. The pixel tracks if we have been contacted after a user views a Meta ad and where the contact first happened.


Cookie: Socially Recruited

Name: XSRF-TOKEN, _ga, _ga_JGWNN1WXF5, _gcl_au, _lfa,socially_recruited_session

Category: Performance

This is used by Analytics to calculate visitors, session, campaign data, etc. Read more about Socially Recruited cookies here.


Cookie: Convert

Name: _conv_s, _conv_v

Category: Functional

The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences. Read more about Convert cookies here.


Cookie: Google Ads

Name: AW-16679613947

Category: Targeting

This is a Google Ads tracking identifier used for conversion tracking and remarketing. Find out more here.


Cookie: Simpli.fi

Name: _ce.ssimpli.fi

Category: Targeting

This is a Simpli.fi advertising script/tag used for programmatic advertising, audience targeting, and tracking ad performance. Find out more here.


How we use your information

Any personal data collected through this website is handled in line with the UK Data Protection Act 2018 and other applicable laws. Your information may be shared with trusted third parties who assist us with:

These third parties are not permitted to use your personal information for any other purpose.

Your rights

You have the right to request a copy of the personal information we hold about you. To do so, please provide your contact details and mailing address to:

Privacy
Practice Plus IUC Quality and Governance Team
Ground Floor, 1330 Arlington Business Park, Theale
Reading, England, RG7 4SA

Other websites

This policy only applies to Practice Plus IUC websites. Links to other websites do not fall under this policy, and those sites may have different privacy practices.