Cookies on our Website

This site, like many other sites, uses small text files called cookies to help customize your experience. Cookies are placed on your computer by websites you visit and are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. The information below explains the cookies we at the College of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (“CoSRH”, “we”, “us” or “our”) use as part of our websites (including www.cosrh.org and www.contraceptionchoices.org) and how you can manage them. We are committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected, and this website respects the extent of your consent given via the cookie banner which is displayed at the top of the page when you visit our websites. This Cookie Notice should be read alongside our Privacy Policy, which explains how we use personal information. If you have any questions about this Cookie Notice, please feel free to contact us at [email protected].

What are cookies?

'Cookies' are small text files that are stored by the browser (e.g. Chrome, Edge, Firefox or Safari) or by a mobile phone (e.g. Android or iPhone) on your computer or mobile device. They allow websites to store such things as user preferences. You can think of cookies as providing a "memory" for the Website, enabling it to recognize a user and respond appropriately. Cookies serve the purpose of making our website function in more user friendly and effective ways, and in order to tailor the website operations to your needs and preferences, analyse website usage and generally improve your online user experience.

Although this notice refers to the general term ‘cookie’, it also applies to similar tracking technologies that we use (such as ‘web beacons’, ‘clear GIFs’ and ‘pixel tags’).

How do we use cookies?

You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the tables below but, by way of summary, we might use cookies to:

  • let you navigate and do things on our website. In other words, some cookies are necessary for our website to function.
  • collect statistics – the information collected by cookies enables us to improve the website through usage figures and patterns. For example, to see which pages of the website are the most popular and how users are interacting with them.
  • analyse how individuals interact with us so we can improve our services.
  • ensure that our website is secure – for example, to make sure that personal information that you give to us does not fall into the wrong hands.
  • suggest content for you based on the pages of our website you have previously visited.

Types of cookies

Our website uses the following types of cookies and storage objects:

  • Our website uses transient cookies, which will be deleted once you close your browser. Session cookies, which fall into the category of transient cookies, enable our website to identify different requests from your browser during the same session. Your device can be recognized once you return to our website. Session cookies will be deleted once you log out of your customer account with our website and/or close your browser.
  • Our website uses persistent cookies. Persistent cookies expire or get automatically deleted after a set period; the duration differs depending on the specific cookie (see further details about the duration of specific cookies on our website below).
  • Our website uses cookies to identify you on future visits if you registered a customer account with us. This avoids you having to log-in again every time you visit our website.
  • Our website uses so-called HTML5 Storage Objects, that are saved on your device. These objects store data independently from your browser and have no preset expiry/deletion date.

Strictly necessary cookies

These are cookies that are required for the operation of our Website and cannot be switched off. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our Website or use a shopping cart.

Cookie Name Purpose Duration
__RequestVerificationToken This cookie is essential for our site to stop cross-site request forgery. Session
login This cookie stores your authentication status after login. Session
ASP.NET_SessionId
 This cookie stores additional information about your authentication status Session 
Asi.Web.Browser.CookiesEnabled
 This cookie stores a value indicating whether or not your browser allows cookies. Session
cookieconsent_status
 This cookie stores your response when you choose to accept or reject cookies. 12 months
AnonymousCartId This cookie stores cart information when you choose to add an item to the cart before logging in. 14 days

Analytical/performance cookies 

These cookies allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around each of our Websites when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our Websites works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily. When you reject or do not provide your consent to cookies on our site these cookies will not be placed.

We use Google Analytics to collect anonymized data about users in order to help us improve our website. These cookies collect information in a way that does not directly identify anyone, including the number of visitors, where the visitors have come to the website from and the pages they visited.  You may also choose to opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics cookies across all websites.

Cookie Name Purpose Duration
_ga Google Analytics. Used to distinguish users. Session
_gid Google Analytics. Used to distinguish users. Session
_gat
 Google Analytics. Used to throttle request rate. Session
_dc_gtm_<GTM-KP5SXL2>
 Google Analytics. Contains campaign related information for the user. Session

Functionality cookies

These cookies are used to provide enhanced functionality of our website, to make it easier to use, and to recognize you when you return to our Website. This enables us to personalize our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region). When you reject or do not provide your consent to cookies on our site these cookies will not be placed. We do not currently place any Functionality cookies on our Websites: if we decide to do so, we will update this Policy accordingly.

Targeting cookies

These cookies record your visit to our Website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. When you reject or do not provide your consent to cookies on our site these cookies will not be placed. We do not currently place any Targeting cookies on our Websites: if we decide to do so, we will update this Policy accordingly.

Third-party cookies

Our Website may contain links to other third party websites or technologies that may place additional cookies that are out of our control and not covered by this cookie policy. These third-parties may set cookies on your computer once you click on the link or video player. Please read the Privacy Policy for each of these sites to learn more.

How do I change my cookie settings?

When you choose to reject cookies on our Website (or when you do not provide your consent to the placing of those cookies) we will block all cookies not considered strictly necessary. You can manage and change your cookie preferences at any time by using the Manage Preferences Tool to revoke your consent to different types of cookies and saving your selections. Alternatively, most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. For more information about how to control cookies visit aboutcookies.org or allaboutcookies.org. Please note that disabling or deleting cookies placed by our website my result in reduced functionality.

Find out how to manage cookies on popular browsers:

To find information relating to other browsers, visit the browser developer's website. There is also software available which enables you to use settings that allow to you choose which cookies are set on your digital device, such as the Ghostery app.

To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

If you are concerned about third party cookies generated by advertisers from Europe, you can turn some of these off by going to the Your Online Choices site.

Updates to this Policy

We may update this Cookies Policy from time to time – for example, to take into account changes at CoSRH or to reflect changes in regulation or legislation. It was last updated in July 2025.

We therefore recommend that you check this Policy regularly. We aim to notify you of any significant changes by way of a notice on our website or by contacting you directly when reasonably possible.

More information

If you still have questions, please contact us at [email protected].