1. Introduction

The British Society for Gynaecological Endoscopy (“BSGE”/”we”/”our”) uses cookies on its website. This Cookie Notice explains more about cookies and why we use them. It also explains how you can control and opt out of receiving them.

This notice should be read together with our Privacy Notice which sets out how and why we collect, store, use and share personal information generally, as well as your rights in relation to your personal information and details of how to contact us and supervisory authorities if you have a complaint.

We update this Cookie Notice from time to time, in response to changes in applicable laws and regulations, changes to our processing practices and to products and services we offer. When changes are made, we will update the final section of this notice. Please review this Cookie Notice periodically to check for updates.

2. About Cookies

A cookie is a small text file which may be downloaded to your device when you visit our website. We use cookies to allow our website to function correctly, remember your preferences and to track visitors to our website.

The cookies we use on our website fall into the following categories:

  • Strictly Necessary Cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website, use a shopping cart or make use of e-billing services.
  • Statistics or Analytics Cookies. We use cookies to collect information about the use of our website by visitors such as the pages they visit most often, how they arrived at our website and associated information. These do not collect any directly identifiable personal information about visitors. We use these cookies to learn more about how our website is used to identify problems and areas for improvement.
  • Functionality Cookies. Functionality cookies remember the choices you make when you visit our website. This includes, for example, your consent to the use of cookies on our website.
  • Marketing or Targeting Cookies. These are cookies placed by third parties on our website which record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. They use this information for advertising purposes.

Learn More About Cookies

For further information on our use of cookies, including a detailed list of your information which we and others may collect through cookies, please see details in the table below.

For further information on cookies generally, including how to control and manage them, please visit
www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.

3. Cookies Used by BSGE

The cookies we use on our website and their purposes are as set out in the following table:

4. Changing Your Cookies Preferences

You can allow or block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that permits you to change the setting of all or some cookies. Please note that disabling cookies may affect the availability or functionality of our website. Most of the website will function normally, however, functions that rely on cookies such as [Insert example (e.g. the use of our online enquiry form)], will be disabled.

If you would like more information on how to manage cookies on some popular browsers, please click on the links below.

5. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Cookie Notice or the information we hold about you, please contact us by using the details set out in our Privacy Notice.

6. Changes to this Notice

This notice was published on 16th July 2018 and last updated on 21st February 2024.